Beautiful Creatures

The book I read was "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. I read this book because my favorite genre is realistic fiction or mystical romance. I would recommend this book to anyone that liked the Twlight Saga.

In the small town of Gatlin Ethan Wate is haunted by nightmares of a beautiful girl he's never met. His mother died about the same time the dreams started and ever since his father never leaves his house. One day a new student arrives at school, Lena Duchannes, and she happens to be the girl Ethan is always dreaming about.

Mamma Ethans house keeper is a card reader and is very superstitious. She doesnt want Ethan to see Lena because she believes she has to do with dark magic. She makes things to keep Ethan safe from dark spirits, but little does Ethan know she knows more about Lena than she is telling him.

Lena Duchannes moves to the small town of Gatlin to live with her uncle, Macon Ravenwood. Everyone believes she is a witch because Ravenwood Mannor is haunted and who would go to live with someone who has never left there houe in years? No one likes her at school and after she breaks a window, with her powers Ethan discovers she has later on but no one knows she has, they try to ban her from school.

Two things i liked about this book is how well it leads into the main events, it doesnt rush but also doesnt take to slow. The author gave you enough infrmation to explain what was going on but made you want to know more.

One thing i didnt like was seeing parts of the past, it helped you understand why things were happening but i felt it was a waste of time. I would recommend this to anyone who likes spooky things. The age group that this book is appropriate for i'd say it 13 and up.