The Righteous

3.5 stars
Books, Coffee & Passion

The Righteous is book 3 in the Beautiful series. Bastien and Celine were the main characters in the first two books. I was surprised by Renée Ahdieh's choice to switch the main characters, whose story wasn't wrapped up yet, in the third book. That was interesting.

In my opinion, it worked because, even though the world really opened up in The Damned, book 2, having Arjun and Pippa as the main couple led us to a closer look at the fey world. I loved the world-building and the fey stories and tales. I enjoyed Arjun and Pippa's POVs. Their chemistry was well written and they're both interesting characters.

However, Bastien and Celine were stronger main characters and they stole the show when they were on page. The pacing wasn't the best, not much happened during the first half of the book. It picked up though and the ending... lots of action and a very, very interesting last scene. I'm so curious about what's going to happen in the last book!

Overall, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as good as the first two books.