MF!! I wrote a whole review of this and GoodReads ATE IT. I am never going to be able to recreate the GENIUS of the original review. ETA: OK WTF GOODREADS NOW BOTH MY REVIEWS OF BEAUTIFUL CREATURES ARE SHOWING UP?? OK whatever, fine, these are all very important opinions.

OK bullet points:
- Too long
- Too emo for the average adult reader to tolerate (aces for the average teen reader)
- Marian the Librarian RULES but I'm mad they never ever referred to her as Marian the Librarian even though her name is Marian and she's the town's magical librarian. COME ON.
- The movie was way better than the book, which I think only ever happens when overly-long emo YA books are turned into movies. The movie also really streamlined the whole magical lineage/curse business (which if you only saw the movie you may find hard to believe, but it's seriously BEYOND COMPLICATED in the book).
- Like 1/3 of this book is descriptions of outfits. Oh, I get it, Lena wears dresses and Converse, what a weirdo. No wonder nobody likes her.