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Beautiful Creatures: The Untold Stories #2
The Seer's Spread
Fate is a powerful thing...
Ethan Wate is still grieving the loss of his beloved Amma when he receives an unexpected gift--the old, yellow Whitman's Sampler box that held Amma's most closely guarded secrets. "One day I might let you have a look under that lid, Ethan Wate," Amma used to say. "But today isn't the day."
Now it's time for one of her greatest secrets to be revealed. In a long-lost letter, Amma tells Ethan the story of growing up as a young Seer with a remarkable gift for reading cards. But with a power that far-reaching comes responsibility, and Amma has been honoring her mission since before Ethan was born--to protect the Wate family at any cost. So when Lila Jane Evers enters Mitchell Wate's life, bringing the whole Caster world with her, Amma turns to her cards. This time, it's a the reading that will define the rest of her life--and Ethan's.
In this second installment of Beautiful Creatures: The Untold Stories, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl bring you even deeper into the Caster world.
Word Count: ~9,000 words
Ethan Wate is still grieving the loss of his beloved Amma when he receives an unexpected gift--the old, yellow Whitman's Sampler box that held Amma's most closely guarded secrets. "One day I might let you have a look under that lid, Ethan Wate," Amma used to say. "But today isn't the day."
Now it's time for one of her greatest secrets to be revealed. In a long-lost letter, Amma tells Ethan the story of growing up as a young Seer with a remarkable gift for reading cards. But with a power that far-reaching comes responsibility, and Amma has been honoring her mission since before Ethan was born--to protect the Wate family at any cost. So when Lila Jane Evers enters Mitchell Wate's life, bringing the whole Caster world with her, Amma turns to her cards. This time, it's a the reading that will define the rest of her life--and Ethan's.
In this second installment of Beautiful Creatures: The Untold Stories, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl bring you even deeper into the Caster world.
Word Count: ~9,000 words
45 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 14, 2015
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About the author
Kami Garcia
112 books17.4k followersKami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author. She is the coauthor of the BEAUTIFUL CREATURES series, which has been published in 51 countries and 37 languages, with over 10 million copies in print. In 2013, Beautiful Creatures released as a feature film from Warner Brothers. Kami is a cofounder of the YALLFEST kid lit book festival and the author of five solo novels, including her Bram Stoker Award-nominated novels Unbreakable and Unmarked (THE LEGION series) and The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos. Kami’s first graphic novel Teen Titans: Raven, with artist Gabriel Picolo, is the first book in her TEEN TITANS series for DC Comics and the adult series JOKER/HARLEY: CRIMINAL SANITY, from DC Black Label.
Find Kami online at kamigarcia.com, on Facebook @KamiGarciaYA, and on Twitter and Instagram @KamiGarcia.
Find Kami online at kamigarcia.com, on Facebook @KamiGarciaYA, and on Twitter and Instagram @KamiGarcia.
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October 19, 2020
3.5 stars. A heartwarming story about how Amma became a mother figure for Ethan. Her selfless devotion and love is something we should all aspire to. I liked reading the short bits about her childhood and coming to terms with the power she yielded, and her interpretations of the card readings.
April 14, 2021
These novellas are not my favorite but like the previous novella in this series, this one did fill in some gaps and questions that I had about the original series. The Seer's Spread is Amma's backstory covering things like the significance of the One Eyed Menace and how Amma became somewhat of a caretaker/nanny for both Mitchell and Ethan. There was great writing and world building, but Amma has never been a character that I've been eager to know more about so this one was just an okay read for me.
July 16, 2015
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Rating: 3.5/5
This will be a short review, but still. I really enjoyed reading about Amma. It was short novella and I'm sure we could have said a lot more about her, but I liked to have this insight in her past and how she came to be part of the Ethan's life.
I feel sad that whatever she did, her destiny was set in stone. She couldn't change it and even if she could have, a part of me believe she would have done the same things if only for Ethan.
You can see just how deep she cared for him and it's really touching that Ethan got to read about it and learn more about the woman who was part of his family.
These novellas are a nice addition to the series and I can't wait for the next one.
Rating: 3.5/5
This will be a short review, but still. I really enjoyed reading about Amma. It was short novella and I'm sure we could have said a lot more about her, but I liked to have this insight in her past and how she came to be part of the Ethan's life.
I feel sad that whatever she did, her destiny was set in stone. She couldn't change it and even if she could have, a part of me believe she would have done the same things if only for Ethan.
You can see just how deep she cared for him and it's really touching that Ethan got to read about it and learn more about the woman who was part of his family.
These novellas are a nice addition to the series and I can't wait for the next one.
February 16, 2018
Amma :) I've missed her character. I really enjoyed this story centered around her.
November 4, 2015
Amma!!! Oh, how I love everything about Amma!
July 15, 2015
Rating: 3.75/5
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July 11, 2015Jul 11, 2015
Oh hey! I'm the first in the Goodreads world to review this!
I am honoured. *bows*
Interesting. I'll be looking forward to it.
Oh hey! I'm the first in the Goodreads world to review this!
I am honoured. *bows*
Interesting. I'll be looking forward to it.
June 14, 2018
I think this one may have been my favorite out of the four strictly because I just love Amma. It was cute to see how much she loved the Wate family and Ethan's father and also how she dropped everything when Ethan was born. It can't have been easy to be a seer but Amma did it with sass and class.
June 12, 2021
Awwww. This was just what i needed. More twists n levels
June 24, 2025
To be honest i read it because i found a pdf online. I remember liking the series years ago and it was nice in that nostalgic way
February 15, 2022
Really well written. But feels like it leaves you on a bit of a cliff hanger
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May 9, 2025
It was just okay for me, fills in some background stories of characters from the Beautiful Creatures series.
Will finish the rest of mini novellas this year.
Will finish the rest of mini novellas this year.
December 31, 2024
I didn't like this one as much. I thought I was going to love it because we love to see all things Amma. Ethan is struggling with her going and something she had left him. I understand that because when my gma and my mother passed I set some of their stuff in a closet and just let it sit for years not wanting to deal with it. Once I felt okay to deal with it I did finally. One of them I was really close with the other not so much and it was still very hard to go through and exhausting emotionally regardless. So totally know what he is going through. The thing I didn't like about it is that for the spread of the cards it didn't really explain the spread not even maybe a thought or meaning to it just saying the spread once for her and another time when her boy brought Lila home to marry. I believe they were different... it was hard to flip between the pages in the ebook to check for sure but some of the cards remained the same. But again we didn't get a divination with it or an approximate of what might or might not happen. So we as the reader are left to guess. We do see a little bit of Macon and his struggle to stay away though he just wants to make sure she is happy. It's sweet
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June 10, 2019This time it's a story about Amma and how she is related to Ethan's family. I would have loved to have a lot more details about her life and her family and how she actually became who she is. Instead this book shows how she build her life by linking herself to Ethan before he was even born because she has seen his existence in the cards.
It was a nice story so I was expecting a bit more.
It was a nice story so I was expecting a bit more.
April 7, 2018
Better
This second novella, sadly, was better than the first where Macon and Lila’s romance was butchered. They are written like books with cliffhangers even though they are supposed to stand alone. I don’t have much else to say about it. Don’t love it, don’t hate it.
This second novella, sadly, was better than the first where Macon and Lila’s romance was butchered. They are written like books with cliffhangers even though they are supposed to stand alone. I don’t have much else to say about it. Don’t love it, don’t hate it.
January 19, 2019
Ow, My Heart
I’m seriously about to start sobbing at this one. This just depends the connection between Amma and Ethan. It’s the story I didn’t know I needed to make this series all the more powerful.
I’m seriously about to start sobbing at this one. This just depends the connection between Amma and Ethan. It’s the story I didn’t know I needed to make this series all the more powerful.
July 22, 2020
I really liked this book, it had a lot to do with Amma. Of course that was the point. I like that they authors thought to have a book pretty much dedicated to Amma. There isn't much to really say about it other than that I enjoyed it and you should read it too.
August 6, 2020
I know these are YA books, but I am so in love with all of the characters and the storyline that I simply cannot get enough of them. I have the next 3 in this untold series to read and I am eagerly anticipating all of them.
December 8, 2022
Amma
Not sure if these Novellas where worth the Purchase it is kinda of nice to read the extra stuff but I think it would have been better if they would have just put in all in one book and also I think all are missing a page because it only goes to page 37 out of 38
Not sure if these Novellas where worth the Purchase it is kinda of nice to read the extra stuff but I think it would have been better if they would have just put in all in one book and also I think all are missing a page because it only goes to page 37 out of 38
January 31, 2025
Amma was always sweet on Ethan
Love the back story on how amma became the greatest seer and how the cards told her about Ethan wate before he was even born and it was kind of a love letter to her boy , that she promised to protect.
Love the back story on how amma became the greatest seer and how the cards told her about Ethan wate before he was even born and it was kind of a love letter to her boy , that she promised to protect.
July 3, 2017
Awwwwww I love Amma!!!! This was a very cute and short read! I really enjoyed learning about how Amma entered the Wate family and hearing her story made me love her character even more!!!!
March 23, 2019
So far my favorite one
March 25, 2019
Quick read! I loved learning the back story of how Amma came to raise Mitchell and Ethan. It’s nice to have some of the questions from the series answered in novella form like this. ❤️ Amma so much
August 5, 2019
An interesting tale of Amma's link to Ethan.
December 9, 2019
I'm glad to have learned a bit more about Amma.
February 13, 2022
A little more about Amma, and of how in love Lila Evers and Mitchell were with each other.
February 23, 2022
I could read about Amma forever. I just love her
August 3, 2022
Loved getting to see Amma from several moments in her life! She is a woman to be cherished, she loves her family fiercely and Ethan was lucky to have such an amazing person in his corner!
March 1, 2023
Amma is such a queen. I'm glad I got to get more of a peek at her life, kinda wish there was even more.
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