The Notorious Virtues （INT. 2025. 512 S. 8.2200 in）

Hamilton, Alwyn

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Description

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Bestselling Rebel of the Sands author Alwyn Hamilton is back with a glittering fantasy thriller about a glamorous media darling, a surprise heiress, and the magical competition of a lifetime.

At sixteen, Honora "Nora" Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in all of Walstad. Her family controls all the money and all the magic in the entire country. But despite being the center of attention, Nora has always felt like an outsider. When her mother is found dead in an alley, the family throne and fortune are suddenly up for grabs, and Nora will be pitted against her cousins in the Veritaz, the ultimate magical competition for power that determines the one family heir.

But there's a surprise contestant this time: Lotte, the illegitimate daughter of Nora's aunt. When Lotte's absent mother retrieves her from the rural convent she'd abandoned her to, Lotte goes from being an orphan to surrounded by family. Unfortunately, most of them want her dead.
And soon, Nora discovers that her mother's death wasn't random it was murder. And the only person she can trust to uncover the truth of what happened is a rakish young reporter who despises everything Nora and her family stand for.

While the dangers of the Veritaz competition threaten each of the Holtzfall girls, and the stark class differences turns political outrage to terrifing violence the new cousins must fight to stay alive, no matter what.

Incredible tests, impossible choices, and deadly odds await both girls. But there can only be one winner.
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Alwyn Hamilton was born in Toronto and lived between Canada, France, and Italy until she was three, when her family settled in the small French town of Beaune. She studied history of art at King's College, Cambridge, graduated in 2009, and lives in London. She is the author of Rebel of the Sands, Traitor to the Throne, and Hero at the Fall.Alwyn Hamilton was born in Toronto and lived between Canada, France, and Italy until she was three, when her family settled in the small French town of Beaune. She studied history of art at King's College, Cambridge, graduated in 2009, and lives in London. She is the author of Rebel of the Sands, Traitor to the Throne, and Hero at the Fall.
(Review)
oping, glittering, twisty treat of a book. This world felt like Gossip Girl meets Gladiator and I can t wait to read the next instalment." Kiran Millwood Hargrave, bestselling and award-winning author of The Deathless Girls

"A glitzy and sinister blend of fairy tales, murder mystery and dazzling socialites. Combining old fables with modern glamour, Alwyn Hamilton has created a more-than-magical start to a series that readers are sure to devour!" Alexandra Christo, author of the internationally bestselling To Kill a Kingdom

"I love this book! The world building is brilliant, the stakes are high and the character chemistry is off the charts. The mix of fairytale magic with the thrill of deadly trials, all shaken together with a decadent 1920s inspired setting makes for an absolutely intoxicating, irresistible read." Katherine Webber, bestselling author of Twin Crowns