Beautiful Creatures series
I've just finished the quadrilogy of the Beautiful Creatures series.
Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos & Beautiful Redemption.
Each book's about 400 pages, 1600 in total about this Gatlin boy and his caster (caster = witch) girlfriend.
My thoughts and feelings about the books: loooooong.
I'm sorry but they are. Sometimes it felt like the authors just had a goal: to write 400 pages, and they didn't care so much about the content in itself.
I'm not saying the books are bad, they had some fun parts and some action and drama. Giving some kind of fresh breeze in this vampire wolf zombie hysteria going on.
But I don't think I will be reading them again.
I'm sorry to say but it felt like a witch/caster version of Twilight. Except that it wasn't much of a triangle drama in it. Just a bunch of narrow-minded brainwashed christians in a small town blaming every thing on the towns outcast (which in this case was the witch girl and her uncle + their family).
There's a lot of dark magic, fortunetelling & voodoo both light and dark going on in the book and I'm sure the movies are going to be blockbusters. The movie Beautiful Creatures is a lot different from the book, they left out an important character (the librarian) which I hope they will find an actor for, if not they're going to have a hell of a time putting this story together. And not to mention they changed one of the characters "design/looks".
Ridley is suppose to be this blond (with a lot of pink going on) vulgar siren sucking on lollipops. But I guess they wouldn't want to make the movies too pornographic.
And please, don't buy a paperback book that's thick as a brick, I swear to god you're going to bend and break it. If you're like me and are super careful not to fold any edges or scratch it, don't buy a paperback they'll break your heart for sure. I know they're super comfortable to hold and all that jazz but the cover just started to let go of the binding. It looked like a sticker letting go of the surface after being too worn out.
Do I recommend this book?
Yes and no. If you like love stories then yes, because this is what it's pretty much all about.
I've read so many books over the years so I find most books predictable, this one was no different.
The books aren't that expensive so why not give them a shot if you're bored to bits, but they're not life changing books like some I've encountered.
I'd give them a 2.5 out of 5.
Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos & Beautiful Redemption.
Each book's about 400 pages, 1600 in total about this Gatlin boy and his caster (caster = witch) girlfriend.
My thoughts and feelings about the books: loooooong.
I'm sorry but they are. Sometimes it felt like the authors just had a goal: to write 400 pages, and they didn't care so much about the content in itself.
I'm not saying the books are bad, they had some fun parts and some action and drama. Giving some kind of fresh breeze in this vampire wolf zombie hysteria going on.
But I don't think I will be reading them again.
I'm sorry to say but it felt like a witch/caster version of Twilight. Except that it wasn't much of a triangle drama in it. Just a bunch of narrow-minded brainwashed christians in a small town blaming every thing on the towns outcast (which in this case was the witch girl and her uncle + their family).
There's a lot of dark magic, fortunetelling & voodoo both light and dark going on in the book and I'm sure the movies are going to be blockbusters. The movie Beautiful Creatures is a lot different from the book, they left out an important character (the librarian) which I hope they will find an actor for, if not they're going to have a hell of a time putting this story together. And not to mention they changed one of the characters "design/looks".
Ridley is suppose to be this blond (with a lot of pink going on) vulgar siren sucking on lollipops. But I guess they wouldn't want to make the movies too pornographic.
And please, don't buy a paperback book that's thick as a brick, I swear to god you're going to bend and break it. If you're like me and are super careful not to fold any edges or scratch it, don't buy a paperback they'll break your heart for sure. I know they're super comfortable to hold and all that jazz but the cover just started to let go of the binding. It looked like a sticker letting go of the surface after being too worn out.
Do I recommend this book?
Yes and no. If you like love stories then yes, because this is what it's pretty much all about.
I've read so many books over the years so I find most books predictable, this one was no different.
The books aren't that expensive so why not give them a shot if you're bored to bits, but they're not life changing books like some I've encountered.
I'd give them a 2.5 out of 5.
