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Beautiful Creatures

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Beautiful Creatures

by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | December 1, 2009 | Hardcover

There were no surprises in Gatlin County . We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that''s what I thought. Turns out, I couldn''t have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. 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.

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    2 months ago

    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.

    What can I say but I LOVED IT. Here is a good story of love and magic. The characters are well developed and real. The writing and storyline, wonderful...kept me up at all hours. The ending, WOW.
    I am not one to read alot of YA, but I'm so glad I chose to read this one. I most certainly will be picking up Beautiful Darkness and Beautiful Chaos. Highly recommended

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    Rating: 3/5

    Okay....

    DevilRebel62

    10 months ago

    This book stars Ethan Carter Wate... A normal boy who minds his own buisness and does what he wants.

    Then he starts having dreams about this girl who he dosen't know... But yet feels attracted and thinks there is suppose to be some sort of relation...

    When the girl comes to life... Things go wrong.

    Ethan is enwraped into Lena's life ( the girl in his dreams )

    THOUGHTS:

    Since Lena was a huge part of the book... She could've been better. She was annoying. VERY annoying.
    The plot was amazing and Ethan was awesome!

    It was just Lena who put the book down....

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    Rating: 4/5

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    I <3 SIDNEY

    11 months ago

    beautiful creatures was a fairly good book and a page tuner for sure.although was not the best book ever the end of this book was a shocker as well as a total disappointment . OVER ALL I REALLY LIKED THIS BOOK

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    Rating: 3/5

    This book was such a page turner!

    Yianna Yiannacou

    12 months ago

    I didn't have much time to read but when I did read, I couldn't put the book down. It draws you in and you want to find out what happend next. Some things were predictable though. It dragged on! VERY REPETITIVE!!! It ended off as a cliff hanger so I have to read the second book now. Other than that, the characters were pretty cool as well :)

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There were no surprises in Gatlin County . We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that''s what I thought. Turns out, I couldn''t have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. 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.

About the Author

Kami Garcia is a teacher and reading specialist with an MA in education, and leads book groups for children and teenagers. Margaret Stohl has an MA in English and studied creative writing under poet George MacBeth at the University of East Anglia , Norwich . They both live in Los Angeles , California, with their families. Beautiful Creatures is their debut novel.

Hardcover

576 Pages, 6 x 8.5 x 2 in

December 1, 2009

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

English


0316042676
9780316042673

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"This book has it all...Who could ask for more? A sequel? Please!" - VOYA

"In the Gothic tradition of Anne Rice, the authors evoke a dark, supernatural world...Give this to fans of Stephenie Meyer''s Twilight or HBO''s "True Blood" series." - School Library Journal

"[Readers] will be swept up by the haunting and detailed atmosphere, the conventions and strictures of Southern life, and a compelling and dimensional mythology." - Publishers Weekly

"Smart, textured and romantic." - Kirkus Reviews

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