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But it’s not enough for Camellia to be just a Belle. She wants to be the favorite―the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orleans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the most talented Belle in the land.
But once Camellia and her Belle sisters arrive at court, it becomes clear that being the favorite is not everything she always dreamed it would be. Behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets, and Camellia soon learns that the very essence of her existence is a lie―that her powers are far greater, and could be more dangerous, than she ever imagined. And when the queen asks Camellia to risk her own life and help the ailing princess by using Belle powers in unintended ways, Camellia now faces an impossible decision.
With the future of Orleans and its people at stake, Camellia must decide: save herself and her sisters and the way of the Belles, or resuscitate the princess, risk her own life, and change the ways of her world forever.
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3.5 Stars is my rating for this book."You were put on this Earth by the Goddess of Beauty with one job, so make everyone else beautiful." That is kind of the basis of this book. The Goddess of Beauty fell in love with the God of the Sky and when she spent more time with their children he became jealous and cursed them all to be ugly. You with me? Okay now there is an elite group of girls who are beautiful and unique and they are called The Belles. Camellia is one of them and the book is told in her point of view.My biggest issue with this book was the pacing. The start had it off to a running start and I was really loving it but by the middle there were points that I just didn't care. I can honestly say I only really jumped back into loving it again at chapter 35 when things really started to take off and it was go go go from there. The end had me so on board that I need the next book like yesterday.Now this book is a young adult book so it does have its flaws. It's terribly cliche when it comes to some of the characters. I won't say anything more because it will spoil but just... yeah some of them and what they do you can find in just about any YA novel.I liked Camellia but she annoyed me at points. She was just so daft for "one of the smartest Belles". And the importance of keeping how her gifts work a secret was something stressed to her from the time she was little and yet all it took was a pretty boy to bat his eyes and it was all over. So yeah, she annoyed me even if she was a well written character.Honestly I took a star off because of the pacing and because I wasn't expecting this book to be as dark as it actually was. Yes it's about plastic surgery and how beauty ruins the world but it still looked like it was going to be a fun opening to a series and as series go further they tend to get darker. I just hope they're done well.