He then sees John Breed materialize from the shadows. She is Ethan Wate's love interest in the first novel of the series, eventually becoming his girlfriend. The first point of connection between the two main characters is their love of reading. One-shot about what happened after the ending of the movie Beautiful Creatures. There are also a lot of Vexes, powerful demons of the underground, who are sent back once Amma, Arelia (Macon's Mother), Gramma (Lena's Grandmother) and Twyla (Macon's Aunt) arrive. After she makes a trade with the Book of Moons hoping to revive a dead Ethan in the novel, she is horrified to discover the price she paid for his life was Macon's. I'm late to the party but I still read this series. Soon though, their friendship flares into a passionate romance with Lena falling in love with Ethan on a deep gut wr-nching level. The girls in class insult Lena's reclusive uncle, Macon Ravenwood, and Lena's anger affects the classroom, shattering the glass in the windows. Liv and Lena's relationship was, for about half of the series, hostile and tense since Lena was fully aware of Liv's feelings for Ethan. Since Lena is intensely in love with Ethan, she is shown to have a vicious level jealousy side. 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. Lena and Ethan dance together and finally say that they love each other. Yay Kid, 11 years old. 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. 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. As a half-Cataclyst, it is unknown if she gained any Cataclyst powers like Possession. Ridley has nearly persuaded Mitchell to take his own life, but Link convinces her to release Mitchell from her spell. 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. She is very kind and will always stay true and protect her friends. 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. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Kami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author. What book is Lena reading in Beautiful Creatures? PG-13. In the library, they touch Genevieve's locket again and discover the source of the curse on the Duchannes family of Casters. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. The manga adaptation of the novel was released in February, 2013, under the same title. On the first day of his sophomore year of high school, Ethan again has a dream about falling through trees with a girl whose face he can't see. Alice Englert was officially announced to be set to portray Lena in the film adaptation of Beautiful Creatures and upcoming franchise of the series. But the two manage to make amends and even become friends by the end of the novel, forgetting about their rough history together. My boyfriend wont mind. This dream has been recurring for months, and it troubles Ethan because in the dream he loves the girl he is falling with, though he does not know who she is. I can't imagine a world without you in it." ", "In case something happens tonight, I just wanted you to know; I love you, Ethan. Ethan clutches the other half of him and knows that they both knew they were going to die. I loved this series, totally didn't have it on here until someone reminded me by lending me a copy of the first book how much I loved reading them. Ethan discovers that the woman is not Mrs. Lincoln, but the Dark Caster Sarafine in disguise. ** spoiler alert ** This is generally ok as light reading--it grabs you and it's hard to put down. ", "Get the hell away from my boyfriend witch! She also has displayed the power to control the weather, create storms and fire at will, control lightning and thunder and also the ability to control the wind. Sarafine was believed to be dead since then until she shows up to prove otherwise in Beautiful Creatures. This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers. When Lena had been jealous over Liv, Ethan is shown to be extremely cautious about the amount of his time spent with Liv and greatly worried about how Lena would react about him spending time with her (even though by then Liv and Ethan had officially verified there was no romance between them). You wont find this theme anywhere else: Southern gothic romance. Despite all this, Ethan and Lena are . Lena's easily sparked jealousy even has Ethan on his toes. This happens during the time period surrounding the Civil War. ", I want you here. 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). 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. They then turn over to think it is John who then becomes positive it is him and throws himself over the towns water tower, but the voice Ethan is hearing in his head tells them the price is still unpaid and John does not die in result of so. She is also the greatest, strongest and most powerful character in the series. Macon "Melchizedek" Ravenwood is the son of Silas Ravenwood and Arelia Valentin and the brother of Hunting and Leah. She meets and befriends Ethan Wate, a teenage resident in her new town Gatlin, with whom she falls in love with. Lena soon cries herself to sleep after her last few moments with Ethan. I thought they were just dreams. In the novel, Sarafine makes her first appearance in years attempting to convince Lena to turn Dark since she is given the rare choice to choose her own Claiming. That night, Ethan wakes up and sees that his housekeeper, Amma, leaving the house. Not going to spoil it for you. Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. Ethan and Lena go to the Caster Library. 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). But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. But the two teamed up to resurrect Ethan when was killed in Beautiful Creatures. 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. She is the coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels and her solo works include the YA fantasy novels UNBREAKABLE and UNMARKED (THE LEGION SERIES), YA contemporary romances THE LOVELY RECKLESS and BROKEN BEAUTIFUL HEARTS, and THE X-FILES . Link is one of her friends through Ethan. Though soon later in the series, she fully accepts the fact that she loves him and needed him in her life. DOVETE LEGGERLO ASSOLUTAMENTE! But Ethan refuses to sever ties with her insisting that she's "the girl from his dreams" revealing to her that he's been having the same dreams she has as well, where he saves a girl who seems to be her, and keeps associating with her despite her warnings. Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. She instantly goes cold and furious when she sees him with any girl whom she suspects might be attracted to him on a romantic level; particularly Liv, whom she treated coldly and very harshly, aware of Liv's feelings for Ethan. 3.92. She is the daughter of Sarafine Duchannes and John Eades, cousin of Reece, Ridley and Ryan Duchannes and Larkin Kent. This is an amazing series. On Thanksgiving, Amma invites Lena to Thanksgiving dinner with the Wate family. I really liked the first book in the series but the second and the third books in the series disappointed me and the last book was a complete disaster. Thanks to my little sister for the suggestion! The book was published on December 1, 2009, by Little, Brown, and Company.In the UK, Beautiful Creatures is published by Penguin Books. Since then the two have grown to like each other and have developed a respect for each other. The Caster Chronicles Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. 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. The character build is fabulous. The characters are so personal and easy to get attached to. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. I cannot even begin to explain my love for this series Wow. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks differentLena, recalling the moment she began to fall in love with Ethan in Beautiful Chaos. How many books are in the Beautiful Creatures series? April 23, 2017. age 11+. Ethan is saved, but not only completely unaware of his death and how he was killed and revived and how, but Lena is left emotionally damaged beyond repair because of Macon's death, drenching her in guilt which drives the events of the sequel Beautiful Darkness. The love that Lena and Ethan have for each other is something immeasurable, and you can feel it within yourself when you read how Ethan expresses it. There are some plot quibbles (it's never explained how a supernatural could become mortal and then non-mortal again, magic wand waving, do not look behind the curtain) but if you want to sink into some southern gothic YA, this is for you. In Beautiful Creatures, Lena avoids . But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. There were so many plot holes. Halfway between though, Ethan learns that Lena made a deal with the Book of Moons, a powerful Caster book, for Ethan's life after Sarafine killed him. The entire thing. Beautiful Creatures is the first book of The Caster Chronicles series, written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The film adaptation of the novel was released in February, 2013, under the same title. Ridley reveals that this was a plot to lure Ethan away from Lena, since his love is her main protection from Sarafine. Ethan has also been shown to be very committed. She is Ethan Wate's love interest in the first novel of the series, eventually becoming his girlfriend. Ethan, Lena and Link (Ethan's best friend) are alone on a lake because of an incident that took place at the high school's parking lot. However, he states he had no choice in the matter and gives her a map of all the places he dreamed of going to in the world as a way to remember him by. This angers Lena especially after learning how Macon was not planning on telling her this detail until after Lena Claimed herself when it would be too late to change anything. Lena runs home to Ravenwood Manor, and Ethan follows her. She is determined to bring Ethan back to life even if it means "trusting old enemies," and is even willing to go so far as to risk the lives of her loved ones to bring Ethan back to life. 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. In Ethan's early conversations with Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert), he notices that she is reading Charles Bukowski's You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense, a book of poetry published in 1986. Ethan will come back - you'll see. 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. The books were so much better as everyone should know and agree. The books are set in a fictional town called Gatlin in South Carolina. He then makes her promise to Bind the New Order and do her part in all of this stating that if she didn't then everything he was going to do would be for nothing. Lena can be seen next to Ridley during their graduation. Throughout the book, Ethan slowly begins losing himself even more. But when Lena fails to decide, she kills Ethan right in front of her and there hoping to provoke her into turning Dark by losing control of her powers. Despite Lena's cold and harsh treatment of her, Liv hid her secret dislike of Lena treating her with respect. Her Uncle Macon and others arrive and a battle breaks out with Lena causing a great storm to hit town. This book is violent towards the ending, but the whole first part is very moving. He has been sitting in his study, grieving for his dead wife. You know I love him. This series started with the movie (which I was not a fan of). What app has Beautiful Creatures? Honestly enjoyed this series and was sad when it ended. 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. The characters are so well fleshed out, that when the time comes to say goodbye to them you will feel as though you are saying goodbye to friends. Eventually, Lena is seen again at a Caster bar. She says that all the people in her family are Casters (spell casters) who have special powers. So I realize I sorta missed the boat with this series as I believe the first one came out in like, 2009. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. ", Do you believe in love after last sight?, "I don't care! If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. In church, Ethan touches the locket and has another vision of Genevieve Duchannes talking with her fianc, Ethan Carter Wate. It was a refreshing step back into reading Young Adult Fantasy. ", "He's not dead. This, hence, puts a great strain on their relationship. He eventually gives her to Sarafine and Abraham, though their plan fails when Macon, Ethan, Link and Liv and Ridley and others show up to save her. After Lena confirms it, Link realizes he is turning into an Incubus. 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. 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. The people introduced in Beautiful Creatures were a lot more relatable thus making them more believable as actual adolescents in the modern time period. 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. Lena and Ridley and John enter the Tunnel of Love and disappear, not leaving a clue as to where they went. On the last day of school, Lena tells Ethan that she and her family are leaving town. Lena soon even begins to grow so close to him that she soon reveals her supernatural family heritage and how she is a Caster. Ridley had been Lena's best friend, growing up with her since early childhood until she went Dark and took off fearing she would harm Lena by staying. When he gets there he drops Lena's necklace in the front seat of the Volvo so nothing will happen to it. 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. 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. By Manohla Dargis. It is also told that Lena, throughout her childhood, had never expressed romantic or any interest in boys nor ever made any efforts to attract the attention of them as Ridley did as a kid either. un capolavoro, una lezione di vita. After seeing him, Lena embraces him and sobs into his shirt. Sarafine then curses out Lena as she dies in the flames, mirroring how she killed her own husband when Lena was a baby. She and Ridley had severed ties after that and they had not seen each other for a year afterwards. You think everything is about you. Synopsis. The two then embark and begin to look into their family's history together and to find a way to help Lena from going Dark. Lena barely even hid her feelings of hatred about her towards Liv herself. Sarafine tells Lena that she will be able to Claim her own self for the Dark or Light at midnight. You can't understand. In 2013, Beautiful Creatures released as a feature film from Warner Brothers. Ridley is with a guy who is John Breed. Also it is noted it no longer harms Ethan when he touches/kisses her, resulting in a future for the two of them. Beautiful Creatures: Directed by Richard LaGravenese. 93 books16.5k followers. At least you finally admit it! Ethan keeps the old locket with him and asks his three great aunts, known as the Sisters, about it. Lena must also kill someone she loves in order to break . "THAT crazed girl improvising her music. Black tank that rode up on her stomach, black skirt about five inches short, streak of blue in her hair and black-rimmed eyes shocking Ethan and drawing attention from nearby guys. Just like Uncle Macon wasn't dead. Kami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author. It's also told that Ridley had been raised with her since she was little and attended school alongside her. Amma was initially against Lena and Ethan's relationship knowing the risks the two would be taking since Ethan was a mortal and Lena a caster. Which is the best romantic novel by an Indian author? He is hearing voices and is seeing writings and things that no one else can. Afterwards, during the pie contest sponsored by Southern Crusty, Ridley, John and Lena cause maggots, beetles and grubs to crawl of every pie except Amma's. The two have since gotten to be significantly closer and somewhat mended their broken relationship. However soon after this, when Liv's remainder of feelings for Ethan eventually dissolve and she falls in love with John, the two make up and end up becoming close friends, completely forgetting their rough history together. Additionally, their association with real-world organizations (the DAR, for example) is a little bit rude toward those organizations. 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. There is a curse. Quickly, while the others are fighting, Ethan helps Lena revive. Directed by Richard LaGravenese. 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. After a long time trying to get Ethan back, he returns on top of the water tower where he previously died. 9. 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 (Caster Chronicles 1) 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. The Dangerous Creatures series will weave in other Beautiful Creatures characters, including Ethan, Lena, John, Liv; each book will be set, for the most part, in a different city. Get help and learn more about the design. Ethan hears Lena playing the song "Sixteen Moons" on her viola in orchestra, which unsettles him. Though despite Liv's respectful treatment towards Lena, it does nothing to stop the cold and harsh treatment she receives in return. Didn't his car crash during the 18th moon? This is not for anyone under 12. I have three pretty big problems with the book, though. The water ruins the dresses of all the girls who were mean to Lena, causing chaos. He will stop at nothing in order to be with Lena and his loved ones again. 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