The Beautiful
Ratings38
Average rating3.6
Once again I loved this book up until the VERY END when it fell prey to the siren song of the OPEN ENDING (a cliff hanger at that?!) so the author could turn this into a damn series. Ugh. Spare me.
I really liked The Beautiful! The writing is absolutely amazing, even though the pace was slow at times, I did enjoy the plot, the characters and that ending... did not see that coming! There's a lot of questions that I hope are answered in the next book.
Full review coming soon
After reading the “Wrath and the Dawn” and absolutely falling in love with the series, I bought this book as soon as I saw Renee's name on the cover! This was a very enjoyable read. Honestly, this is what the Twilight series should have been! I love the mystery and the setting of this story, but I did feel like the characters could be a bit one-note. They weren't as well developed as the characters from “The Wrath and the Dawn” series, which was disappointing because that was my favorite part. I still enjoyed the read and there is still some mystery to be solved in the next books, so this might be rectified in book 2.
Truly enjoyed this book. Started a bit slow, but it's everything I wanted when I heard of the premise being about vampires and New Orleans.
it blew my mind, despite not focusing on the vampire aspect this still managed to be without a doubt THE BEST VAMPIRE book that I have read, and have been obsessed with vampire since my childhood and picked up ALOT of Vampire books, they all sucked, they always romanticize it which I didn't have a problem with but.. they all seem to be written in the same way with the same plot sometimes with different premise but it still the same.
This is unique and beautifully written, and it a completely new way of viewing vampire, as the blood-sucking creatures everyone should fear, and I kept guessing what would happen throughout the book and I did not expect this ending. it may not be an ending I have wished to happen but it's unexpectable and realistic.
pretty good book... thought I wasn't going to like it bc of the reviews and the ratings of it.
the audiobook is pretty good, so I recommend it
im continue on with the series though
More kick ass heroines that does not give two damn about what people think of her, please
Pre-Reading Updates:
tbh i was planning on giving this series a try this year but the ratings on the latest book... i'll wait lmao
Great read! Don’t bother with the next 3 though. They’re horrible. Should have been a one book only. Very disappointed.
I picked this book up at B and N with a gift card I got for Christmas as soon as I saw the words “New Orleans” and “undead.” I recently finished The Originals tv series and was craving more NOLA magic.
Sadly, it doesn't get to the grit of vampires until the end and the romance between Bastien and Celine is cliche as they have only met two or three days and already are madly in love with each other.
I did like how Celine was pretty badass and independent in her own way but that's about it.
Also, why mention Bastien has a pet snake if it's only in one or two scenes?
Overall, I say 2.5 stars out of 5.