One particularly passionate make-out session includes positive consent modeling but stops short of sex. The language is occasionally but not frequently strong (a couple of uses of "f-k," "shit," and the like), and there are a lot of suggestive scenes that focus on feelings of attraction and desire. Like most paranormal romances, there is some bloody violence (people have their throats sliced open, limbs and other body parts are detached, including a severed head, people are shot) as well as sexual assault, intimidation, and the turning of a human into a vampire. After arriving at the convent that will serve as her home, she meets a mysterious, handsome man and his circle of close friends - who seem almost otherworldly ( spoiler alert: They are!). The main character, Celine, is a mixed-race (White and East Asian) young French woman who has had to flee Paris for New Orleans in 1872. Parents need to know that The Beautiful is a New Orleans-set paranormal romance inspired by author Renée Ahdieh's love of Anne Rice's best-selling Vampire Chronicles series. Some people in clubs are "clearly tainted by drink." A few mentions of cigars.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. As the murderer stalks her, Celine finally takes matters into her own hands, only to find herself caught in the midst of an age-old feud between the darkest creatures of the night, where the price of forbidden love is her life.Īt once a sultry romance and a decadent, thrilling mystery, master storyteller Renée Ahdieh embarks on her most potent fantasy series yet.Adults and older teens who live as adults drink wine and liquor (cognac, bourbon, etc.). When the body of one of the girls from the convent is found in Sébastien’s own lair - the second dead girl to turn up in recent weeks - Celine battles her attraction to Sébastien and suspicions about his guilt along with the shame of her own horrible secret.Īfter a third murder, New Orleans becomes gripped by the terror of a serial killer on the loose - one who has now set Celine in his sights.
She becomes embroiled in the city’s glitzy underworld, known as La Cour des Lions, after catching the eye of the group’s enigmatic leader, Sébastien Saint Germain. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent in the middle of the carnival season, Celine is quickly enraptured by the vibrant city, from its music to its fancy soirées and even its danger. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe haven after she’s forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris.
In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight.
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