Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures Series, Book 2) vs The Changeover: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures Series, Book 2) Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures Series, Book 2) Kami Garcia · 2010 ★★★★☆ 4.4 528 pages · ≈ 9 h 47 m · Light

Together Ethan and Lena can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to…

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Cover of The Changeover The Changeover Margaret Mahy · 1974 ★★★★☆ 4.0 214 pages · ≈ 3 h 58 m · Light
“It was a warning. Laura felt it when she looked in the mirror that morning. There had been others: the day her father left home, the day she me Sorensen-the boy with strange silver eyes. But nothing had prepared Laura for the horror of today. And now her little brother, Jacko, was fighting for his life after being sucked dry of his youth by the sinister Carmody Braque. Laura knows there is onl”

When her little brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, fourteen-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangely compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers.

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures Series, Book 2)The Changeover
Goodreads — 4.0 (4271)
Hardcover 3.4 (148) 3.9 (11)
Apple Books 4.5 (1120) 4.0 (7)

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Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures Series, Book 2)The Changeover
Ratings 1120 4271
Editions 16 21
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 359
Pages 528 214

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