The Mortal Heart

Name: The Mortal Heart
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Kami Garcia
ISBN: 9781478964568

Author: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Series: Beautiful Creatures #1

Narrator: Ellen Archer

Unabridged: 1 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers

Published: 10/13/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Children's Love & Romance

Synopsis

Everyone in Gatlin has a story...
Before she met and married Mitchell Wate, the beautiful and brilliant Lila Jane Evers was an honors student at Duke University. Studying late into the night in the rare books library, she is captivated by a single line of text on an old piece of parchment: "In the Light there is Dark, and in the Dark there is Light."
What can it mean?
Then one night, Lila Jane meets a mysterious young man who may have the answer. His name is Macon Ravenwood, and for every secret he reveals, he is hiding another. With Macon's help, Lila Jane uncovers the wonders of the Caster world--the Light and the Dark. But a romance between the Incubus who is fighting his own dark side and this fiercely independent Mortal is doomed from the start. The closer Lila Jane and Macon become, the more her life is in danger.
Discover the unforgettable and untold story of how Lila and Macon fell in love in this all-new Beautiful Creatures novella from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
Word Count: ~12,000

About Kami Garcia

Kami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author, and the coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels. Her solo works include the Bram Stoker–nominated novels Unbreakable and Unmarked (The Legion series), and The Lovely Reckless, a standalone contemporary romance.Kami was a teacher for seventeen years and coauthored her first novel on a dare from seven of her students. If she isn’t busy watching Supernatural, Kami can teach you how to escape from a pair of handcuffs or bake a Coca-Cola cake. Kami lives in Maryland with her family and their dogs, Spike and Oz.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shawna on April 13, 2021

This novella filled in some parts of the story that needed explaining, but since it didn't focus much on the teens/kids of the original series, I wasn't as impressed with this story. The Mortal Heart explains what exactly went down between Lila and Macon and the friendship that Marian and Lila had.......more

Goodreads review by Veronica on October 10, 2021

This one was a let down. We finally know about their story and I got a couple thing to say: They met because he's following her, so we got that awkard conversation about who are you? Are you a murderer? etc. But she still agrees to walk with him towars her dorm, which is still weird. They talk a little......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on March 13, 2015

I won't lie, i was really glad to go back to Gatlin! I liked the idea of those novella about the background stories of some characters in the main series. I enjoyed learning about Lila and Macon but i wished we had more to read, their love story was too short-lived for my taste considering Macon is......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on March 11, 2015

Oh how I missed Macon Ravenwood.......more

Goodreads review by Maren on February 16, 2018

I really enjoyed this flashback story to when Lila and Macon first meet. Interesting to see how much Ethan is like his mother, Lila. I wish there were more pages!......more