A compellingly beautiful tale of magic, intrigue and deception, set against the backdrop of eighteenth-century Paris on the cusp of revolution. Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries - and magicians . . . When seventeen-year-old Camille is left orphaned, she has to provide for her frail sister and her volatile brother. In desperation, she survives by using the petty magic she learnt from her mother. But when her brother disappears Camille decides to pursue a richer, ...
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A compellingly beautiful tale of magic, intrigue and deception, set against the backdrop of eighteenth-century Paris on the cusp of revolution. Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries - and magicians . . . When seventeen-year-old Camille is left orphaned, she has to provide for her frail sister and her volatile brother. In desperation, she survives by using the petty magic she learnt from her mother. But when her brother disappears Camille decides to pursue a richer, more dangerous mark: the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Using dark magic Camille transforms herself into the 'Baroness de la Fontaine' and presents herself at the court of Versaille, where she soon finds herself swept up in a dizzying life of riches, finery and suitors. But Camille's resentment of the rich is at odds with the allure of their glamour and excess, and she soon discovers that she's not the only one leading a double life . . . Enchant???e is a compelling historical fantasy and is Gita Trelease's debut novel.
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Paris in the late 1700s, a city full of aristocrats, revolutionaries, inventors and... magicians!
Enchantee is a rare and delightful read; its historical fiction mingled with fantasy in a way that gives the story a real and grounded feel to it. Gita Trelease spins a beautifully written world which balances the sumptuous landscape of the court at Versailles with the gritty poverty of the streets of France with a revolution brewing. The world building reminded me a bit of The Belles - it has similar beautiful imagery with an element of a sinister undertone running underneath. I also liked the use of French words scattered throughout the narrative.
However, the book is trying to jam pack a lot of things in to the narrative - there's a love triangle, a dramatic villain with a dastardly plot, a political revolution, an exploration of a magic system and a rags to riches progression all of which is wrapped up in a stand-alone story. Although I loved and appreciated the fact that it's stand-alone, I felt that it perhaps would have been better explored in different stories (or letting some of them take the background) rather than trying to cram everything in. I also found the plot to be a little frustrating at times as most of the problems could have been solved by characters just revealing something important or telling the truth. I didn't feel like the stakes were really that high for a lot of important information that would have changed the outcome of many situations to be kept a secret. I also really didn't like Lazare - he didn't seem to be a fitting hero to match our feisty and interesting heroine.
Overall I enjoyed the world of Enchantee, I just felt it tried to be too much at once and needed a little paring down in its editing. Thank you to NetGalley & Pan Macmillan for a chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.