Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures was written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The book is about a boy, Ethan, and a Caster girl, Lena, and their journey together until her sixteenth birthday when she has to claim herself Light or Dark. I chose this book because the authors summary interested me.

Lena and Ethan wanted to find a way to be together without causing Ethan physical pain every time they touched. They also wanted to stop Lena from being claimed a Dark Caster on her birthday but there was no way to stop it because it was part of The Order of Things. So on Lena's birthday her mother, one of the most darkest Casters, killed Ethan and Lena had only one option. Save him and give something in return.

Two things I liked about the book were the interesting things the people in Lena's family could do and how many people in Gatlin County don't know anything about where they live. Two things I didn't like about the book were that Ethan only had Amma because his mom died and his dad was depressed and how bad the people in Gatlin treat Lena because she is a newcomer and the niece of Old Man Ravenwood. I would recommend this book to friends and girls 12 and older.