I'm plagarizing myself from an old Usenet thread, with modifications.
Shirin and Aliana: how they begin, as dancers; the perfume; and Crispin.
Kasia and Gisel both are Antae come through to safety, unexpectedly, and in part through marriages motivated by other than love.
Styliane and Thenais are seething with suppressed passions that lead them to attempt murder and then to kill themselves. Note that when there are hints about Scortuis' lover in the first book, they're couched in a way that makes us think it of Styliane; and Thenais' inability bend instead of break (see the gold rose) foreshadows (or aftershadows, depending on when you realize) Styliane's plot thread.
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Shirin and Aliana: how they begin, as dancers; the perfume; and Crispin.
Kasia and Gisel both are Antae come through to safety, unexpectedly, and in part through marriages motivated by other than love.
Styliane and Thenais are seething with suppressed passions that lead them to attempt murder and then to kill themselves. Note that when there are hints about Scortuis' lover in the first book, they're couched in a way that makes us think it of Styliane; and Thenais' inability bend instead of break (see the gold rose) foreshadows (or aftershadows, depending on when you realize) Styliane's plot thread.