Beautiful Creatures
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Our view
“Beautiful Creatures” is a small-town paranormal romance that swaps the usual vampires for witches and tells first love from the boy’s side. Some readers speak of intriguing characters and a story that is hard to leave. Others find it far too long and slow, with the love story crowding out the plot. Patient readers who want feeling first and magic second get the most from it.
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About the book
Beautiful Creatures is a 2009 American young adult novel written by authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and the first book in the Caster Chronicles series. The book was published on December 1, 2009 by Little, Brown, and Company. In the UK, Beautiful Creatures is published by Penguin Books.
Reading order · Caster Chronicles
Full order & progress →- Beautiful CreaturesThis book
7.37.3 / 10 - Beautiful Darkness
7.27.2 / 10 - Beautiful Chaos
7.47.4 / 10 - Beautiful Redemption
7.47.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 404 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 73% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.6. That is how 7.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 22 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 382 | 95% |
Frequently asked
What age is Beautiful Creatures for?
Beautiful Creatures sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating.
In this book
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If you liked this
Same shelf — Romance — with scores between 7.3 and 7.8, closest to this book.
