The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno Garcia

I read this quite a while ago and am sorry I didn't review it sooner.

But I find myself thinking about it still.  The characters were very real.  Silvia Moreno Garcia became a favorite author right away, within the first few paragraphs of this wonderful novel of manners.

It's described on Goodreads as "a sweeping romance with a dash of magic."

I don't generally read romance.  But I wanted to relax for a change, lighten up, see what the rest of the world is on to.  And I'm so glad I did. 

The heroine, Nina, was entirely relatable.  As was the hero, Hector.  I loved them both.  Even the villain, Valerie -- as easy as it was to hate her -- was relatable.  I could really appreciate her point of view all the way through right up until the end.  Which, for me, is absolutely what I want in this sort of a book, where the main conflict is a love triangle.

The prose was just ::chef's kiss::

I was immediately drawn in. The very casual magical realism, where both Nina and Hector are telekinetic for unknown reasons, flowed naturally along in the vein of Gabriel Garcia Marquez at his finest.

The conclusion was very, very satisfying, especially in the person of Nina's wealthy cousin Gaetan, who, up until the end, was only a cameo.

I truly loved this book and wished I could immediately read it again.  Moreno Garcia became a new favorite author, and I don't even read romance.

My only complaint is that I didn't write it.