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'Vampires are back, and they're more seductive than ever' Bustle, on The Beautiful The much-anticipated third entry in New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh's sumptuous and thrilling series, The Beautiful. Odette is facing the final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. Arjun despises the Sylvan Vale, and in return, it despises him. But knowing it could save Odette, he returns, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and setting the stage for both love and war. It's mere days until Pippa Montrose is to wed Phoebus Devereux and become a member of his well-heeled family, offering salvation to her own. But Celine is missing. Pippa has no idea where her best friend has gone, but she's certain it's in the company of Sébastien Saint Germain and that Arjun can lead her to them. With the help of Eloise, the daughter of a powerful sorceress, Pippa discovers Arjun's gateway and slips through in search of her friend. But what she discovers on the other side is a dangerous, duplicitous world full of mischief and magic she doesn't understand . . . New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns to enthrall readers with the third book in her seductive, atmospheric fantasy quartet.
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3 primary booksThe Beautiful is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Renée Ahdieh.
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The Righteous is book 3 in the Beautiful series. Bastien and Celine were the main characters in the first two books. I was surprised by Renée Ahdieh's choice to switch the main characters, whose story wasn't wrapped up yet, in the third book. That was interesting.
In my opinion, it worked because, even though the world really opened up in The Damned, book 2, having Arjun and Pippa as the main couple led us to a closer look at the fey world. I loved the world-building and the fey stories and tales. I enjoyed Arjun and Pippa's POVs. Their chemistry was well written and they're both interesting characters.
However, Bastien and Celine were stronger main characters and they stole the show when they were on page. The pacing wasn't the best, not much happened during the first half of the book. It picked up though and the ending... lots of action and a very, very interesting last scene. I'm so curious about what's going to happen in the last book!
Overall, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as good as the first two books.
honestly i think i just forgot i was reading this
maybe ill pick it up again jn the future ????
DNF at 57%