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A bit of Mad Max mixed with a bit of Ocean's 11 with a huge heap of the Wild West, this book was a blast to read from start to finish. Serendipity Jones is a force to be reckoned with!
Tourmaline and Virginia have recently graduated from high school, but they didn't exactly run in the same circles. That's changed now that Virginia's sleazy "boss" wants her to spy on Tourmaline's family - the local motorcycle club known as The Wardens.
Tourmaline has put a lot of effort into NOT being just the daughter of the MC president, church youth group included. Her autumn plans include going to college, NOT falling for the club's newest conscript, and NOT hanging out with the weird, pretty loner girl who all of a sudden wants to be besties.
The friendship that evolves in this story is one that was born of necessity but grows in a mutual understanding of just how hard it is to be a woman in a world of men, even when some men believe that they are doing right by you. This book is lush, evocative, and compelling. It took me about 100 or so pages to really dive in (such is the way when your two main characters are keeping secrets from each other), but at one point I was *all in*, and it snuck up on me when I realized I was reading WAY past my bedtime.
Tourmaline has put a lot of effort into NOT being just the daughter of the MC president, church youth group included. Her autumn plans include going to college, NOT falling for the club's newest conscript, and NOT hanging out with the weird, pretty loner girl who all of a sudden wants to be besties.
The friendship that evolves in this story is one that was born of necessity but grows in a mutual understanding of just how hard it is to be a woman in a world of men, even when some men believe that they are doing right by you. This book is lush, evocative, and compelling. It took me about 100 or so pages to really dive in (such is the way when your two main characters are keeping secrets from each other), but at one point I was *all in*, and it snuck up on me when I realized I was reading WAY past my bedtime.
Extremely compulsive read. Don't let the thickness put you off either; thanks to generous margins it's more like a 350-page book disguised as a 500-page book.
Teens are going to love this book. This world, which is a re-imagined dystopian, secluded New Orleans, is bursting with color - except for its people, who can only be made beautiful (ie, not grey and withered) with the help of The Belles. These young women are trained from birth for one purpose, and that is to serve their people by making them beautiful.
This would've been a 4-star book for me if I didn't find it to be so predictable. I'm not sure how much we were to supposed to pick up on (it's narrated in 1st person by a Belle who has NO clue what's going on). It also has HELLA world-building, which I don't mind because I could read sumptuous descriptions of cakes and dresses for DAYS, but I know that's not everyone's cup of tea.
It was a perfect book to take on my vacation, and I am definitely looking forward to reading the sequel!
Teens are going to love this book. This world, which is a re-imagined dystopian, secluded New Orleans, is bursting with color - except for its people, who can only be made beautiful (ie, not grey and withered) with the help of The Belles. These young women are trained from birth for one purpose, and that is to serve their people by making them beautiful.
This would've been a 4-star book for me if I didn't find it to be so predictable. I'm not sure how much we were to supposed to pick up on (it's narrated in 1st person by a Belle who has NO clue what's going on). It also has HELLA world-building, which I don't mind because I could read sumptuous descriptions of cakes and dresses for DAYS, but I know that's not everyone's cup of tea.
It was a perfect book to take on my vacation, and I am definitely looking forward to reading the sequel!
