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Reader reviewed by Jessica

Beautiful Creatures is a southern gothic story with a paranormal twist. The book is presented from the view of a teenage boy, which is something different when it comes to many of the young adult paranormal books that have been published lately. Ethan has lost his mother, is losing his father, and being raised by a woman that practices voodoo. He is part of the "in" crowd at a school in a town that is set in its ways and he is struggling to become his own person.

The story twists around when a new girl comes to town and strange things happen around her. Things that cant be explained by anything other than her being a witch. Ethan gravitates towards her and realizes that shes the one hes been dreaming of. Literally dreaming of. He knows that something big is going to happen with her and he wants to protect her from it.

Its a story of a first love, one that can overcome all of the ridicule of a small town. Teenagers find their own way without giving in to the pressure of their friends and doing whats deemed normal. Ethan and Lena find out about their family trees in ways that make me want to start researching my lineage to find out where I come from. They realize that where they came from plays the most important part in where they are going.

Wonderful characters fill up this novel even straying from people to include a wolf masquerading as a dog and a house that is ever changing depending on the mood of its inhabitants. A lollipop addicted girl is just as bad as she looks, but having visions of death and destruction can actually be a good thing.