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Love. Magic. Revolution. It’s Caraval in the world of Marie Antoinette! Enchantée is Gita Trelease’s lush and imaginative debut fantasy about an impoverished girl who must use magic to impersonate an aristocrat in Versailles to provide for her sister as her own political awakening forces her to choose sides in the French Revolution.
Paris is a labyrinth of twisted streets filled with beggars and thieves, revolutionaries and magicians. Camille Durbonne is one of them. She wishes she weren’t...
When smallpox kills her parents, Camille must find a way to provide for her younger sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on magic, Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy food and medicine they need. But when the coins won’t hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family’s savings, Camille pursues a richer, more dangerous the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Using dark magic forbidden by her mother, Camille transforms herself into a baroness and is swept up into life at the Palace of Versailles, where aristocrats both fear and hunger for magic. As she struggles to reconcile her resentment of the rich with the allure of glamour and excess, Camille meets a handsome young inventor, and begins to believe that love and liberty may both be possible.
But magic has its costs, and soon Camille loses control of her secrets. And when revolution erupts, Camille must choose—love or loyalty, democracy or aristocracy, reality of magic—before Paris burns
Love. Magic. Revolution. It’s Caraval in the world of Marie Antoinette! Enchantée is Gita Trelease’s lush and imaginative debut fantasy about an impoverished girl who must use magic to impersonate an aristocrat in Versailles to provide for her sister as her own political awakening forces her to choose sides in the French Revolution.
Paris is a labyrinth of twisted streets filled with beggars and thieves, revolutionaries and magicians. Camille Durbonne is one of them. She wishes she weren’t...
When smallpox kills her parents, Camille must find a way to provide for her younger sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on magic, Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy food and medicine they need. But when the coins won’t hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family’s savings, Camille pursues a richer, more dangerous the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Using dark magic forbidden by her mother, Camille transforms herself into a baroness and is swept up into life at the Palace of Versailles, where aristocrats both fear and hunger for magic. As she struggles to reconcile her resentment of the rich with the allure of glamour and excess, Camille meets a handsome young inventor, and begins to believe that love and liberty may both be possible.
But magic has its costs, and soon Camille loses control of her secrets. And when revolution erupts, Camille must choose—love or loyalty, democracy or aristocracy, reality of magic—before Paris burns
- GenresFantasy
43 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2018
About the author
Gita Trelease
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I was born in Sweden to Indian and Swedish parents and have lived in lots of places, including New York, Paris, and a tiny town in Italy. I attended Yale College and New York University, where I earned a Ph.D. in British literature. Before becoming a novelist (what I'd always dreamed of becoming if I didn't become a spy), I taught classes on writing and fairy tales—some of which have seeped into my stories.
With my husband and son, I divide my time between a spooky old village in Massachusetts and the coast of Maine.
I was born in Sweden to Indian and Swedish parents and have lived in lots of places, including New York, Paris, and a tiny town in Italy. I attended Yale College and New York University, where I earned a Ph.D. in British literature. Before becoming a novelist (what I'd always dreamed of becoming if I didn't become a spy), I taught classes on writing and fairy tales—some of which have seeped into my stories.
With my husband and son, I divide my time between a spooky old village in Massachusetts and the coast of Maine.
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December 17, 2018
Makes you want to keep reading!
I’ve been on the fence about preordering this book but this chapter sampler gives you just enough of the story to want to read more. I look forward to reading the rest of the book!
I’ve been on the fence about preordering this book but this chapter sampler gives you just enough of the story to want to read more. I look forward to reading the rest of the book!
January 23, 2019
The sampler hoked me in and now I’m in the actual novel that I received from the author herself.
November 10, 2018
This chapter sampler and its dark magic drew me in instantly. It is drenched in gorgeous imagery, mysterious love interests, and steeped in the pain and difficulties of the era. Camille is exactly the kind of fierce, well-meaning heroine that I would want to have my back. I can’t wait to go with her on the rest of this journey.
December 30, 2018
Really Really good !!
I bought the chapter sampler because I had pre order the book in Febuary I was thinking of canceling the order beforehand because I was a little weary of the plot Now I am glad I didn't and Febuary can 't come fast enough !
I bought the chapter sampler because I had pre order the book in Febuary I was thinking of canceling the order beforehand because I was a little weary of the plot Now I am glad I didn't and Febuary can 't come fast enough !
March 1, 2019
It’s very good so far! I can’t wait to continue the story with the actual book! I’ve just ordered it and it should arrive by the 6th!
January 1, 2026
Enchantèe might be my favourite book of all time!!!!!! although I did read it when I was 14
I loved Enchantée so much ✨ The plot was gripping, the main character was strong and easy to root for, and I really felt the weight of everything she endured — loss, poverty, and the constant struggle to survive in such a cruel and unequal world. Her resilience made her journey even more powerful.
As someone who adores French culture and the French Revolution, the historical details and hints of language made the story feel incredibly immersive 🇫🇷🌸 And Carmen… I love her 💖 she brought so much warmth to the story.
A magical, emotional read that completely deserves five stars ✨💖🌸
I loved Enchantée so much ✨ The plot was gripping, the main character was strong and easy to root for, and I really felt the weight of everything she endured — loss, poverty, and the constant struggle to survive in such a cruel and unequal world. Her resilience made her journey even more powerful.
As someone who adores French culture and the French Revolution, the historical details and hints of language made the story feel incredibly immersive 🇫🇷🌸 And Carmen… I love her 💖 she brought so much warmth to the story.
A magical, emotional read that completely deserves five stars ✨💖🌸
January 10, 2022
The book was actually good but for some reason I found it hard to read. I predicted everything that happened in the first two hundred pages and just could not finish it. It was well written.
September 20, 2022
This book was okay. The magical part of the book was kinda boring and it was hard to get through. Overall the story wasn’t bad.
August 13, 2024
Read until page 212 out of 434; did not finish
December 31, 2024
A fun book to read. It will be good to be adapted to movie for sure.
April 24, 2025
I enjoyed it. In my opinion, it got boring in some occasions, but I like the romance and the plot !
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May 5, 2026I'm just slightly confused, this is the cover mine had, except mine was the full 450 pages, so I'm not sure which one to mark. Any ideas?
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