In addition, they discover a locket which, when they touch it, gives them visions of two of their ancestors during the Civil War.īut while Ethan is counting down the days to leaving Gatlin, Lena is counting down the days to an even more important milestone – her 16th birthday, when she will be Claimed by either the Light or the Dark. When she and Ethan are almost immediately drawn together, he finds they can read each other's minds, and that she is a Caster – possessing strange magic, like the rest of her family. Moving into town is the beautiful Lena Duchannes, niece of reclusive Macon Ravenwood, who lives in a manor he hasn't left for years. His mother is dead, his father a recluse, and he's being looked after by his stern but loving housekeeper, crossword fanatic Amma. This kind of book appears to be released every few weeks since Twilight became so successful – but rarely in the past few years has it been done as well as it has in Beautiful Creatures.Įthan Wade, the narrator, is counting down the days until he gets out of Gatlin, a small town in America's South, where most of the inhabitants are still riled about losing the Civil War – or War of Northern Aggression, as they call it. They fall in love, he finds out she's harbouring a dark secret, the pair of them try to find out if their relationship can work while she tries to keep him safe from her world. Teenage boy meets mysterious new stranger in a small town.
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