Hotel Magnifique

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No, you ninny. He looked the same. Same face. Same charm. Hadn’t aged, not a day. Makes sense, I guess. He is the greatest suminaire in all the world.” Hotel Magnifique opened the door to a sumptuous and glittering world of magic and mysteries and left me enchanted. Perfect for fans of Caraval and The Night Circus.”–Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows and Small Favors There’s some cute romance too appropriate for a YA book. I still think I like Bel more than Jani, but he loves her, so what can I say! He’ll survive (maybe). Bézier glanced above the hearth to the decade-­old sheet of parchment sheathed behind glass: her invitation. In the low light, the purple ink shone with the same iridescence as the advertisement. “Hotel Magnifique is returning, I see.”

I’m rounding up because I had so much fun. Caraval mixed with Night Circus mixed with Nevermoor… this was such a fun adaptation of a lot of popular young adult themes.

The worthless chain was Verdanniere gold, rigid as steel. Maman always joked my spine was made of the stuff. I often fumbled for it when I needed her guidance with Zosa. Not that she ever gave it; dead mothers weren’t any good for guidance.

The man strode through the golden smoke and took the boy’s hand, like a father would do. For a brief moment, the boy stumbled, unsure, but then he willingly walked with the man toward the narrow building.

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Jani!” She bounded over. Her huge brown eyes shone against a pale, olive-skinned face that was far too thin. With the vexingly handsome doorman Bel as her only ally, Jani embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of the magic at the heart of the hotel and free Zosa — and the other staff — from the cruelty of the ruthless maître d’hôtel. To succeed, she’ll have to risk everything she loves, but failure would mean a fate far worse than never returning home.

Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor takes its readers on a magical journey with familial love at its heart. Bézier, however, didn’t laugh or think it odd. Instead, she glanced at her old invitation wistfully. Now, Bel. He was nice. Just nice, though. I didn't see enough of him to call him a good love interest. It felt sort of forced. You could see that all the encounters they had would be filled with subtle flirting and questionable moments. It felt like the author was holding two toys and pushing them together like "Now, kiss!!" the whole time. Oh! That's another thing I wanted to mention. The K I S S. You see, normally when authors keep pushing the golden scene further and further away, it creates expectation. Genius move, honestly. But I think she took it a bit too far. Bel and Jani had an almost-kiss scene like four times? Which I found a bit ridiculous. Once is okay, twice makes you suffer deliciously, three times it's getting a bit annoying, and the rest is just history. And the cherry on top is... that kiss scene was completely discouraging. After so many almost-kiss scenes, I admit my hopes were up in the sky. But that kiss??? It was HORRIBLE. Total manipulation. It was the product of Jani being scared and desperate for help, so what do you do when you don't know how to convince a boy to help you? Of course, ask Teacher Jani and she will say, "Easy, just kiss him. Like that, you will mess with his feelings and confuse him enough to agree with whatever you say!" Yay!

Hotel Magnifique opened the door to a sumptuous and glittering world of magic and mysteries and left me enchanted. Perfect for fans of Caraval and The Night Circus.” –Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows and Small Favors I absolutely loved the Lore surrounding the Hotel which was really well developed and the suminaires (the magicians who live and work at the hotel) were super interesting too, of all the suminaires that we meet Bel, Béatrice and Frigga were probably my favourites.