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Dream Dark: A Beautiful Creatures Story

By: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
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When Link joined his best friend, Ethan Wate, on a quest through a mysterious network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, he knew the journey would be dangerous. But returning home to Gatlin, South Carolina, was just the beginning....

Wounded during a climactic battle, Link discovers that tending his injuries won't be as simple as visiting a doctor, and that healing his arm should be the least of his worries. For being bitten by a Supernatural does more than break the skin - it changes a person, inside and out, turning Link into someone more and more like the dark creature who injured him.

In this never-before-seen short story by New York Times best-selling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, listeners witness Link's heart-racing transformation. Dream Dark is set before the much-anticipated third Beautiful Creatures novel, Beautiful Chaos, and as a special bonus includes an exclusive sneak peek at the first five chapters.

©2011 Kami Garcia (P)2011 Hachette

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Great Connection

Great connection between the books. wish it was longer. i enjoy short stories from other characters point of view in the main story.

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Awesome!

The 'Beautiful Creatures' series keeps getting better and better. The characters and plot are exciting and very well defined. Cannot wait for the next one!

Narration: Kevin Collins is definitely growing on me. All of the characters are uniquely identifiable and I love hearing each of them.

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Linkubus is born...

I've already read the rest of the series so I decided to go ahead and come back for this book to hear how Link came to being "Linkubus." It now makes sense when Ethan references Link in his talk with Mr. True Blood and how Link had met him before.

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First Half Good

I read the four books series before I listened to this book so it kind of sucked that half of this book was chapters from beautiful chaos, but the first half that was something different was good.

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A quick listen

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This was an ok quickie. Personally, it was a bit short for me and left me craving more. However, it was interesting to see Link's side of things. He is quite humorous!

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Only about 1 hour in this story

Most of this audiobook is the beginning of the next. About an hour of short story for Link. I feel like this story was fun, but I wanted so much more from it. There’s a lot of places that could have been elaborated on and made more substance and created more weight to Link’s charcter.

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Novella was beginning to get interesting...

Novella was beginning to get interesting... and then it ended. Two thirds of the audio file is the next book. I kind of expected more here.

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cool

A quick and good story to keep up to date on Linc. On to the next...

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short story

a very short story but extremely entertaining . a must have in your collection.

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Way Too Short

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes. It gives a nice little side story to the main story line

If you’ve listened to books by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl before, how does this one compare?

It is good. The only criticism that I have is that the story was way to short. The audio book is mostly the first few chapters of the next book.

What about Kevin T. Collins’s performance did you like?

All I can say is wow. He is great!!! I will probably get a book or two just because he is the reader. His tonality is easy on the hears. His range of voices is incredible.

Do you think Dream Dark: A Beautiful Creatures Story needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No. Because it had a specific purpose to tie in characters for the next book.

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