LoveReading4Kids Says
Well now, this is one of those beautiful young adult books you can read as an adult without realising the aim of the age range.
Magical fantasy and edgy dark fairytale merge with a roaring 1920’s murder-mystery twist which ensures a familiar feel in an unfamiliar world. Alwyn Hamilton has created the most captivating setting, it’s cleverly done, with the fairytale elements gradually closing in as a noose around the history of this place.
The twisted family politics of the Holztfall’s ensure you never quite know who to trust. The privilege of the family hits like a sledgehammer, and their wealth and entitlement weigh heavily as they are consumed within the battles for top spot. The murder-mystery element sits quietly plotting its way through the book keeping you company and I was on high-alert as I read. I adored getting to know Nora and Lotte, and thoroughly enjoyed the different perspectives of these young women.
I’ve chosen this title as a LoveReading4Kids Star Book as well as Liz LoveReading Pick of the Month because it was such a glittering and unpredictable feast. Thrilling and compulsive, The Notorious Virtues revels in its cutting-edge glamour and dark turbulence.
Highly recommended.
Liz Robinson
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The Notorious Virtues Synopsis
Bestselling Rebel of the Sands author Alwyn Hamilton is back with a glittering fantasy thriller about a glamorous media darling, a surprise heiress, and the magical competition of a lifetime.
At sixteen, Honora "Nora" Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in all of Walstad. Her family controls all the money-and all the magic-in the entire country. But despite being the center of attention, Nora has always felt like an outsider. When her mother is found dead in an alley, the family throne and fortune are suddenly up for grabs, and Nora will be pitted against her cousins in the Veritaz, the ultimate magical competition for power that determines the one family heir.
But there's a surprise contestant this time: Lotte, the illegitimate daughter of Nora's aunt. When Lotte's absent mother retrieves her from the rural convent she'd abandoned her to, Lotte goes from being an orphan to surrounded by family. Unfortunately, most of them want her dead.
And soon, Nora discovers that her mother's death wasn't random-it was murder. And the only person she can trust to uncover the truth of what happened is a rakish young reporter who despises everything Nora and her family stand for.
While the dangers of the Veritaz competition threaten each of the Holtzfall girls, and the stark class differences turns political outrage to terrifing violence-the new cousins must fight to stay alive, no matter what.
Incredible tests, impossible choices, and deadly odds await both girls. But there can only be one winner.
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Alwyn Hamilton Press Reviews
'Sparkling . . . Hamilton is back and better than ever.' Samantha Shannon, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
'More-than-magical . . . readers are sure to devour!' Alexandra Christo, author of TikTok sensation To Kill a Kingdom
'Irresistible!' Catherine Doyle, author of instant #1 bestseller The Dagger and the Flame
'A treat . . . had me in a chokehold.' Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen
'An absolutely intoxicating, irresistible read.' Katherine Webber, bestselling author of Twin Crowns
'Fabulous . . . had me hooked.' Katharine Corr, bestselling author of Queen of Gods
'I adored it.' Rachel Greenlaw, author of Compass and Blade
'Twisty and clever . . . I loved every second.' Ravena Guron, bestselling author of This Book Kills
'A galloping, glittering, twisty treat of a book.' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, award-winning author of The Deathless Girls
'An absolute triumph.' Roshani Chokshi,NYTbestselling author ofThe Gilded Wolves
About Alwyn Hamilton
Alwyn Hamilton was born in Toronto and spent her early years bouncing between Europe and Canada until her parents settled in France. She left France for Cambridge University to study History of Art at King's College, focusing in on painting in the French Revolution. She then moved to London where she now lives and put her degree to use working for an auction house. Rebel Of The Sands was her first novel.
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