Valérie’s plot involves getting Nina to marry one of Hector’s friends, Luc. Valérie The Other Absolute Worst plots to ruin Nina’s life because she’s jealous that Nina has choices that Valérie never had. Nina is all “Bitch, please,” but Hector The Absolute Worst wins her over. So eventually shit goes down, and there’s a time jump to the next Season, and Hector The Absolute Worst decides that actually he really does love Nina.
Valérie, who is also just the worst, is a hell-bitch to Nina, who just wants to study beetles and wear comfortable shoes, but who gradually falls in love with Hector. And behold – into his life walks Antonina, Valérie’s younger country cousin! Hector, who is just the worst, courts Antonina (Nina, for short) to make Valérie jealous. He figures he will see Valérie and he will automatically know what his next move is. Now that he has made it big, he shows up to work out his broken heart issues. Meanwhile, Hector became a famous performer whose money and celebrity have earned him a place among the elite. She’s what Heather Chandler (from Heathers, of course) would have grown up to be if she lived in the Belle Époque and stayed away from drain cleaner.
She finds her husband to be terribly boring and avoids him as much as she can. She’s rich, she’s beautiful, and she’s great at manipulating people. Ten years later, Valérie is the undisputed queen of the Season. However, her family, which had status but no money, pressured Valérie to marry a rich man, Gaetan. He went across the sea to earn his fortune and she promised to wait for him. Once upon a time, a performer, Hector, fell madly in love with an upper-class girl, Valérie. During the summer, people go to their country estates where the weather is cooler and manners a bit looser. There’s nothing mystical about Loisail – the only fantasy element in the book is the telekinesis. Loisail is the Big City where the upper classes enjoy the Grand Season. It takes place during the Belle Époque (anywhere between 1871-1914). The setting is an alternate world in which some people have telekinetic powers.
I enjoyed it more as a soap opera than a romance, but your mileage will vary depending on your interpretation of the characters. The Beautiful Ones is a book that includes many genres, including fantasy, romance, manners, and just a little bit of Gothic.
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