Mademoiselle Eiffel is as beautiful and innovative of a story as the Paris icon itself.

Aimie brought to life a woman who history doesn’t really acknowledge and I think she did it justly. Claire Eiffel was placed in an unimaginable position at a very young age. Her mother passed away when she just fourteen and her role in the family changed in an Instant. Filling her mother’s shoes became her priority…from managing the household to assisting her father as he builds his empire, Compagnie Eiffel. As a young lady, she was dreaming of becoming an artist but the change in circumstance turned her world upside down. She chose her responsibility over her dreams and like she said in the book…were they just childhood fantasies? She was never given the opportunity to find out. And that makes Ursule, her childhood friend who is able to follow her artistic pursuits, such a creative addition because Claire could see what she could have become though it brought with it a slue of questions in itself.

Aimie has got to be the master of an immersive story. With her last two novels, I could smell and almost taste the amazing food and scents she described. This time I felt like I was parsing a painting, layer by layer, color by color with the sound of fizzing champagne on the side!

Bravo!!! thank you so much to Aimie for bringing Claire Eiffel and the city of Paris to life! I hope readers really enjoy getting to know Claire as Aimie envisioned her. Please be sure to read the authors notes, though Claire Eiffel was a very real person, there’s not much information to go by and that’s what truly makes this story historical fiction! And thanks to NetGalley & William Morrow for early access to this amazing story!