This was an enjoyable book covering a portion French architectural history with a which I have no familiarity. I did enjoy the character development, but the book seemed to progress somewhat slowly. There seems to be a lot of build up until it reached the actual climax of the design and building of the Ifill tower itself. At that point, the book seemed to progress much more quickly with significantly less detail than had been in the earlier portion of the book.

This spectacular historical novel brings Claire Eiffel, daughter of the designer of the Eiffel Tower, to vivid life with painterly details and gorgeous prose. We get to see her as clearly as the City of Light's most arresting sight, and the essential role she played in her father Gustave's success after her mother died. We see the extreme sacrifices forced upon her--her dreams of being an artist relinquished as she rises to the role of helpmate--just as keenly as we experience the city she profoundly impacts, its bustling scenes, sounds, and lavish tastes in the late 1800s. Would the tower ever exist without her? And would the family legacy ever have been saved without her, after her father's imprisonment following disaster on his Panama Canal project? Her courage and its historical impact form the heart of this magnificent tale. A triumph!

This was a beautifully done historical novel, it had everything that I was looking for and enjoyed the French element to this. The characters had that feel that I was looking for and enjoyed the way they worked in this universe. The plot was everything that I wanted and was glad I was able to read this.

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!