Review: Beautiful Creatures by: Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl + Contest

It is officially one month before Beautiful Creatures goes on sale. If you're not excited, start getting excited this is a book you can't afford to miss. So to pump you up, here is my review.
You can read the first 58 pages of Beautiful Creatures here.Where I got it: ARC from the publisher
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Cover Rating: 5 stars (It's beautiful)
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Publication Date: December 1, 2009
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Ethan is haunted by dreams of a girl he has never met. He wakes up and the dream seems to linger. Lena Duchannes isn't like everyone else in the small town of Gatlin. Ethan Wate doesn't feel like he fits in anymore either, especially after he sees Lena. Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and her secrets. There is so much he doesn't know about her, how much is he willing to sacrifice to find out and what about the things she doesn't even know about herself? What is the connection that draws them together?

Let me start by saying that this book was wonderful. It had its faults but altogether I really enjoyed it. The one thing that did bother me is the names, particularly the teachers' names. Maybe they will be changed in the final product though, but an English teacher named Mrs. English? Yeah, no. I am also confused why people in the south give girls boy names and boys girls names. Like a girl named Ryan or a boy named Kelly. It's a little silly. The other thing that bothered me was the line "Talk about a hot lunch." This may be different in the final copy but if it is not it will bother me forever for it's lameness. That said the characters were very believable and there were little bits of their past thrown in to make them seem even more real. I really liked all the twists and turns and in general how this book was written. I feel that if I go into too much detail I'll ruin the book and I don't want to do that. I was hoping this was going to be scary, but since it was so good that made up for it. Beautiful Creatures is a bold take on Southern Gothic, opening a new genre of YA that combines supernatural and the south, things that aren't often put together. (At least not something I have read.) I have to say I did love the Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit reference, that line pretty much made my day. If you haven't seen that movie go watch it right now and on December 1st buy this book. You won't regret it. Inside you'll find, magic, romance, teenage angst, weird families, creepy houses, Southern flavor, good vs. evil and a curse that needs to be broken. This is a truly incredible book, that deserves praise and could possibly be read for many years to come.

First line:
"There were only two kinds of people in our town."
Favorite line:
TBA
Contest Rules:

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