Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang Dark fantasy

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang Dark fantasySly, surprising, and razor sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite, beauty obsessed world where perfection comes at a staggering cost. Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at the Conservatory can. She employs a technique she learned from her parentsalso talented musicianswho fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But when an accident leaves her parents debilitated, she abandons her future for a job

Forced to play the part of his girlfriend and invite him into her family’s glittering circles

they hunt their hunters and send the Klan's demons straight to Hell

A hymn to brotherly bond and a masterful depiction of love in the 21st century

but her granddaughter Yemi is having a much harder time

Because if she fails

ferrying contraband for a mad preacher and his declining band of followers to make ends meet and to protect an old witch and a secret child from harm

and startlingly original

no matter what it costs him… or her

And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor

Set in Colonial New England

Orok will have to sacrifice far more than his divine association

When her wedding day arrives