Beautiful Creatures - Softcover

Garcia, Kami; Stohl, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316231673 ISBN 13: 9780316231671

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 2012

Synopsis

The first book in a lush gothic fantasy series for younger readers of Charlaine Harris and fans of Cassandra Clare.
This edition features exclusive movie cover art and a foldout poster!
Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

About this title

Review:

Praise for Beautiful Creatures
An Instant "New York Times "Bestseller
A Borders Original Voices Selection
An Indie Next List Selection
A William Morris YA Debut Award Finalist
A NYPL "Book for the Teen Age"

"Gorgeously crafted, atmospheric, and original." - Melissa Marr, "NYT "bestselling author of "Wicked Lovely"

"A lush Southern gothic." - Holly Black, "NYT "bestselling author of "Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale"

"A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy." - Cassandra Clare, "NYT "bestselling author of "City of Bones"

"Like a thick, hot Carolina summer, this story seeps into you until it's all you can think about." - Carrie Ryan, NYT bestselling author of "The Forest of Hands and Teeth"

"Exquisitely told and impossible to forget." - Michelle Zink, author of "Prophecy of the Sisters"

Praise for Beautiful Creatures
"This book has it all: a creepy setting, a deadly curse, reincarnation, spells, witchcraft and voodoo, plus characters that simply will not let the reader put the book down until finished...Who could ask for more? A sequel? Please!" - "VOYA"

"In the Gothic tradition of Anne Rice...Give this to fans of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" or HBO's "True Blood" series." - "School Library Journal"

"[Readers] will be swept up by the haunting and detailed atmosphere, the conventions and strictures of Southern life, and a compelling and dimensional mythology." - "Publishers Weekly"

"Smart, textured and romantic." - "Kirkus""Reviews"

From the Back Cover:

In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets . . .

There is a girl.

Slowly, she pulled the hood down from her head . . . green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes.

There is a curse.

On the Sixteen Moon, the Sixteen Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. The blood of a Duchannes child.

And in the end, there is a grave.

Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, she must make a terrible choice.

Ethan never even saw it coming.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0316231673
• ISBN 13: 9780316231671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 563