Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent along with six other girls, Celine quickly becomes enamoured with the vibrant city from the music to the food to the soirées and-especially-to the danger. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she’s forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight.

This book has been sitting on my shelf for a while, it has been staring at me and what with The Damned coming out in July I decided to read it.Īll thoughts and opinions on this review are my own.

To kick my week off I am reviewing, The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh. As the murderer stalks her, Celine finally takes matters into her own hands, only to find herself caught in the midst of an age-old feud between the darkest creatures of the night, where the price of forbidden love is her life.Īt once a sultry romance and a decadent, thrilling mystery, master storyteller Renée Ahdieh embarks on her most potent fantasy series yet.Monday has rolled around again, like it does every week but it seems to be coming quicker every week. When the body of one of the girls from the convent is found in Sébastien's own lair-the second dead girl to turn up in recent weeks-Celine battles her attraction to Sébastien and suspicions about his guilt along with the shame of her own horrible secret.Īfter a third murder, New Orleans becomes gripped by the terror of a serial killer on the loose-one who has now set Celine in his sights. She becomes embroiled in the city's glitzy underworld, known as La Cour des Lions, after catching the eye of the group's enigmatic leader, Sébastien Saint Germain. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent in the middle of the carnival season, Celine is quickly enraptured by the vibrant city, from its music to its fancy soirées and even its danger. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe haven after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris.