Another theme of the book is letting go of the past will open new doors for the future. It is prevelant throughout the novel in each of the characters.
Ann, she was born a poor, pudgy, average girl who had prospects of a future. She was destined to a life of servitude and labor. But when the ultimate oppurtunity approaches, she has to swallow her past and do something for herself for the first time in her life. She had always been a talented singer and when she and her friends sneak away from Spence to fulfill her dream, she forgets to past and throws herself into her new profession.
Felicity, she had been raped by her father multiple times as a small child, shielding her from love from any man. Her best friend had died in the first book, but Pippa was not only her best friend she was her lover as well. This loss shood Felicity to the core, but she had to let her go and move on. Once she let that idea go, she moved to Paris in hopes of loving and living again.
Gemma, her mother had been murdered, her father was addicted to opium, she had an unloving brother, she was burdened with magic, and her boyfriend sacrificed himself for her. Her life was constant harship, but her feminist independent views pulled through. After her Spence education, she moved to New York, in hopes of a new future of freedom and unrestricting love and friendship once again.
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