the beauty trials a belles novel dhonielle clayton

Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites This is a thought-provoking story that lingers. Praise for The Belles: The NYT bestseller by the author of TINY PRETTY THINGSīreathtakingly beautiful and deeply unsettling. When the queen asks Camellia to break the rules she lives by to save the ailing princess, she faces an impossible decision: protect herself and the way of the Belles, or risk her own life, and change the world forever. Behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets, and Camellia soon learns that her powers may be far greater - and far darker - than she ever imagined. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the favourite Belle - the one chosen by the queen to tend to the royal family.īut once Camellia and her Belle sisters arrive at court, it becomes clear that being the favourite is not everything she always dreamed it would be. In the opulent world of Orleans, the people are born grey and damned, and only a Belle's powers can make them beautiful.

Welcome to the dark decadence of Dhonielle Clayton's sharp tale of beauty, obsession and magic. Nominated for the 2019 Lodestar Award for best YA book, this is the dazzling New York Times instant bestseller, the next big thing in YA. Nominated for the 2019 Lodestar Award for best YA book, this is the dazzling instant New York Times bestseller, THE BELLES, the next big thing in YA with a wealth of incredible reviews from Buzzfeed, Kirkus, Rick Riordan, Roxane Gay, and many more.

The beauty trials a belles novel dhonielle clayton