Why have I not read this sooner. This is now on my favorite books of the year list, it's the beginning of said list for this year. I absolutely loved it. I heard so much hype about it last year and I kept my expectations low and didn't listen to much about it. I only knew going in to this book that there were these girls called Belles and that had the power of beauty.
I went in knowing only that and from the first chapter, I was hooked. The beautiful writing was so lyrical. The descriptions that Dhonielle Clayton wrote was stunning and mesmerizing. The setting made me think of New Orleans and Paris. There was suspense and I have a lot of questions that are unanswered and were answered near the end. The mythology aspect that was the focal point of The Belles was the main thing that I really enjoyed.
We follow 6 girls who are on their way to the Palace to compete in a Beaute Carnaval to become the favorite belle and be assigned to the Palace. Camellia, our leading lady doesn't follow the rules, but she desperately wants to follow in her mothers footsteps and become the favorite in the Palace, only she gets beat out and becomes second best and is placed in the teahouse in the city center now far from the Palace.
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