I haven't found a series that drew me in like the Caster Chronicles in quite sometime. She always at first kept her innermost thoughts to herself never expressing herself until after Beautiful Creatures when she begins evolving as a person. You're a Mortal. What app has Beautiful Creatures? The average reader will spend 9 hours and 52 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute). After reading the first book in this series, I devoured the remaining three over a week and a half (Audiobook versions). That night, Ethan has another dream of Lena slipping away from him, and he dreams he was drowning and wakes up soaking wet. After seeing him, Lena embraces him and sobs into his shirt. Lena is allowed to return to school. After following her home one day after school, she allows herself to get to know him and eventually tells him of her family's origins and powers, which he ultimately doesn't care about. 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. ", "We're not. Ethan will come back - you'll 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. You won't find this theme anywhere else: Southern gothic romance. 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. Lena loves her uncle very much and is closest to her in her entire family. 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. At least you finally admit it! But, it isn't a "canned" series by any means. Therefore Lena is the greatest, strongest, mightiest and most powerful character in the whole book series. This series started with the movie (which I was not a fan of). She has shown to have strong and flat out vicious jealousy when he's with any other girl who she suspects might be attracted towards him romantically. Also it is noted it no longer harms Ethan when he touches/kisses her, resulting in a future for the two of them. She is the daughter of Sarafine Duchannes and John Eades, cousin of Reece, Ridley and Ryan Duchannes and Larkin Kent. Worship begins at 9:00! Loved this series. He goes to see Link and they spend one last day playing basketball. 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. She is shown to be very much in love with Ethan and often pushed him away in the first and second novels, believing it was for his own good and believing that by doing so, she was protecting him from herself and from getting hurt. Over Christmas break, Ethan discovers that his reclusive father, Mitchell Wate, has not been working on his novel for the past several months. 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. But . In church, Ethan touches the locket and has another vision of Genevieve Duchannes talking with her fianc, Ethan Carter Wate. She is the coauthor of the BEAUTIFUL CREATURES series, which has been published in 51 countries and 37 languages, with over 10 million copies in print. "Darkness, real darkness, was more than just a lack of light.". You don't even know me; you'll probably hate me too. Published in 2010, it continues the story of Lena Duchannes, a magically-gifted girl living in Gatlin, South Carolina, and Ethan Wate, a non-caster somehow connected telepathically to Lena and her family. She soon realizes the other life turned out to be her Uncle Macon's. Do Lena and Ethan marry? But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Ethan and Lena played in the water. But Ethan is barely able to hold the two back from clawing at each other. Not going to spoil it for you. Ridley is with a guy who is John Breed. What should I read after Beautiful Creatures? Ridley reveals that this was a plot to lure Ethan away from Lena, since his love is her main protection from Sarafine. Just in the first few chapters there was much trauma, and it just got much to dark. I found her distant and detached. Lena and Ridley and John enter the Tunnel of Love and disappear, not leaving a clue as to where they went. 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. In English class the next day, Ethan begins to hear Lena communicating with him telepathically. The intimacy issue eventually comes to a resolve in the final novel, Beautiful Redemption, when Ethan notices kissing and touching Lena no longer physically bothers him after he is revived in the Mortal world. 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. There is a girl. The character build is fabulous. He then sees John Breed materialize from the shadows. (We . 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. Then, the plot becomes the point of view of Ridley. Kami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author. It is a YA/paranormal romance series, like so many that are popular these days. I cannot even begin to explain my love for this series Wow. 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. Why did Edward Snakehands write a page in the chronicles for Ethan, just because Angelus said so? Every page you turn leaves you wondering what more will happen, and believe me, much more does happen. Ethan and Link head back to Ravenwood Manor and meet Link's mother, Mrs. Lincoln, on the way. Ethan goes to Amma to confront her about her having known the whole time he was going to die. 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. 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. 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. The things that I'm afraid of? At the end of the 3rd book, I had to go to work the next day with swollen eyes. 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. Also in the novel when Lena is ready to Claim herself but reluctant to choose Light (since choosing Light would mean the deaths of all of the Dark casters in the family) and possibly kill Ridley, Ridley insists she choose Light and do the right thing. 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. Ethan then realizes one thing; he has to die to save Gatlin and the Caster world. She says that sometimes unexplainable things happen around her. 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. Why didn't Link ever complain about the pain touching Ridley caused him before he turned? Lena is Macon's niece and he is her guardian during the time of her 16th moon in Beautiful Creatures. How long does it take to read Beautiful Creatures? 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. Lena soon cries herself to sleep after her last few moments with Ethan. 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. Therefore having no future together to marry, have kids, be together like they desire, etc. Its one of my favorite book series. Macon promises to Ethan he will take care of Amma as she cries out to Ethan as Macon holds her back knowing there was nothing left to do to save Ethan. She is Ethan Wate's love interest in the first novel of the series, eventually becoming his girlfriend. PG-13. Am I Dark, or am I Light? 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. What book does Lena read in Beautiful Creatures? I can't imagine a world without you in it! ", "He's not dead. But Ethan insists she try and she goes hysterical altogether pleading with him to find another way; begging him not to sacrifice himself. He comforts her during Macon's death and grows close to her inciting jealousy in Ethan. 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. 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. Lena then pleads with Ethan not to go through with the sacrifice saying how she didn't care about the consequences if he didn't die saying how without him, "none of that mattered to her." Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. The ghosts are uncommunicative, and Macon and Amma are unaware of Ethan's presence at their meeting. 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. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. Feb. 13, 2013. In hope of finding her, Ethan and Link drive to Dar-ee Keen, Gatlin's greasy version of Dairy King. He is also Lena and Ridley's uncle. He is most likely an Evo as he was Dark rather than Light like in the novel, where he is an Telepath. Soon later, while Ethan goes to see the Seer, he shows Ethan images and implies Ethan is the "One Who Is Two." Get help and learn more about the design. He then simply holds her as she sobs into his chest and tells her, "It's okay." However, though, things smooth over in time and they are left as friends. 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. On the last day of school, Lena tells Ethan that she and her family are leaving town. 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. 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 . 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. On Halloween night, Ethan wakes up from a vision that Lena is in trouble. 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. 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. How many books are in the Beautiful Creatures series? Beautiful Creatures isn't super racy or intense; in fact, the bigger concern is that it It's rated PG-13 for "violence, scary images, and some sexual material." Beautiful Creatures isn't super racy or intense; in fact, the bigger concern is that it will make teens go all swoony. Beautiful Creatures. Throughout the series, she maintains a rocky relationship with him, but the two always . Ethan desperately wants to be with . This being seen in Beautiful Darkness when Ridley betrays Sarafine to help Ethan, Liv and Link save Lena fearing for Lena's safety. Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes are recovering from the fact that, Macon Ravenwood died during their battle against Lena's evil mother, Sarafine. After finding a locket together that seems to tie their families together they proceed to look into it, growing closer to each other. After Lena confirms it, Link realizes he is turning into an Incubus. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms . Lena (before meeting Ethan) was a loner having always stuck to herself and being very mysterious, always by herself and very lonely. 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. (My first book rating, be gentle..). However she is convinced that they are nothing more than dreams and that the boy in her dreams isn't an actual person. 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