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A review by aayjaysbookshelf
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
This was a fantasy fiction I had read after a long while and I wasn't disappointed. The plot is well set, the story develops at a good pace and the characters are diverse, yet not too scattered to not keep up with.
Starting from the book cover which speaks of goth itself, the story is towards the dark side from pretty much the beginning. Not too dark, though, just a lot of light and dark magic, different creatures and powers, and the like.
One thing I PARTICULARLY liked about it is that despite being portrayed as a romance level by the description, it wasn't a regular sappy sort of romance book, which I was sort of dreading it to be. Even though the lovestory of Lena and Ethan WAS the centre point of the whole novel, the story didn't revolve around it only. We get a good look at supporting characters, learn about why they are the way they are, the whole story and history of Casters and the town of Gatlin, and the romance part itself is a stable one.
A good read, this was. Found out a movie has been made, too, will be checking that out now!
Starting from the book cover which speaks of goth itself, the story is towards the dark side from pretty much the beginning. Not too dark, though, just a lot of light and dark magic, different creatures and powers, and the like.
One thing I PARTICULARLY liked about it is that despite being portrayed as a romance level by the description, it wasn't a regular sappy sort of romance book, which I was sort of dreading it to be. Even though the lovestory of Lena and Ethan WAS the centre point of the whole novel, the story didn't revolve around it only. We get a good look at supporting characters, learn about why they are the way they are, the whole story and history of Casters and the town of Gatlin, and the romance part itself is a stable one.
A good read, this was. Found out a movie has been made, too, will be checking that out now!