In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
Beautiful Creatures
โ Scribed by Kami Garcia; Margaret Stohl
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers;Little, Brown and Co./Hachette Book Group
- Year
- 2001;2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 299 KB
- Edition
- E-Book
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780141326085
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โฆ Synopsis
Is falling in love the beginning . . . Or the end?
In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets.
There is a girl.
Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes.
There is a curse.
On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. And no one can stop it.
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, her fate will be decided.
Ethan never even saw it coming.
- Don't miss the Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment blockbuster movie of Beautiful Creatures directed by Richard LaGravenese (P.S. I Love You) and featuring an all star cast including Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davies and hot young Hollywood talent Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich and Emmy Rossum.
Praise for Beautiful Creatures:
'This novel has been generating Twilight-level buzz.' - Teen Vogue
About the authors:
@kamigarciais a superstitious American southerner who can make biscuits by hand and pies from scratch! She attended George Washington University and is a teacher and reading specialist. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family.
@mstohlhas written and designed many successful video games, which is why her two beagles are named Zelda and Kirby. She has degrees from Yale and Stanford Universities in the US and has also studied in the prestigious creative writing department at UEA, Norwich. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her family.
www.beautifulcreaturesthebook.com
Also available in the series: Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos and Beautiful Redemption.
Review
A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy, a cast of fascinating characters, a rich Gothic setting - this debut novel is one to watch (Cassandra Clare, New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Mortal Instruments Series )
A lush Southern gothic whose memorable, eccentric characters draw you into their captivating world (Holly Black, New York Times Bestselling Author Of Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale )
Beautiful Creatures is a tale of absorbing love and impossible choices. Like a thick, hot Carolina summer, this story seeps into you until it's all you can think about (Carrie Ryan, Author Of The Forest Of Hands And Teeth )
Book Description
Just in time for the major motion picture release comes the manga adaptation of the New York Times
bestselling paranormal romance, Beautiful Creatures!
Library : Fantasy
Universes : Caster Chronicles [01]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780316071284
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