Beautiful Creatures: Before

   Beautiful Creatures! Oh my I love this! It's a story told by the fictional (unfortunately) character Ethan Lawson Wate and it's about him meeting the literal girl of his dreams: Lena Duchannes. His dreams are totally bizarre, and when he wakes up, he finds part of the dream (water, mud, etc.) are actually in his bed. And the ghostly scent of lemons and rosemary seems to follow him. Not to mention this creepy song, Sixteen Moons, that only he can hear. Everything gets crazier when they get a NEW STUDENT, Lena. The dinky little fictional town hardly ever gets a new person. But Ethan has a strange connection to her.
   We get to read along about Lena's secrets, and how she and Ethan fall in love. Honestly, all girls NEED to read this. You'll crush on Ethan, laugh at Link, sympathise with Lena, hate Emily and Savannah, and feel a sense of reality with all the others. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat as Ethan is introduced to Lena's crazy world.

“Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe.

Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.”

 -Macon Ravenwood in Beautiful Creatures

Shattered by Sophia Sharp
I'm starting with the LAMEST book I know, so I can get the ranting over with.
This book is about a chic named Laura that I believe belongs in a mental hospital. Honestly. The only 'normal' ya concept is that Logan is the mysterious new kid. And he saves her from practically being raped, AND SHE YELLS AT HIM FOR IT! Then they make up, and he shows her some mystical Dream World. But there's a creepy guy in a trench coat stalking them, so they gotta go! Because, apparently, it's a big fat no-no to show a mortal the dream world. So Laura just goes on the run with this guy. No questions asked. And only when they're in a high-speed car chase does he tell her the truth: he's a vampire. They continue on and on with this stupidity, throughout these ancient vampire tunnels they find. Brilliant? HAHAHA!
Honestly, Ms. Sharp needs to work a tiny bit on her character development. I absolutely CANNOT connect with Laura. It's impossible for me to relate to such insanity. If you're going to have a story, you need believable characters. I don't care if you're writing about an alien riding on a unicorn to go kick a werewolf ghost's butt. They have to have motives, reasoning, and common sense.
So, DON'T READ THIS BOOK! It's not worth your 99¢ on Kindle