Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1) in Once Upon a Twilight blog

Nov 15, 2010 Jennifer rated it really liked it

I've wanted to read this series for a long time. And with the movie coming out I knew I wanted to read it before seeing the movie.

I enjoyed the book. The narrator is Ethan. The book takes place in a small town in the South called Gatlin.

A new girl, Lena comes to town. The people in the town hate newcomers. So they are pretty mean to her. But Ethan likes her.

There is a magical element to the book. Lena and her family have powers. I especially enjoyed her uncle Macon (and can't wait to see how he ...more

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Nov 22, 2010 Jolene rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contests, re-read-for-series, my-books-for-jenna-to-read

I couldn't believe how thick this book was when I picked it up. Regardless of the length, I really liked the story. There was a lot happening in this book and it kept me enthralled. Trying to figure out what Lena was and what was happening to her. I loved watching Lena and Ethan find their way to eachother and how they were pulled together through their shared dreams and being able to talk to eachother in their minds. It was a really cute love story that was kind of buried underneath. The myster ...more

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Jan 05, 2011 Sierra rated it it was amazing

-I remember when I first got this book. I was at the store and I just picked a random book of the shelf and begged my mother to buy it for me. To be truthfully, I didn't even want it at first. I wanted the fourth book of the Twilight series. They didn't have it, so I picked this one. I love to read long books, and this one was long, and it had a beautiful cover. I didn't even read the book.

I'm happy I picked this book.

Beautiful Creatures is one of my favorite books of all-time. I'm a huge Twi ...more

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Jun 20, 2010 Kate Kaynak rated it it was amazing

Shelves: great-ya

I loved this book! It stayed in my system, playing through my thoughts. I had to read it a second time as soon as I finished inhaling it the first time. A YA paranormal romance with a male MC is rare, and the way that Garcia and Stohl create a southern small-town is magnificent--perfectly capturing the parallel senses of suffocating closeness and belonging. I'm eagerly anticipating the sequel. ...more

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Sep 26, 2010 Lydia rated it it was amazing

The first of this beautiful , paranormal world that is emmersed in Southern culture is ridiculously amazing!

From the inside cover:

There were no surprises in Gatlin County.
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.

Ethan Wate thought his sleepy town of Gatlin, South Carolina was nothing less than boring. That all changed when the town's recluse niece moved into the town. Nothing was ever the ...more

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Sep 14, 2010 Suzanne Miles-Green rated it it was amazing

Shelves: re-read

I just this minute finished this book and I LOVED IT!!! I could not put it down. It was refreshing to read a book from a male perspective. The southern elements, along with the supernatural, kept me totally entertained.

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