Yeah, I admit it. This, as well as the new arrivals of Olivia Durand and John Breed who both Ethan and Lena grew close to in different ways and causing new found feelings of jealousy on both parts, caused them to face heavy obstacles in their relationship. Throughout the series, she maintains a rocky relationship with him, but the two always manage to overcome whatever obstacles come in their way. Beautiful Darkness is the sequel to Beautiful Creatures and the second book in the Caster Series. Macon is upset that Amma has not stopped Ethan from meeting with Lena, as it could be dangerous for both teenagers. 5. The two have since gotten to be significantly closer and somewhat mended their broken relationship. She has also shown to have the ability to stop time altogether, this being displayed twice in the series. They go to the Gatlin County Library to get information from Marian Ashcroft, a librarian who was Ethan's mother's best friend. 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. Ethan's presence seems to break the spell, and Macon's mother, Arelia, concludes that Ethan's love is the only force that can protect Lena from the schemes of Sarafine. He sees Amma and witnesses her taking his place in death with the Greats, leaving him alone before Lena shows up. Soon after they reconcile, Link sneaks through Ethan's window and interrupts them. Lena Duchannes, a girl who seems too out of place in Gatlin, There is a curse. ", And Link, how about I save you two dances? He would never tell me who I can and cant dance with., "I don't think I could ever love anything the way I love you., The Mortals get so much more time, and they dont even read around here., Yeah, right. They then share one final moment together with Ethan Kelting, "Goodbye." Lena is Macon's niece and he is her guardian during the time of her 16th moon in Beautiful Creatures. Ethan hears Lena playing the song "Sixteen Moons" on her viola in orchestra, which unsettles him. 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. Despite these problems, the two both manage to get past this by the end of the novel and become stronger together; kissing passionately as a way to make up for all the trouble until Ethan must pull back to avoid further physical harm from the kiss. Lena's easily sparked jealousy even has Ethan on his toes. 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. Started off quickly and you get attached to the characters. 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 assures her that will not happen, and he kisses Lena for the first time. As time goes and she spends more time with him, Lena soon realizes she has fallen passionately in love with Ethan. I really enjoyed reading the adventures of the Gatlin above and below ground. Sarafine's fellow Dark Casters attack and kill Macon, and Ethan runs to Ravenwood Manor to get help. 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. You wont find this theme anywhere else: Southern gothic romance. 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. Just wow! 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. In church, Ethan touches the locket and has another vision of Genevieve Duchannes talking with her fianc, Ethan Carter Wate. 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. 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. Lena, though, was often stuck doing her homework since Ridley had been using her Siren abilities to make boys do it for her. I didn't know you were a real person. Ethan is shocked and becomes instantly raged with jealousy to see Lena dancing with John, his hands on her hips and her hands on his shoulders. Other students are setting up a big party for Lena in the field outside of Ravenwood. She brings a bokor, a "darkness of her own" and things start to get hectic as a result of it. So I realize I sorta missed the boat with this series as I believe the first one came out in like, 2009. What book does Ethan read in Beautiful Creatures? Their romance is forbidden since Casters (Lena) and a Wayward (Ethan) are unable to be together due to their incapability of making love without Ethan being killed - therefore severing any chances of true intimacy, marriage, children or a future at all. Ridley invites Ethan to the Gathering, a holiday dinner held by Lena's extended family every year. 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. When Lena was just a baby, her mother, Sarafine, had turned Dark and became totally consumed in Darkness. Ethan keeps the old locket with him and asks his three great aunts, known as the Sisters, about it. Soon though, their friendship flares into a passionate romance with Lena falling in love with Ethan on a deep gut wr-nching level. And not just reading schlockwe first see Ethan with a copy of Slaughterhouse-Five and Lena with a book by . In the vision, a girl named Genevieve is watching her mother's plantation, Greenbrier, burn down. He is also Lena and Ridley's uncle. She soon stops time as Ethan's nanny and caregiver, Amma, arrives. ** spoiler alert ** This is generally ok as light reading--it grabs you and it's hard to put down. Synopsis. 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. Ridley has nearly persuaded Mitchell to take his own life, but Link convinces her to release Mitchell from her spell. After reading the first book in this series, I devoured the remaining three over a week and a half (Audiobook versions). Then they study it to see if they can find a way to keep Lena from becoming Dark. 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. She says that all the people in her family are Casters (spell casters) who have special powers. I don't care if it's a hundred degrees and every blade of grass dies. It was Ethan's life for something, which unexpectedly turns out to be Macon's life. Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Over Christmas break, Ethan discovers that his reclusive father, Mitchell Wate, has not been working on his novel for the past several months. Lena runs home to Ravenwood Manor, and Ethan follows her. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. The Duchannes have it tough: they never know whether they'll turn good or evil, but the curse doesn't end there in the film version. The series left me with a lot of questions. I thought this would be Twilight-esque as it is considered a "young adults" read but I REALLY enjoyed all four of the books. 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. 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.) 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. She says that sometimes unexplainable things happen around her. It was a refreshing step back into reading Young Adult Fantasy. Beautiful Creatures was signed by Little,Brown,and Company for a four-book series,the Caster Chronicles,with the follow-up books titled: 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. He then meets up with her and her eyes are red and puffy from crying and they talk. 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. Throughout Ethan and Lena's conversation, Liv shows up. Maybe I just like that book. Kami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author. 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. Alice Englert was officially announced to be set to portray Lena in the film adaptation of Beautiful Creatures and upcoming franchise of the series. Ridley reveals that this was a plot to lure Ethan away from Lena, since his love is her main protection from Sarafine. Ridley is Lena's cousin and childhood ex-best friend. ", "Get the hell away from my boyfriend witch! 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). 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. Lena, in a weak emotional state, agreed and even forced herself to break up with Ethan convincing herself that he was better off without her in his life. Though despite Liv's respectful treatment towards Lena, it does nothing to stop the cold and harsh treatment she receives in return. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Lena also has said that her powers can almost always be triggered by an emotional reaction. It was a bit creepy and dealt with trauma, but all in all was pretty great. 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 Sisters identify the two sets of initials, which are carved into the locket, as belonging to an ancestor of Lena's Genevieve Duchannes and an ancestor of Ethan's named Ethan Carter Wate. But, it isn't a "canned" series by any means. Ethan states he didn't have a choice. Link is one of her friends through Ethan. Why did Edward Snakehands write a page in the chronicles for Ethan, just because Angelus said so? 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. Lena and Ridley and John enter the Tunnel of Love and disappear, not leaving a clue as to where they went. Sometime after Macon's death, Ethan starts worrying about Lena, who has been acting strange ever since. But Ethan insists she try and she goes hysterical altogether pleading with him to find another way; begging him not to sacrifice himself. First they suspect Lena, but the Demon Queen tells Ethan directly during a visit that Lena isn't the one who needed to die; even adding on how after the One Who Is Two died; she would be the one to Bind the New Order. 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". On Halloween night, Ethan wakes up from a vision that Lena is in trouble. When Ethan arrives at school, he hears about a new girl in town, Lena Duchannes. 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. After seeing him, Lena embraces him and sobs into his shirt. She is also the greatest, strongest and most powerful character in the series. 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). He then sees John Breed materialize from the shadows. With the help of Ridley (who loses her powers after an encounter with Sarafine through the journey), Link and Lucille, Ethan's Great Aunt's cat, the one who keeps disappearing, they find The Great Barrier, the place Sarafine is leading Lena to, after sometime in the Caster Tunnels. I appreciated the various struggles that the characters went through - and that there was depth and complexity to the characters and many of the situations they faced. They eventually find out a sacrifice needed to be done; the "One Who Is Two." 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. (We . You wouldn't even believe. 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. Helpful. April 23, 2017. age 11+. Along with these powers, Lena also has elemental control, being able to start an earthquake with one stomp of her foot and cause a fire with one blink of her eye. Ethan goes to Amma to confront her about her having known the whole time he was going to die. 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. 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. After Ethan's death and sacrifice, Lena is searching for ways to resurrect Ethan and is "making her own bargains" for Ethan's return to the Mortal world. DOVETE LEGGERLO ASSOLUTAMENTE! The mothers of the mean girls believe Lena is responsible for the incident, and they sign a petition to have Lena expelled from school. Thanks to my little sister for the suggestion! She is the daughter of Sarafine Duchannes and John Eades, cousin of Reece, Ridley and Ryan Duchannes and Larkin Kent. At least you finally admit it! 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. Lena loves her uncle very much and is closest to her in her entire family. She then asks if he believes in Love after death and he says, "Yes." 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. The things that I'm afraid of? 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. After seeing him, Lena embraces him and sobs into his shirt. He reads Vonnegut and Kerouac, Salinger and Krakauer, and he dreams of going to the real places within his favorite books. 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. Is falling in love the beginning or the end? I got these four books on my Kindle on the 16th and couldn't put them down until they were finished. This is more than shown during his relationship with Lena and his unmovable determination throughout the course of the series to find a way to be with her mainly due to him being a Mortal and her a Caster. PG-13. He and Lena have an awkward relationship in the third novel when Lena feels betrayed that him pretending to have been her friend was just a con to help Sarafine and Abraham. After I finished the series I found myself missing the characters! Ethan has to leave the party when he hears that his father, Mitchell, is standing on the balcony of a local museum, and appears as if he is going to jump. Jealous and angry when she sees them together once again, Lena takes off, causing a chain reaction of chaos as she goes. 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. You know I love him. I love how this story has so many twists and turns, and surprises that leave you breathtaken. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, 11.27: Just Your Average American Holiday. What are the side effects of Thiazolidnedions. The Story. Beautiful Creatures: Directed by Richard LaGravenese. And did I mention my cute little British accent? How long does it take to read Beautiful Creatures? One-shot about what happened after the ending of the movie Beautiful Creatures. She and Ridley seem to have a somewhat tense relationship throughout the novel, due to Ridley's new transformation as a new Dark Siren, but it is implied they still do care for each other. 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. You think everything is about you. 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