In the kingdom of Orléans, everyone is born gray and plain, and only the Belles — a small sisterhood born with color and the gift of transformation — can make them beautiful. Camellia Beauregard wants nothing more than to be named the queen's favorite, but life at court reveals that the Belles' gift is bound up with secrets about their own creation, and the queen asks Camellia to use her powers in ways the rules forbid. The first volume of Clayton's Belles series is a fantasy about beauty as currency and control.
Author: Dhonielle Clayton · Original publisher: Freeform Books (New York), 2018