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Beautiful Darkness

By: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
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Publisher's summary

Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness, the sequel to the instant New York Times best-selling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures!

There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.

Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin as a place where nothing ever changed. Then mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes revealed a secret world of curses and Supernaturals with terrifying abilities. Lena showed him a Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending.

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.

©2010 Kami Garcia (P)2010 Hachette Audio

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Awesomeness

Very good book, loving the series so far! only bad thing is I burn through them so fast.

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Nicely done!

What did you like best about this story?

Enjoyable story. Found myself looking forward to the others in the series

What does Kevin T. Collins bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Kevin Collins has a wonderful sense of the characters and manages to capture their personalities with ease.

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More like Beautiful Book

Would you listen to Beautiful Darkness again? Why?

Yes, I love a good love story that breaks boundaries and defies all odds.

What did you like best about this story?

The love between Lena and Ethan is strained and they still never give up.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, The only time i put my phone down was when it died but then i got my computer.

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I love the character Alma

the second book was great kept me interested with all sorts of different emotions fear sadness great book onto book 3

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Addictive

Have completely enjoyed the 2nd book of the series. It's quite addictive!! I would definitely recommend.

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Amazing

10/10

This is an amazing fantasy, romance, adventure book that is like nothing I’ve read before.

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love it

this should have been a movie the people the story love it yes ridley love her as a mortal.

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not as good as the first

This book isn't as good as the first. The first half deals with the angst of teenage love. The second half is about dealing with that angst. The narrator is great! He sometimes forgets the accents he has designated for each character though. I'm giving the story 3 stars, but even so I'm going to get the next book since I'm half way through the series.

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Really liked it!

Would you listen to Beautiful Darkness again? Why?

Yes, I liked the story. Liked that it was male main character.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Beautiful Darkness?

I Liked the fact that there was music and actual sounds. Made listening more interesting.

Any additional comments?

Again, liked the story. I have listened to the first 2 books. About to listen to the third.

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had to follow up on the series

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I felt it was, I had previously read/listened to Beautiful Creatures and was hooked. I felt that I needed to see where the characters went from the end of BC.

Which character – as performed by Kevin T. Collins – was your favorite?

Macon was my favorite. His cadence and drawl were dead on for what I expected when reading book 1.

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