Characters ★★★★★
Setting ★★★★★
Writing Style ★★★★☆
After a bizarre accident, Ingrid Waverly is forced to leave London with her mother and younger sister, Gabby, trading a world full of fancy dresses and society events for the unfamiliar city of Paris.
In Paris there are no grand balls or glittering parties, and, disturbingly, the house Ingrid’s twin brother, Grayson, found for them isn’t a house at all. It’s an abandoned abbey, its roof lined with stone gargoyles that could almost be mistaken for living, breathing creatures.
And Grayson has gone missing.
No one seems to know of his whereabouts but Luc, a devastatingly handsome servant at their new home.
Ingrid is sure her twin isn’t dead—she can feel it deep in her soul—but she knows he’s in grave danger. It will be up to her and Gabby to navigate the twisted path to Grayson, a path that will lead Ingrid on a discovery of dark secrets and otherworldly truths. And she’ll learn that once they are uncovered, they can never again be buried.
In Paris there are no grand balls or glittering parties, and, disturbingly, the house Ingrid’s twin brother, Grayson, found for them isn’t a house at all. It’s an abandoned abbey, its roof lined with stone gargoyles that could almost be mistaken for living, breathing creatures.
And Grayson has gone missing.
No one seems to know of his whereabouts but Luc, a devastatingly handsome servant at their new home.
Ingrid is sure her twin isn’t dead—she can feel it deep in her soul—but she knows he’s in grave danger. It will be up to her and Gabby to navigate the twisted path to Grayson, a path that will lead Ingrid on a discovery of dark secrets and otherworldly truths. And she’ll learn that once they are uncovered, they can never again be buried.
REVIEW
Entrancing, beautiful, magic.
If you listen closely you will hear the sound of my heart breaking. And look to your left, on the ground there you will see me rocking back and forth whimpering. And to your right is the shattered remnants of my e-reader because THAT ENDING WAS NOT OKAY. Goddammit, Luc, get your shit together.
But, the review! Ah yes, the review. I'll do that now.
The Beautiful and The Cursed tells the story of Ingrid and her family who have recently relocated to Paris from London following a social disgrace caused by Ingrid. To cut a long and marvelous story short, they move into an abbey adorned with gargoyles and Ingrid discovers that Luc, one of their staff, is a living gargoyle - one of The Dispossessed - charged to protect all humans in the grounds of the abbey by the Angelic Order.
Page Morgan weaves a fantastical tale of thrills and terror that will have you gasping. Her writing is beautiful; she has a way of taking historical fiction, blending it seamlessly with fantasy/supernatural, and delivering a book that isn't hindered by the details and dialogue of a time gone by, but enhanced by it.
The characters are equally infuriating, endearing, and lovable, and I adore all of them. I was quite surprised by how attached I got to characters I weren't expecting to - Gabby, for example. I loved her tenacity and her drive, her stubborn refusal to allow anything to take her down. While Ingrid gave the story heart and compassion, Gabby gave it fight.
I love every single thing about this book. Every. Single. Thing. Is it Spring 2014 yet?
Simply put, this book will leave you breathless.
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