If you've ever been to the French Quarter of New Orleans, you will know the intoxicating otherworldly vibe the city gives off- and it is undoubtedly the perfect place for a supernatural murder mystery. She is taken in by a convent and lives with six other girls until the nuns can find a "suitable match" for her. It's 1872 and Celine Rousseau has just arrived in New Orleans, fleeing her life in Paris and a dark secret. But it is a book for teens, and after nine years on Goodreads I'm somewhat less of a teen than I was when I started. Let's face it, mix in some scary vamps with a sexy forbidden romance and how bad can it be? Still, there were a number of issues that prevented me from loving it. I did end up quite enjoying The Beautiful. No matter where she went, danger followed.Īnd it horrified her. But when she finally takes matters into her own hands, she finds herself caught in the midst of an age-old feud between the darkest creatures of the night, where the price of forbidden love is her life.
īut when a body is found in their lair, Celine is forced to battle her attraction for the group's enigmatic leader, Sébastien Saint Germain, and suspicions about his guilt, along with her own secrets.Īs more bodies are discovered, New Orleans becomes gripped by the terror of a serial killer on the loose - one who seems to have Celine in his sights.
Quickly enraptured by the vibrant city, from its music to its extravagant soirées and even its danger, she soon becomes embroiled in the city's glitzy underworld, and particularly the group known as La Cour des Lions. In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead.īut to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, it's also a safe haven after she's forced to flee her life in Paris. nail-biting and swoony and satisfying and tense all at the same time' Sabaa Tahir #1 New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight.
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