When the queen asks Camellia to break the rules she lives by to save the ailing princess, she faces an impossible decision: protect herself and the way of the Belles, or risk her own life, and change the world forever. Behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets, and Camellia soon learns that her powers may be far greater – and far darker – than she ever imagined. But once Camellia and her Belle sisters arrive at court, it becomes clear that being the favourite is not everything she always dreamed it would be. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the favourite Belle – the one chosen by the queen to tend to the royal family. In the opulent world of Orleans where Dhonielle Clayton’s The Belles takes place, the people are born grey and damned, and only a Belle’s powers can make them beautiful. This week, we get In Deep Lit with our favourite YA reads from some of the Festival’s standout speakers. To make things a little easier, we’re compiling some of our favourite picks, genre-by-genre. With over 400 of the world’s leading literary luminaries and public intellectuals coming together for the 2019 Sydney Writers’ Festival - and just three short weeks to get reading - honing that bedside table of books is no mean feat.
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