Beautiful Creatures (Book 1)

Is falling in love the beginning . . . Or the end?In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets.There is a girl.Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes.There is a curse.On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. And no one can stop it.In the end, there is a grave.Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided.Ethan never even saw it coming. Don't miss the Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment blockbuster movie of Beautiful Creatures directed by Richard LaGravenese (P.S. I Love You) and featuring an all star cast including Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davies and hot young Hollywood talent Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich and Emmy Rossum.Praise for Beautiful Creatures-'This novel has been generating Twilight-level buzz.' - Teen VogueAbout the authors-@kamigarciais a superstitious American southerner who can make biscuits by hand and pies from scratch! She attended George Washington University and is a teacher and reading specialist. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family.@mstohlhas written and designed many successful video games, which is why her two beagles are named Zelda and Kirby. She has degrees from Yale and Stanford Universities in the US and has also studied in the prestigious creative writing department at UEA, Norwich. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her family.so available in the Beautiful Creatures series- Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos and Beautiful Redemption.Don't miss the brand new DANGEROUS CREATURES series, set in the world of Beautiful CreaturesExclusive ebook novellas also available-Dream DarkDangerous Dream.%%%Is falling in love the beginning . . . Or the end?In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets.There is a girl.Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes.There is a curse.On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. And no one can stop it.In the end, there is a grave.Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided.Ethan never even saw it coming. Don't miss the Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment blockbuster movie of Beautiful Creatures directed by Richard LaGravenese (P.S. I Love You) and featuring an all star cast including Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davies and hot young Hollywood talent Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich and Emmy Rossum.Praise for Beautiful Creatures-'This novel has been generating Twilight-level buzz.' - Teen VogueAbout the authors-@kamigarciais a superstitious American southerner who can make biscuits by hand and pies from scratch! She attended George Washington University and is a teacher and reading specialist. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family.@mstohlhas written and designed many successful video games, which is why her two beagles are named Zelda and Kirby. She has degrees from Yale and Stanford Universities in the US and has also studied in the prestigious creative writing department at UEA, Norwich. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her family.www.beautifulcreaturesthe

“A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy, a cast of fascinating characters, a rich Gothic setting - this debut novel is one to watch”

-- Cassandra Clare, New York Times bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments series
A lush Southern gothic whose memorable, eccentric characters draw you into their captivating world -- Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
Beautiful Creatures is a tale of absorbing love and impossible choices. Like a thick, hot Carolina summer, this story seeps into you until it's all you can think about -- Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Kami Garcia is a teacher and reading specialist with an MA in education, and leads book groups for children and teenagers. Margaret Stohl has an MA in English and studied creative writing under poet George MacBeth at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. They both live in Los Angeles, California, with their families. Beautiful Creatures is their debut novel.

In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets . . . There is a girl. Slowly, she pulled the hood down from her head . . . green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes. There is a curse. On the Sixteen Moon, the Sixteen Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. The blood of a Duchannes child. And in the end, there is a grave. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, she must make a terrible choice. Ethan never even saw it coming.

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