Lena had not seen Ridley since until the events of Beautiful Creatures transformed as a new person and personality after a year's absence. In the midst of the fight, Lena watches in horror as her mother stabs Ethan in his stomach with a knife, killing him. Ethan asks of everyone was okay and John informs Ethan that he came because it was "harder than you think when you're up there," and that since Ethan was with him when he jumped, he should return the favor. I find it really difficult to believe that a whole town would gang up against someone when there is seriously zero evidence against him or her. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay . Ethan and Lena played in the water. For example, the relationship between Lena and Sarafine is ANYTHING but simple. After Lena confirms it, Link realizes he is turning into an Incubus. However, when Ridley was growing near her 16th Moon, Lena began to notice changes in her best friend and took a notice how Ridley was beginning to behave much more wildly and starting to become rebellious. Lena is crying in a garden full of lemon trees, and she begins to talk with Ethan. A wonderful premise and a lovely setting, but I don't believe it lived up to it's potential. But the two teamed up to resurrect Ethan when was killed in Beautiful Creatures. When he is released from the Arclight by Ethan and Liv, she is joyful and is finally able to return to her normal self. Additionally, their association with real-world organizations (the DAR, for example) is a little bit rude toward those organizations. More than anything it is a good vs evil and, as I do not want to throw out a spoiler, you will have to read them to decide what is really evil and what is truly good. However, I kept thinking there has to be a good story somewhere and I'm so glad the movie lead me to these books. After Lena misses a day of school, Ethan visits her house and meets her Uncle Macon Ravenwood, a man who no one in Gatlin has seen for years. I'd like Lena to have more character. Suddenly, Ethan touches an old locket that is sitting on the ground, and he begins to see a vision of the past. Before moving to Gatlin, Lena begins to have recurring dreams of a teenage boy who saves her. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. I really enjoyed reading the adventures of the Gatlin above and below ground. I love how this story has so many twists and turns, and surprises that leave you breathtaken. I couldn't put them down. It is something of a running gag in the series for Lena to accidentally set random objects on fire. Due to being a Natural/Cataclyst, Lena's casting and power abilities are beyond the strength of a normal and ordinary Caster along with additional power something which often frightened Lena since she was unable to control the great power within her. I fell in love with this series as soon as I read the very first book. Ethan and Link head back to Ravenwood Manor and meet Link's mother, Mrs. Lincoln, on the way. Just in the first few chapters there was much trauma, and it just got much to dark. Beautiful Creatures. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Helpful. Amma uses magic to suspend time so she and Lena can talk to each other while the family sits by, frozen and unaware. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head Green eyes, black hair. Lena's jealousy is shown to even have Ethan on his toes; resulting in his nervous and cautious approach to the amount of time with his association with Liv when Lena had been jealous of her before the two eventually made amends. Soon after this Lena sees Ethan and Olivia "Liv" Durand, eating together at the Dar-ee Keen and Ethan laughing with her and races her car by angrily, obviously revealing that she had seen the two together and is more than jealous. Once outside, Macon has Green Caster eyes, which confirms that he has switched from an Incubus to a Caster. And no one can stop it. That night, Ethan wakes up and sees that his housekeeper, Amma, leaving the house. But I don't think I'm strong enough. In the third novel, Beautiful Chaos, when Sarafine is about to be killed by Abraham when he traps her in a circle of fire deciding to dispose of her, she begs Lena to save her insisting she has always loved her and only had did what she did to protect her, even calling Lena her "little girl." Lena is known to have great difficulty controlling her powers and it is somewhat of a running gag throughout the novel series with Lena accidentally setting random objects on fire. Yeah, I admit it. On her left wrist, she has scars on the inside of her wrist from very realistic dreams. Do Lena and Ethan marry? Also it is noted it no longer harms Ethan when he touches/kisses her, resulting in a future for the two of them. But, the movie was easier to write about, so here you go. I read this entire series in a few days great amazing it always kept me on the edge of my seat. Things continued to remain this way with Lena treating her harshly and making it more than clear she does not want her anywhere near Ethan and Liv barely acknowledging it. Or another example being how when Lena declines his offer to attend the school's dance and he said he'd just go with someone else then (though not saying it seriously and meaning it in a joking manner), she shoots him a furious look that makes him quickly add on in a slight panic, "Like Amma." On Halloween night, Ethan wakes up from a vision that Lena is in trouble. There is a secret part of the Gatlin Library known as the Caster Library, and Lena thinks this place may contain the Book of Moons. When Link asks how they can bring the two back together the Seer simply says that he and Amma "have a deal." With Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis. Lena Duchannes is one of the two main protagonist of The Caster Chronicles series. Therefore Lena is the greatest, strongest, mightiest and most powerful character in the whole book series. Lena Duchannes is one of the two main protagonist of The Caster Chronicles series. The final chapter is of Ethan on top of the water tower and as he goes to the edge to throw himself over it, he is dragged back by his other half. Lena would try to make an effort to make friends and even tried out for a spot on the newspaper club of one of her schools, but was lied to that all the spots were already filled up (even though there were so few students on the team that they could never print on time). Ethan states he didn't have a choice. Ethan and Lena need to find the Book of Moons, and they think it might have been buried with Genevieve. Ridley reveals that this was a plot to lure Ethan away from Lena, since his love is her main protection from Sarafine. (Though Ethan is later revived by Lena and Amma.). This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers. He is also Lena and Ridley's uncle. This causes Lena to fight with Liv both verbally and physically, accusing Liv of trying to "steal her boyfriend", and launching at her several times just barely being restrained by Ethan. The film adaptation of the novel was released in February, 2013, under the same title. Is Beautiful Creatures on Tubi? The third book in the New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Maggie Stiefvater! My boyfriend wont mind. This causing Ethan to quickly say how he meant Amma and his aunts. I like how the Casters' powers worked although the whole "bringing someone back from the dead" part seemed like stretching the chord a bit too far. Lena soon cries herself to sleep after her last few moments with Ethan. Lena is ignored by most of the students because she wears long dresses and is not interested in popular pursuits like trying out for the cheerleading squad. ", "When were you going to tell me? During the town's annual County Fair, Lena shows up wearing Ridley's type of clothing (overall that makes her look easy). Lena and Ethan search desperately to figure out which one of them is the "One Who Is Two," when its revealed it was one of them. Soon later, while Ethan goes to see the Seer, he shows Ethan images and implies Ethan is the "One Who Is Two." Lena and Amma recite a spell to bring Ethan back to life, and it works. As time goes and she spends more time with him, Lena soon realizes she has fallen passionately in love with Ethan. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Ridley has put a verbal spell on the students who used to be mean to Lena so that they will treat her nicely on her birthday. (It is said by Macon that Ethan is the very first boy that she has ever displayed a romantic interest in.). Despite this revelation, Ethan's attraction to Lena grows, and he asks her to go on a movie date with him. In the aftermath of Beautiful Darkness, Ethan and Lena are reunited and stronger than ever. Lena's 16th birthday is coming up in a matter of months and she finds herself fearing and almost becoming fully convinced she will go Dark, terrifying her. it is a sweet but lively series with a lot of unpredictable turns and twists. They go to Genevieve's grave and dig up the book. She was even to be given far greater power than her mother Sarafine Duchannes, who had already established herself as the "Darkest Caster of all". After kissing Ethan, Lena takes off into the forest and rides off with John Breed on his motorcycle and unknowingly after chasing her, Ethan witnesses this. But John, able to tell that Lena was still in love with Ethan, attempted to convince her that Ethan was holding her back from her true power when sensing her great worry about Ethan's safety, both aware he was following her (though Lena thought this was the other way around for her and Ethan and that she was holding him back from a normal life.) Sarafine, being aware of Lena and Ethan's relationship and her daughter's intense love for him, reveals to Lena how Casters and Mortals cannot be together sexually therefore having no future together. Ethan goes to Amma to confront her about her having known the whole time he was going to die. Ethan, on her wall as a last meaningful message to remember him. ", "Feelings for him? I got these four books on my Kindle on the 16th and couldn't put them down until they were finished. However, upon moving to Gatlin, Lena meets a teenage resident of the town named Ethan Wate- a boy who seems to be the exact same guy whom she has been seeing in her dreams. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms . Am I Dark, or am I Light? One example being of her shattering all of a classroom's windows when overhearing Savannah and Emily make fun of her uncle and her natural anger at their comments. Lena's cousin Ridley arrives at the formal and takes revenge for Lena's humiliation by mentally turning on the sprinkler system in the school. Ethan then states they were talking about lives and the people they loved and Lena responds shaking her head saying, "I don't care. Ridley takes the Arclight out of its hiding place and looks at it, then counts down from three and something is "decided" - which is really her decision to lock John Breed in the Arclight. In the end, there is a grave. And no one can stop it. The bokor tries to attack Macon but Macon easily overpowers him and the bokor warns Macon he shouldn't have intervened and leaves. 93 books16.5k followers. What are the side effects of Thiazolidnedions. He sees Lena directly afterwards and tells her he is the needed-to-be sacrifice and they spend the night in each others arms not talking; just holding each other in tortured silence. After reading the first book in this series, I devoured the remaining three over a week and a half (Audiobook versions). Throughout Ethan and Lena's conversation, Liv shows up. Ethan then sees Lena one last time to say goodbye and Kelts with her from her house and her voice comes to his in a jagged rhythm (saying he can't ask her to go through with this, his death) implying she was sobbing. So much young-adult fiction these days is narrated by a female protagonist, and you might expect the same from Beautiful Creatures, which is written by two talented ladies.But having a male narrator is one of the many interesting and different things Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl have done in their book. Good for teens. He is slowly changing, the foods he is known to like now disgust him and he's forgetting names, numbers; even important memories altogether. At the library, they have one more vision of Genevieve trying to bring Ethan Carter Wate back to life by using a magical text called the Book of Moons. Throughout the series, she maintains a rocky relationship with him, but the two always manage to overcome whatever obstacles come in their way. Since then the two have grown to like each other and have developed a respect for each other. I am not really going to talk much about the plot, mostly because throughout 4 books of at least 500 pages each, THERE IS SO MUCH OF IT. But the last book in the series was the worst ever. Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness, the sequel to the instant NYT bestselling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures! As she grew up, Lena was very disliked in school due to her quiet personality as well as her family's reputation and, in result, was relentlessly bullied by other students. However, her 16th birthday arrives and her evil mother, Sarafine, comes and causes mayhem in some woods trying to convince her daughter to turn Dark. On the last day of school, Lena tells Ethan that she and her family are leaving town. And not just reading schlockwe first see Ethan with a copy of Slaughterhouse-Five and Lena with a book by . Throughout the book, Ethan slowly begins losing himself even more. Lena, though, was often stuck doing her homework since Ridley had been using her Siren abilities to make boys do it for her. The books include the following titles . By far my favorite book series that I have ever read. I don't care if it's a hundred degrees and every blade of grass dies. Link then tells him about the day they met on a bus in kindergarten when Link gave Ethan a Twinkie that was on the floor; it wasn't and he just made that part up. Meanwhile, little time after, Liv and Ethan both come to the conclusion that Sarafine was trying to pull the seventeenth moon out of time to get Lena to claim herself. Firstly, it bums me out to read books where a vast majority of the characters are bad people, especially when they take it much further than I've experienced in reality. When Ridley eventually left the group to secretly aid Ethan, Link and Liv to find Lena aware of the trap to force Lena to go Dark, John and Lena grew even closer as he comforted her in her weak state seeming to understand her (though Lena says that nothing "like that" occurred between them and that he was just a good friend towards her). Lena and Ethan continue to search through the Book of Moons, looking for a magical option that will allow Lena to choose her own fate. The book was published on December 1, 2009, by Little, Brown, and Company.In the UK, Beautiful Creatures is published by Penguin Books. Amma tries to get Ethan to leave but he says that he cant, acknowledging that he had no other choice, but to go ahead with the sacrifice. Quickly, while the others are fighting, Ethan helps Lena revive. This, though, only once being shown in Beautiful Chaos with Liv at a party when Liv accused Lena (while under a cast caused by Ridley) of not giving a "rat's ass" about Ethan (referring to the events of Beautiful Darkness). The first book in the instant NYT bestselling gothic fantasy series; a modern paranormal romance set against the gothic backdrop of an isolated southern town. The school principal holds a hearing and is about to expel Lena when Macon arrives to protest the hearing. Lena then starts to sob and insists she won't make it without him and he just couldn't ask her to live without him. Even though he knew it wasn't. Is There A Beautiful Creatures 2? This being seen in Beautiful Darkness when Ridley betrays Sarafine to help Ethan, Liv and Link save Lena fearing for Lena's safety. At least you finally admit it! Throughout the series, she maintains a rocky relationship with him, but the two always . Her main plot-line deals with her deepest fear of becoming Dark and turning into a cruel and evil person as hermother did and trying to resist and fight her Dark abilities. Genevieve used the Book of Moons to work dark magic and bring Ethan Carter Wate back to life, and the Book gained the power to choose which of the Duchannes children would go Dark or Light in the future. Beautiful Creatures Quotes. Lena has gotten somewhat of a better grasp of her powers, though not by much since she still has erratic and spontaneous moments of losing control of her powers for brief moments. Lena's Necklace of Junk: A symbol of Lena's quirkiness is a jangling necklace with charms that look like junk to most people - particularly the mean girls who rule Gatlin's high school. The day of Lena's 16th birthday, Ethan goes to Ravenwood Manor to see her. What is the Order of the Beautiful Creatures books? I fell in love with this series after reading the first book. Started off quickly and you get attached to the characters. Amma and Macon have questions they want to ask the ghosts of Amma's relatives, whom she refers to as the Greats. ", "I didn't expect you to be here. ", Look at me, Ethan. Meanwhile, after his death, Ethan is also searching for ways to return to the mortal world in the other world of the dead. Didn't his car crash during the 18th moon? Kami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author. I really enjoyed this series although for me the first book had all the impetuous and the subsequent books were just for the fun of hanging out with the characters in a very well-realized setting. Also it is noted it no longer harms Ethan when he touches/kisses her, resulting in a future for the two of them. He sees Amma and witnesses her taking his place in death with the Greats, leaving him alone before Lena shows up. He then sees John Breed materialize from the shadows. In the library, Lena faints and is again spiritually attacked by Sarafine, but she wakes up when Ethan kisses her. Ethan soon meets Lena's older cousin Ridley, a seductively dressed and very persuasive girl. He then goes to reach the destination of the water tower. It was very good, had very little cursing and sex. So I realize I sorta missed the boat with this series as I believe the first one came out in like, 2009. Lena barely even hid her feelings of hatred about her towards Liv herself. Ethan finds it hard to believe John was "the same dirtbag who kicked his ass at the fair and tried to steal his girlfriend," and was now a "decent guy," but sees that falling in love will do that to a person. Again, most of the YA books under my Read belt tend to have such hollow and irritatingly immature personalities that it makes for an excruciating effort to finish the books. Beautiful Darkness is the sequel to Beautiful Creatures and the second book in the Caster Series. He is most likely an Evo as he was Dark rather than Light like in the novel, where he is an Telepath. Ethan has also been shown to be very committed. What book does Ethan read in Beautiful Creatures? Though despite Liv's respectful treatment towards Lena, it does nothing to stop the cold and harsh treatment she receives in return. I feel as though I am walking along with these people, haven't had this to happen in way so long. Ridley has nearly persuaded Mitchell to take his own life, but Link convinces her to release Mitchell from her spell. He was also the only person, at first, to be kind to her and a friendship quickly blooms between the two. This series started with the movie (which I was not a fan of). Must read! She and Abraham in the second follow-up novel Beautiful Darkness attempts to force her to turn Dark, but Lena is saved by Ethan, Macon and everyone else. On Thanksgiving, Amma invites Lena to Thanksgiving dinner with the Wate family. Inside the cave, John is holding an unconscious Lena, who has no idea where she is or what she is doing. Ethan realizes that John was the one Lena had run off with. It was Ethan's life for something, which unexpectedly turns out to be Macon's life. Sarafine is Lena's mother. At Gatlin High's winter formal, some of the girls ruin Lena's dress by pouring liquid soap on her and Ethan. Ethan then gives her a map of all the places he dreamed of seeing in the world as a way to remember him and in return she gives him her necklace of all her memories, including of him, to hold on for her. He also explains how Lila Jane's ghost helped him once The Book of Moons took his life by capturing him inside the Arclight; thereby giving him the chance to be freed and live again. There was some fan speculation about whether or not Englert was fit for the role of the franchise since her hair isn't black as Lena's is described in the series. Lena had went to see Ridley to see what was going on and saw Ridley scared and confided in Lena that she thinks she is going Dark and left to prevent herself from harming Lena or the family. She has even almost stopped Kelting with Ethan and rather prefers to block him out. After declaring his love for her, Ethan proves his love for her by holding her when she needs comfort and freely expressing and showing his feelings for her in front of his basketball teammates and students completely unashamed of her. He tells her to wait for him at Greenbrier and writes "I will always love you. Ethan hears Lena playing the song "Sixteen Moons" on her viola in orchestra, which unsettles him. She always at first kept her innermost thoughts to herself never expressing herself until after Beautiful Creatures when she begins evolving as a person. Her Uncle Macon and others arrive and a battle breaks out with Lena causing a great storm to hit town. "There were no surprises in Gatlin County. Still in the house, Lena, powerful even as a baby, had saved herself by making it rain thus putting out the fire. But Ethan insists she try and she goes hysterical altogether pleading with him to find another way; begging him not to sacrifice himself. Beautiful Creatures was signed by Little,Brown,and Company for a four-book series,the Caster Chronicles,with the follow-up books titled: Lena, in result, treated her cold and harshly especially when seeing her and Ethan together. Her extended family of Light Casters is with her. Link freely accepted Lena since Ethan liked her and grew to be one of the few people who treated her kindly in the first novel of the series. She says she has a way worked out to spare him; even though he knew there was nothing left to do to save his life. ", "In case something happens tonight, I just wanted you to know; I love you, Ethan. He reads Vonnegut and Kerouac, Salinger and Krakauer, and he dreams of going to the real places within his favorite books. Ethan assures her that will not happen, and he kisses Lena for the first time. Ethan and Lena go to the Caster Library. She says that all the people in her family are Casters (spell casters) who have special powers. 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