allykay24601 's review for:

The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
4.0

3.5 stars... I think?

I really enjoyed this, but the pacing, especially of the romance, felt off. I felt like the balance between plot and character was weirdly tipped in a way that I haven’t felt in Ahdieh’s other work. The way this ended left me hopeful that everything could even back out in the next book, though.

Also, there was a love triangle in this that I felt like I could have gotten really fired up about if it were executed differently. Le sigh.