Dangerous Creatures - Softcover

Garcia, Kami; Stohl, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316370320 ISBN 13: 9780316370325

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015

Synopsis

From the world of Beautiful Creatures--the instant New York Times bestselling tale of love and magic.

Ridley Duchannes is nobody's heroine. She's a Dark Caster, a Siren. She can make you do things. Anything. You can't trust her, or yourself when she's around. And she'll be the first to tell you to stay away--especially if you're going to do something as stupid as fall in love with her.

Lucky for Ridley, her wannabe rocker boyfriend, Wesley "Link" Lincoln, never listens to anyone. Link doesn't care if Rid's no good for him, and he takes her along when he leaves small-town Gatlin to follow his rock-star dream. He teams up with a ragtag group of Dark Casters, and when the band scores a gig at a hot Underground club, it looks like all of Link's dreams are about to come true.

But New York City is a dangerous place for both Casters and Mortals, and soon Ridley realizes that Link's bandmates are keeping secrets. With bad-boy club owner Lennox Gates on her heels, Rid is determined to find out the truth. What she discovers is worse than she could have imagined: Link has a price on his head that no Caster or Mortal can ever pay. With their lives on the line, what's a Siren to do?

Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthors of the Beautiful Creatures novels, are back to cast another magical spell. Their signature blend of mystery, suspense, and romance, with a healthy dose of wit and danger, will pull fans in and leave them begging for more.

About this title

About the Author:

Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl are coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Dangerous Creatures and the #1 New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures series. They each have also written solo series: The Legion Series by Kami Garcia includes the New York Times bestseller Unbreakable and Unmarked; The Icons series by Margaret Stohl includes Icons and Idols, and is in development as a feature film.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 7 Up—Modern-day siren Ridley Duchannes and her hybrid incubus boyfriend, Link, head to New York City in this spin-off of the duo's "Beautiful Creatures" series. Link wants to make it big as a punk rock drummer but doesn't realize that Ridley is using him to pay off a debt to a menacing underground club owner. The siren is an unsympathetic character as she flip-flops between bitter and sweet, spewing snarky, melodramatic dialogue, which becomes tiresome and predictable. Link's bandmates are all different types of Casters with paranormal abilities, but distinctions between the various categories run together and become confusing. Narrator Khristine Hvam does an admirable job differentiating the characters' voices though, and sound effects that highlight the dream portions of the story are a nice touch as well. This offering from Garcia and Stohl will be enjoyed by fans of their previous series, but those wanting more intriguing supernatural romance might be more satisfied with Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone or Maggie Stiefvater's "Raven Cycle."—Tara Hixon, Cashion Public Schools, OK

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0316370320
• ISBN 13: 9780316370325
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400