Reviews

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

goodem9199's review against another edition

3.0

Heather, I know I'll never hear the end of this, but....this kind of bombed. The things I loved so much about the first book (historical fiction, Genevieve/Ethan, L/ Ethan storyline) fell to the wayside in favor of a whole lotta hot messes. Vexes? Sheers? Waywards? Too much going on.

danaelycia's review against another edition

2.0

I'm not sure why this book was written. It seems like the authors didn't have any plan whatsoever but wanted to keep the story going. It's tired, tried, and boring. The only thing I found I liked out of it was that it showed more of the mythology of the world which I still feel is very well done. But the plot was awful, drawn-out, and so typical. Nothing new, nothing resolved. I expected better but am not surprised.

joana_stormblessed's review against another edition

3.0

I liked it. When I read the first book a couple of years ago, I was completely obsessed with it, but upon a reread I calmed down, but I was still motivated to move on with the series. This second installment has some really strong points and some really weak ones, which is why it received 3 stars from me.
Strong points
Ethan! He is such a good character and I love that he gets the answers for himself and that he does what he thinks is right! He is strong and he doesn't wallow in self-pity when he finds out about his past or his mother's past! He is strong, independent and an amazing friend. I really really love him.

Ridley! She is making her way to being one of my favorite side-characters!

The plot lines. I love where we went into the past and the new visions and the new magical and mysterious aspects!!

Weak points
LENA! Just no! Poopy pants the whole time, whinney boo-hoo! She makes decisions but cannot for the life of herself own up to them!!! UHGH she frustrated and angered me so much! I'm glad we didn't spend a lot of time with her! I do not understand why she is so annoying about the claiming. She was always so scared about going dark and now all these shenanigans! Just no!

kayteaface's review against another edition

3.0

More like a 2.7 / 5



As much as I loved the first book, this was, eh, majorly disappointing to say the least. It dragged and it was dull and cheesy.
For what took 500 pages, nothing much really happened other than some serious Ethan-moping and Lena-bitchiness. By the end of the book, I despised Lena and felt ridiculously sorry for Ethan for being made to mope so much, and I was hoping he'd be all "lol fuq u, Lena" and have a nice mortal!relationship with Liv instead.
Also, the kinda battle~ scene, if that's what you'd call it, at the end of the book was so anticlimactic - I expected much more from it. Aaaand the fact that Ethan and Lena just went back to their old ways afterwards was ridiculous and typical and ugh. No. It was a letdown.
Then the Link!drama in the last couple chapters. Even more no.


To be honest, I'm not sure if I'll continue on with the series after this :/

lazy_raven's review against another edition

4.0

Sweet YA adventures with a little sprinkle of magic

yara_adorablebooks's review against another edition

5.0

My godddd, dit boek is geweldig! Leest zó snel :-) Moet. Meer.

_sydneydiaz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

moonshade's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Very fun read 

kambmoore's review against another edition

4.0

This was one of those books that was really slow in the beginning (like the first 100-200 pages) but in the end it is just so AWESOME you have to read it THAT NIGHT you reach the awesome part. The one thing I absolutely hated was the Second-Book-Syndrome, or SBS! Usually this pertains to the books with the female as the narrator and the guy she fell in love with in the first book is like, just not there AT ALL which makes way for the new love interest that makes everything super complicated...by the way, I blame SBS on New Moon! Anyway, since Ethan is not gay, it was two girls instead. This new love interest is a British 16-17 year old who loves Ovaltine...and her name is.....*drumroll please!*.....Liv! I know, awesome name, right! Ok, so this "Liv" has got a whole background that is introduced later in the book, and I really like her and even though I ship EthanxLena, Liv is still really cool. Speaking of Lena...I didn't like her in this book. All I wanted to do was slap her in her cold, hard face! And she probably wouldn't feel it because she has NO HEART in this book! She is totally ignoring Ethan for reasons from the end of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES and even though it's a pretty good reason, she just blew him off entirely! And even though Ethan is convinced Lena doesn't love him anymore, he STILL tries to save her...sweet. Link was awesome as always. He was comic-relief when we needed it and also a heartfelt guy who was a good friend to Ethan. Link and Ridley are a very odd couple--her being a Siren; her using him in BEAUTIFUL CREATURES and all...-- but they are very good together I think!
Right now, I am reading BEAUTIFUL CHAOS...it's pretty good so far! There's a lot of tension and stuff because of the end of this book. I will try to finish BEAUTIFUL CHAOS by Sunday (April 22, 2013 that is) and post my review soon. I recently bought BEAUTIFUL REDEMPTION and can't wait to read it!

Until next time y'all!
:D

bogirita's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0