Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
There where 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.
Writing this review was really difficult, I really liked the book but you could taste from the way it’s written that it was indeed written by two different authors, the actual pace of the book shifted from really fast to really slow making it sometimes hard to read on my opinion, even thou, the book left me pleasantly surprised when I finished it.
It’s different than other books I’ve read lately. This is the story of Lena Duchannes a not so normal girl with great powers that arrives to a little town on south carolina and Ethan Wate an interesting boy that have lived his entire life in the small southern town of Gatlin, SC.
Ethan whose family have lived from generation to generation in Gatlin has one wish and one wish only go beyond the narrow boundaries of his hometown and travel around the world. Ethan is not a typical small town teenager, one day He’s haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl He has never met, during one of this dreams Ethan comes in contact with the girl who will become the focus of his life.
Lena Duchannes has a secret, a secret that would force Ethan to decide if he just goes away or if the love he preach to Lena is so strong that he decides to stay. From that starting point they will embarc in a roller coaster of emotions just to discover the connection between them.
The story is told from Ethan’s prespective, in my opinion Ethan voice could be stronger. The love story between Ethan and Lenna was beautifully done. I really liked the writing style where you can picture the details of the story, where you can feel the magic and sorround yourself in the mystery.
Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia have pulled off an amazing story that will keep you wanting for more.
★★★★
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