The Belles (The Belles series, Book 1) - Couverture rigide

Clayton, Dhonielle

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1484728491 ISBN 13 : 9781484728499

Editeur : Disney-Hyperion, 2018

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"The tension and danger mounts quickly... The lore is interesting and unique... Fans of fantasy who enjoy royal intrigue, where the weak and powerless are trying to break the oppression of the powerful, will find it easy to root for the characters in this book."―School Library Connection

Accolades
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults List2018-2019 Florida Teens Read Award, finalistKirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018, selection2018 Goodreads Choice Awards: Young Adult, NomineeBooklist 2018 Editors' ChoiceSeventeen.com: The 20 Best YA Books of 2018, selection2019 Carnegie Medal, NomineeBank Street Children's Book Committee Best Children's Books of the Year 2019 list2018 Cybils Award, Young Adult Speculative Fiction Nominee2019 Tayshas List, selectionChicago Public Library: Best Books of 2018, selectionB&NTeen: Favorite YA Books of 2018, selectionThe Boston Globe: The Best Children's Books of 2018, selectionIndigo: Best Diverse Teen Books of 2018, selectionNerdy Book Club: 2018 Nerdy Award winnerEpicReads: Best Young Adult Books of 2018, selectionBuzzfeed: Best YA of 2018, selectionBrightly Teen: 18 of the Most Exciting YA Books to Read in 2018Booklist: Editor's Choice Best Books for Youth 2018Paste Magazine: 30 Best YA Novels of 2018Den of Geek!: Most Anticipated Young Adult Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2018, selection
Bustle: The 17 Best YA Books Coming in February 2018 That Make the Perfect Valentine's Day Dates, selectionTeenVogue: 10 Books to Help Young Readers Better Understand and Fight Injustice, selection (2018)The New York Times Book Review: New Y.A. Books by Women of Color Rewrite Old Cultural Scripts, selection (2018)BookRiot: Best Books of 2018 So Far, selectionRefinery29: The Ultimate YA Beach Reads of 2018, selectionBNTeen: 35 Summer Reads for Reluctant Readers (2018), selectionPennGSE Newsroom: The Best Books of 2018 for Young Readers, selectionTeenreads: Teen Choice Book Award 2019, NomineeEpicReads: 22 YA Romance Books for the Perfect New Year's Eve, selection (2018)BNTeen: 6 More Feminist Fantasy Epics for Fans of Priory of the Orange Tree, selection (2019)BookBub: The Best Book Series for Teens: An Ultimate List, selection (2019)

"The Belles is a voluptuous, dazzling fairy tale of desire, ambition and unrelenting beauty."―Holly Black, cocreator of New York Times best-selling series The Spiderwick Chronicles and author of Newbery Honor winner Doll Bones

*"Clayton impressively offers up a series starter that, despite its broad commercial appeal, doesn't shy away from facing uncomfortable truths in our own society. The dual natures of ugliness and shame, the commodification of beauty and of women, the drive for perfection at any cost, the widening of one girl's moral landscape--all of it comes into play here. But even as it does, the action never slows, and the rich, rotting world never wavers. Readers may be almost grateful for that cliff-hanger ending--it means there's more to come."―Booklist, starred review

"The fast clip of the pace and the increasing suspense makes the hefty page count well worth it."―BCCB

"Told in gorgeous prose, Dhonielle Clayton's novel sweeps readers away into an alluring and dangerous fantasy world that shrewdly examines our obsession with beauty... Don't miss out."―Bookish.com

"A lush and intoxicating world where beauty equals power and darkness lurks in every glittering shadow."―Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures & author of The Lovely Reckless

"Clayton... creates a vivid island world in this enticing series opener, saturating the narration with lush descriptions... that reflect the culture's obsession with elegance, appearance, and luxury. Readers will be left with much to consider about morality, individuality, and the malleability and artificiality of beauty."―Publishers Weekly

"I fell head-over-heels with the darkly lush world of The Belles. A book to read when you want to be transported somewhere dangerous and beautiful, where nothing is as it seems, and secrets abound."―Megan Shepherd, New York Times bestselling author of The Madman's Daughter series, The Cage series, and the forthcoming Grim Lovelies

"The Belles is a powerful discussion about the cost of beauty and what we are willing to do for it. Dhonielle Clayton creates a world both lush and dark, with prose so delectable you will savor every word."―Zoraida Cordova, author of Labyrinth Lost, The Circle Unbroken, and The Vicious Deep series

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orleans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orleans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be made beautiful.

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Disney-Hyperion
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1484728491
• ISBN 13: 9781484728499
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448