Beautiful Darkness

Reader: Payton G.
Age: 14
Title: Beautiful DarknessAuthor: Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company
Pub Date: 10/26/2010
Galley: Yes
Nominate for Teens’ Top 10: Yes
Annotation: Just when Ethan thought that things might start getting normal again (or as close to normal as things can get when you're dating a powerful Caster,) they get even more complicated. What with Lena withdrawing from him, and the mysterious new girl working at the library. Will things in Gatlin ever be what they appear to be?
Recommend: Yes
How would you convince someone to read this book: I think all I would have to tell them was that it's the sequel to Beautiful Creatures, and they would want to read it. But if they required further tempting, I would tell them that Ethan and Lena's world is getting complicated, and things in Gatlin are crazier than ever.
Compelling Aspect of the Book: I found the most compelling aspect of the book to be the mystery that the new characters introduce into the mix.
Were you disappointed with the book at all: I was initially quite disappointed with not so much the book as the characters. They were really strong, powerful characters in the first book, and they started out incredibly whiny in this one.
Cover: The cover definitely drew my eye, because you would be a fool not to infer that this is the sequel to Beautiful Creatures. I think that the cover was really well done. It took a somewhat essential part of the book for the cover without cramming the whole plot into the cover.
Did you finish: Yes
Age Range: 12-17
Quality: 4Q Better than most
Popularity: 4P Broad general teen appeal