In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton – YA F CLAĬamellia Beauregard is a Belle. But when she gets there, she struggles to fit in with her monstrous relatives, who prowl the woods around the family estate and read fortunes in the guts of birds.Īn Affair Of Poisons by Addie Thorley – YA F THOĪfter unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, seventeen-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother’s Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: they’re not heroes of the people, as they’ve always claimed to be, but murderers. When she flees boarding school after a horrifying incident, she goes to the only place she thinks is safe: the home she left behind. Nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality as punishment for a past rebellion.Įleanor Zarrin has been estranged from her wild family for years. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity–and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.Įvery seven years, the Agon begins. Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna – YA F FOR She soon discovers the truth: She is the last of an ancient lineage- and the last hope to save the world from destruction. Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea.

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