Beautiful Creatures

The Beautiful Creatures series, also known as the Caster Chronicles, is a four-part young adult book series written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Starting in 2009, they finished with the last novel in 2012. Each character seems to have his or her own special power, and has to fight the battle of good versus evil at some point. The books include the following titles: Beautiful Creatures (2009), Beautiful Darkness (2010), Beautiful Chaos (2011), and Beautiful Redemption (2012). The books are set in a fictional town called Gatlin in South Carolina. You won’t find this theme anywhere else: Southern gothic romance. This series stars Ethan Wate, a protagonist who finds himself wanting to stay in the town he once hated. And even though the girl he is madly in love with, Lena, is pushing him away, he will never give up hope. He continuously risks his life for this girl. Although some people compare this series to the modern “Twilight” saga, it is so much more deep and complex than that. The series is dark, romantic, dramatic, and even a bit humorous in some parts. It’s also much more original than your average love story; it’s written from a male’s point of view instead of the typical female’s. And why just stop at the first book? You’ll yourself so hooked that you’ll have to speed through all four books. This series is so well-liked that almost any review you find for it will be given four or five stars.