Review Detail

Reader reviewed by Maura (Monster Of Books)

The
characters, the story/plot, the idea, everything. I loved everything.
The only complaints are, you'll see later. If you read The Story Siren's review site, then you'll know that once she wrote that she doesn't exactly know why she likes something, she just does.
This is the same thing, I can't pinpoint why I exactly like this book.
But I can tell you that my top two, absolute favorites, books of 2009
are Hush Hush and Beautiful Creatures.
I also really related to both Ethan & Lena in the story. Maybe more
Lena than Ethan, but still it was nice. It was nice to relate to a
character whose going through a problem that similar to yours *not
identical of course* and by the end of the book, the reader doesn't
feel not alone. The ending will definitely leave people wanting more,
and people will be happy to know that there is a sequel on it's way :) Do I recommend this book?
Absolutely!!! It's fast paste and you'll never have the feeling of not
continuing to read it because it keeps you guessing and wanting more.
Also the plot twist was, in my opinion, brilliant/wonderful. I never saw
it coming. Teen Vogue was comparing this to having Twilight-like buzz,
but for anyone who hates Twilight don't let that scare you off. This
book is NOTHING like Twilight, and in my opinion it's the most original
book I've ever read. But I still recommend this book to everyone,even
Twilight-likers or Twilight Haters.
**SPOILER**:
At the end of the book, Kami & Margaret do something that is quite
interesting. The whole book is in Ethan's POV, but at the end when
Ethan is unconscious instead of going into a new chapter they turn to
Lena's POV. That's right we get a few pages of Lena's POV. And in my
opinion, I really liked that and thought it was sort of cool idea. I
would really like if Kami & Margaret would rewrite Beautiful
Creatures and put it in Lena's POV. I mean, you know how Stephanie
Meyer was going to write that book of Twilight in Edward's POV? I would
really like to see that done with Lena's POV. Because half way through
Beautiful Creatures, while Ethan was narrating, I was wondering what
Lena was doing.

What I didn't like about, Beautiful Creatures, was
at times it felt a bit to rushed in describing things. Like one thing
would happen, and then the next and you would have to reread that part
to get your mind processing it. Another thing was at times, stuff would
randomly pop up that was never mentioned before and your like: What?
Like a good example of this is in the first chapter *I believe*. Ethan
wakes up and he finds out that his window is open and he has mud/dirt
in his bed and his I-pod is playing a song he doesn't recognize. I would
of enjoyed it more, if there had been mention of this before, because
you kind of loose the emotion that it's trying to portray. In my honest
opinion, the only chapter I felt was really rushed was the first
chapter. There was a few others, but not as bad as the first. I think I
would of enjoy it more if it slowed down a bit.

A
really good book and a amazing start at, what looks like, a wonderful
series. The whole Ethan/Lena relationship reminded me a lot of
Romeo/Juliet, which was nice because my favorite Shakespeare play was Romeo And Juliet.