Pretties are the upper class in the world free to do as they wish and lavish themselves in all the best.

The Grim Lovelies duology introduces readers to a world in which there are Pretties and Beasties. This second book picks up shortly after the ending of the first book and continues the story from that point. As with most fantasy novels this is a continuation of the story set in the first book so it’s best to read them in order of publication to fully understand. I would highly recommend you sneak this book in between reading slumps and if you love Witches, fashionable goblins, mighty sacrifices, unrequited love and lots of evil Royals.ĭisclaimer: I was sent this Advanced Reader’s Copy by the publisher and the thoughts herein are entirely my own without any influence from the publisher, writer or my peers whatsoever.Midnight Beauties by Megan Shepherd is the second and final book in the young adult fantasy Grim Lovelies duology. Overall, I feel like this is a great conclusion to the Beasties’ stories and despite a few wobbly points in the plot, I am incredibly honored to have met Anouk and her gang of Beasties. It is most certainly a book perfectly written to reel in its intended audience. I love how the glaring clichés-something that usually bothers me a lot, was pulled off inexplicably well enough that it was actually relevant to the whole plot of the story. I really enjoyed the way the book has forced me to step into the shoes of the main character Anouk, often times I found myself struck by how easily I’d forgetten about Beau while I was distracted with Rennar-much to Anouk’s chagrin. It has been written in such a way that all the grief never really strikes you until your subconscious picks up on it a good while after. It was fun, innocent and bubbly, all the while sneaking in unnecessary deaths, pain and torment. This book is one that pulled me out of a reading slump tge same way its prequel did. Midnight Beauties is the sequel to Grim Lovelies, so if you haven’t read that yet, you best march on over to your kindle-or bookshelf and read it before you go forward. The realm of all things born in and out of the Haute are stirring and magic is calling to you in the form of this book.

If you love light, fluffy, fast-paced, high stakes circumstances and plans that never seem to go right, then this one’s for you.

Midnight beauties by megan shepherd