The Compleatly Wasted Beauty

From the Novel

You think you know who I am.

That girl without any talents, who doesn't exist between camera flashes, getting out of cars and into clubs. Never seen when the sun is out. Taxis at four and sleeping until noon and nobody knows where. You think, that girl is famous for being famous. That girl takes more pictures of herself than the press.

I'll tell you a secret: I take exactly as many as they do, no more and no less.

Growing up it was beaten into me that you have very little you can truly call your own, in this world. You have what other people can get you, and what other people take. None of it lasts very long and none of it means much. We pay our debts, good and bad, very quickly. But if nothing is yours, then the whole world can be.

You think you know who I am? Good.

— Estelle Harlowe

The Complete Serial

Twelve Parts

Ending with Forever Twenty-One.

Pretty ThingPart One

Rattlesnake Lover — Wasted Beauty Part Two

Rattlesnake LoverPart Two

Use SomebodyPart Three

Get LuckyPart Four

Elastic HeartPart Five

Sick GardensPart Six

Mother Wilderness — Wasted Beauty Part Seven

Mother WildernessPart Seven

Brave SummerPart Eight

Celebrity Skins — Wasted Beauty Part Nine

Celebrity SkinsPart Nine

Without LovePart Ten

Orphan Widow — Wasted Beauty Part Eleven

Orphan WidowPart Eleven

Forever Twenty-One — Wasted Beauty Part Twelve

Forever Twenty-OnePart Twelve

The World

Los Angeles. A place of horror and wonder, lies and truths so bright and sharp they'll cut you. Everybody lies and nobody shows their fear for even a second. And the softer your voice, the more they'll lean in to hear you. Home to the Mosquito Queen and her PR Drones, Estelle's LA is a meeting place for creatures of all shapes — and desires. What hides beneath the glossy surface is wonderful, and terrible, and it will change them all forever.

Estelle Harlowe

A detective, a War Chief, a daughter, a Princess and a Bastard Queen. The Orphan Widow is what the troops of Hell and Fae alike fear most in the night, and she's coming for them. She'll bring the whole damned world down before she lets them take her.

Selena Kirke

The most beautiful girl you have ever met. She's in town to play the Hollywood Regency game — a game of possession and image, artifice and magic. But her fate is much stronger, and stranger. Witch, earth goddess, spirit of vengeance — she may be the next Marilyn Monroe, but she's more likely to win a war.

Troy Ahearne

The heart and soul of Team Estelle. A witchboy and a wildboy, he deals in masks and costumery, insight and kindness. He's great in a crisis, or if you're dealing with monsters. He loves Estelle and Selena with all his heart — so what would he do if he ever lost them?

Gabriel

Gabriel is... Gabriel. He's a little sad and a little beautiful but mostly he is into Gabriel. His best friend Michael is an angel, but we won't hold that against him. He'd do anything for Estelle — anything but set her free.

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The Compleatly Wasted Beauty

If Estelle Harlowe ever loses the fame game, she'll be dragged to Hell. That's not a metaphor. Fame is the only magic that matters — and Estelle knew that before she knew anything else. What she didn't know was what it would cost Selena and Troy. Or what it would mean to Gabriel, who had loved one of them across every possible version of the world and was not done yet.

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Blank Space

S. has a good life. A great apartment in New York. A fiancé she loves. An editor's job at Gilt, the magazine that decides what beauty means this season. She is not the kind of person things happen to — she is the kind of person who makes things happen. The only strange detail: the television show she can't stop watching. Wasted Beauty. She knows those characters. She's almost sure of it. She just can't remember from where.

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The Compleatly Wasted Beauty

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Everything Estelle would tell you,if she could.

there's alwaysmore to the story.

Everything Estelle would tell you,
if she could.

there's always
more to the story.