She is the daughter of Sarafine Duchannes and John Eades, cousin of Reece, Ridley and Ryan Duchannes and Larkin Kent. She meets and befriends Ethan Wate, a teenage resident in her new town Gatlin, with whom she falls in love with. 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. On Halloween night, Ethan wakes up from a vision that Lena is in trouble. Ethan states he didn't have a choice. When Ethan wakes, he finds a new song by an unknown artist on his iPod. The first point of connection between the two main characters is their love of reading. Lena was then raised by her relatives. They were suspenseful, romantic, and chaotic. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. 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. The whole time I was reading I knew how it would end (basically) and perhaps because of that, the challenges along the way seemed to be too easily overcome. In the last chapter of the book, the "after" part of it, Ridley, who has completely lost her Siren powers and is now a mortal, is shown in her room. Although the reason as to why this happened is ultimately left unknown, Macon simply tells the couple to be happy they can now freely touch each other without any repercussions. Despite this revelation, Lena warns Ethan against getting to know her, telling him its for his own good and safety. Synopsis. Lena is Macon's niece and he is her guardian during the time of her 16th moon in Beautiful Creatures. Macon was an Incubus, a creature who fed on people's dreams and memories to sustain himself and after he was released from the Arclight, he became a Light Caster. He then sees John Breed materialize from the shadows. Her 16th birthday was noted to be a huge deal since in Beautiful Creaturesif Lena was to be Claimed for the Light, then she would be the most powerful and strongest Light Caster ever as the other way around if she were to be claimed for the Dark. After they pronounce Amma legally dead, Lena and Ethan continue to grow stronger through this experience, (example; Lena running up to him and wrapping her legs around him and kissing him repeatedly). ", "Feelings for him? Lena soon even begins to grow so close to him that she soon reveals her supernatural family heritage and how she is a Caster. She also painfully strips Ridley of her Siren powers after revealing that she is aware of her betrayal in order to save Lena. You fall in love with the characters and want to keep reading until it's all finished. Lena and Ethan dance together and finally say that they love each other. Since Lena is intensely in love with Ethan, she is shown to have a vicious level jealousy side. She is also the greatest, strongest and most powerful character in the series. Lena runs home to Ravenwood Manor, and Ethan follows her. Despite the two's rough history, Lena and Liv eventually make amends and even end up becoming close friends; showing Lena being able to forgive and forget. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, 11.27: Just Your Average American Holiday. Nonetheless, it was a really fun read and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for some nice sweet romance laced with magic and mystery. Some fans and readers were left skeptical if Ethan actually died since it is not directly stated of his death. This being seen in Beautiful Darkness when Ridley betrays Sarafine to help Ethan, Liv and Link save Lena fearing for Lena's safety. 9. In Beautiful Chaos, it is soon discovered that Ethan is the must-be sacrifice in order for the Mortal and Caster worlds to be spared from destruction after Lena's claiming causes the balance to be thrown drastically off course due to claiming herself as both Dark and Light. In English class the next day, Ethan begins to hear Lena communicating with him telepathically. Lots of people have been asking what Lena's charm necklace looks like in the Beautiful Creatures Novels. Lena's choice is a complicated one: If she chooses to go Dark, all the Light Casters in her family will die. Drama, Fantasy, Romance. It was a refreshing step back into reading Young Adult Fantasy. 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. 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). At the end of the 3rd book, I had to go to work the next day with swollen eyes. ", "Give it time. 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. Just like Uncle Macon wasn't dead. I read this entire series in a few days great amazing it always kept me on the edge of my seat. 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. What app has Beautiful Creatures? Some magical influence is spelling out a code in the books, and the message tells Lena, Claim yourself. They hold hands at the movie theater, which sparks rumors about Ethan and Lena at their high school. Ethan and Lena go to the Caster Library. After the dinner, Ethan sits in Lena's bedroom as Lena explains that Ridley is a Siren, a Dark Caster with the ability to persuade people to do anything she wants. Lena, though, was often stuck doing her homework since Ridley had been using her Siren abilities to make boys do it for her. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, "Okay, little Miss I'm-Not-Here-to-Steal-Your-Boyfriend. He then silently says goodbye to his dad and takes one final look at his room and belongings and reads a book (Of Mice and Men, one Ethan often found tragic) for the last time. And did I mention my cute little British accent? She and Ridley grew up together side by side and were close and had been like sisters as they grew and developed into young teens. Ethan soon meets Lena's older cousin Ridley, a seductively dressed and very persuasive girl. Also it is noted it no longer harms Ethan when he touches/kisses her, resulting in a future for the two of them. Throughout Ethan and Lena's conversation, Liv shows up. Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation . Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and international bestselling author and comic book writer. Lena reminisces about the first time she saw him and how she knew she would fall in love with him noticing how even "the sky looked different" after she started to fall for him. It never becomes dull, touches your heart, and makes you understand life in a beautiful way. In the vision, a girl named Genevieve is watching her mother's plantation, Greenbrier, burn down. The two have since gotten to be significantly closer and somewhat mended their broken relationship. The characters are so personal and easy to get attached to. 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. He lives with his father and a housekeeper; his mother has passed away. That night, Ethan wakes up and sees that his housekeeper, Amma, leaving the house. Lena is, like Ethan, very stubborn in her choices. 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. Beautiful Creatures is the first book of The Caster Chronicles series, written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. I'm late to the party but I still read this series. Green eyes, black hair. Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. After a long time trying to get Ethan back, he returns on top of the water tower where he previously died. Her Uncle Macon and others arrive and a battle breaks out with Lena causing a great storm to hit town. As a result of his closeness with Lena, he convinces her to take off with him and Ridley to a place where she could be herself; which was really a con to transfer her to Abraham and Sarafine. Lena is afraid that she will become evil as Ridley is and be claimed as Dark on her upcoming birthday. Ridley has nearly persuaded Mitchell to take his own life, but Link convinces her to release Mitchell from her spell. 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. However despite his short lived attraction towards Liv, Ethan ultimately declares his love to forever be for Lena when he and Lena end up making up at the end of the novel. Check out my reviews on the main page of each individual book! However, when Ridley performs a furor cast, causing everyone the wave-like spell hits to act angrily, Liv openly expresses her ferocious feelings towards Lena calling her "emo" and selfish and even slaps her accusing her of not caring about Ethan; bashing her greatly. The books include the following titles: Beautiful Creatures (2009), Beautiful Darkness (2010), Beautiful Chaos (2011), and Beautiful Redemption (2012). In Gatlin, South Carolina, Ethan Wate awakens from a recurring dream of a girl he does not know. But Ethan is barely able to hold the two back from clawing at each other. 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. Didn't his car crash during the 18th moon? You want to think it's black and white - that Sarafine is just evil and that's all there is to it, but that's not the case. That night, Ethan has another dream of Lena slipping away from him, and he dreams he was drowning and wakes up soaking wet. The things that I'm afraid of? Ridley invites Ethan to the Gathering, a holiday dinner held by Lena's extended family every year. Yay Kid, 11 years old. In voice-over narration, he describes his enjoyment of reading banned books, his despair of his small-town existence, and his dreams of leaving for college. I got these four books on my Kindle on the 16th and couldn't put them down until they were finished. ", "In case something happens tonight, I just wanted you to know; I love you, Ethan. 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. Lena Duchannes is one of the two main protagonist of The Caster Chronicles series. Soon after they reconcile, Link sneaks through Ethan's window and interrupts them. I'm sure there are many DAR chapters that would never dream of ostracizing and criminalizing a family in their community the way these characters do. Though there are some people who are happy with Englert being cast as Lena, other people have also commented that she isn't as "goth" or "dark" as they imagined Lena to be as they imagined her in the book series. 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. Lena can be seen next to Ridley during their graduation. The series left me with a lot of questions. He seemed to understand her during her rough time and was often seen with her throughout the beginning of the novel even riding with him on his motorcycle. The otherworldly inhabitants in "Beautiful Creatures," a pop Southern Gothic amusement . PG-13. In order to help the teenagers fight off the Incubuses and Dark Casters inside the Sea Cave, Leah Ravenwood, Macon's sister and a Succubus, goes with them. In the end, there is a grave. He then goes to see Liv and Marion and bids his goodbyes with his loved ones. This is an amazing series. 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. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. Lena is in pain, and her family is reciting a Latin chant to stop a spiritual attack on Lena by a Dark Caster named Sarafine. He was also the only person, at first, to be kind to her and a friendship quickly blooms between the two. Sarafine tells Lena that she will be able to Claim her own self for the Dark or Light at midnight. The water ruins the dresses of all the girls who were mean to Lena, causing chaos. Before the team is about to enter the Sea Cave where Sarafine is hiding, Ethan understands the purpose of the Arclight and, with the help of Liv, is able to free Macon from it. What should I read after Beautiful Creatures? After gathering the Light Casters, Ethan runs to find Lena in the woods, but instead meets Sarafine, who stabs him in the stomach with a knife. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. 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). At least you finally admit it! Beautiful Darkness is the sequel to Beautiful Creatures and the second book in the Caster Series. There is a curse. 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. 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. Get help and learn more about the design. In the first novel of the series, Lena is a Caster in her long line of family who are Supernaturals, people with the ability to perform casts (also known as spells) and have great powers and abilities to do almost anything. This is best shown with Liv; whom Lena overall hated due to heavily suspecting she held feelings towards Ethan and, as a result, treated her rather coldly and harshly. Her then-husband John threatened to take Lena, who was a baby at the time, away from her if she continued to see him fearing for their daughter's safety around her. I am looking forward to the movie. After this, Lena cries herself to sleep. Also when Ethan calls Liv "L" (Lena's nickname) Ridley threatens to make Ethan her "slave" if he "so much as thought about hurting her cousin". 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. But, it isn't a "canned" series by any means. He then goes to reach the destination of the water tower. 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. Because of the strong intensity of her love towards Ethan, Lena has a strong jealous side. I can't imagine a world without you in 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. The major vendetta of all of the students and parents against the Ravenwoods and Duchannes is extreme and worrisome. It was a good read, but I thought it fell a little flat. She is a Natural, an extremely rare type of Caster who is far more powerful and stronger than all regular Casters are, also having additional powers that can be different for any Natural. After awhile I would skip the details yearning for more conversational points. 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. 5. The entire thing. I'd like Lena to have more character. Beautiful Creatures. She is known to often wear Chuck Taylors type of shoes, her necklace of "junk" that contains memories of her life and a journal of poetry she's often seen with. Other students are setting up a big party for Lena in the field outside of Ravenwood. Or when Ridley was slowly suffocating Ethan to death in Beautiful Creatures and she caused a hurricane to hit the room out of anger and frustration for Ridley to let Ethan go for the sake of not killing him and confessing to Ethan later on that she "just panicked". 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. Sarafine was believed to be dead since then until she shows up to prove otherwise in Beautiful Creatures. Beautiful Creatures is a 2009 American young adult novel written by authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and the first book in the Caster Chronicles series. These books are amazing. April 23, 2017. age 11+. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Ethan keeps the old locket with him and asks his three great aunts, known as the Sisters, about it. Is falling in love the beginning or the end? His death hits her extremely hard in Beautiful Darkness; causing her to spiral out of control and behave wildly and do things she normally wouldn't. Throughout the book, Ethan slowly begins losing himself even more. Which is the best romantic novel by an Indian author? 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. He is being haunted in his dreams that are keeping him up all night - and not by Lena. 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. In the novel it is also revealed she was actually the one who murdered Ethan's mother. She soon realizes the other life turned out to be her Uncle Macon's. Like this quote does: Recensione a caldo di questo libro meraviglioso! Even for some time, Lena did not approve of Ethan hanging out with Liv and made indirect remarks or gestures to Liv that Ethan was hers. The average reader will spend 9 hours and 52 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute). What is the Order of the Beautiful Creatures books? Directed by Richard LaGravenese. But . ", Look at me, Ethan. But when Ethan urged her to go with him, Lena did not hesitate to kiss him in a somewhat overly passionate manner before shooting a look directly at Liv "meaningfully.") She then asks if he believes in Love after death and he says, "Yes." Macon forbids Lena to attend the party because of the potential dangers, but Lena sneaks out to enjoy the festivities anyway. The Sisters tell him that the locket comes from the year when General Sherman burned every plantation in Gatlin, except for Ravenwood Manor. He goes to see Link and they spend one last day playing basketball. Is There A Beautiful Creatures 2? The day of Lena's 16th birthday, Ethan goes to Ravenwood Manor to see her. What book is Lena reading in Beautiful Creatures? In the days after Macon's death, Ethan hears a new song called "Seventeen Moons" playing on his iPod, and he knows that the fight between Light and Dark Casters is not yet over. When Lena was just a baby, her mother, Sarafine, had turned Dark and became totally consumed in Darkness. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town. How did Ridley get John in the Archlight? This is not for anyone under 12. Quickly, while the others are fighting, Ethan helps Lena revive. In Beautiful Creatures, he and Lena meet through their dreams with Ethan trying to save her; they officially meet when Ethan narrowly avoids hitting Lena in the middle of a heavy rainstorm on the side of the road when her car breaks down. Ethan clutches the other half of him and knows that they both knew they were going to die. ", And Link, how about I save you two dances? You won't find this theme anywhere else: Southern gothic romance. In Beautiful Redemption, Lena is determined to bring Ethan back and is desperate to do so. Lena and Ethan soon find out her claiming herself as both Light and Dark has had an effect on Gatlin and the Caster World that might end in destruction because now Order is in complete and wild chaos. 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. A great, easy, fun read! 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. Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. She meets and befriends Ethan Wate, a teenage resident in her new town Gatlin, with whom she falls in love with. Not going to spoil it for you. Loved the books. Ethan Wate (Alden Ehrenreich), 17, has had the same recurring dream for months. Helpful. My boyfriend wont mind. Throughout the series, she maintains a rocky relationship with him, but the two always manage to overcome whatever obstacles come in their way. 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. Then, the plot becomes the point of view of Ridley. Though despite Liv's respectful treatment towards Lena, it does nothing to stop the cold and harsh treatment she receives in return. A wonderful premise and a lovely setting, but I don't believe it lived up to it's potential. Pacing was inconsistent and overall, I found myself getting bored reading the second and third books. 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. Macon "Melchizedek" Ravenwood is the son of Silas Ravenwood and Arelia Valentin and the brother of Hunting and Leah. Ethan goes to Amma to confront her about her having known the whole time he was going to die. 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. Since Lena had very little, if not any, control of her abilities and power she often misdirected her abilities and power while in use. It was Ethan's life for something, which unexpectedly turns out to be Macon's life. Had a hard time putting the book down. Back in Gatlin, when Ethan goes to see Lena at her mansion, she reveals to him that she is going to run away before her family leaves and that she has put a Cast on him, one that will make sure he is unable to tell anyone even if he wants to. And not just reading schlockwe first see Ethan with a copy of Slaughterhouse-Five and Lena with a book by . He comforts her during Macon's death and grows close to her inciting jealousy in Ethan. He sees Amma and witnesses her taking his place in death with the Greats, leaving him alone before Lena shows up. 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. 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. 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. There is a girl. By far my favorite book series that I have ever read. And no one can stop it. They roll over the edge of the water tower and fall. In one last attempt to save Ethan, Amma calls on the Greats to try to save Ethan but they turn their backs on her (literally) knowing there was nothing they can do, leaving Amma in despair. Lena loves her uncle very much and is closest to her in her entire family. After she was Claimed, she became half-Cataclyst. Enjoyed these from start to finish and wish they didnt go away so quickly once i started i found myself unable to stop until one book was done into the next and another and another until i came to the end with much dismay. She always at first kept her innermost thoughts to herself never expressing herself until after Beautiful Creatures when she begins evolving as a person. The next time they had seen each was Ridley's unannounced appearance in Beautiful Creatures. Arriving for his first day of junior year, Ethan notices newcomer Lena Duchannes . Despite all this, Ethan and Lena are . The books include the following titles . Lena is interested in Ethan's vision, but she cryptically warns him that her life is complicated and that he should not try to interact with her again. Lena must also kill someone she loves in order to break . But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. However, being a kind hearted person with good nature, he instead chooses to . Meanwhile, as Lena and Ethan and everyone struggle to figure out what needs to be done to save Gatlin, they realize that a happy ending won't be happening this time. It is a YA/paranormal romance series, like so many that are popular these days. "Darkness, real darkness, was more than just a lack of light.". Her extended family of Light Casters is with her. 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. He is slowly changing, the foods he is known to like now disgust him and he's forgetting names, numbers; even important memories altogether. Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes are recovering from the fact that, Macon Ravenwood died during their battle against Lena's evil mother, Sarafine. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. Really, we're just friends, even though I'm smarter and blonder than the rest of you combined. As he falls he thinks of only one thingLena. 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