Review: The first part in a "Bellevue"-tiful love story!  @badwordplay
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2014
The Memories of Bellevue is a love story between Thomas and Jeyne.  Which wouldn't be interesting without some type of conflict keeping them apart, and in this case, he is the son of a slave owner, and she is a slave.  Also, this is set in the late 1800's in Louisiana, which is another important fact.  When Thomas finds his journal from the time when they were both children, it gives us a glimpse of the forbidden love story from the point of view of a young man that is very much in love, but is helpless and unable in being happy in that world.I think the two main characters are both very fleshed out, and I very much believe their relationship (or lack thereof).  I have always thought that New Orleans is a fascinating place, with all of it's different groups and oddities (The French Quarter, voodoo, a bunch of drunk people (recently)), and to have this book set there was very enjoyable.Given this is the first book in the trilogy, it's no surprise that there is not a satisfying ending to their story, but I enjoyed it enough to keep my eye out for the rest of the trilogy.