How many books are in the Beautiful Creatures series? Ethan and Lena played in the water. Or another example being how when Lena declines his offer to attend the school's dance and he said he'd just go with someone else then (though not saying it seriously and meaning it in a joking manner), she shoots him a furious look that makes him quickly add on in a slight panic, "Like Amma." He even claimed to have had a mortal girlfriend but that "she just didn't understand" people like "them". I fell in love with this series as soon as I read the very first book. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Lena runs home to Ravenwood Manor, and Ethan follows her. 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". 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." Throughout the book, Ethan slowly begins losing himself even more. After I finished the series I found myself missing the characters! I read this entire series in a few days great amazing it always kept me on the edge of my seat. 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. Ethan will come back - you'll see. 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. These books are amazing. Lena is ignored by most of the students because she wears long dresses and is not interested in popular pursuits like trying out for the cheerleading squad. 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. She meets and befriends Ethan Wate, a teenage resident in her new town Gatlin, with whom she falls in love with. Still in the house, Lena, powerful even as a baby, had saved herself by making it rain thus putting out the fire. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. And in the midst of things, strange things are happening to Ethan. I found her distant and detached. 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. She is Ethan Wate's love interest in the first novel of the series, eventually becoming his girlfriend. She brings a bokor, a "darkness of her own" and things start to get hectic as a result of it. She soon stops time as Ethan's nanny and caregiver, Amma, arrives. In hope of finding her, Ethan and Link drive to Dar-ee Keen, Gatlin's greasy version of Dairy King. I have three pretty big problems with the book, though. Started off quickly and you get attached to the characters. In the novel it is also revealed she was actually the one who murdered Ethan's mother. 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. 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. What book does Lena read in Beautiful Creatures? 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). 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. Lena is afraid that she will become evil as Ridley is and be claimed as Dark on her upcoming birthday. "THAT crazed girl improvising her music. 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. My boyfriend wont mind. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, "Okay, little Miss I'm-Not-Here-to-Steal-Your-Boyfriend. 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. An example being when Ethan makes a remark how "lots of girls" have called him "lovable," Lena's eyes are described as "storming in anger." 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. 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. He then shows them a lost soul who is Ethan's half missing part. So engrossed in this quirky series that I have already bought the whole series! Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. 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. At Gatlin High's winter formal, some of the girls ruin Lena's dress by pouring liquid soap on her and Ethan. I love how this story has so many twists and turns, and surprises that leave you breathtaken. Is Beautiful Creatures on Tubi? 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. 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. Check out my reviews on the main page of each individual book! He is looking in mirrors and sees a whole other person. 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. You won't find this theme anywhere else: Southern gothic romance. 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.) She has even almost stopped Kelting with Ethan and rather prefers to block him out. She also tries to find ways to be with Ethan, her true love, since it is discovered that Casters and Mortals cannot be together sexually or physically without the mortal getting killed. ", Do you believe in love after last sight?, "I don't care! Since Lena had very little, if not any, control of her abilities and power she often misdirected her abilities and power while in use. Back in the tunnels still furious with jealousy and anger Ethan nearly, on an act of impulse, kisses Liv and accidentally kelts of the near encounter (making it possible that Lena most likely heard which she later confirms bitterly before she leaves that she did). Feb. 13, 2013. Ridley has nearly persuaded Mitchell to take his own life, but Link convinces her to release Mitchell from her spell. 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. 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. However she is convinced that they are nothing more than dreams and that the boy in her dreams isn't an actual person. He then meets up with her and her eyes are red and puffy from crying and they talk. 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. In the end, there is a grave. 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. Link is one of her friends through Ethan. Ethan discovers that the woman is not Mrs. Lincoln, but the Dark Caster Sarafine in disguise. 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". She and Ridley had severed ties after that and they had not seen each other for a year afterwards. 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. 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 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. Ridley reveals that this was a plot to lure Ethan away from Lena, since his love is her main protection from Sarafine. "The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.". Throughout Ethan and Lena's conversation, Liv shows up. The school principal holds a hearing and is about to expel Lena when Macon arrives to protest the hearing. She says that sometimes unexplainable things happen around her. Sarafine's fellow Dark Casters attack and kill Macon, and Ethan runs to Ravenwood Manor to get help. 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. 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. Am I Dark, or am I Light? He tells them that while the fighting was going on he was bitten by John, who is revealed to be a hybrid, half Caster, half Incubus. Ridley reveals that in five months, Lena will turn 16, and on 16th birthdays, all members of the Duchannes family are Claimed as either Light Casters or Dark Casters. He reads Vonnegut and Kerouac, Salinger and Krakauer, and he dreams of going to the real places within his favorite books. 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. Pacing was inconsistent and overall, I found myself getting bored reading the second and third books. Because of the strong intensity of her love towards Ethan, Lena has a strong jealous side. Without you, none of that matters to me., No, I'm too busy trying to deflect your power of stupidity. Her Uncle Macon and others arrive and a battle breaks out with Lena causing a great storm to hit town. The next day, Lena and Ethan skip school and touch the locket again. Lena and Ethan dance together and finally say that they love each other. When Sarafine discovered this plot, she murdered him by setting the house on fire and leaving him to die in the flames and leaving Lena to die as well. 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. He has been sitting in his study, grieving for his dead wife. So I realize I sorta missed the boat with this series as I believe the first one came out in like, 2009. Lena's Necklace of Junk: A symbol of Lena's quirkiness is a jangling necklace with charms that look like junk to most people - particularly the mean girls who rule Gatlin's high school. I'd love to go into more detail, but why use 100 words when 5 will do? What book is Lena reading in Beautiful Creatures? Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms . She is the daughter of Sarafine Duchannes and John Eades, cousin of Reece, Ridley and Ryan Duchannes and Larkin Kent. Good for teens. Lena loves her uncle very much and is closest to her in her entire family. Quickly, while the others are fighting, Ethan helps Lena revive. The Sisters tell him that the locket comes from the year when General Sherman burned every plantation in Gatlin, except for Ravenwood Manor. I can't imagine a world without you in it." Then the gang (Ethan, Lena, Ridley, Link) head to the pool. Directed by Richard LaGravenese. 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). However, I kept thinking there has to be a good story somewhere and I'm so glad the movie lead me to these books. Lena also has said that her powers can almost always be triggered by an emotional reaction. 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. 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. As a half-Cataclyst, it is unknown if she will develop Cataclyst powers like. And no one can stop it. Lauren Azzopardi Child. Didn't his car crash during the 18th moon? The series left me with a lot of questions. Ethan and Lena go to the Caster Library. The entire thing. 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. 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. Macon "Melchizedek" Ravenwood is the son of Silas Ravenwood and Arelia Valentin and the brother of Hunting and Leah. What is the Order of the Beautiful Creatures books? This causes Lena to fight with Liv both verbally and physically, accusing Liv of trying to "steal her boyfriend", and launching at her several times just barely being restrained by Ethan. The other half of him tries to stop Ethan from throwing himself over and they fight and battle. Heroically lost, heroically found. Despite this revelation, Ethan's attraction to Lena grows, and he asks her to go on a movie date with him. 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. Both times Macon used his powers in the movie has to do with Ethan. 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. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. 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). It is told that girls always picked on her, made fun of her and bullied her without any mercy causing her to be driven out of many schools. One-shot about what happened after the ending of the movie Beautiful Creatures. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. What happened to Macon's father, Silas? Must read! Lena uses her power over nature to block out the moon at midnight, which keeps her from being claimed at all, either for Dark or Light. Beautiful Darkness is the sequel to Beautiful Creatures and the second book in the Caster Series. Inside the cave, John is holding an unconscious Lena, who has no idea where she is or what she is doing. Before moving to Gatlin, Lena begins to have recurring dreams of a teenage boy who saves her. 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. Helpful. Throughout the series, she maintains a rocky relationship with him, but the two always . 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. 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. 3.92. It is a YA/paranormal romance series, like so many that are popular these days. When Ethan wakes, he finds a new song by an unknown artist on his iPod. At least you finally admit it! Then, the plot becomes the point of view of Ridley. You're a Mortal. Why didn't Link ever complain about the pain touching Ridley caused him before he turned? 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. 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