They go to Genevieve's grave and dig up the book. Why did Edward Snakehands write a page in the chronicles for Ethan, just because Angelus said so? The bokor tries to release his spirits but Macon arrives on the scene and tells Amarie that this wasn't her "finest hour" but Amma states that he would do the same thing for Lena his niece and refuses to have "her boy be their sacrificial lamb.". I think its an amazing love story. 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. What book does Ethan read in Beautiful Creatures? it is a sweet but lively series with a lot of unpredictable turns and twists. Sarafine is Lena's mother. But Lena, knowing she is only trying to deceive her, allows her to die. He is being haunted in his dreams that are keeping him up all night - and not by Lena. The series left me with a lot of questions. 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. Once outside, Macon has Green Caster eyes, which confirms that he has switched from an Incubus to a Caster. The average reader will spend 9 hours and 52 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute). 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. 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. Lena and Ridley and John enter the Tunnel of Love and disappear, not leaving a clue as to where they went. 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. 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. This dream has been recurring for months, and it troubles Ethan because in the dream he loves the girl he is falling with, though he does not know who she is. I got these four books on my Kindle on the 16th and couldn't put them down until they were finished. The books are set in a fictional town called Gatlin in South Carolina. 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 couldn't put them down. Lena soon cries herself to sleep after her last few moments with Ethan. 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. Throughout the series, she maintains a rocky relationship with him, but the two always . ", "I didn't expect you to be here. Synopsis. He drives to Ravenwood Manor and goes inside to find Lena lying on a table, with most of her family members standing around her. The manga adaptation of the novel was released in February, 2013, under the same title. 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 is Ethan Wate's love interest in the first novel of the series, eventually becoming his girlfriend. The ghosts are uncommunicative, and Macon and Amma are unaware of Ethan's presence at their meeting. 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. After she makes a trade with the Book of Moons hoping to revive a dead Ethan in the novel, she is horrified to discover the price she paid for his life was Macon's. 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. The Sisters tell him that the locket comes from the year when General Sherman burned every plantation in Gatlin, except for Ravenwood Manor. Pacing was inconsistent and overall, I found myself getting bored reading the second and third books. She is very kind and will always stay true and protect her friends. Amma and Macon have questions they want to ask the ghosts of Amma's relatives, whom she refers to as the Greats. 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). 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. Lena (before meeting Ethan) was a loner having always stuck to herself and being very mysterious, always by herself and very lonely. He has been sitting in his study, grieving for his dead wife. In church, Ethan touches the locket and has another vision of Genevieve Duchannes talking with her fianc, Ethan Carter Wate. This angers Lena especially after learning how Macon was not planning on telling her this detail until after Lena Claimed herself when it would be too late to change anything. The first point of connection between the two main characters is their love of reading. Lena accepts a ride home from Ethan, which marks the start of their friendship. And did I mention my cute little British accent? Macon is upset that Amma has not stopped Ethan from meeting with Lena, as it could be dangerous for both teenagers. Lena, though, continues to be somewhat possessive about Ethan; even getting silently angry and jealous when so much as hearing about Ethan's past romantic history and other girls he had been with or gone on dates with (though it is stated that Lena is his first real girlfriend). A great, easy, fun read! However, on each Caster's 16th birthday they are to be "claimed" by either the Light or the Darkness, otherwise known as good or evil. 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. She also painfully strips Ridley of her Siren powers after revealing that she is aware of her betrayal in order to save Lena. He even claimed to have had a mortal girlfriend but that "she just didn't understand" people like "them". Not going to spoil it for you. Her extended family of Light Casters is with her. Since then the two have grown to like each other and have developed a respect for each other. The Caster Chronicles Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Without you, none of that matters to me., No, I'm too busy trying to deflect your power of stupidity. 2h 4m. Ethan drives away from school to clear his mind, and he hears "Sixteen Moons" playing over his car radio. 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. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks differentLena, recalling the moment she began to fall in love with Ethan in Beautiful Chaos. 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). DOVETE LEGGERLO ASSOLUTAMENTE! 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. The girls in class insult Lena's reclusive uncle, Macon Ravenwood, and Lena's anger affects the classroom, shattering the glass in the windows. He sees Amma and witnesses her taking his place in death with the Greats, leaving him alone before Lena shows up. 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. 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. I like how the Casters' powers worked although the whole "bringing someone back from the dead" part seemed like stretching the chord a bit too far. I'd love to go into more detail, but why use 100 words when 5 will do? This series started with the movie (which I was not a fan of). The character build is fabulous. 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. The book was published on December 1, 2009, by Little, Brown, and Company.In the UK, Beautiful Creatures is published by Penguin Books. Started off quickly and you get attached to the characters. 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. On the last day of school, Lena tells Ethan that she and her family are leaving town. By Manohla Dargis. Ethan then states they were talking about lives and the people they loved and Lena responds shaking her head saying, "I don't care. 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. Good for teens. He sees Amma and witnesses her taking his place in death with the Greats, leaving him alone before Lena shows up. This is an amazing series. Ethan Lawson Wate is our sixteen-year-old narrator. I cannot even begin to explain my love for this series Wow. (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. Heroically lost, heroically found. 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. I haven't found a series that drew me in like the Caster Chronicles in quite sometime. It was very good, had very little cursing and sex. 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. She meets and befriends Ethan Wate, a teenage resident in her new town Gatlin, with whom she falls in love with. However, if she were to turn Light all Dark Casters would die as the other way around if she were to turn Dark. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. I'd like Lena to have more character. Some fans and readers were left skeptical if Ethan actually died since it is not directly stated of his death. 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. In the library, Lena faints and is again spiritually attacked by Sarafine, but she wakes up when Ethan kisses her. Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes are recovering from the fact that, Macon Ravenwood died during their battle against Lena's evil mother, Sarafine. 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. But Ethan is barely able to hold the two back from clawing at each other. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. Suddenly, Ethan touches an old locket that is sitting on the ground, and he begins to see a vision of the past. And no one can stop it. Ethan then realizes one thing; he has to die to save Gatlin and the Caster world. 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. Even though he knew it wasn't. You don't even know me; you'll probably hate me too. 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". After she was Claimed, she became half-Cataclyst. The day of Lena's 16th birthday, Ethan goes to Ravenwood Manor to see her. As time goes and she spends more time with him, Lena soon realizes she has fallen passionately in love with Ethan. Ethan goes to Amma to confront her about her having known the whole time he was going to die. Lena barely even hid her feelings of hatred about her towards Liv herself. 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". Ridley has nearly persuaded Mitchell to take his own life, but Link convinces her to release Mitchell from her spell. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. You think everything is about you. 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. Just wow! Helpful. Then the gang (Ethan, Lena, Ridley, Link) head to the pool. Lena Duchannes, a girl who seems too out of place in Gatlin. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. But, it isn't a "canned" series by any means. Order Book Genre Date Rating; 1: Beautiful Creatures: Fantasy / F: Dec-2009: 4: 2: Beautiful . Because of the strong intensity of her love towards Ethan, Lena has a strong jealous side. Lena, though, was often stuck doing her homework since Ridley had been using her Siren abilities to make boys do it for her. 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