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Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)
Kami Garcia | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry, Paranormal, Romance
8
7.4 (34 Ratings)
Book Rating
Like most books I read, Beautiful Creatures was just randomly picked up and looked interesting, so I read it. Plus, I needed some books to occupy me and it was somehow on my to-read list already. I just didn't get the chance to read it over the summer. Call that lucky to be in the library at the time.

I will probably admit, that although I read the entire series, I didn't really like the first 2 books in the series. Except for the ending and the summaries. Which was why I continued reading the series. :) Or maybe there was just something special about Ethan, Lena, Riley, Link, etc that I just can't place a tab on? Or was there a little cliffhanger (which I totally love) that just urged me to read on and give the series another try?

I will also admit that I liked Beautiful Chaos overall. The character haven't changed... although they have. In a way. Ethan is still plain Wayward, just like from Day One. Besides getting "chased around" by his other self, of course. Lena is back to herself again, although she is now a light and dark caster due to the Seventeenth Moon. I didn't really enjoy Lena's distance and major meltdown from Beautiful Darkness, so it's nice to know that we get her back again.

Link has changed majorly in a way, at least in physical and how do you say this? erm, he's developed "Vampire-like" senses after being bit by John Breed from Beautiful Darkness, so he's now one-quarters Incubus. He's still on and off with Once Upon A Siren, Riley, but she's still same old, same old Riley. In Mortal form, yet continues about life Siren Style with no powers.

Overall, Beautiful Chaos is my favorite book out of the series so far. It's more action-packed than the books before it, even if it has quite the sad ending. I will most likely read the fourth and final book in the series, Beautiful Redemption (released already) because I just have to know what happens next to Ethan, Lena and the other characters.

Speaking of which, and I know I'm a bit off-topic, but who's excited for the Beautiful Creatures movie? I know am! The trailer looked awesome...

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Daniel Sanchez (3 KP) rated Horizon Zero Dawn in Video Games

Dec 12, 2017 (Updated Dec 12, 2017)  
Horizon Zero Dawn
Horizon Zero Dawn
2017 | Action/Adventure
Graphics, Sound, Gameplay (0 more)
One of the most Amazing Games Ever Made
This game is amazing. It's beautiful, interesting, and different that most other games out there. This was definitely my pick for Game of the Year 2017.
  
Practical Magic (1998)
Practical Magic (1998)
1998 | Action, Comedy, Drama
Great casting on main charecters (2 more)
Easy to watch
A beautiful love story
Midnight Margaritas!!
This is by far one of my favorite films. I love a witchy themed film and Sandra Bulllock is fantastic in her roll.
  
A Feast for Odin
A Feast for Odin
2016 | Business / Industrial, Economic, Medieval, Puzzle
High Quality Components (5 more)
Great Setting
Lots of options & Avenues of play
Beautiful & Colorful
Easy to play, hard to master
High replayability
Thematics don't really match mechanisms (2 more)
Lots of bits, hard to set up and break down.
Expensive
  
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Chayu (810 KP) rated the PC version of Mortal Kombat 11 in Video Games

May 5, 2019  
Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Kombat 11
2019 | Action, Fighting
Combat, graphics, dressed female characters (0 more)
Amazing, as always
Beautiful graphics. All our favourite characters are present. Finally, all characters are dressed like fighters. Gore. Mesmerising combat. Challenges. Very interesting story that continues from the previous game/s.
  
A Cure For Wellness (2017)
A Cure For Wellness (2017)
2017 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Dane Dehann pulls in a decent performance and is well cast (2 more)
This beautiful Swiss locations
The eerie feel
Wishy-washy plot (1 more)
Too far fetched at times
A little different with a strong start but fades over time
  
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The Gaslight Dogs (Middle Light, #1)
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Updated after a reread: it stared slow to me and the imagery is beautiful a very gifted writer. I still liked it and the characters. Up until it ended. Unless she is writing a sequal don't bother.
  
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Alan Hollinghurst recommended The Blue Flower in Books (curated)

 
The Blue Flower
The Blue Flower
2.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"The beautiful and concentrated final masterpiece of an utterly original writer, set in early 19th-century Germany. Fitzgerald pays us the compliment of trusting our intelligence and counting on our close attention, which will be overwhelmingly rewarded."

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