Book Beginnings on Friday and The Friday 56 : Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

From goodreads:

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.

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Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted at Page Turners.

Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading. If you like, share with everyone why you do, or do not, like the sentence.

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There were only two kinds of people in our town. "The stupid and the stuck," my father had affectionately classified our neighbors.

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The Friday 56 is hosted at Storytime With Tonya and Friends.

Share the fifth sentence (plus one or two others) from page 56 of the book nearest to you.

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Lena looked down into the lines of her notebook, but didn't say a word.