Thank you for stopping by on our tour stop of THE BELLES by Dhonielle Clayton, hosted by ROCKSTAR Book Tours. We became fans of the book with it’s lush writing and intricate world centered on beauty and all the we are willing to do to attain it. THE BELLES is captivating, enchanting and equally disturbing and you cannot help but keep reading it until the very end.
Not only did we get a chance to read THE BELLES but we got the chance to meet the author as she came to visit our favorite bookstore, Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park. Dhonielle was not alone she had great company and conversation with local author, Sabaa Tahir. Both had a great time and kept everyone entertained. For those of you that did not have this honor I have included the event in my post below. Please check it out and make sure to enter in the giveaway posted at the end.
DHONIELLE CLAYTON and SABAA TAHIR at Kepler’s Books
Dhonielle Clayton & Sabaa Tahir at Kepler’s Books THE BELLES 2/8/18
Title: THE BELLES
Author: Dhonielle Clayton
Pub. Date: February 6, 2018
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 448
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, TBD
Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be made beautiful.
But it’s not enough for Camellia to be just a Belle. She wants to be the favorite—the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the most talented Belle in the land. But once Camellia and her Belle sisters arrive at court, it becomes clear that being the favorite is not everything she always dreamed it would be. Behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets, and Camellia soon learns that the very essence of her existence is a lie—that her powers are far greater, and could be more dangerous, than she ever imagined. And when the queen asks Camellia to risk her own life and help the ailing princess by using Belle powers in unintended ways, Camellia now faces an impossible decision.
With the future of Orléans and its people at stake, Camellia must decide—save herself and her sisters and the way of the Belles—or resuscitate the princess, risk her own life, and change the ways of her world forever.
About Dhonielle:
Dhonielle Clayton (“Dhon” like “Don” or “Dawn”) spent most of her childhood under her grandmother’s dining room table with a stack of books.
She hails from the Washington, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side, but now lives in New York City. She was an extremely fussy and particular child with an undying love for Cheerios (honey nut only), pink lemonade, and frosted animal cookies. A self-proclaimed school nerd, she loved covering her books with brown paper and filled her locker with Lisa Frank stickers. She loved putting headings on her homework, odd-looking pens and freshly sharpened pencils, and numerous notebooks to fill with her research. On most Saturdays you could find her with her equally nerdy Dad at Crown Books and then the comic bookstore where she stocked up on her weekly reading material. Plus, she was so spoiled that her grandfather took her to the library after school almost daily.
She attended Our Lady of Good Counsel High School because her parents thought Catholic school would keep her out of trouble. She went to Wake Forest University, and studied pre-med until she received a fateful F in Chemistry. This setback prompted her to change her major to English, and earned a BA. She rediscovered her love of children’s fiction by re-reading Harriet the Spy, which pushed her to earn an MA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University and an MFA Writing for Children at the New School.
She taught secondary school for several years – at a pre-professional ballet academy and a private K-8 school. She spent most of her twenties in and out of America – living in London, Paris, a small Japanese town, Bermuda – and wandering the planet. She’s been on five out of seven continents, and has grand plans to reach all of them.
She is a former elementary and middle school librarian, and co-founder of CAKE Literary, a creative kitchen whipping up decadent – and decidedly diverse – literary confections for middle grade, young adult, and women’s fiction readers. She is also COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books.
What’s next? She will be enrolling in culinary school in New York City and plans to open up a restaurant in the city of her soul, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Giveaway Details: International
3 winners will receive a finished copy of THE BELLES, US Only.
Ends on February 20th at Midnight EST!
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Tour Schedule:
Week One:
2/5/2018- Adventures of a Book Junkie– Interview
2/6/2018- The Young Folks– Review
2/7/2018- YA Bibliophile– Review
2/8/2018- YA Books Central– Interview
2/9/2018- Ex Libris– Review
Week Two:
2/12/2018- Two Chicks on Books– Excerpt
2/13/2018- Tales of the Ravenous Reader– Event Recap Post
2/14/2018- Nerdophiles– Review
2/15/2018- Novel Novice– Guest Post
2/16/2018- Mundie Moms– Review