Beautiful Darkness: Booktrack Edition

By: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 15 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Beautiful Darkness: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!*

Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.

Sometimes life-ending.

Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.

*Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

©2010 Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (P)2018 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"The southern gothic atmosphere, several new characters, and the surprising fate of one old favorite will keep readers going until the next book, which promises new surprises as "18 moons" approaches." (Booklist)

"This engrossing must-have sequel...will leave readers clamoring for the next installment." (School Library Journal)

"Readers eager to revisit Ethan and Lena's romantic tension and learn more about the Caster world and the Ravenwood family legacy will find satisfaction here." (Kirkus)

LOVE it!!

Another exciting, suspenseful, mysterious and enjoyable book in the series! Can't wait for the next!!

love it

this reader is perfect for this series. I have the entire beautiful series and plan to get the dangerous series aswell

Good booktrack edition, bad storytelling

I loved Kevin T. Collins' narration again (as from the first book), but damn, the story was really lousy for me (worse than the first book for sure), the first half felt like high school teen drama. Love the booktrack edition

This series is my favorite

I love everything about these books! My all time favorite is the narrator Kevin T. Collins. He honestly just makes the series I think.

I wish I could see this play out on the big screen

But I’m loving it on audio . Just as much as I did when I read them

Never fail to surprise and entertain me!

The soundtrack made it more fun! After i finished the booktrack edition of the pre-sequel "Beautiful Creatures" i was so excited to listen to its sequel "Beautiful Darkness". I really enjoyed my experience with the soundtrack because it made me more invested with the story. I just hope you guys can do more Booktrack Edition of the following sequels. :)

Has music in the background

The background music and sounds were hard to get use to, I wish they had a version without them. Still enjoyed the story though and eventually got use to it, was just a little distracting.

Loved the background music

I wish all the audiobook of this series had this I really enjoyed it and this has been my favorite book series since I was in middle school

Awful!

I hated the music and constant noise. I had to turn it off. The first book was great and it only played music when neccessary.

trash

stupid trash trash trash trash trash trash trash. no wonder they never made more movies of this garbage series.