Authors: Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Rating: 5 Stars
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Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.
Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.
In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.
After being in a book slump for about a month and a half, this book was just what I needed to snap me out of it. With it's dark and creepy tones, Beautiful Creatures sucked me into its world of mysteries.
This story is being told from Ethan Wate's point of view. I love that it is being told from a guy's point of view, as most Young Adult books are told from the perspective of girls. Ethan Wate is the son of two highly esteemed professors in the town of Gatlin, South Carolina. Gatlin is one of those small towns where news spreads like wildfire, and no one has the luxury of privacy or secrets. Or so everyone seems to think until Lena Duchannes strolls into town.
Lena Duchannes is Macon Ravenwood's niece, Macon is like the Boo Radley of the town. No one has seen him in many years and everyone in town are creeped out by him, his mansion, and his niece.
Ethan Wate lays eyes on Lena for the first time in English class and knows from then on his life will never be the same. He knows he has seen her in his dreams for the past couple of months, but he can't figure out how or even why.
As mysteries and darkness uncovers in the small town of Gatlin things get chaotic. This book will take you for a spin and then spit you out to wait until you recover for more. These authors are both very talented to have constructed a book this special. I thoroughly enjoyed Beautiful Creatures, this is a book I will never forget.
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