The Passion of Cleopatra

Slow start, with a complicated plot and many characters to follow. It was intriguing enough in the beginning; the build-up to the ending was worth.
The alternating POVs of the various main characters made it lively and added a nice tension to the story.
Unfortunately, once the main plot had been resolved, the last third of the book became a rambling discourse of the meaning of life, souls, heaven and hell that felt quite unnecessary. The happy-for-now ending of the main couple was to be expected, but Sibyl's story petered out pretty listlessly.