The Beautiful Ones
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3.8 • 17 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a sweeping romance with a dash of magic.
They are the Beautiful Ones, Loisail’s most notable socialites, and this spring is Nina’s chance to join their ranks, courtesy of her well-connected cousin and his calculating wife. But the Grand Season has just begun, and already Nina’s debut has gone disastrously awry. She has always struggled to control her telekinesis—neighbors call her the Witch of Oldhouse—and the haphazard manifestations of her powers make her the subject of malicious gossip.
When entertainer Hector Auvray arrives to town, Nina is dazzled. A telekinetic like her, he has traveled the world performing his talents for admiring audiences. He sees Nina not as a witch, but ripe with potential to master her power under his tutelage. With Hector’s help, Nina’s talent blossoms, as does her love for him.
But great romances are for fairytales, and Hector is hiding a truth from Nina — and himself—that threatens to end their courtship before it truly begins.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Beautiful Ones is a charming tale of love and betrayal, and the struggle between conformity and passion, set in a world where scandal is a razor-sharp weapon.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books
Customer Reviews
Vastly Underwhelming
So….a pampered, sheltered, extremely wealthy barely adult girl who ONLY difficulty in her entire life is being teased about her “curse” of telekinetic abilities, gets everything she wants including the man she wants. That’s supposed to be what the reader roots for?
We’re supposed to believe that having telekinesis powers would be “looked down on” and “poor her” for having them? Um. What?
The “villain” is a woman who was victimized by a mysogynistic culture, did as her family ordered, and was left emotionally traumatized and hardening herself to survive it? She felt like a flat, convenient prop for a story that needed a villain to move the plot forward.
A plot which, unfortunately, is utterly predictable and characters that act in completely unrealistic ways, with forced dialogues. Having them say things that make no sense for anyone to say except to make the scene go the predictable route the author is heading. Prime example (without too many spoilers) the duel scene. Ugh. Eye roll.
Also, if, like me, you come across this book in the SciFi & Fantasy genre…it’s a lie. It’s literally victorian-era France/Paris just under different names, with the random tiny drips of 2 characters doing parlor trick level telekinesis. In no way does this fall into SciFi/Fantasy.