Sixteen year old Ethan, thinking he will never get out of his small southern town. Until he meets Lena, a fifteen year old Caster, soon to be sixteen who appears in many of his dreams. But everything changes when she arrives in Ethan’s little town. On Lena’s sixteenth birthday she will be claimed to go Good or Bad (Dark or Light) and Ethan will do everything he can to make her go Light. I guess this book was alright. I would recommend this to anyone.

I found this book way to long and drawn-out. The ending was pretty depressing, short and unsatisfactory. Not my favourite book.

An excellent book with a good mythology. I like the rich details and I didn't find it slow at all. Unlike so much of the paranormal stuff, there was more going on than just the romance. The mystery was pretty cool. However, I found the ending pretty unsatisfying.

I thought it was okay, but definately too long. Alot of unnecessary details that lead up to the ending that Ethan should have seen coming to some extent. The guy lives with a woman who is a seer and dating a girl who's family has Light and Dark Casters - could he really not read into the fact that Link's 'mother' could not enter his house whatsoever without him inviting her in - especially after the door to his house would not allow him to unlock it or open it for her, which I presume was his mother looking out for him. I need to know how this plays out, so I've started reading Beautiful Darkness. So far finding it a bit slow, but glad it's much, much shorter.

Beautiful.

Kind of boring and a little too long. I don't really think I'd take the time to read the sequel either. Probably the best part of this book is the song "Sixteen Moons" that the authors wrote to go with it. When Ethan first mentions it I went and looked it up online and it was so perfect that I had the song playing in my head every time I read some more. I put a link to the video here so that you can see what I mean.

A really good book in the end, a little slow in places. It seemed like it could have been a little shorter, it spent quite a long time leading up to the end, which was really good. Overall great! Definitely going to read the next one!!!

Pretty good book. A little slow in the beginning made it difficult to continue reading, but once you push through the first 100 pages or so things look up. All together a good book, with a good ending (made me cry like a baby), and I'm looking forward to the next one.

Beautiful Creatures was one of the most beautiful books I've ever read. To begin with, the atmosphere alone was so well suited to the story; dark, eerie, and withdrawn. i absolutely LOVED that the story was from the perspective of a male, which really distinguishes this book from all the other supernatural books I've read. The main characters were unique and very likable, although I feel that Ethan and Lena could have had more chemistry. This story was so beautiful because of the the romance, the ambiance that was set, and the sorrowful possibilities of what could happen. This book stayed with me and I cannot help but think back to it, and how it drew me away from reality. Beautiful creatures took me to a place that I did not want to leave (but i had to :( ) , and cannot wait to return to in Beautiful Darkness and Beautiful Chaos. :)

This was a pretty good book, but it was pretty slow and could get kind of boring. I agree with others that it could have been a shorter story, and been a better, faster paced story. I really enjoyed the history in this book, and Lena and Ethan's relationship.