Book Blurb:
PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis lived over two centuries ago. She dreamed of making her mark on the Paris stage, but a fateful encounter with a doomed prince of France cast her in a tragic role she didnβt wantβand couldnβt escape.
Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi finds Alexandrineβs diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. Thereβs comfort and distraction for Andi in the journalβs antique pagesβuntil, on a midnight journey through the catacombs of Paris, Alexandrineβs words transcend paper and time, and the past becomes suddenly, terrifyingly present.
My Review: 4.5 stars
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Quotes I liked:
There is only one thing I fear now-love. For I have seen it and I have felt it and I know that it is love, not death, that undoes us.β
-βLifeβs all about the revolution, isnβt it? The one inside, I mean. You canβt change history. You canβt change the world. All you can ever change is yourself.β-βHistory is a Rorschach test, people. What you see when you look at it tells you as much about yourself as it does about the past.β
-βWho knew that listening to a guy sleep could be so much deeper than sleeping with a guy.β
-βI don’t like hope very much. In fact, I hate it. It’s the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. It’s bad news. The worst. It’s sharp sticks and cherry bombs. When hope shows up, it’s only a matter of time until someone gets hurt.β