Review: Well written and fun...if somewhat short
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2011
This is the first time I have purchased a book for my Kindle that doesn't appear to be available in actual book form (except a few freebie bonus shorts from my regular authors) and I have to say how impressed I am.  Sarra Cannon does a great job with "Beautiful Demons".  This book is better than a lot of the Young Adult fiction I have purchased in book format.The story follows a teenage girl, Harper Madison, who has gone from foster home to foster home.  Now, in a last ditch effort to keep her from Juvenile, Harper is enrolled at a school for troubled girls in a small town called Peachville.  But there is something wrong with the cheerleaders...they are a little too perfect.  And why is Harper forbidden from the third floor of the home?  Why is Harper locked in every night?  Harper has her own 'abilities' that have caused trouble for her along the way and somehow they seem to be a part of whatever is going on around her.Harper is mostly likeable and readers are set up for a love triange as a handsome, popular football player and the strange son of the housekeeper seem to immediately vie for her affections.The plot has many nice twists and turns and somehow managed to be unique despite a few of the common themes we see in YA fiction.  I flew through the pages and was disappointed that the book wasn't long enough to really qualify as a full legnth novel but I was more than appeased to find that there are two sequels already available on Amazon.com as well as a fourth one being written right now.The ending worked out a little too easily but overall I was very impressed with the story and the writing.  Errors were there, but minimal and that was another plus as typos and such are becoming more recognizable even in hardback releases.  I liked this one well enough that I started the first sequel right away.