Reviews
Praise for Beautiful Creatures : An InstantNew York TimesBestseller 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,NYTbestselling author ofWicked Lovely "A lush Southern gothic." - Holly Black,NYTbestselling author ofTithe: A Modern Faerie Tale "A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy." - Cassandra Clare,NYTbestselling author ofCity 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 ofThe Forest of Hands and Teeth "Exquisitely told and impossible to forget." - Michelle Zink, author ofProphecy of the Sisters, Readers eager to revisit Ethan and Lena's romantic tension and learn more about the Caster world and the Ravenwood family legacy will find satisfaction here., * "The authors ground their Caster world in the concrete, skillfully juxtaposing the arcane, magical world with Gatlin's normal southern lifestyle. . . Fans will devour this latest book and plead for more."-- VOYA, starred review, A potent mix of the gothic, the mythic, and the magical...With original characters, complex world building, and crackling prose, this is masterful storytelling., "This engrossing must-have sequel...will leave readers clamoring for the next installment."-- School Library Journal, "A potent mix of the gothic, the mythic, and the magical...With original characters, complex world building, and crackling prose, this is masterful storytelling."-- Deborah Harkness, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches on the Beautiful Creatures novels, "Readers eager to revisit Ethan and Lena's romantic tension and learn more about the Caster world and the Ravenwood family legacy will find satisfaction here."-- Kirkus, "The southern gothic atmosphere, several new characters, and the surprising fate of one old favorite will keep readers going until the next book, which promises new surprises as "18 moons" approaches.", Praise for Beautiful Creatures : An InstantNew York TimesBestseller A Borders Original Voices Selection An Indie Next List Selection A William Morris YA Debut Award Finalist A New York Public Library "Book for the Teen Age" "Gorgeously crafted, atmospheric, and original. I devoured it." - Melissa Marr,NYTbestselling author ofWicked Lovely "A lush Southern gothic." - Holly Black,NYTbestselling author ofTithe: A Modern Faerie Tale "A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy." - Cassandra Clare,NYTbestselling author ofCity of Bones "Like a thick, hot Carolina summer, this story seeps into you until it's all you can think about." - Carrie Ryan, author ofThe Forest of Hands and Teeth "Exquisitely told and impossible to forget." - Michelle Zink, author ofProphecy of the Sisters, Praise forBeautiful 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,NYTbestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth "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, * "The authors ground their Caster world in the concrete, skillfully juxtaposing the arcane, magical world with Gatlin's normal southern lifestyle. . . Fans will devour this latest book and plead for more.", 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'sTwilightor 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." -KirkusReviews, "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, the authors evoke a dark, supernatural world...Give this to fans of Stephenie Meyer'sTwilightor 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." -KirkusReviews, "The southern gothic atmosphere, several new characters, and the surprising fate of one old favorite will keep readers going until the next book, which promises new surprises as "18 moons" approaches."-- Booklist
Synopsis
Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending. Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems., Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness , the sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures! There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin as a place where nothing ever changed. Then mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes revealed a secret world of curses and Supernaturals with terrifying abilities. Lena showed him a Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.
