5/31/2023 0 Comments The beautiful ones novel![]() ![]() ![]() A decade ago Hector and Valerie fell in love only to be forced apart by circumstance, and with fame and fortune on his side Hector hopes to finally win her hand. ![]() There’s Hector Auvray, a charismatic entertainer who has dragged himself up from the gutter and made his fortune wowing audiences with his telekinetic prowess Valerie Beaulieu, a beautiful socialite locked in an unhappy marriage for the sake of her family and Antonina (Nina) Beaulieu, the young cousin of Valerie’s husband, who’s been sent to the city from her country home to make of her a lady, though her own telekinetic gifts are the least of her problems in this regard. The story begins in the city of Loisail during the Grand Season, with its glittering balls attended by the Beautiful Ones – the cream of society – and revolves around a trio of characters caught in a tangle of history, passion and deception. With the carefully observed characters and social customs of a novel of manners, set in a fictional world influenced by late-19th Century Europe and with a dash of telekinesis added in for a little bit of a fantasy edge, it’s a rich and characterful social drama, a slow-burn romantic love triangle, and a tale of conformity and conflict. First published in 2017, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s The Beautiful Ones is back in print in a lovely new 2021 edition from Jo Fletcher Books (or via Tor in the US), and deservedly so. ![]()
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