cocoforever1125 's review for:

The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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hmmm this was a confusing one for me. it read like a book meant to set up a series rather than a strong independent book that happens to be in a series. there were liiiiiterally no lore answers (which is EXTREMELY important to me in books) except a little "ah vampire!" and "i'm a w*rewolf" moment at the end. i feel like almost nothing happened until maybe 70% into it except for a few random murders. the instalove purely based on hotness and hormones is definitely present but i'm not mad at this iteration of it. pros? loved the new orleans setting and the mysterious vibe. i like celine, and i love her friendships. i wouldn't say i'm so dedicated to the whole series but i'll def start book 2....... mainlytogetthefrickinloredumpicravedforthisentirebookahhhhhh. though i predict i'm gonna end up DNFing it if i don't get lore answers within 100 pages.