Challenge Corner discussion

Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, 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 Orléans 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 Orléans 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.

22%: (view spoiler)[so she just falls and she's going to be even more of a bitch about it? grow up amber - you mentioned her mom and overstepped. (hide spoiler)]

47%: (view spoiler)[are they all ignoring her now because of what happened to Amber? Well not Edel but I think she might've ran away... (hide spoiler)]

69%: (view spoiler)[wow. Sophia is god awful. (hide spoiler)]
100%: (view spoiler)[omg edel! Yay she’s alive. Also Sophia is still evil and I’m scared to see what her plan is going to be about the upcoming belle generation. (hide spoiler)]

I'm gonna try to join this one... just requested it.

Ch.6
Just starting out but already I can tell there’s going to be some political intrigue that I can get into!

Ch.19
(view spoiler)[everything’s starting to get very suspicious now. There are so many things going on that seem like obvious red flags: Belles they don’t know about, the switch out of favorites, the sleeping princess and how she got that way...so many more. (hide spoiler)]

Ch.29
(view spoiler)[I love Remy. The part with his sisters is so endearing and cute. I love the awkwardness with him and Camille. He just seems a very genuine character. I hope we keep getting more of him and Camille bonding and getting slowly closer. (hide spoiler)]

Ch.35
(view spoiler)[OMG. I hate Sophia! I felt suspicious of her pretty much from the start but after what she made Camille do to Astrid?! That’s so cruel and unnecessary! Camille needs to stop her. I bet Sophia is somehow involved in Charlotte being in this coma state. She seems crazy enough to harm her own sister for her chance to have all the power and get everything she wants. I’m kind of mad at camille for not refusing to do it but I guess she may be killed if she didn’t?

However, I do LOVE Sophia’s teacup pets! They are adorable seeming. I especially love the elephant it just seems so adorable to imagine a tiny little elephant!! (hide spoiler)]

Ch 45
(view spoiler)[Come on Camille! To me it seemed a dead giveaway when Sophia alarmingly made sure her friend didn’t eat that strawberry and said it was ONLY for Camille, that it was poisoned!! Why wasn’t Camille suspicious?! Especially after Sophia broke her fingers. Ugh. Frustrations. (hide spoiler)]

Alaina wrote: "
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(view spoiler)[I felt the same way at this point. Rolling my eyes at Amber and her antics. (hide spoiler)]

Finished!
(view spoiler)[Wow I loved this book. Definitely outshined my expectations since I went in not really knowing much or what to expect. I can’t wait to read book two!
Sophia truly is a monster and I need to know where Charlotte is, how the queen died, like did Sophia murder her? I can’t wait for whatever Edel has to say. I can’t wait for the sisters to work together. I can’t wait for more Remy. I can’t wait for it all!!! (hide spoiler)]

Ch 13: (view spoiler)[aw that was so sweet. he better not fucking die. (hide spoiler)]
Ch 34: (view spoiler)[well shit - that was sad. (hide spoiler)]
Ch 40: (view spoiler)[I don't know if I mentioned this before but the narrator for Sophie (or is it Sophia?) sounds like moaning freaking mrytle. it's freaking me out. (hide spoiler)]
Finished: (view spoiler)[this definitely flew by (if you couldn't tell by my lack of comments from ch 13-34 lol) I really enjoyed it. I'm super pumped for the next book! (hide spoiler)]

Alaina wrote: "
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Ran a little behind on book two but can’t wait to start it soon and read your comments as I come to them!!

Keri wrote: "Alaina wrote: "
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Ran a little behind on book two..."

lol I can't wait to dive into Onyx! I saw you are getting pretty far in it! I WFH tomorrow so I'm going to start that book the moment I walk in the door today.

Finally starting this next week and can’t freaking wait!!!

Starting today!

Ch.2
(view spoiler)[already it’s cool they can ‘glamour’ themselves to blend in! I feel like that’s definitely something Du Barry or whoever else hid from them on purpose... (hide spoiler)]

Ch.7
(view spoiler)[This ones taking me some time to get into, not starting out with as much action. But two things already-I don’t trust Amber, and Edel is getting annoying not listening to Camille and Remy. She’s going to get herself caught acting without thinking, (hide spoiler)]

Ch.21 (view spoiler)[Geez they get stopped every time they make any progress! So frustrating! I’m worried what will happen to Gustave now that they found out he helped Camille :/
Also, I’m really annoyed with how much Camille thinks of Auguste. They had almost a thing for about two seconds and he was a jerk. Let’s move on already. She’s had more thoughts of him than they had interactions. I wish that stuff would be left out it doesn’t make sense and also tarnishes the actual real connection she has with Remy, who’s actually a fantastic guy. (hide spoiler)]

Ch.26
(view spoiler)[ugh. Auguste is back. :/ I don’t want him in any part of the storyline! If Camille’s ridiculous crush on him messes things up for Camille and Remy, I’m gonna be pissed! (hide spoiler)]

Ch.29
(view spoiler)[omg if they kill Remy I’m done. (hide spoiler)]

Ch.33
(view spoiler)[Noooo! How could she kill adorable little Zo! ;-(
I can’t believe Camille would do that, Zo didn’t do anything wrong and was happy to see her. I could cry.

A few chapters back I was SO happy Camille finally let Auguste have it and ripped into him as deserved.

Now. Let’s go save Remy. (hide spoiler)]