The Beautiful Ones

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 Val rie 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 and time together, Nina falls in love and believes she s found the great romance that she s always dreamed of, but Hector s courtship of Nina is deceptive.The Beautiful Ones is a sweeping fantasy of manners set in a world inspired by the Belle poque less Read The Beautiful Ones – kino-fada.fr This book was beautiful It does have a slow pace and very character driven, but I was never bored at all I kept wanting to turn each page There is heartbreak and moments where I wanted to slap a certain character Hector Hector ...Silvia Moreno Garcia s The Beautiful Ones offers readers a kaleidoscope of nostalgic trimmings a splash of Austen, a dash or two of the Bronte Sisters, with an early modernist garnish Set in a fantasy alt history version of post industrial France but dealing mainly with an aristocratic class resembling the landed gen...Antonina Nina Beaulieu has arrived in the city of Loisail for her first Grand Season with the hopes of finding the love of her life to marry She s been sent to live with Val rie Beaulieu who will oversee Nina as she attends balls and mingles among the high society Nina coming from wealth should have no problem finding a husband with one exception, she has telekinetic powers that she hasn t been able to control leaving her the subject of gossip When Nina meets Hector Auvray who happens to be Antonina Nina Beaulieu ...Set in an imagined world inspired by La Belle Epoque, this is a beautiful slow burning story of a love scorned and a love found Not so much a fantasy, this story of beauty and manners could be set in early 20th century Europe with the aristocrats creating a beautiful world of balls and wealth and scorning those who have made money but are not from the landed families There is a slight magical element to the story with the two main characters possessing telekinetic ability, which is acceptable Set i...4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum ve often been asked for advice from friends who are interested in giving audiobooks a try, but are worried that they might have trouble getting into them In response, I always say that starting with a good book and a good narrator is key, but also important is finding a story well suited to the format While it s true some books simply work best in prose form, there are also plenty of times where I ve come across audiob 4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum ve often been asked for advice from friends who are interested in giving audiobooks a try, but are worried that they mi...This was lovely and reader, I hugged this book at the end I might also have read the ending a few timesTitle The Beautiful OnesSeries StandaloneAuthor Silvia Moreno GarciaRelease date October 24, 2017Cliffhanger NoHEA view spoiler Yes hide spoiler There are some books you pick up and they immediately engross you, capturing your interest without pause You flip through uncontrollably, pushed by a need to discover what s around the next corner until the very last page This is not one of those This is the kind with long and boy, do I mean long periods of waiting for something to happen Title The Beautiful OnesSeries StandaloneAuthor Silvia Moreno GarciaRelease date October 24, 2017Cliffhanger NoHEA view spoiler Yes hide spoiler There are some books you pick up and they immediately engross you, capturing your interest without pause You flip through uncontrollably, pushed by a need to discover what s around the next corner until the very last page This is not one of those This is the kind with long and boy, do I mean long periods of waiting for something to happen Then you have quick bursts of plot acceleration, that unfortunately in my case did not appease my nagging boredom Don t misunderstand me, this book had a lot going for it, despite my frustrations And that s why I pushed on, hoping for a breakthrough in how I was feeling The story was unique with well developed and genuine characters Each one layered i...Review from Tenacious Reader reading and loving Certain Dark Things, I had no doubt I would read whatever Moreno Garcia published next That turned out to be The Beautiful Ones Just from the synopsis I could tell it would be incredibly different from the vampire underground world created in Certain Dark Things, but I have to confess, I was hoping to still find a bit of that darkness in The Beautiful Ones Well, I can t say I found this to be dark l Review from Tenacious Reader reading and loving Certain Dark Things, I had no doubt I would read whatever Moreno Garcia published next That turned out to be The Beautiful Ones Just from the synopsis I could tell it would be incredibly different from the vampire underground world created in Certain Dark Things, but I have to confess, I was hoping to still find a bit of that darkness in The Beautiful Ones Well, I can t say I found this to be dark like that, and will advise you that you can not read this book looking for world or tone similarities to Certain Dark Things Moreno Garcia did create great characters in...4.5 stars I received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review Wow This book was not at all what I expected There was a lotromance than magic both Hector and Nina are telekinetics It reminded me of reading a Edith Wharton book with a bit of magic mixed in, complete with naive protagonists, scheming cousin in laws the vicious Valerie and bumbling suitors The writing is beautiful, and although the pacing was sometimes slow, I was 100% invested in these characters Vale 4.5 stars I received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review Wow This book was not at all what I expected There was a lotromance than magic both Hector and Nina are telekinetics It reminded me of reading a Edith Wharton book with a bit of magic mixed in, complete with naive protagonists, scheming cousin in laws the vicious Valerie and bumbling suitors The writing is beautiful, and although the pacing was sometimes slow, I was 100% invested in these characters Valerie is the perfect villainous She has had a sour life, denied a marriage to the man she loved, pouting as her husband a perfectly nice man, by the way throws jewels her way She has made almost no choices in her own life which is a sad commentary on t...Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher, St Martin s, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.I ve heard great things about Silvia Moreno Garcia, certain great things about her book Certain Dark Things see what I did there I haven t had a chance yet to read it, though I did buy it earlier this year to read, but when I saw this on Netgalley, I had to give it a shot Telekinesis talked about as if it s relatively normal in this world Sounds fun to me.Well, Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher, St Martin s, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.I ve heard great things about Silvia Moreno Garcia, certain great things about her book Certain Dark Things see what I did there I haven t had a chance yet to read it, though I did buy it ear...

• English
• 19 December 2018
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Hardcover
• 327 pages
• 1250099064
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Beautiful Ones