description: Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.
language: English
title: Beautiful Creature
titlecomplete: Beautiful Creature (Caster Chronicles, #1)
characters: Amma Treadeau, Macon Ravenwood, Lena Duchannes, Ethan Wate, Wesley "Link" Lincoln
genres: Paranormal, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Witches, Paranormal Romance, Young Adult, Romance, Supernatural, Fiction, Magic
ratings_count: 590327
places: Gatlin, South Carolina, South Carolina
series: Caster Chronicles
awards: awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Georgia Peach Book Award
category: Honor book, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: William C. Morris YA Debut Award, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Audie Award
category: Paranormal, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Goodreads Choice Award
category: Young Adult Fiction
publisher: PHANTOM SOUND & VISION