Lena (before meeting Ethan) was a loner having always stuck to herself and being very mysterious, always by herself and very lonely. They were suspenseful, romantic, and chaotic. 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, the movie was easier to write about, so here you go. After a long time trying to get Ethan back, he returns on top of the water tower where he previously died. 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. 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. 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. After this, Lena cries herself to sleep. Beautiful Creatures. 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. Every page you turn leaves you wondering what more will happen, and believe me, much more does happen. He has been sitting in his study, grieving for his dead wife. I don't want to see you get hurt, and that's what will happen if you get too close to me. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. In Beautiful Creatures, Lena avoids . 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." 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 then starts to sob and insists she won't make it without him and he just couldn't ask her to live without him. He then sees John Breed materialize from the shadows. What should I read after Beautiful Creatures? They hold hands at the movie theater, which sparks rumors about Ethan and Lena at their high school. 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. Sarafine's fellow Dark Casters attack and kill Macon, and Ethan runs to Ravenwood Manor to get help. 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. "Darkness, real darkness, was more than just a lack of light.". Soon though, their friendship flares into a passionate romance with Lena falling in love with Ethan on a deep gut wr-nching level. 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. 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. Throughout the series, she maintains a rocky relationship with him, but the two always . Lena is Macon's niece and he is her guardian during the time of her 16th moon in Beautiful Creatures. I fell in love with this series after reading the first book. I couldn't put them down. Lena is afraid that she will become evil as Ridley is and be claimed as Dark on her upcoming birthday. Drama, Fantasy, Romance. 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). Ridley has put a verbal spell on the students who used to be mean to Lena so that they will treat her nicely on her birthday. The book was published on December 1, 2009, by Little, Brown, and Company.In the UK, Beautiful Creatures is published by Penguin Books. After seeing him, Lena embraces him and sobs into his shirt. Beautiful Creatures is the first book of The Caster Chronicles series, written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. After awhile I would skip the details yearning for more conversational points. On Halloween night, Ethan wakes up from a vision that Lena is in trouble. Lena is, like Ethan, very stubborn in her choices. When he gets there he drops Lena's necklace in the front seat of the Volvo so nothing will happen to it. Honestly enjoyed this series and was sad when it ended. 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. Sixteen-year-old Ethan Wate lives in Gatlin, S.C., but dislikes his small town and would like to move away. That night, Ethan wakes up and sees that his housekeeper, Amma, leaving the house. ** spoiler alert ** This is generally ok as light reading--it grabs you and it's hard to put down. Sarafine tells Lena that she will be able to Claim her own self for the Dark or Light at midnight. Worship begins at 9:00! On the last day of school, Lena tells Ethan that she and her family are leaving town. (Though Ethan is later revived by Lena and Amma.). However, given the plot details of the last installment of the series, it has been confirmed that Ethan did in fact die. A great, easy, fun read! In the novel it is also revealed she was actually the one who murdered Ethan's mother. 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 very kind and will always stay true and protect her friends. I really enjoyed this series although for me the first book had all the impetuous and the subsequent books were just for the fun of hanging out with the characters in a very well-realized setting. I haven't found a series that drew me in like the Caster Chronicles in quite sometime. 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 . 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. Is Beautiful Creatures on Tubi? Check out my reviews on the main page of each individual book! Ethan can overhear their conversation, as Amma tells Lena that Sarafine is actually her mother. 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. 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. I really liked the first book in the series but the second and the third books in the series disappointed me and the last book was a complete disaster. When I first met you, that's what I remember. When Lena was just a baby, her mother, Sarafine, had turned Dark and became totally consumed in Darkness. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. As time goes and she spends more time with him, Lena soon realizes she has fallen passionately in love with Ethan. ", Do you believe in love after last sight?, "I don't care! Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness, the sequel to the instant NYT bestselling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures! Lena can be seen next to Ridley during their graduation. 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. Ethan clutches the other half of him and knows that they both knew they were going to die. The Sisters tell him that the locket comes from the year when General Sherman burned every plantation in Gatlin, except for Ravenwood Manor. Her Uncle Macon and others arrive and a battle breaks out with Lena causing a great storm to hit town. Pacing was inconsistent and overall, I found myself getting bored reading the second and third books. Lena soon even begins to grow so close to him that she soon reveals her supernatural family heritage and how she is a Caster. In Beautiful Redemption, Lena is determined to bring Ethan back and is desperate to do so. The Story. You can't understand. Jealous and angry when she sees them together once again, Lena takes off, causing a chain reaction of chaos as she goes. Lena also has said that her powers can almost always be triggered by an emotional reaction. 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. After Lena confirms it, Link realizes he is turning into an Incubus. 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. I'd love to go into more detail, but why use 100 words when 5 will do? He then meets up with her and her eyes are red and puffy from crying and they talk. Just wow! By Manohla Dargis. Ridley is with a guy who is John Breed. You think everything is about you. But the two teamed up to resurrect Ethan when was killed in Beautiful Creatures. PG-13. On purpose. 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. Ethan and Lena's relationship is one of the main and important plot lines of the series. The manga adaptation of the novel was released in February, 2013, under the same title. 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. 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). 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. I thought this would be Twilight-esque as it is considered a "young adults" read but I REALLY enjoyed all four of the books. 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. He then goes to reach the destination of the water tower. Meanwhile, after his death, Ethan is also searching for ways to return to the mortal world in the other world of the dead. When Ethan wakes, he finds a new song by an unknown artist on his iPod. 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. 2h 4m. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. On her left wrist, she has scars on the inside of her wrist from very realistic dreams. It was a bit creepy and dealt with trauma, but all in all was pretty great. What book is Lena reading in Beautiful Creatures? Then the gang (Ethan, Lena, Ridley, Link) head to the pool. 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. I absolutely fell in love with the Ethan and Lena love story. 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. He comforts her during Macon's death and grows close to her inciting jealousy in Ethan. Beautiful Creatures: Directed by Richard LaGravenese. By far my favorite book series that I have ever read. 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. 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. At Gatlin High's winter formal, some of the girls ruin Lena's dress by pouring liquid soap on her and Ethan. In Gatlin, South Carolina, Ethan Wate awakens from a recurring dream of a girl he does not know. After lying together, she begs tearfully for forgiveness for her actions and Ethan does without hesitance (proving how much he truly loves her) and they make up kissing passionately together before falling asleep together. Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes are recovering from the fact that, Macon Ravenwood died during their battle against Lena's evil mother, Sarafine. Despite Lena's cold and harsh treatment of her, Liv hid her secret dislike of Lena treating her with respect. April 23, 2017. age 11+. Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. 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 was also shown to not even approve of Ethan being around or associating with her and even made indirect gestures of Ethan being hers. 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. 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. So I realize I sorta missed the boat with this series as I believe the first one came out in like, 2009. 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.". As he falls he thinks of only one thingLena. John first meets Lena in the second novel of the series. But Lena, knowing she is only trying to deceive her, allows her to die. 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. 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. Macon forbids Lena to attend the party because of the potential dangers, but Lena sneaks out to enjoy the festivities anyway. Amma uses magic to suspend time so she and Lena can talk to each other while the family sits by, frozen and unaware. Kami Garcia is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and international bestselling author and comic book writer. 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. Ethan soon meets Lena's older cousin Ridley, a seductively dressed and very persuasive girl. Because of the strong intensity of her love towards Ethan, Lena has a strong jealous side. Quickly, while the others are fighting, Ethan helps Lena revive. I'd like Lena to have more character. The mothers of the mean girls believe Lena is responsible for the incident, and they sign a petition to have Lena expelled from school. 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. After Lena (reluctantly) admits that she does not want to see Ethan there, Link, Liv and Ethan himself leave. And no one can stop it. Order Book Genre Date Rating; 1: Beautiful Creatures: Fantasy / F: Dec-2009: 4: 2: Beautiful . So engrossed in this quirky series that I have already bought the whole series! Ethan has also been shown to be very committed. 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. I can't imagine a world without you in it! Lena Duchannes, a girl who seems too out of place in Gatlin. You fall in love with the characters and want to keep reading until it's all finished. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms . Before moving to Gatlin, Lena begins to have recurring dreams of a teenage boy who saves her. And in the midst of things, strange things are happening to Ethan. The day of Lena's 16th birthday, Ethan goes to Ravenwood Manor to see her. After reading the first book in this series, I devoured the remaining three over a week and a half (Audiobook versions). 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 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. The books were so much better as everyone should know and agree. When he is released from the Arclight by Ethan and Liv, she is joyful and is finally able to return to her normal self. Aside from Link, Lena is Ethan's only other real friend and he even begins to share some his deepest secrets with her; like his love to read anything from comics to classic novels and even his situation with his father. Lena accepts a ride home from Ethan, which marks the start of their friendship. Sarafine then curses out Lena as she dies in the flames, mirroring how she killed her own husband when Lena was a baby. This causing Ethan to quickly say how he meant Amma and his aunts. However there might be Spoilers, But Ill make sure and say so before. 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. Since Lena had very little, if not any, control of her abilities and power she often misdirected her abilities and power while in use. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, "Okay, little Miss I'm-Not-Here-to-Steal-Your-Boyfriend. 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