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Kami Garcia
Kami Garcia and co-author Margaret Stohl live in Los Angeles, California, with their families. Learn more about these authors at Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl’s website.
The Caster Chronicles
The Caster Chronicles — (2009-2012) Young adult. Publisher: There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that’s what I thought. Turns out, I couldn’t have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town’s oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Halfway through Beautiful Creatures, I remember thinking, “Hey, this is like The Witching Hour, but for teenagers!” The Witching Hour is probably my favorite Anne Rice book of all time, so this is high praise coming from me. It’s different, of course — Beautiful Creatures is much more PG-rated and unfolds at a faster pace — but both are big, meaty books featuring antebellum mansions, hidden witch families, curses generations in the making, and one pure love to stand against evil.
Ethan Wate seems like an ordinary teenage boy. Beneath the surface, though, he’s itching to escape his tiny hometown of Gatlin, with its closed minds and stagnation. (I loved the little detail about how... Read More
The Legion: Unbreakable — (2013- ) Publisher: I never believed in ghosts. Until one tried to kill me. When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, her world begins to unravel. She doesn’t know that paranormal forces in a much darker world are the ones pulling the strings. Not until identical twins Jared and Lukas Lockhart break into Kennedy’s room and destroy a dangerous spirit sent to kill her. The brothers reveal that her mother was part of an ancient secret society responsible for protecting the world from a vengeful demon — a society whose five members were all murdered on the same night. Now Kennedy has to take her mother’s place in the Legion if she wants to uncover the truth and stay alive. Along with new Legion members Priest and Alara, the teens race to find the only weapon that might be able to destroy the demon — battling the deadly spirits he controls every step of the way. Suspense, romance, and the paranormal meet in this chilling urban fantasy, the first book in a new series from Kami Garcia, bestselling coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures novels.
Red Run: A Short Story — (2012) Publisher: Everyone in the Louisiana backwoods knows never to drive down Red Run at night, especially Edie. Her brother was murdered by the ghost that haunts the road — a ghost Edie is hunting. Suspense and Southern gothic meet in this modern ghost story, where nothing is what it seems. From Kami Garcia, co-author of the New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures Novels.
I thought this was a beautifully described world, and I loved the idea of Green and the gods, but I had the same problems you did with the first two books. It just feels like the pieces don't all come together. […]
These stories sound wonderful! There's nothing as interesting than real, deep universal fears being examined through a lens of Horror. The ideas presented are inspiring. Thanks so much for the review. :-) […]
Silksinger: Meticulous details make a wonderful setting: Silksinger by Laini Taylor
When last we left the intrepid — and tiny — heroes of Blackbringer, Magpie, Talon, and company were leaving on a task set to Magpie by the Magruwen (the Djinn King). The...
The Bride Wore Black Leather: Everything I expect from NIGHTSIDE: The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green
The Bride Wore Black Leather starts off with John Taylor walking along Nightside’s streets on the way to his office, a place he rarely goes. At first ...
Sherwood: An attractive and interesting collection: Sherwood by Jane Yolen
Sherwoodis a collection of eight short stories all based around the legends of Robin Hood. Edited by long-time Hood aficionado Jane Yolen, most of the stories centre on origi...
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Kami Garcia and co-author Margaret Stohl live in Los Angeles, California, with their families. Learn more about these authors at 
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Silksinger: Meticulous details make a wonderful setting
The Bride Wore Black Leather: Everything I expect from NIGHTSIDE
Sherwood: An attractive and interesting collection
