![]() The body of another girl from the convent is found in the Court of Lions. A young woman is brutally murdered on a dock near the convent on the night of Celine’s arrival in the city. ![]() I think that it was a bad dude, but it is worth being cautious when your first interaction with a man involves him participating in/watching over the beating of another man.)īut as she tries to build a life in New Orleans, death circles ever-closer to Celine. ![]() (To be fair, the first time she meets him he and his friend Arjun are beating a guy up in an alley. When Celine and Bastien meet there is an undeniable chemistry between the two, even as Celine realizes that Bastien is dangerous. At its center is the Count’s only heir, his nephew Bastien. In reality, the Court of Lions is a collection of inhuman beings under the purview of Le Comte de Saint Germain. Celine quickly becomes drawn to a young woman named Odette, who hires Celine to make a dress for a Mardi Gras masquerade and invites her to the Court of Lions, which Odette refers to as a gambling hell for mentalists. She arrives with several other young women from Europe and they are all to be settled in a convent together until they marry. The Beautiful takes place in 1872 New Orleans, where a young former dressmaker named Celine arrives after fleeing Paris. I deeply, deeply enjoyed The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh. ![]() ![]() TW/CW: Murder, attempted rape, beheading/separated limbs. Genre: Historical: American, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult ![]()
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