Gah! I'm depressed now...what a trip. I really struggled with this one. Don't get me wrong, it was very well written. Artistic, creative and beautiful! I just didn't connect with the characters. My heart breaks for Phillipe, and I'm not sure what to think about Gemma and Chantel was another distraction that I wasn't sure what to do with. It was a good 3 stars for me up until the last few paragraphs which were so powerful in meaning that they earned an entire star on their own! I wanted to love it but maybe I just picked a bad time to read it and my mind wasn't in the right place for it. Others sure loved it and I can understand how. Oh well...