My review:????
The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a fantasy story, set in a period setting, where The Beautiful Ones are those who are high society. Nina is having her debut, and her cousin, and his wife, are the ones who are launching her. But her cousin’s wife is not interested in Nina so much as what her actions reflect on her.
Nina has the power of telekinesis, and when she meets the popular entertainer, Hector, who performs for audiences around the world, she’s smitten. To be fair, she was smitten before she met him, when she only read about him.
But Hector sees her as a way of getting access to a woman he used to be involved with, and still loves. The question is, how long can he string Nina along before she gets hurt?
I found this to be entertaining, and felt quite like a regency romance book, except the setting isn’t precisely described in a timeline. It’s an enjoyable book with light fantasy added in.
The Beautiful Ones was published on 27th April 2021, and is available to buy from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.
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I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, and so my thanks to NetGalley and to Quercus Books.