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Phoenix (Beautiful Dead #4)
by
Eden Maguire
Darina is in denial. Even after all she’s been through, the Beautiful Dead can’t be real. They must be a figment of her grief-stricken imagination. But visions of Phoenix and Hunter prove otherwise and soon she’s drawn back to Foxton, to the barn, to Phoenix - where they have, what may just be, their final reunion.
It’s the moment they’ve been dreading - time to solve Phoe...more
It’s the moment they’ve been dreading - time to solve Phoe...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
October 7th 2010
by Hodder Children's Books
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I am speechless. This book is amazing,each page gets more and more interesting Eden's vision always gets creative. I imagine a lot of amazing things when I read this book. I thought of how the barn looked in every way the house,Darina's expression or her reaction whenever she feels scared or happy. This book is wonderful. I was just sitting around and saw the first book "Beautiful Dead (Jonas)" I read it till the end, cause I wanted to see how it ended. I craved (not really but wanted) to read a...more
Love lingers long after death, doesn't it? That is the question Darina has been trying to answer since the death of her boyfriend Phoenix almost a year ago. Four teenagers from her town died during the course of a single year and turned into the Beautiful Dead. Darina was enlisted to help each of them solve the mystery surrounding their deaths, to help them cross over permanently and not remain as tortured beings. At last it is Phoenix's turn, only Darina is torn between wanting to help Phoenix...more
well for those of you who haven't read this book prepare to have a tissue box beside you when you get to book four.
General plot: four kids die in Ellerton and the heroines(Darina) boyfriend phoenix was among them . she is enlisted to help them(the beautiful dead) to find justice so that they can move on in peace while in turn she gets to spend time with phoenix. well she meets other people and discovers that people aren't always what they seem to be.and discovers secrets and helps patch thing...more
General plot: four kids die in Ellerton and the heroines(Darina) boyfriend phoenix was among them . she is enlisted to help them(the beautiful dead) to find justice so that they can move on in peace while in turn she gets to spend time with phoenix. well she meets other people and discovers that people aren't always what they seem to be.and discovers secrets and helps patch thing...more
**Spoiler**
I really thought this book would end with Darina waking up with a massive headache and no memory of the Beautiful Dead, just fond memories of her time with Phoenix. That would have allowed her to move on... Now he'll always be there? Really, why would you want to do that to someone with their whole life in front of them. She wasn't getting over him, and now she never will!
It seemed obvious that Darina would end up some relation to Hunter (Robert Hunter, aka, Hunter Lee depending on wh...more
I really thought this book would end with Darina waking up with a massive headache and no memory of the Beautiful Dead, just fond memories of her time with Phoenix. That would have allowed her to move on... Now he'll always be there? Really, why would you want to do that to someone with their whole life in front of them. She wasn't getting over him, and now she never will!
It seemed obvious that Darina would end up some relation to Hunter (Robert Hunter, aka, Hunter Lee depending on wh...more
So I have read the others before this and felt that they were really good. But from the first book I had a theory about who killed Phoenix, and yes I was right. Now the problem might have been that I have read too many crime/ detective/ murder mysteries so can pick up on the cues as to the culprit, or that too much information was given away throughout the books, which would explain why this one was more of a filler, of Darina and Phoenix's relationship rather than his disappearing act at the en...more
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This is book 4 in the ‘beautiful dead’ series by Eden Maguire.
Darina has almost convinced herself that she imagined the Beautiful Dead, and that Phoenix is never coming back. Phoenix is returning though, with just days before the anniversary of his death, and the day by which Darina must have solved his murder.
The questions of course remain though; can Darina solve Phoenix’s murder? And how will she cope when she has to say goodbye forever?
I was intereste...more
This is book 4 in the ‘beautiful dead’ series by Eden Maguire.
Darina has almost convinced herself that she imagined the Beautiful Dead, and that Phoenix is never coming back. Phoenix is returning though, with just days before the anniversary of his death, and the day by which Darina must have solved his murder.
The questions of course remain though; can Darina solve Phoenix’s murder? And how will she cope when she has to say goodbye forever?
I was intereste...more
The solution to the grand mystery was quite predictable. I will not tell it here, but i think at some point of the book sooner than later you will be able to guess it. Same applies to Hunters mystery. That was quite clear from day one. So what is left is the romance and as i have told in my previous reviews for the series, please shows us and not tell us. Darina and all the other people in this book are so moody its scary. For example one moment Hunter is ready to wipe Darinas memory if she even...more
Jeg havde store forventninger til denne 4. og sidste bog i serie om De smukke Engle. Specielt efter nr 3, som jeg syntes var den bedste af bøgerne hidtil. Jeg blev desværre meget skuffet. Der var intet nyt og åbentbarende ved fortællingen. Plottet var simpelt og ikke noget særligt. Jeg kedede mig faktisk, men klyngede mig forventningsfuldt til håbet om en slutning, som ville løfte bogen og hele serien op på et højere niveau, men også slutningen var skuffende. Jeg mistede hele 'kærligheden' til D...more
Během předešlých tří dílů jsem si na Darinu a její povahu poměrně zvykla, takže mě už ani tak nevyváděla z míry ani nevytáčela. Sice si neustále protiřečila (v jedné chvílí říká Phoenixovi, že mu musí pomoct aby se mohl dostat dál a za chvíli ho přemlouvá, aby jí neopouštěl a utekl s ní. Logika? Pro Darinu ani ano). Jako opět bylo nejsilnější stránkou ta detektivní zápletka. Sice jsem podvědomě věděla, jak to skončí, ale i tak to byl zajímavý konec a vlastně i konec celé série. V jednu chvíli js...more
En unos días se cumple el aniversario de la muerte de Phoenix y Darina esta confusa. Realmente no sabe si las Almas Elegidas existen o ha sido producto de su imaginación, por el dolor que le causo la muerte de Phoenix y sus amigos. Pero Hunter hace pronto su aparición para recordarle que puede elegir: o ayudar a Phoenix para que pueda descansar por fin en paz u olvidar todo y seguir adelante con su vida.
Darina no quiere olvidar, a pesar de lo doloroso que supone ver a tu novio muerto, no quiere...more
Darina no quiere olvidar, a pesar de lo doloroso que supone ver a tu novio muerto, no quiere...more
oh. wow.
well for startes... Eden Maguire is just amazing.
i first read jonas when it first came out a few years ago and loved it but like so many others at that age when i read itm i put it back in my wardobe and let it get covered with the new latest books i had gone out and purchased but when i found it again, i thought ah well its probably a but young for me now...me being 15... but i felt i needed to re read the book and prehaps read the other three remaining ones just to say i have and so i...more
well for startes... Eden Maguire is just amazing.
i first read jonas when it first came out a few years ago and loved it but like so many others at that age when i read itm i put it back in my wardobe and let it get covered with the new latest books i had gone out and purchased but when i found it again, i thought ah well its probably a but young for me now...me being 15... but i felt i needed to re read the book and prehaps read the other three remaining ones just to say i have and so i...more
Musím priznať, že si posledná časť série o Krásnych mŕtvych udržala svoju stálu úroveň. Štýl písania autorky je mi sympatický. Autorka sa však snažila možno až príliš často dať čitateľovi podozrivých. Keď sa konečne autorka rozhodla, kto to bude, koniec bol naozaj skvelý.
4-krát opakovať ten istý úvod a takisto cestovanie časom na vyriešenie vraždy mi neučarovalo. Autorka predsa len mohla byť trochu kreatívnejšia. Ak prehliadnem pár nepriaznivých detailov, kniha sa mi veľmi páčila.
Som rada, že sm...more
4-krát opakovať ten istý úvod a takisto cestovanie časom na vyriešenie vraždy mi neučarovalo. Autorka predsa len mohla byť trochu kreatívnejšia. Ak prehliadnem pár nepriaznivých detailov, kniha sa mi veľmi páčila.
Som rada, že sm...more
Dec 28, 2011
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I have to admit this book was what I was looking forward to. The entire series I've been waiting for Darina to be able to solve Phoenix's death. The idea that someone you love could play such an intricate part in whether you could pass on or being eternally stuck in limbo is one that I wouldn't have thought of.
I don't blame Darina for being so anti Beautiful Dead. I wonder if she thinks if she ignores the upcoming anniversary of Phoenix's death, if she just won't have to deal with it. I think t...more
I don't blame Darina for being so anti Beautiful Dead. I wonder if she thinks if she ignores the upcoming anniversary of Phoenix's death, if she just won't have to deal with it. I think t...more
Beautiful Dead: Phoenix follows Darina to the end of her journey working for the Beautiful Dead, the final book concentrates on Darina trying to find the answer to who killed Phoenix before his time runs out...
I enjoyed the final book and had massive expectations for Phoenix's book, I thought it would be emotional, sad and mysterious but still have to laughter. I was a little disappointed by this book, to me Darina seemed a little off, remembering what she was like through the other books she se...more
I enjoyed the final book and had massive expectations for Phoenix's book, I thought it would be emotional, sad and mysterious but still have to laughter. I was a little disappointed by this book, to me Darina seemed a little off, remembering what she was like through the other books she se...more
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!!!!!!!!!!!Spoilers. :D!!!!!!!!!!!
When I first began reading The Beautiful Dead series I wasn’t sure these books would turn out to be a series I ‘liked’. I read Jonas’ book and found myself in love with the idea behind the story but not really the actual story itself. As usual with any series I read, (promising or not, which in this case I was thinking not) I decided to continue on and read the second book. It wasn’t until I read Arizona’s book that I really began to want to know what happened t...more
When I first began reading The Beautiful Dead series I wasn’t sure these books would turn out to be a series I ‘liked’. I read Jonas’ book and found myself in love with the idea behind the story but not really the actual story itself. As usual with any series I read, (promising or not, which in this case I was thinking not) I decided to continue on and read the second book. It wasn’t until I read Arizona’s book that I really began to want to know what happened t...more
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Bezprostredne po dočítaní knihy sa cítim emociálne vyčerpaná. Nielen preto, že som plakala na každej piatej strane, ale aj kvôli "neporiadne ukončenému koncu" - takéto konce nenávidím, a samozrejme svoje zohrala aj Darinina hlúpa-naivná-viera a Hunterove plieskanie krídlami i koniec, čo ma nakoniec nijako nezasiahol, lebo na ďalšie emócie som nemala energiu.
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Páni... Ani nevím, co k poslednímu dílu říct. Tak nějak jsem tušila, že to takhle dopadne. Darinu jsem prakticky celé tři díly ignorovala, protože všichni Krásní mrtví byli dohromady třikrát lepší než hlavní protagonistka. V posledním díle to ale Darina dovedla do dokonalosti - pořád fňukala a snažila se vymyslet, jak to s Phoenixem udělat. Protiřečila si a místama jsem jí chtěla prostě odstřelit. Hodně jsem sázela na detektivní zápletku. Ta mne až tak nezklamala, i když můj tip na to, kdo zabil...more
I honestly do not know why I was so determined to stick with this series until the end. The initial concept was very interesting and I was intrigued, but the writing is less than fantastic. This book ended predictably and I wasn't at all surprised, but what can you expect when the whole damn series has been leading up to this inevitable conclusion? For some reason, Phoenix bothered me even more than the previous three novels in the series. Darina is a pitiful heroine, with a backbone that only p...more
*FUMES ANGRILLY
Spoilers***** I WILL use capitals ALOT!
It. Just. Ended.
There was no twist of, OHMYGOD, WOW! It, just, finished.
I thought Phoenix might find a way to be with her, or she dies and stays with him in heavn, but no!
I can't even write a review right now im SO mad:(
Spoilers***** I WILL use capitals ALOT!
It. Just. Ended.
There was no twist of, OHMYGOD, WOW! It, just, finished.
I thought Phoenix might find a way to be with her, or she dies and stays with him in heavn, but no!
I can't even write a review right now im SO mad:(
Phoenix er en spændende afslutning på Beautiful Dead bøgerne. Den er så spændende, at jeg blev nød til at læse videre. Nogle steder er den så spændende, at jeg næsten ikke kunne læse videre.
Til sidst får alle fred, og kommer videre. B
Phoenix is a thrilling finish on the Beautiful Dead books. The book is so thrilling, that I had to keep reading. Some places are it so thrilling, that I almost wasn't able to contenue reading.
At last avery one gets peace, and contenue there lifes.It is not the last...more
Til sidst får alle fred, og kommer videre. B
Phoenix is a thrilling finish on the Beautiful Dead books. The book is so thrilling, that I had to keep reading. Some places are it so thrilling, that I almost wasn't able to contenue reading.
At last avery one gets peace, and contenue there lifes.It is not the last...more
This is the final book in the 4-book Beautiful Dead series. I tore through it in a few hours, hating every page knowing that this was the end. This one is as good as all the others and it's guaranteed to make you cry, a lot! I loved this entire series, from start to finish.
I couldnt wait to find ou what happened to phoenix, and so i stayed up till 11pm on a school night to finish it. I then found i had to go to the bathroom for a tissue.Overall a good read although i don't think it's the best one out of the series.My faveourtie is Arizona's story.
Beautiful dead is great series.
If you have ever loved or lost someone, you would understand the story the book gives out. Not only does it cpture the feelings of Darina, but it makes us, the readers, feel how she's feeling when she lost phoenix.
I loved this book, and it really is a tear breaker.
It is a 'must' to read!
If you have ever loved or lost someone, you would understand the story the book gives out. Not only does it cpture the feelings of Darina, but it makes us, the readers, feel how she's feeling when she lost phoenix.
I loved this book, and it really is a tear breaker.
It is a 'must' to read!
Maybe I anticipated too much, before from the beginning I wanted to know what will happen with Phoenix. I wasn't what I expected, some parts returned from the other books and some things I just didn't quite chatch. But nevertheless a story full of goosebumps moments.
I found myself stalling to get through this book being that is the last in the series. I loved every minute of it, and the ending was one that I had vaguely supected in the first book, but still ended up surprising me in the end.
Like in the rest of the "Beautiful Dead" books, Darina is on a mission to set free one of the Beautiful Dead, though this time it’s a bit more complicated, since she has to let go of her boyfriend, Phoenix. For almost a year she has worked on the others cases. But her b...more
Like in the rest of the "Beautiful Dead" books, Darina is on a mission to set free one of the Beautiful Dead, though this time it’s a bit more complicated, since she has to let go of her boyfriend, Phoenix. For almost a year she has worked on the others cases. But her b...more
I loved the suspense in this edition. The twisting suspense keeps you reading to find out what Darina finds out next, and if Phoenix and Darina will find away to be together in the end or will he have to move on without Darina.
2,5*
Jedna moja časť si vydýchla, že už viac nebude musieť znášať tie patetické výlevy Dariny (čo mimochodom bola prvá postava, ktorá mi liezla nekonečným fňukaním na nervy ešte viac ako Ever z Nesmrteľných tou svojou neschopnosťou - čo pre mňa už ani nebolo možné, hold všetko sa dá očividne. Napriek tomu, že som sa občas musela kopať do toho, aby som celú túto sériu vôbec dočítala do konca... je možné, že mi trošku bude nejakým zázrakom asi aj chýbať. Jednoducho zmiešané pocity, pretože pri nie...more
Jedna moja časť si vydýchla, že už viac nebude musieť znášať tie patetické výlevy Dariny (čo mimochodom bola prvá postava, ktorá mi liezla nekonečným fňukaním na nervy ešte viac ako Ever z Nesmrteľných tou svojou neschopnosťou - čo pre mňa už ani nebolo možné, hold všetko sa dá očividne. Napriek tomu, že som sa občas musela kopať do toho, aby som celú túto sériu vôbec dočítala do konca... je možné, že mi trošku bude nejakým zázrakom asi aj chýbať. Jednoducho zmiešané pocity, pretože pri nie...more
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Eden Maguire graduated from Birmingham University with a PhD in English Lit and now lives in the Yorkshire Dales with her two daughters, her horse, Merlin, plus a dog and a cat.
She spends part of each year at a ranch in Colorado, where she rides alone in the mountains – her idea of perfect happiness.
Whenever she can, she loves to indulge her passion for travel and take in the world's major citie...more
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“Any time, any place? I ask, gazing out across the glittering lake.
A breeze disturbs it's silver surface. In a heartbeat, Phoenix promises.”
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A breeze disturbs it's silver surface. In a heartbeat, Phoenix promises.”
