Title: The Beautiful Ones.
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
Format: Paperback.
Publisher: Tor books.
Page count: 292.
Release day: October 24th 2017 (rerelease: April 27th 2021)
Genre: Adult, romance, fantasy, historical.
Rating: 4.5 stars.
Rating:
Characters: 8/10
Atmosphere: 8/10
Writing: 9/10
Plot: 9/10
Intrigue: 9/10
Logic: 8/10
Enjoyment: 9/10
Average: 8.57
My thoughts:
Before I picked up this book I had read two books by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic and Gods of Jade and Shadow, and loved both! These two books are very different from each other, and I knew this one would be different once again. So I had really no idea what to expect from this one!
But once again, Silvia Moreno-Garcia did not disappoint! And I’m so excited to pick up more of her works, no matter what the genre is! Just to give an idea, this book is more similar to Gods of Jade and Shadow then Mexican Gothic!
I think I read this book at exactly the right moment, I was getting a bit burned out on all the fantasy I was reading! But I think I would have loved this book at any moment of time! I flew through it, I think I read it in less than 24 hours.
This is a slow-burn romance novel set in a historical setting, a story about selfishness, innocence and in the end true love!
Based on the synopsis and the first couple of chapter I had some expectations of where the story would go. But this all happened in Part one of the book, meaning there was a whole second part to surprise me. We read this book from several POVs, all from important characters of the story, and it was so interesting to see all of there thoughts, and way of thinking. This also meant that we knew more then the characters, and that made seeing them making certain decisions very interesting. They all had their own goals and plans with everything that was happening, and I loved them for that. Some of the characters went quite far to see their goals being accomplished, and I like that in characters!
I really enjoyed the setting of this imagined world with a really tiny touch of magic.
This book is definitely more character driven then plot driven, but still the plot was enjoyable! I really enjoyed seeing the different alliances develop and seeing what direction those took!
As I mentioned, I read this book in less then 24 hours, I just kept wanting to pick it up! Partly because of the story but also because of the amazing writing!
Other books by Silvia Moreno-Garcia:
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Mexican Gothic
so glad you enjoyed this one! i hadn’t heard of it before, but i’ll definitely be adding it to my tbr 🙂
I hope you will like it if you pick it up!
Ahhh, I’m so glad you enjoyed this one! I adored this book so much and love how every book that Silvia writes is different. She’s so skilled and I’ll read everything she writes forever.
I’m so surprised that she is able to do that! Since they’re also all good!
Same for me haah!
I’m currently reading this book and I love how atmospheric and slow paced it is! It just feels calming for some reason, and I just can’t help rooting for Nina
Right?! She does that so well!
This is on my list to read soon! She is one of my favorite authors, too! Great review 🙂
Glad to hear! I hope you will love it!
Great review! This sounds like such a good book. I’ll have to check it out! 🙂
I hope you do! It is really good!
I’ve seen this book everywhere and I’m really intrigued!!! Great review!
I hope you will love it!
Ooh, I’m glad to hear you liked this one! I’ve loved all the SMG books I’ve read, but I haven’t picked this one up yet. It’s waiting on my shelves for me!
I hope you will love it as well! I´ve loved all I read from her so far as well!
Glad you enjoyed this one! I have it on my tbr and have loved her other books.
I hope you will, it is so good! All her work is so different from each other, but all so good!