TheBookworm says...Yes. Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia wasa great book! If I had to put an age recommendation on this book, I would say12+. In the small town of Gatlin, nothing ever changed. No way, no how. But oneday it does. A strangely beautiful girl named Lena Duchannes moves in with thetown shut-in Macon Ravenwood. Strange things start happening with this girl...But right when Ethan Wate sees her, he knows she is the girl from his dream. Hehas been having dreams of a girl who is always just out of reach, and she alwaysfalls through his grip. He wakes up, covered in dirt, as if he were actuallycrawling around the mud, holding on to her. One morning after one of theseepisodes, he finds a new song on his MP3 player. It is titled "SixteenMoons" it goes:
SixteenMoons,
Sixteenyears,
Sixteentimes you dreamed my tears,
Fallingfalling through the years.
Afterthis girl cause a few strange occurrences, Ethan learns she is a Caster, almostlike a witch. He also discovers that on her sixteenth birthday, at midnight,she will be claimed, either dark or light. He is wondering what exactly"dark" is when he encounters Lena's cousin Ridley. She tricks himinto escorting her for dinner at The Ravenwood place. He later learns she is a siren.Ridley creates chaos, and nearly kills Ethan. She shows up again at their schooldance, Accidentally causing Lena to destroy the dance. They school committeehas a trial to get Lena out of their school, but when her uncle Macon starts spilling the school boards dirty little secrets. they agree to let Lena stay. On the night of Lena's sixteenth birthday, shortly before midnight, Ridley reappears, and gets the "popular" girls to throw Lena a surprise party. Lena begs to go, and Macon relents. Is it a trap? Will she still be out when she gets Claimed? Does she have to be Claimed tonight? If you read this book, all of these questions answers will become clear. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes sitting on the edge of their seat, and biting their nails over suspense. 