The villain of the story is selfish, vain, and cruel with a heart that seems to be chiseled from ice. This character’s fixation on his past romance leads him to make hurtful, selfish choices, which he later comes to regret deeply. One character falls into a deep depression after experiencing heartbreak and spends the next ten years pining over a married character. There are a few uses of the d-word, as well as “whore.” Negative elements: ( Spoiler ahead.) Two characters enter into a duel-to the death-and shoot at one another. Nina once used her kinetic abilities to shove a bully off of a horse, which nearly trampled him. This same malevolent mind speaks about another character’s (imagined) wantonness and propensity to “rut” with various men. One character viciously encourages another to seduce (and possibly sexually assault) another character. One character bathes in another’s presence. Two unmarried characters have sex during the story, but readers are not privy to the scene and only learn it occurred through conversation. One character briefly thinks on the morals she’s heard preached from the pulpit.
This character seeks forgiveness and works to reconcile and make amends for his transgressions.Įven when his life is threatened, one character hopes not to harm another in their duel. One character, in a moment of clarity, realizes their foolish obsession and sees the havoc it has wreaked. He does not look down on her for her lack of polish, but sees her genuineness and admires her all the more for it. Unlike most everyone else in society, Hector does not demean Nina, and even encourages and mentors her in her talent. Even when she doesn’t understand another character’s quirks or motivations, she is quick to forgive, slow to anger, and genuinely tries to see the best in others-even when they have no intention of the doing the same for her. While society scoffs at her naivete, Henry marvels at her innocence and authenticity, sees is for the rare and precious jewel it is.
It doesn’t help that her nerves cause her psychokinetic abilities to act out, a major faux-pas amongst the city’s upper crust.īut when she catches the eye of the famous Hector Auvray, a world-famous performer with psychokinetic abilities of his own, all her hopes for love and a future seem to be blooming before her, as gentle and sweet as a flower.īut Hector has a secret, and Nina soon learns that the past can cast a shadow too dark for dreams to bloom.
She was looking forward to spring in Loisail, but she cannot seem to help speaking out of turn, wearing the wrong dresses, and constantly annoying her cousin’s wife, the beautiful but austere Valérie. Nina Beaulieu is staying with her cousin, debuting for the Grand Season. In the glittering metropolis of Loisail, etiquette is key, appearance is utmost, and money is everything.
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