![]() ![]() Further, the whole elitist world of high society – The Beautiful Ones – again, play no real part. The magical, supernatural element that focuses heavily in the story blurb, plays little to no part in the actual book a blink and you miss it sub plot. ![]() The unique, captivating worlds that Silvia can create … just wasn’t here. I was wholly prepared for The Beautiful Ones to be entirely unlike the aforementioned reads but the whole of it played out as a sloppy, made-for-tv soap opera. Overall ThoughtsĪs much as I respect Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s writing in Gods of Jade and Shadow and Mexican Gothic, I cannot find any of that author in this story. But Hector is hiding powerful truths that threaten to end their romance before it truly begins. Hector sees Nina as a talent that can ripen under his tutelage and a romance soon blossoms. When entertainer Hector Auvray – a fellow telekinetic – arrives in town, Nina is besotted. But things have already gone massively wrong – Nina is struggling to control her telekinesis, resulting in vicious gossip – being labeled the Witch of Oldhouse. ![]() The Grand Season of Loisail has just begun and Nina is determined to make a good impression and join the ranks of “The Beautiful Ones” – the notable, powerful socialites. ![]()
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