Captivating Characters of November link-up opportunity! Please join the link party or share your most captivating character in the comments.
Carol’s Captivating Characters of November Link-Up
***This post contains Amazon affiliate links.
On the last Friday of the month, I will write a post about my most captivating character of the month and create a Link Party (see link below my review)! In addition to hearing about the memorable characters that have captivated you, I also want this new project to facilitate new bookish friendships, help you find your book twin, and promote blog engagement. This link party will stay active for 30 days. In exchange for linking your post back to this one, I promise to visit every blog post that links up, leave a comment, and share your post once on #bookx and #booksky.
Captivating Character Link Up Details:
- You can use fictional or real characters/persons.
- Link up a review that specifically highlights a captivating character or person, or write a post dedicated to your most captivating character or person of the month.
- Please include a link back to this (monthly) post.
- Be kind: visit one other post in the link-up and leave a comment.
- #CaptivatingCharacters25
No blog? No problem! Share your most captivating character of the month in the comments.
I appreciate my loyal supporter, Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog for linking up with me last month even though I took an unexpected blog break and was MIA most of the month. Check out her post.
Delia
Name of Captivating Character: Delia
The reason she is captivating: smart, resourceful, determined, courageous, compassionate, loyal
Book and Author: Beyond the Clouds by Elizabeth Camden (Pub Date: 1/20/25)
Genre/Categories/Setting: Historical Fiction (WWI), Pacifism, Pilots, The Commission for Relief in Belgium (aka CRB, or Belgian Relief), New York City, Belgium
Mood: Informative, Tense
Content Considerations: Imprisonment, Mistreatment of Prisoners
Delia and Finn grew up in an orphanage and developed a strong friendship which blossomed into romance as they grew older. Even though they had dreams of opening their own kite shop, Finn had bigger dreams of flying. He stole (borrowed) the money that they were saving for their business to follow his dream. He had intentions of paying Delia back, but she felt betrayed and angry. She wouldn’t accept his money or forgive him. Over the next few years, Finn was injured while flying for the French in WWI and was honored as a war hero upon his return to New York City. In the meantime, Delia has become a committed pacifist. Their different views and the obstacles of forgiveness and overcoming past betrayals seem insurmountable.
In an unexpected turn of events, Finn and Delia are required to work together for CRB, a humanitarian organization to feed hungry Belgians. (do you love a forced proximity trope?!)
Complications arise when Finn risks everything to return to Belgium with plans to help a woman who rescued him when his plane was shot down in Belgium. While there, he is captured and imprisoned as a war criminal. This is when our admiration for Delia grows as she goes to Belgium and fights for his release and for humane treatment for him and other prisoners.
Thoughtful themes include second chance romance, sacrifice, friendship, loyalty, forgiveness, compassion, pacifism, bravery, risking it all, and heroism.
Fans of WWI historical fiction will enjoy these memorable characters and the engaging and inspirational story with its page-turning conclusion and poignant themes of forgiveness and compassion.
Thanks #NetGalley @RevellBooks @AustenProse for a complimentary eARC of #BeyondTheClouds upon my request. All opinions are my own.
Star Rating: 4.5 Stars
Meet the Author of Beyond the Clouds, Elizabeth Camden
Elizabeth Camden is best known for her historical novels set in gilded age America featuring clever heroines and richly layered storylines. Before she was a writer, she was an academic librarian at some of the largest and smallest libraries in America, but her favorite is the continually growing library in her own home. Her novels have won the RITA and Christy Award, and she lives in Florida with her husband who graciously tolerates her intimidating stockpile of books.
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
(this link party is open for 30 days)
“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke
“I love the world of words where life and literature connect.”
~Denise J Hughes
“Reading good books ruins you for reading bad ones.”
~Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“I read because books are a form of transportation, teaching, and connection. Books take us to places we’ve never been, teach us about our world, and help us understand human experience.”
~Madeleine Riley
Let’s Get Social!
Find me at:
Twitter/X
Blue Sky
Instagram (Threads link in bio)
Goodreads and StoryGraph
Pinterest
SubStack: @carolreadingladies
Reading Ladies Book Club on Facebook
My reviews are free, and my blog is a labor of love!
Donations are welcome and appreciated!
***Blog posts may contain affiliate links. This means that at no extra cost to you, I can earn a small percentage of your purchase price.
All books I review are purchased or borrowed from the library unless explicitly stated that the book is free (arc).
Amazon or an author’s (or publisher’s) website receives all credit for book covers and author photos.
© ReadingLadies.com
Good to see a WW1 story, there are less of them around.
Agreed!
[…] question. But if you’re going to answer one of those, this is a good way to approach it. Captivating Characters of November—I’m enjoying these posts…I just need to contribute 🙂 It is that time of year: […]
Thanks for the shoutout! 🙌