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. 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. Ethan states he didn't have a choice. Macon does not want to give Ethan additional information about the locket, and Ethan notices that the interior of Ravenwood Manor seems to be magical, because the interior decoration can change and entire meals can appear and vanish, seemingly according to Macon's will. Soon after they reconcile, Link sneaks through Ethan's window and interrupts them. Just wow! Lauren Azzopardi Child. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation . Ethan, on her wall as a last meaningful message to remember him. What should I read after Beautiful Creatures? This series started with the movie (which I was not a fan of). A great, easy, fun read! 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). 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. But the two manage to make amends and even become friends by the end of the novel, forgetting about their rough history together. After she was Claimed, she became half-Cataclyst. There were so many plot holes. 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. 68 views, 3 likes, 1 loves, 3 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from St. John's Lutheran Church: Welcome to St. John's of Pearl City! PG-13. Lena soon cries herself to sleep after her last few moments with Ethan. This is not for anyone under 12. 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. ", I want you here. What app has Beautiful Creatures? Soon though, their friendship flares into a passionate romance with Lena falling in love with Ethan on a deep gut wr-nching level. The two have since gotten to be significantly closer and somewhat mended their broken relationship. He is looking in mirrors and sees a whole other person. Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness, the sequel to the instant NYT bestselling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures! It was a bit creepy and dealt with trauma, but all in all was pretty great. 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. Ethan can overhear their conversation, as Amma tells Lena that Sarafine is actually her mother. 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. 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. These books are amazing. 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. On purpose. 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. And did I mention my cute little British accent? He comforts her during Macon's death and grows close to her inciting jealousy in Ethan. 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. How long does it take to read Beautiful Creatures? They were suspenseful, romantic, and chaotic. Even though he knew it wasn't. Amma then blames Macon for the outcome of things that resulted in Ethan's must-be death and vows never to forgive him for it. As a half-Cataclyst, it is unknown if she will develop Cataclyst powers like. 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. Ethan discovers that the woman is not Mrs. Lincoln, but the Dark Caster Sarafine in disguise. Ethan realizes that John was the one Lena had run off with. 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. Macon forbids Lena to attend the party because of the potential dangers, but Lena sneaks out to enjoy the festivities anyway. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. 2h 4m. Get help and learn more about the design. Ethan soon meets Lena's older cousin Ridley, a seductively dressed and very persuasive girl. Other students are setting up a big party for Lena in the field outside of Ravenwood. 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. However, in order to search for the book, Lena and Ethan must wait for the Caster Library to open, according to its own magical schedule. 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. In the library, they touch Genevieve's locket again and discover the source of the curse on the Duchannes family of Casters. Lena has stopped writing in her tattered old journal that she used to always carry around with her. John first meets Lena in the second novel of the series. DOVETE LEGGERLO ASSOLUTAMENTE! What channel is beautiful creatures on? The mothers of the mean girls believe Lena is responsible for the incident, and they sign a petition to have Lena expelled from school. Its one of my favorite book series. Beautiful Creatures Quotes. 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. 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. The Caster Chronicles Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. After seeing him, Lena embraces him and sobs into his shirt. 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. Do Lena and Ethan marry? Lena Duchannes, a girl who seems too out of place in Gatlin. 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). Ethan clutches the other half of him and knows that they both knew they were going to die. He then meets up with her and her eyes are red and puffy from crying and they talk. Lena is crying in a garden full of lemon trees, and she begins to talk with Ethan. 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. Ethan hears Lena playing the song "Sixteen Moons" on her viola in orchestra, which unsettles him. 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. Despite fans wariness of how Englert will bring Lena to the big screen, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl have both stated that Englert, having visited the movie set while the movie was being filmed, is "exactly the way they pictured Lena.". Worship begins at 9:00! 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. The books were so much better as everyone should know and agree. Ethan goes to Amma to confront her about her having known the whole time he was going to die. I thought they were just dreams. Ethan will come back - you'll see. Thanks to my little sister for the suggestion! 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. Lena can be seen next to Ridley during their graduation. He tells her to wait for him at Greenbrier and writes "I will always love you. The water ruins the dresses of all the girls who were mean to Lena, causing chaos. In 2013, Beautiful Creatures released as a feature film from Warner Brothers. Despite this revelation, Lena warns Ethan against getting to know her, telling him its for his own good and safety. You wouldn't even believe. She soon stops time as Ethan's nanny and caregiver, Amma, arrives. She is Ethan Wate's love interest in the first novel of the series, eventually becoming his girlfriend. Ethan and Link head back to Ravenwood Manor and meet Link's mother, Mrs. Lincoln, on the way. After reading the first book in this series, I devoured the remaining three over a week and a half (Audiobook versions). Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, "Okay, little Miss I'm-Not-Here-to-Steal-Your-Boyfriend. Lena was then raised by her relatives. Lena Duchannes, a girl who seems too out of place in Gatlin, There is a curse. The characters are so personal and easy to get attached to. Arriving for his first day of junior year, Ethan notices newcomer Lena Duchannes . 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. Sometime after Macon's death, Ethan starts worrying about Lena, who has been acting strange ever since. You know I love him. Lena fights back with Liv, both verbally and physically, revealing all her feelings towards Liv accusing her of taking everything in her life that she loves including both Ethan and Macon. Sarafine tells Lena that she will be able to Claim her own self for the Dark or Light at midnight. Ethan assures her that will not happen, and he kisses Lena for the first time. Despite this revelation, Ethan's attraction to Lena grows, and he asks her to go on a movie date with him. 3.92. 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." 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. 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. Beautiful Creatures is the first book of The Caster Chronicles series, written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Ridley is Lena's cousin and childhood ex-best friend. In church, Ethan touches the locket and has another vision of Genevieve Duchannes talking with her fianc, Ethan Carter Wate. One night after these events, Lena sneaks into Ethan's bedroom wearing one of his oversized t-shirts that ends at her middle upper thigh and shorts underneath and crawls into his bed next to him. Later on however, her eyes take different colors when she was attracted towards and convinced to be going Dark, and therefore her eyes were amber or gold, or when she claimed and accepted herself as both Light and Dark, having one green eye and one golden one. After Lena confirms it, Link realizes he is turning into an Incubus. After this, he refuses to say anything more. Synopsis. Since then the two have grown to like each other and have developed a respect for each other. Ethan and Lena played in the water. Loved this series. Good for teens. However she is convinced that they are nothing more than dreams and that the boy in her dreams isn't an actual person. 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. What book does Ethan read in Beautiful Creatures? Lena is described as a frighteningly beautiful girl with deep and shining green eyes that change shades according to current emotion and whose dark curly hair is highlighted by her pale skin. 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. 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. Lena even got into a physical fight with Liv, while under a cast though, about Ethan when Liv accused Lena of not caring about him. ", "We're not. Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl. Throughout the book, Ethan slowly begins losing himself even more. ", "Guys. The Caster Chronicles Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Quickly, while the others are fighting, Ethan helps Lena revive. The major vendetta of all of the students and parents against the Ravenwoods and Duchannes is extreme and worrisome. Suddenly, Ethan touches an old locket that is sitting on the ground, and he begins to see a vision of the past. 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 next day, Lena and Ethan skip school and touch the locket again. As a half-Cataclyst, it is unknown if she gained any Cataclyst powers like Possession. I have three pretty big problems with the book, though. Marian Ashcroft reveals herself to be a Keeper, a mortal who knows about the Light and Dark Casters and keeps a record of their doings. Ethan then realizes one thing; he has to die to save Gatlin and the Caster world. Therefore Lena is the greatest, strongest, mightiest and most powerful character in the whole book series. At least, that's what I thought. As Ethan and John walk up to the water tower, Amma shows up saying she was "there the day he was born and she'll be there the day he dies" but it wasn't going to be "today." She meets and befriends Ethan Wate, a teenage resident in her new town Gatlin, with whom she falls in love with. And not just reading schlockwe first see Ethan with a copy of Slaughterhouse-Five and Lena with a book by . Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head Green eyes, black hair. With Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis. Ethan Lawson Wate is our sixteen-year-old narrator. When Ethan arrives at school, he hears about a new girl in town, Lena Duchannes. The bokor tries to attack Macon but Macon easily overpowers him and the bokor warns Macon he shouldn't have intervened and leaves. One-shot about what happened after the ending of the movie Beautiful Creatures. However there might be Spoilers, But Ill make sure and say so before. Ethan drives away from school to clear his mind, and he hears "Sixteen Moons" playing over his car radio. Sarafine's fellow Dark Casters attack and kill Macon, and Ethan runs to Ravenwood Manor to get help. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms . 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. Therefore having no future together to marry, have kids, be together like they desire, etc. 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. Though despite her love for him, Lena often attempts to push him away believing she is only going to put him in harms way. 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. 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. Inside the cave, John is holding an unconscious Lena, who has no idea where she is or what she is doing. Lena Duchannes is one of the two main protagonist of The Caster Chronicles series. The books include the following titles: Beautiful Creatures (2009), Beautiful Darkness (2010), Beautiful Chaos (2011), and Beautiful Redemption (2012). 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. 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. He then goes to reach the destination of the water tower. But the last book in the series was the worst ever. It was very good, had very little cursing and sex. The things that I'm afraid of? Lena loves her uncle very much and is closest to her in her entire family. After I finished the series I found myself missing the characters! The day of Lena's 16th birthday, Ethan goes to Ravenwood Manor to see her. 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. Some magical influence is spelling out a code in the books, and the message tells Lena, Claim yourself. 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. Just in the first few chapters there was much trauma, and it just got much to dark. The character build is fabulous. Ethan keeps the old locket with him and asks his three great aunts, known as the Sisters, about it. She says that all the people in her family are Casters (spell casters) who have special powers. Beautiful Creatures was signed by Little,Brown,and Company for a four-book series,the Caster Chronicles,with the follow-up books titled: She has even almost stopped Kelting with Ethan and rather prefers to block him out. But . 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. 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. For example, the relationship between Lena and Sarafine is ANYTHING but simple. She also painfully strips Ridley of her Siren powers after revealing that she is aware of her betrayal in order to save Lena. What book does Lena read in Beautiful Creatures? They hold hands at the movie theater, which sparks rumors about Ethan and Lena at their high school. In Mitchell's study, Ethan and Lena notice that several books are open to certain pages, and the pages refuse to be turned. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. 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. Ethan and Lena's relationship is one of the main and important plot lines of the series. After a long time trying to get Ethan back, he returns on top of the water tower where he previously died. However Lena, being powerful even as a baby, saved herself by making it rain. I fell in love with this series after reading the first book. However, given the plot details of the last installment of the series, it has been confirmed that Ethan did in fact die. On January 3, 2013, a new edition of the novel was published, featuring images from the movie on the . Is Beautiful Creatures on Tubi? In reaction, Sarafine murdered him by setting the house on fire and leaving him to die in the flames; also nearly killing Lena in the process. 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. 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. I can't imagine a world without you in it! In 2013, Beautiful Creatures released as a feature film from Warner Brothers. 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. But, the movie was easier to write about, so here you go. 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). 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. 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. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. But whatever. 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 and Ridley had severed ties after that and they had not seen each other for a year afterwards. 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 grew up together side by side and were close and had been like sisters as they grew and developed into young teens. Ethan has also been shown to be very committed. (One example being when Macon needed her for a moment and Lena seemed genuinely torn and reluctant about it since it would mean having to leave Ethan alone with Liv. I'd love to go into more detail, but why use 100 words when 5 will do? 100,060 ratings4,833 reviews. She then asks if he believes in Love after death and he says, "Yes." When Lena was just a baby, her mother, Sarafine, had turned Dark and became totally consumed in Darkness. At Gatlin High's winter formal, some of the girls ruin Lena's dress by pouring liquid soap on her and Ethan. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! The school principal holds a hearing and is about to expel Lena when Macon arrives to protest the hearing. You don't even know me; you'll probably hate me too. Jealous and angry when she sees them together once again, Lena takes off, causing a chain reaction of chaos as she goes. (My first book rating, be gentle..). In the middle of the day I just start thinking about Ethan,Lena,Ridley,Link,John,Liv,Macon,Amma,and Marian andi have to tell my self its just a book . On her left wrist, she has scars on the inside of her wrist from very realistic dreams. When he is released from the Arclight by Ethan and Liv, she is joyful and is finally able to return to her normal self. He is hearing voices and is seeing writings and things that no one else can. 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. Lena is surprised when her Dark Caster cousin Ridley comes to the house with Ethan's best friend, Link, and several other students from the high school. Green eyes, black hair. This is an amazing series. 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". 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. Sarafine, in an attempt to convince her to turn Dark, offers a way for her to be with Ethan physically and have a future together if she agrees to turn Dark. I am looking forward to the movie. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town. They make a trade with The Book of Moons hoping to resurrect Ethan; the trade being Ethan's life for someone else's. He then sees John Breed materialize from the shadows. I was a little disappointed in the final book - "Beautiful Redemption". I don't want to see you get hurt, and that's what will happen if you get too close to me. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. 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. The first point of connection between the two main characters is their love of reading. Lena and Amma recite a spell to bring Ethan back to life, and it works. 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 now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. He was also the only person, at first, to be kind to her and a friendship quickly blooms between the two. Sarafine is Lena's mother. Kami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author. When he gets there he drops Lena's necklace in the front seat of the Volvo so nothing will happen to it. The only reason I rate this three star is that the second book is absolutely and definitely NOT FOR CHILDREN. However, being a kind hearted person with good nature, he instead chooses to . They go to the Gatlin County Library to get information from Marian Ashcroft, a librarian who was Ethan's mother's best friend. Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. In Beautiful Redemption, Lena is determined to bring Ethan back and is desperate to do so. I don't care if it's a hundred degrees and every blade of grass dies. 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. The entire thing. Lena's choice is a complicated one: If she chooses to go Dark, all the Light Casters in her family will die. He then shows them a lost soul who is Ethan's half missing part. ", "When were you going to tell me? She was born a Caster, a powerful being with supernatural abilities and strong powers. ", Lena is her family's first natural, second if counting Sarafine who is a. Ethan and Lena go to the Caster Library. You wont find this theme anywhere else: Southern gothic romance. I didn't know you were a real person. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, 11.27: Just Your Average American Holiday. 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. They then share one final moment together with Ethan Kelting, "Goodbye." 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. 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