How I read this book: Physical copy. So the reason I wanted to read this book is because 1: I wanted to see the differences between the movie and the book and 2: I got the whole series from the works for like £7.50 and 3: I asked my partner to pick me out a book from the ones I'd recently gotten and they chose this one! It has been a while since I last watched "Beautiful Creatures" as a movie so I can't remember much about it but I thought I did have some insight of what I was getting into when I picked up this book. Boy was I wrong. This book is so beautifully written and follows the story between Ethan and Lena. The book dove so much more into what a caster is and had so many more characters in it to give us an explanation of the history of not just the casters but Ethan's family also. I spent the best part of 4 days reading this book picking it up at every opportunity I got to read. This book broke my heart to put it back together just to break it again. There was so much character development throughout and the book has left me wanting more (which luckily, there's 3 more books in the series which means I will be jumping straight back into the story as soon as I can!) If you'd like a cute romantasy that's set in our world I definitely would recommend this book to you! Overall I loved this book and I'm so glad I picked it up. My Favourite Characters: - Amma: Don't get me wrong, I know Amma was big on keeping secrets from Ethan throughout this book but you can see how much of it was to protect him. She loves Ethan like he's her own and I loved all of the scenes with Amma in. - Macon: Once again, another character that kept a lot of secrets for their protection. You can truly tell he loved Lena and cared for her and as scary as he could be at times I fell in love with his character. - Link: Link is Ethan's best friend and does almost anything for Ethan no questions asked. Link is exactly the kind of best friend everyone wants in their life and provides a lot of comedic relief throughout the book. My Least Favourite Characters: - Emily: Emily is honestly just a massive bully and I hated her throughout the book. I wish we got some character growth within her but to me it didn't seem like we did. - Larkin: I can't say too much about why I dislike Larkin without giving away some of the book. I really liked him throughout most of the book and wish he had stayed the boy that I liked. (If you'd like to see more of my reviews please go to my blog: https://doesden.blogspot.com/)