Won over by this admission and the vehemence of his feelings, Abby decides she belongs with Travis after all. The adaptation of this beloved New York Times and global bestseller, helmed by one of the most prolific YA directors of all-time, Roger, and led by an incredibly talented cast with massive social followings – Beautiful Disaster has all the makings of the next blockbuster YA franchise,” said Deckter.

McGuire’s novel has been published and translated in 38 countries, and topped the bestseller’s list in Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, Australia and the UK. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. I firstly found A Discovery of Witches, by Debora Harkness, Angelolgy by Danielle Trusonni and The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, all excellent novels. First-year student Abigail Abernathy, or Abby, attends an underground fight club at Eastern University and catches the eye of the victor, Travis Maddox. He throws her a surprise party for her 19th birthday, and then spends the night caring for her in the bathroom when she is sick after drinking too much alcohol.Told in Laura Spinella's eloquent style of third person point of view, this author toggles us between the past and present of Flynn and Mia - a rare couple with a connection so deep its as soul-shattering lovely as it is devastatingly haunting. I think readers would be able to connect with them through Spinella's detailed descriptions of them. I love how this author makes choices in her writing coaxing readers to have faith in her characters.

The next morning, she sneaks back to her dorm, trying to avoid Travis, but when he finds her gone, he goes into a rage and destroys things in the apartment. Entertainment optioned the film rights for Beautiful Disaster, [4] [5] but the movie never went to production and the Warner Bros. Coming from a new author, I did not know what to expect, but after reading Beautiful Disaster, I was pleasantly surprised!Overall, I can’t remember the last time that I disliked a group of characters as much as I did in various parts of this novel. Travis is notorious for being temperamental, unpredictable, and having one-night stands with the many women who find his “bad-boy” image attractive.