Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (reviewed by Renata Hartman)

Beautiful Creatures is mysterious and thrilling as you’re thrown into a story like never before. This book keeps you wanting more as the romance and action get hotter and more dangerous by the chapter.

Ethan Wate begins the story as the main character in his normal life stuck in the middle of nowhere. Nothing ever changes in this town where there are no secrets until Lena Duchannes arrives. She shakes up the town, first by living with her uncle, the town’s shut-in, but as the days go by, the town realizes there is something more to Lena. When they try to run her out of town, Ethan is willing to throw his life away for her, as though they were brought together by a dream. Once Ethan finds out about Lena’s sixteenth birthday he doesn’t care that she only has months left to live and they fall hopelessly in love while they fight for her life. Many things are discovered during their race against time and they only have one chance to make it right.

I really liked this book because it is so well written it kept me interested. It takes you in to a different world full of suspense and wonder that you would think you are in the story. I love the plot and find it amazing that Beautiful Creatures finds a way to bring two worlds together in a race against time.

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