Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles, #2) in Once Upon a Twilight blog

Dec 01, 2010 Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids rated it it was amazing

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I absolutely loved returning to Gatlin County in Beautiful Darkness. The cover sets the perfect tone for what is revealed within it's pages. It's beautiful, haunting, twisty and I found myself a lot more emotionally invested in this wondeful sequel.

Kami & Margie have this unique talent for making me feel like I'm apart of Ethan and Lena's world. Whether that be searching the Castor tunnels, in the caves and the forest that are apart of Gatlin county, the Caster world in which Ethan is introduced I absolutely loved returning to Gatlin County in Beautiful Darkness. The cover sets the perfect tone for what is revealed within it's pages. It's beautiful, haunting, twisty and I found myself a lot more emotionally invested in this wondeful sequel.

Kami & Margie have this unique talent for making me feel like I'm apart of Ethan and Lena's world. Whether that be searching the Castor tunnels, in the caves and the forest that are apart of Gatlin county, the Caster world in which Ethan is introduced to, the Gatlin Library or at their homes. No matter where the setting took me too, I felt I was there. The descriptions are so rich in detail and so vivid, that I'm completely swept up into the pages of Beautiful Darkness, more so than I was with Beautiful Creatures.

Can Ethan get any more perfect? I know, it's wrong of me to use the word perfect right?! Ethan's love for Lena spans their families interwoven history, and is Lena's life line. Like many sequels, this one is a character journey for Lena. She has a choice to make and though she had me so emotional ticked off at her for part of the book, I understood her dilemma and admired Ethan's, "I'll go to the ends of the earth for you" determination. Ethan will not lose the girl he loves, no matter what the cost. In learning more about the Caster world and what Ethan and Lena are really up against, I was able to understand Lena more and really grasp the risk Ethan takes in trying to help her.

The characters- I really enjoyed getting to know Liv, who has a talent that I will not giveaway, but that's just say her character surprised me. I mean that in a good way. I adored Link even more so in Beautiful Darkness. He's such a great best friend to Ethan! I loved his character in Beautiful Creatures, but I find him even more humorous in Beautiful Darkness. He's humor always came at just the right moments. I was fascinated by Ethan's Great Aunts in Beautiful Creatures, but now I completely adore their characters! Amma is the same old lovable, stubborn character she was before. Just wait till you met the new bad boy! I won't say anything else.... there's more to him than we get to read about in Beautiful Darkness.

Beautiful Darkness is truly a well written sequel. There's nothing I would change about it. I loved it, as I was so emotionally charged while reading it. There's mystery, love, suspense, and more in Beautiful Darkness. Now that my questions I had at the end of Beautiful Creatures are answered, I'm eagerly awaiting the next book for my latest questions to be answered. If you need a fascinating story to get lost in, go PICK UP Beautiful Darkness tomorrow! ...more

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Dec 20, 2010 Between the Covers rated it really liked it

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Welcome back to Gatlin, where the sweet tea contains a pound of sugar, gossiping is the favorite town activity, and Casters walk alongside Mortals.

I loved returning to the world that Kami and Margaret created in Beautiful Creatures. Everything is so descriptive that the setting truly comes alive when reading. It was also great to see the same cast of characters back - to see how they had changed, and to see how they reacted to the new characters.

The way that the history of the Caster world is wo ...more

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Jan 24, 2013 Cesy rated it it was amazing

What do you do when the person you love most in the world pushes you away?

Well that is exactly what happens in book 2!
Since Beautiful Creatures, Lena hasn't been Claimed and that's never happen before. What will happen to Lena? What is happening to Ethan?

My heart broke with Ethan. He wanted nothing more than to be with Lena, but after her birthday nothing has been the same.

There's new characters in this one and it picks up rather quickly. Olivia aka Liv, Marian's assistant and John Breed, a m ...more

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May 03, 2013 Gabby (What's Beyond Forks?) rated it it was ok

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I really wanted to enjoy this book. Especially if they keep making movies for this series. I always like to read the book before I see the movie, but they are just too darn long to not completely enjoy. The ending makes me want to know what happens next, and there were a few interesting twists thrown in. I'm not sure if it was quite enough to make me read the next book. Maybe. ...more

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