The Beautiful Ones
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia
"Truly one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time. This sweeping tale of love lost and found is told with old-world elegance and grace with just the right touch of magic." —M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling authorThe Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a sweeping fantasy of manners set in a world inspired by the belle époque.In a world of etiquette and polite masks, no one is who they seem to be.Antonina Beaulieu is in the glittering city of Loisail for her first Grand Season, where she will attend balls and mingle among high society. Under the tutelage of the beautiful but cold Valerie Beaulieu she hopes to find a suitable husband. However, the haphazard manifestations of Nina’s telekinetic powers make her the subject of malicious gossip. Yet dazzling telekinetic performer and outsider Hector Auvray sees Nina’s powers as a gift, and he teaches her how to hone and control them. As they spend more and more time together, Nina falls in love and believes she’s found the great romance that she’s always dreamt of. But Hector’s courtship of Nina is deceptive.
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Romance
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Author
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Pages
320
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2017-10-24
ISBN
1250099072 9781250099075
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"This book was slow to start but somehow I was already on the edge of my seat just a few pages in. This book was frustrating and thoroughly satisfying all at the same time. If I could forget this book to read it again I would."
Lize
"One my favorite feel-good books! The plot is simple yet exciting, and I absolutely loved the characters. What I also adore are all the etiquette and courtship rules the author described, it makes the book even more appealing and realistic to me. #feelgood "
Margarita D
"This book ... Ugh this book! Slow to start but necessary for character development. Felt like waiting in line for a rollercoaster or climbing up to a big slide and once you go down the ride is filled with a comfortable adrenaline. Like it was black and white in the buildup and all of a sudden, COLOR. Beautiful colors everywhere and they're that much more vibrant bc you know the backstory. You're in the world and you know all of the characters personally with love and hate for these "people" who inhabit your life until the end. Literally, I had the hardest time getting thru the beginning but omg, game changer for this type of story. No, journey. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
Doña Monica ❤️🔥
"✨ Keep finding me then. ✨ 😮💨❤️🩹 this book will LITERALLY shatter your heart then glue, piece by piece, and then WHAMMM another blunder to knock you off your feet 😮💨😮💨😮💨"
Maribel
"I loved reading every moment of this book! The story line and the characters were so well written. This book demonstrates the beauty of first love’s, heartbreak, love that comes softly. I admire Nina and how she stays true to herself despite what others say; whereas Valerie allowed herself to be molded into someone she didn’t want to be which caused her to become a bitter and sad person. Overall, I loved the slow and closed door romance between Hector and Nina; and would recommend this book.
4.8/5 rating "
Cristal Jacobo
"This was quite charming. The story feels a bit redundant for about 70 pages but gets more intriguing after that. Certain bits of prose fell flat but then the author would make up for it in the next paragraph. I think my own preference would have been for more complex characterization to offset the repetitive story beats and setting but it is a perfectly adequate love story in 300 pages or less wrapped up in delicious secrets and the woes of high society etiquette."
Alexis Fertig
"i loved this book! it was so enchanting and even MONTHS after reading it, i feel enchanted!"
Emmzzz
"This one was just fantastic!! I love books like this that are full of characters that you can really identify with on some level from your personal life. I just started “Girl in the Walls” by A. J. Gnuse last night. I haven’t gotten very far but already, I’m intrigued and wondering.🤔"
Jennifer Evans
"We’ll written and crafted story about young lust vs. mature love. It lacked a little passion at peak times, but the characters stay true to themselves with believable growth. "
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Crystal Dunn
"A cute romance. It reminded me of Wuthering Heights. The telekinesis is amped up more than it should be in the summary. The story could have been told without it"
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