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. Other students are setting up a big party for Lena in the field outside of Ravenwood. The Caster Chronicles Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. He tells her to wait for him at Greenbrier and writes "I will always love you. I think its an amazing love story. A great, easy, fun read! ", "We're not. 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. 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. But, it isn't a "canned" series by any means. Eventually, Lena is seen again at a Caster bar. Feb. 13, 2013. When he stops his car, he suddenly realizes that Lena is the girl who appears in his nightmares. Some magical influence is spelling out a code in the books, and the message tells Lena, Claim yourself. A mysterious young girl is waiting for him on a Civil War battlefield. 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. In Beautiful Creatures, Lena avoids . I cannot even begin to explain my love for this series Wow. Lena, though, was often stuck doing her homework since Ridley had been using her Siren abilities to make boys do it for her. 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. I got these four books on my Kindle on the 16th and couldn't put them down until they were finished. When he is released from the Arclight by Ethan and Liv, she is joyful and is finally able to return to her normal self. 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. 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. 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." 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. But when Lena fails to decide, she kills Ethan right in front of her and there hoping to provoke her into turning Dark by losing control of her powers. 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 average reader will spend 9 hours and 52 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute). In the vision, a girl named Genevieve is watching her mother's plantation, Greenbrier, burn down. As time goes and she spends more time with him, Lena soon realizes she has fallen passionately in love with Ethan. Still in the house, Lena, powerful even as a baby, had saved herself by making it rain thus putting out the fire. I really enjoyed this series. 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. 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. Despite this revelation, Ethan's attraction to Lena grows, and he asks her to go on a movie date with him. At the end of the 3rd book, I had to go to work the next day with swollen eyes. Ethan then realizes one thing; he has to die to save Gatlin and the Caster world. Ethan has also been shown to be very committed. On the last day of school, Lena tells Ethan that she and her family are leaving town. Ethan will come back - you'll see. In hope of finding her, Ethan and Link drive to Dar-ee Keen, Gatlin's greasy version of Dairy King. ", I want you here. I just happen to have a few pictures because Margie and I made Lena's necklace two actually right after we finished writing the book. I am looking forward to the movie. 3.92. After Lena (reluctantly) admits that she does not want to see Ethan there, Link, Liv and Ethan himself leave. After this, he refuses to say anything more. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! After declaring his love for her, Ethan proves his love for her by holding her when she needs comfort and freely expressing and showing his feelings for her in front of his basketball teammates and students completely unashamed of her. However, when Ridley performs a furor cast, causing everyone the wave-like spell hits to act angrily, Liv openly expresses her ferocious feelings towards Lena calling her "emo" and selfish and even slaps her accusing her of not caring about Ethan; bashing her greatly. Is falling in love the beginning or the end? Lena is Macon's niece and he is her guardian during the time of her 16th moon in Beautiful Creatures. The major vendetta of all of the students and parents against the Ravenwoods and Duchannes is extreme and worrisome. Throughout Ethan and Lena's conversation, Liv shows up. He is also Lena and Ridley's uncle. 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. You fall in love with the characters and want to keep reading until it's all finished. 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. (It is said by Macon that Ethan is the very first boy that she has ever displayed a romantic interest in.). Lena and Ethan search desperately to figure out which one of them is the "One Who Is Two," when its revealed it was one of them. 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. I feel as though I am walking along with these people, haven't had this to happen in way so long. 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. 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. You know I love him. Had a hard time putting the book down. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, 11.27: Just Your Average American Holiday. So I realize I sorta missed the boat with this series as I believe the first one came out in like, 2009. Why did Edward Snakehands write a page in the chronicles for Ethan, just because Angelus said so? Ethan never even saw it coming. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. (Though Ethan is later revived by Lena and Amma.). Ethan states he didn't have a choice. However, being a kind hearted person with good nature, he instead chooses to . We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. I have three pretty big problems with the book, though. Lena also has said that her powers can almost always be triggered by an emotional reaction. Ethan and Lena played in the water. What order should I read the Beautiful Creatures series? After seeing him, Lena embraces him and sobs into his shirt. The series kept me intrigued enough to finish them all. She brings a bokor, a "darkness of her own" and things start to get hectic as a result of it. When I first met you, that's what I remember. 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. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay . Inside the cave, John is holding an unconscious Lena, who has no idea where she is or what she is doing. 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.". 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." They eventually find out a sacrifice needed to be done; the "One Who Is Two." Also it is noted it no longer harms Ethan when he touches/kisses her, resulting in a future for the two of them. 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. But the two manage to make amends and even become friends by the end of the novel, forgetting about their rough history together. 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. As she grew up, Lena was very disliked in school due to her quiet personality as well as her family's reputation and, in result, was relentlessly bullied by other students. One-shot about what happened after the ending of the movie Beautiful Creatures. 93 books16.5k followers. 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. In the library, Lena faints and is again spiritually attacked by Sarafine, but she wakes up when Ethan kisses her. He even claimed to have had a mortal girlfriend but that "she just didn't understand" people like "them". Sixteen-year-old Ethan Wate lives in Gatlin, S.C., but dislikes his small town and would like to move away. Why didn't Link ever complain about the pain touching Ridley caused him before he turned? Get help and learn more about the design. And did I mention my cute little British accent? I thought they were just dreams. Over Christmas break, Ethan discovers that his reclusive father, Mitchell Wate, has not been working on his novel for the past several months. 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. She is the daughter of Sarafine Duchannes and John Eades, cousin of Reece, Ridley and Ryan Duchannes and Larkin Kent. And in the midst of things, strange things are happening to Ethan. 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. Sarafine tells Lena that she will be able to Claim her own self for the Dark or Light at midnight. The mothers of the mean girls believe Lena is responsible for the incident, and they sign a petition to have Lena expelled from school. Worship begins at 9:00! In English class the next day, Ethan begins to hear Lena communicating with him telepathically. Throughout the series, she maintains a rocky relationship with him, but the two always . He goes to see Link and they spend one last day playing basketball. Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. ", "Feelings for him? "Darkness, real darkness, was more than just a lack of light.". 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. Sarafine's fellow Dark Casters attack and kill Macon, and Ethan runs to Ravenwood Manor to get help. Macon forbids Lena to attend the party because of the potential dangers, but Lena sneaks out to enjoy the festivities anyway. Helpful. After this, Lena cries herself to sleep. 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. When Ethan wakes, he finds a new song by an unknown artist on his iPod. Throughout the book, Ethan slowly begins losing himself even more. She says that sometimes unexplainable things happen around 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. I can't imagine a world without you in it! Link is one of her friends through Ethan. Or when Ridley was slowly suffocating Ethan to death in Beautiful Creatures and she caused a hurricane to hit the room out of anger and frustration for Ridley to let Ethan go for the sake of not killing him and confessing to Ethan later on that she "just panicked". That night, Lena comes to Ethan's house and sneaks into his room to explain her unusual family. At least you finally admit it! 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. 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). That night, Ethan has another dream of Lena slipping away from him, and he dreams he was drowning and wakes up soaking wet. Lena soon even begins to grow so close to him that she soon reveals her supernatural family heritage and how she is a Caster. So engrossed in this quirky series that I have already bought the whole series! He reads Vonnegut and Kerouac, Salinger and Krakauer, and he dreams of going to the real places within his favorite books. 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