Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s Beautiful Creatures

Two weeks ago, the network site Page to Premiere was taking applications for reporters for books becoming movies. The day of the deadline at 11:15 or so PM, I decided to apply. The owner of the site, Kimmy West, graciously took me on. The only problem was, there wasn’t a book I had read that needed a reporter. So I said, “Well what books need reporting on?” and she replied “I have someone for all of them but Beautiful Creatures.” And that did it. I became the Page to Premiere reporter for all things Beautiful Creatures movie. So, of course, I immediately ordered the book and (im)patiently waited for it. Well now that I have finished it (in 3 days, reading only before bed/instead of sleeping), I’m going to make a statement right now that might catch you off guard. This is your warning, prepare yourself.

Beautiful Creatures is my favorite book.

Do you know what that means? That means that this book beat out Harry Potter, Looking for Alaska, and The Hunger Games. I didn’t think it was possible, but it happened. This books is nine kinds of amazing. No really… fine, here they are.

1) It’s Southern. Hello? I’m from Alabama. A = Of.

2) Best supporting cast ever. Macon and Amma made the book for me.

3) The girl is the supernatural one, not the guy. Sorry Eddie-puss.

4) It is the most truthful showing of what it is like to go to high school in a small town in the South that I have ever read (and living in the South, you get that a lot).

5) The allusions to To Kill A Mockingbird (by Harper Lee).

6) The romance between Lena and Ethan, how all supernatural romances (and regular ones, too.) should be.

7) Awesome librarian character? Yes, please.

8 ) The magic. Effortless, no wands, no studying.

9) The writing. It was exquisite. It was well-written and engaging and near-impossible to put down.

The worst part about the book: it ends. If I could just always have the next part of the story on hand, I think I would be supremely happy. This is the kind of book where you finish it and immediately hand it to the closest person so they can read it. Go buy this book. And buy an extra so your friend doesn’t have to wait. You know what, get as many as you can. You’re going to want them. The hardest thing about reading this book was not talking about it while I wasn’t reading it. I am glad that the sequel Beautiful Darkness comes out in a mere 88 days. Write that on your hand so you don’t forget.

In keeping with the story, I, a mere mortal, am giving Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl a happysad-contentwanting-darklight five half moons out of five.

This is where I usually say what book I will do next, and I will, but first I want to clarify some things. It has been a while between my last review and this one. And it isn’t because I haven’t been reading. I’ve started 2 other books in between these, but didn’t like them. I won’t be reviewing books I don’t like. Which means you’ll never see anything less than a two out of five on here. Yes, rating bad books would give me more range and make me seem less partial, but I’m not doing it. Every author deserves to have their book read, and I won’t be the reason someone decides not to read a book. So my ratings go from two to five. Two means the story is okay, but there were flaws in the writing style, inconsistencies, etc. Three means it is a good read, and if it’s your style of book you would like it. Four means it’s a very good read for most people, recommended. Five means this book is a must read, not in the you have to read it way, but in the you should want to read this no matter what because it is that good. So I hope that clarifies things. My tentative next review is of Halo by Alexandra Adornetto, which comes out this September. Until then, keep your countdown going, 88 days and less.

Sidenote: At some point I will be doing a giveaway. You know, once I figure out how. So, heads up.

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