So the cover is AWESOME! The Twilight puns had been removed from the final synopsis, which is a good thing, as I know (hope) this book will slay entirely on its own regardless! If this book will be anything at all like the Originals, I'm going to be one happy reader! Bring on the dark and murder-y vampires!
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh is an upcoming fantasy novel that takes place in New Orleans in 1872, and follows Celine Rousseau- a young woman who was forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris, and is taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent. Celine quickly finds herself enchanted by the city- as well as entangled with the city's glitzy underworld, known as La Cour Des Lions, after her run-in with the group's oh so charming leader Sébastien Saint Germain. Following the gruesome death of one of the girls from the convent, Celine becomes suspicious of Sébastien as she battles her growing attraction for him, and keeps her own dark secrets buried deep.
This was everything I hoped it would be, and then some! I don't find myself reaching for paranormal fantasy books as often as I used to, but this served as a quick reminder of everything I love about the sub-genre. It was atmospheric, there was a touch of horror, and the "who done it" element really added to the plot! Who doesn't love a good mystery?
The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh is an upcoming fantasy novel that takes place in New Orleans in 1872, and follows Celine Rousseau- a young woman who was forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris, and is taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent. Celine quickly finds herself enchanted by the city- as well as entangled with the city's glitzy underworld, known as La Cour Des Lions, after her run-in with the group's oh so charming leader Sébastien Saint Germain. Following the gruesome death of one of the girls from the convent, Celine becomes suspicious of Sébastien as she battles her growing attraction for him, and keeps her own dark secrets buried deep.
This was everything I hoped it would be, and then some! I don't find myself reaching for paranormal fantasy books as often as I used to, but this served as a quick reminder of everything I love about the sub-genre. It was atmospheric, there was a touch of horror, and the "who done it" element really added to the plot! Who doesn't love a good mystery?