The Righteous
Published on 7. December 2021
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-9848-1261-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this latest installment of The New York Times bestselling quartet that began with The Beautiful, Pippa journeys to the treacherous and beguiling world of the fey in search of answers but instead falls in love.
Following the explosive events of The Damned, Odette faces a vampire's final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it despises him. But knowing it could save Odette, he returns to the Vale with all haste, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and unwittingly setting the stage for both love and war.
It's mere days until Pippa Montrose is to wed Phoebus Devereux and become a member of his well-heeled family, offering salvation to her own. But Celine is missing. Pippa has no idea where her best friend has gone, but she's certain it's in the company of vampire Sebastien Saint Germain and that Arjun can lead her to them. Pippa enjoins the help of Eloise, the daughter of a powerful sorceress, to discover the gateway Arjun uses to travel between worlds. Pippa, tired of hesitating in life, marches right through in search of her friend. But what she discovers on the other side is a dangerous, duplicitous world full of mischief and magic she doesn't understand, and most unexpectedly, she finds love.
Author of the New York Times bestselling duology The Wrath & The Dawn, Renee Ahdieh is back. The Righteous is the can't-miss lead in to what will be a much-anticipated finale of a can't miss quartet.
Following the explosive events of The Damned, Odette faces a vampire's final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it despises him. But knowing it could save Odette, he returns to the Vale with all haste, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and unwittingly setting the stage for both love and war.
It's mere days until Pippa Montrose is to wed Phoebus Devereux and become a member of his well-heeled family, offering salvation to her own. But Celine is missing. Pippa has no idea where her best friend has gone, but she's certain it's in the company of vampire Sebastien Saint Germain and that Arjun can lead her to them. Pippa enjoins the help of Eloise, the daughter of a powerful sorceress, to discover the gateway Arjun uses to travel between worlds. Pippa, tired of hesitating in life, marches right through in search of her friend. But what she discovers on the other side is a dangerous, duplicitous world full of mischief and magic she doesn't understand, and most unexpectedly, she finds love.
Author of the New York Times bestselling duology The Wrath & The Dawn, Renee Ahdieh is back. The Righteous is the can't-miss lead in to what will be a much-anticipated finale of a can't miss quartet.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for The Righteous:"Darkly delicious." -Buzzfeed
"Ahdieh's writing is lush. . . . The romance is delightful, as is the sex positivity, intersectional feminism, and discussions of colonialism. . . The vicious fey court makes this an easy recommendation to fans of Holly Black's The Cruel Prince." -School Library Journal
"Pippa and Arjun's compatibility allows for a quickly building romance. . . [and] the worldbuilding further expands with deceptions and dangerous fey schemes coming to fruition just in time for the sequel. Racism, colorism, and colonialism are confronted." -Kirkus Reviews
"The best part of the book remains Adhieh's writing. Its lyrical quality brings the world to life once again . . . [and] gave Ahdieh's story a fairy-tale feel." -Bookstacked
"[A] romantic and adventurous story of vampires, fey, and magical worlds." -PopSugar
Praise for The Damned:
A Seventeen.com's Most Anticipated Pick for Summer 2020
"Forbidden romance and harsh consequences set up this highly anticipated sequel that will leave you wanting so much more." -Seventeen.com
"Expansive worldbuilding...romantic...steamy...Decadent escapism." -Kirkus Reviews
"Forbidden love, sultry romance, and clashing immortal factions fill this sequel . . . [and] will keep readers engaged...For fans of vampire love stories." -School Library Journal
"I loved this book. Beautiful, tortured Bastien...The stellar worldbuilding/the lurking presence of the Otherworld and V A M P I R E S. A clear win." -Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Wolves
"A worthy sequel that builds upon the world set up in book one and takes our characters to far darker places than before." -Culturess
"The Damned continues the thematic elegance and glamour found in The Beautiful and manages to take it up another level . . . There is a deep and seductive ambience that weaves throughout the story and leaves you feeling like you are reading the novel while lounging in a richly appointed New Orleans drawing room....The supernatural world that Ahdieh builds in this series is nothing short of fantastic." -The Nerd Daily
Praise for The Beautiful:
"The Beautiful, which kicks off a new series, returns the vampire novel to popular form, evoking the style of Anne Rice and breathing fresh life into the genre." -Entertainment Weekly
"It's true: Vampires are back, and they're more seductive than ever." -Bustle
"Ahdieh brings New Orleans vibrantly to life, particularly when exploring the complicated racial and gender restrictions of high society through main and supporting characters of mixed-race origin. Sure to please fans of the author and of the vampire-romance genre." -Kirkus
"The first in a series, this mystery novel shines when it focuses on Celine and her struggle to fit into society while trying to be true to herself." -School Library Journal
"An action-packed third act and a final reveal will have readers grasping for the sequel. . . Vampires never stay dead for long, and best-selling Ahdieh's approach-part homage to the classics, part fresh-eyed revitalization-will intrigue all but the most committed skeptics." -Booklist
"Darkly glamorous . . . Compelling." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"An incredibly ornate, lush New Orleans; characters who imprint themselves on your memory forever; a story that is nail-biting and swoony and satisfying and tense ALL AT THE SAME TIME. And of course . . . VAMPIRES." -Sabaa Tahir, New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes
"It's intoxicating. The Beautiful has that decadent, slow-moving horror that feels like a dream slipping to nightmare." -Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Wolves
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: Seventh Grade and over, Interest Age: From 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9848-1261-2 (9781984812612)
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Renee Ahdieh is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and collect shoes. She is passionate about all kinds of curry, rescue dogs, and college basketball. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea; consequently, Renee enjoys having her head in the clouds. She and her family live in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Wrath and the Dawn series, the Flame in the Mist series, and The Beautiful quartet.