Renée Ahdieh

The much-anticipated third entry in New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh's sumptuous and thrilling series, The Beautiful. Pippa Montrose is tired of losing everything she loves. When her best friend Celine disappears under mysterious circumstances, Pippa resolves to find her, even if the journey takes her into the dangerous world of the fae, where she might find more than she bargained for in the charismatic Arjun Desai.

The Righteous

Riley

Megan Lapides

Sara Turner

Very confused by this book. Two side characters from previous books are now the main characters. The plot changed and seems to be going nowhere. Arjun is a fun character and I can appreciate him, but not convinced of his attraction to Pippa? Also confused about the new characters introduced that have agendas which don’t line up with the storyline? Sad that there’s not a good wrap up for Celine and Bastien.

The third book in the instant New York Times bestselling series that began with The Beautiful. Pippa Montrose is tired of losing everything she loves. When her best friend Celine disappears under mysterious circumstances, Pippa resolves to find her, even if the journey takes her into the dangerous world of the fae, where she might find more than she bargained for in the charismatic Arjun Desai. Renée is back with her rich, atmospheric fantasy world that will continue to enthrall readers, new romance and mystery, and lush, pacey writing. The Righteous is the can't-miss lead in to what will be a much-anticipated finale of a can't miss quartet.

I can’t rate this one a full 5* as I did with the previous books honestly. It just wasn’t at all what I was expecting…

I know WHY the story was told as it was and why we had to follow secondary characters for the majority of the book but it just felt a bit like I was being thrown into a completely different series in a way. I did enjoy myself and did really like the book but it just wasn’t what I thought it was going to be at all, compared to book 1 it feels really jarring. 

That said I did like following Pippa and Arjun for the majority of the book and I get that it was necessary to make the ending more impactful but it was a bit slow at times and I was just counting the pages till I got to a Bastien/Céline chapter. Hopefully the next book is a bit more balanced in POV’s and the final book comes out later this year so I can get this series finished!

lauren carla

2.5 actual rating. definitely my least favorite of the three so far lmao. i REALLY did not like pippa. at all. i genuinely don’t remember her being that bad in the first two books lmao. arjun was the saving grace of the book for me, I just feel bad that he had to put up with pippa yikes 😭. also I thought celine and bastien would be past these serious communication issues. honestly though, the way celine was with her mother around frustrated me so much; I really liked celine in the first two books, but she acted so blind and kinda stupid in the one 😪🥴

Did not think I would care about Pippa and Arjun’s relationship that much, but I am eating my words! 

Aundreya Rich

"It's a tragedy to fall in love, is it not? - "One of epic proportions. As if your heart is dancing along a cliff with a smile on its face, ignoring all your warnings." 
"But I would have it no other way." 

OOOOOOOKKKKKAAAAAYYYYY... I have thoughts so bare with me please.

The Righteous was one of my most anticipated releases of 2021 after the cliffhanger from The Damned.
I was nervous to learn that The Righteous would be more so in the POV of Arjun and Pippa.

After finishing, I can say Arjun and Pippa are 2 cinnamon rolls I just wanna snuggle up with and read about forever.

Their back story, their chemistry, the friendship to lovers... I was all for it.

So what did I struggle with??
This book felt like it shouldn't belong in the series. A spin off? Sure.
The fae and creatures introduces just felt like a total 180 from the New Orleans dark creatures we fell in love with.

And Michael?
I think I skimmed 75% of everything he said and could still know exactly what was going on. He was an extreme disconnect for me.

And Bastien and Celine?
What. HAPPENED?!?!
The went from this dark, charming and mysterious couple to a girl who threw out all her feelings and common sense for a sketchy mom, an Bastien is just miserable in the fae world.

Overall thanks to the story line created for The Righteous and the adorable characters, I ended up really enjoying it still. But now the problem is I dont even want to go back to the OG couple
GIMME AAAALLLL THE PIPPA AND ARJUN.

Read if you love:
-the one bed trope
-fake engagement
-fae, goblins, vampires, witches, werewolves... you name it we got it here
-YA romance that is appropriate for all
-sweet lead characters
-the black cauldron ( I said what I said)
-a little "battle of the Montagues and the Capulets" 

Rating:
Story-⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Characters- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Arjun and Pippa, non for Gretchen Wiener or anyone else in this book 
Steam- About as scandalous as a Ghillie Suit


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Patricia Santos

Michelle Miller

Mae Erceg

The third book in the instant New York Times bestselling series that began with The Beautiful. Pippa Montrose is tired of losing everything she loves. When her best friend Celine disappears under mysterious circumstances, Pippa resolves to find her, even if the journey takes her into the dangerous world of the fey, where she might find more than she bargained for in the charismatic Arjun Desai. Renée is back with her rich, atmospheric fantasy world that will continue to enthrall readers, new romance and mystery, and lush, pacey writing. The Righteous is the can’t-miss lead in to what will be a much-anticipated finale of a can't miss quartet.

The Righteous

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