Love & magic in Beautiful Creatures

MANILA, Philippines - Beautiful Creatures is a New York Times-bestselling fantasy young adult novel by authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and the first book in the Caster Chronicles series.

Based on the first in the five-book series, the movie Beautiful Creatures follows 16-year-old Ethan Wate, who lives in the small town of Gatlin, where the pie is always made from scratch, the porch gossip spreads like wildfire and the secrets are heavier than the accents. Like Hogwarts and District 12, Gatlin is as much a character as the people who live in it. Tightly controlled by sons and daughters of the Confederacy, Gatlin isn’t open to outsiders, especially those with secret powers like Lena Duchannes.

Someone is after Lena. The Darkest Caster of them all: Sarafine. It doesn’t help matters that Sarafine is also Lena’s mother, whom she thought had been dead for over 10 years. As their romance grows, mysteries are solved, but more questions are raised. Their relationship isn’t just based on attraction but a psychic connection. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town, secrets destined to change their lives.

From the company that gave you The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games, Beautiful Creatures opens Feb. 20 in theaters.