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The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4.0
challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

The anger that I feel for Valerie is beyond this world. I just can’t believe how harsh she was because she was forced to marry someone that she didn’t love. She refuses to let people be happy and live their lives. She used her beauty and her stature to manipulate her. The trouble she put Nina through made me want to throw the book across the room so many times.

Valerie had an entire HUSBAND and checking on Hector?? Make it make sense. The math ain’t mathing. You (Valerie) dismissed him (Hector) sis! You said you didn’t want him. He kept telling you “Valerie, I want that old thang back.” However, you said nope! Then when he was officially over you, you sabotage his love to Nina? You didn’t want him fall in love with Nina so much that you thought if you three him a cake that he would change his mind?? Sis! I can’t….

And Luke! Don’t get me started on Luke. Luke was Valerie’s puppet that was so blinded by his arrogance, greed, and trash behavior.

The wayyyyyy Valerie husband packed her bags sent me! Yasss! I don’t always believe in divorce but if the shoe fits. Yass! Then he told her to pray about it!! Ma’ammm the shade. I was here for it. Here for it all!

Wow Silva, you never disappoint to get me into the emotions of the characters and having me wanting to fight AT LEAST one of the male characters.

The way Nina was treated was so heartbreaking. I just really wanted her to turn evil a little bit and get her revenge. She was too sweet for this world. I am glad my thoughts of Hector changed because he almost got these literary hands as well. Also, why couldn’t Hector marry who he wanted? He may have not had a name as a “beautiful one” but he had coins??? The decorum of this time never cease to amaze me. Which is why I always turn to one of my favorite genres, Historical Fiction. I live for the drama in Historical fiction novels.