"The De Villers prided themselves on attracting the cream of the crop to their functions-- The Beautiful Ones, rather than the New People. The barons of barely minted empires of telegraphy wires and fresh steel could socialize elsewhere."

If you're going off the synopsis of this book alone you'll be disappointed with what you receive; however on the other hand if you go in with no expectations then you'll be happy. I enjoyed The Beautiful Ones overall and the romance was really good in my opinion. The telekinetic aspect was on the backburner and Moreno-Garcia made it seem like telekinesis was something that some people could be born with, and not super rare and treasured. I would have liked to see the building of the telekinesis in the story and in the world but that is my only problem with The Beautiful Ones .

The three main characters Nina, Hector, and Valerie gave me a range of emotions throughout the book. I will say Moreno-Garcia did a great job with all of the characters going in-depth into their reasoning and their motivations. She did a great job showing the character growth and character unravelling throughout the entire book. I will say I rooted for Nina the entire time I was reading but Hector and Valerie.... geez they made me so flipping made. Nina was as the book portrays innocent and in the throes of first love; she's someone who grows throughout the whole book and I applaud her for continually learning, growing, and knowing what she wants while going after it. Hector was trapped by the dream of someone that he used to know (hehehe) and someone who he made up in his mind. I enjoyed seeing him unravel his projections with the actual person in front of him. Once again his growth was good to see throughout the book too. Valerie..... gosh what can I say about her. She's evil and she needs to burn in hell for eternity. I went back and forth from feeling bad for her to hating her and ending up hating her. She is mentally insane. She's a woman who never learned how to be happy on her own without things and people. The ending was the worse for her because everything she was was stripped away from her. I think she is also a complex character and I'm truly glad that Moreno-Garcia gave her depth and meaning. I enjoyed the peeks into Valerie's mind and the screenshots on my phone of her thoughts still have me reeling when I read them now.

The plot had drama and tension throughout the whole thing. As far as romance goes, I love yearning it always plays a big part in romance for me. There's everything in this book; love hate vengeance death hope depression broken hearts etc. I was truly pleased with The Beautiful Ones