A sensual, atmospheric masterpiece

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The Beautiful is a stunning visual piece which blew my mind. An entire city and the feeling of being there, walking in the streets themselves and feeling the overbearing heat all stuffed between two stunning covers. I received the beautiful in a subscription box and fell in love with it. The characters are all well developed, and feel real. Not just in the sense you can picture them up to every wisp of hair but the feeling of them having existed is real. Their less like characters and more similar to souls made of ink and paper. Despite being written in a mashup on languages, old phrases and euphemisms, it was easily understandable and read like butter on toast. Soft, rich and delicious.

The setting was unlike anything I have ever read. New Orleans was brought to life in a cacophony of lace, wine and perfume. The description was somewhat of a masterpiece and had me enthralled from beginning to end. The Beautiful is a heartbreaking tale of love and loyalty which i cannot wait to pick up the next instalment to.