Lena Duchannes is one of the two main protagonist of The Caster Chronicles series. ", Do you believe in love after last sight?, "I don't care! But the two teamed up to resurrect Ethan when was killed in Beautiful Creatures. I didn't know you were a real person. That night, Lena comes to Ethan's house and sneaks into his room to explain her unusual family. 3.92. 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." She is Ethan Wate's love interest in the first novel of the series, eventually becoming his girlfriend. The first point of connection between the two main characters is their love of reading. Why did Edward Snakehands write a page in the chronicles for Ethan, just because Angelus said so? 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. Over Christmas break, Ethan discovers that his reclusive father, Mitchell Wate, has not been working on his novel for the past several months. 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. She is the daughter of Sarafine Duchannes and John Eades, cousin of Reece, Ridley and Ryan Duchannes and Larkin Kent. 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. There were so many plot holes. You don't even know me; you'll probably hate me too. Sarafine flees, and Amma arrives with the Book of Moons to help advise Lena. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. 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. 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. Ethan will come back - you'll see. Still in the house, Lena, powerful even as a baby, had saved herself by making it rain thus putting out the fire. Sarafine then curses out Lena as she dies in the flames, mirroring how she killed her own husband when Lena was a baby. Some fans and readers were left skeptical if Ethan actually died since it is not directly stated of his death. 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. 93 books16.5k followers. 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. It is something of a running gag in the series for Lena to accidentally set random objects on fire. 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. ", Look at me, Ethan. Sarafine's fellow Dark Casters attack and kill Macon, and Ethan runs to Ravenwood Manor to get help. This series started with the movie (which I was not a fan of). The entire thing. 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." After this, Lena cries herself to sleep. DOVETE LEGGERLO ASSOLUTAMENTE! He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Pacing was inconsistent and overall, I found myself getting bored reading the second and third books. 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. These books are amazing. 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.) 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. 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. The water ruins the dresses of all the girls who were mean to Lena, causing chaos. Ethan soon meets Lena's older cousin Ridley, a seductively dressed and very persuasive girl. Suddenly, Ethan touches an old locket that is sitting on the ground, and he begins to see a vision of the past. He is also Lena and Ridley's uncle. In hope of finding her, Ethan and Link drive to Dar-ee Keen, Gatlin's greasy version of Dairy King. 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. Lena has stopped writing in her tattered old journal that she used to always carry around with her. 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. Ethan drives away from school to clear his mind, and he hears "Sixteen Moons" playing over his car radio. 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. In the library, they touch Genevieve's locket again and discover the source of the curse on the Duchannes family of Casters. 100,060 ratings4,833 reviews. By Manohla Dargis. The mothers of the mean girls believe Lena is responsible for the incident, and they sign a petition to have Lena expelled from school. This time, they see a vision of Genevieve Duchannes tending Ethan Carter Wate's bullet wound just before he dies. This is considered a huge leap since Ethan is shown to hate talking about his father. I thought they were just dreams. Get help and learn more about the design. 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. After Ethan's death and sacrifice, Lena is searching for ways to resurrect Ethan and is "making her own bargains" for Ethan's return to the Mortal world. She always at first kept her innermost thoughts to herself never expressing herself until after Beautiful Creatures when she begins evolving as a person. However, if she were to turn Light all Dark Casters would die as the other way around if she were to turn Dark. Therefore having no future together to marry, have kids, be together like they desire, etc. Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl. The bokor tries to attack Macon but Macon easily overpowers him and the bokor warns Macon he shouldn't have intervened and leaves. Lena is, like Ethan, very stubborn in her choices. 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. They make a trade with The Book of Moons hoping to resurrect Ethan; the trade being Ethan's life for someone else's. The books are set in a fictional town called Gatlin in South Carolina. The Sisters tell him that the locket comes from the year when General Sherman burned every plantation in Gatlin, except for Ravenwood Manor. Therefore Lena is the greatest, strongest, mightiest and most powerful character in the whole book series. Yeah, I admit it. You fall in love with the characters and want to keep reading until it's all finished. It was Ethan's life for something, which unexpectedly turns out to be Macon's life. In the vision, a girl named Genevieve is watching her mother's plantation, Greenbrier, burn down. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. Ethan follows Amma to her own home, where he watches as she goes out to the swamp and meets Lena's uncle, Macon Ravenwood. Link is one of her friends through Ethan. Sarafine tells Lena that she will be able to Claim her own self for the Dark or Light at midnight. The first book in the instant NYT bestselling gothic fantasy series; a modern paranormal romance set against the gothic backdrop of an isolated southern town. For example, the relationship between Lena and Sarafine is ANYTHING but simple. Lena and Ethan dance together and finally say that they love each other. I don't want to see you get hurt, and that's what will happen if you get too close to me. Beautiful Creatures was signed by Little,Brown,and Company for a four-book series,the Caster Chronicles,with the follow-up books titled: She is Ethan Wate's love interest in the first novel of the series, eventually becoming his girlfriend. 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. Before moving to Gatlin, Lena begins to have recurring dreams of a teenage boy who saves her. This is not for anyone under 12. Lena claims herself to be both Dark and Light, killing off both Twyla, a Light Caster and Larkin, a Dark Caster (also Lena's cousin) since on her last birthday, Lena had learned that if she was to turn Dark, then all the Light Casters in her family will die and if she turned Light, all the Dark Casters in her family will die. What book is Lena reading in Beautiful Creatures? Ethan can overhear their conversation, as Amma tells Lena that Sarafine is actually her mother. "THAT crazed girl improvising her music. The character build is fabulous. 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. One-shot about what happened after the ending of the movie Beautiful Creatures. The book was published on December 1, 2009, by Little, Brown, and Company.In the UK, Beautiful Creatures is published by Penguin Books. Sarafine was believed to be dead since then until she shows up to prove otherwise in Beautiful Creatures. He drives to Ravenwood Manor and goes inside to find Lena lying on a table, with most of her family members standing around her. Since Lena is intensely in love with Ethan, she is shown to have a vicious level jealousy side. 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. However, being a kind hearted person with good nature, he instead chooses to . Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. Lena reminisces about the first time she saw him and how she knew she would fall in love with him noticing how even "the sky looked different" after she started to fall for him. I don't care if it's a hundred degrees and every blade of grass dies. After Lena (reluctantly) admits that she does not want to see Ethan there, Link, Liv and Ethan himself leave. Ethan assures her that will not happen, and he kisses Lena for the first time. Lena soon even begins to grow so close to him that she soon reveals her supernatural family heritage and how she is a Caster. He will stop at nothing in order to be with Lena and his loved ones again. In Beautiful Creatures, Lena avoids . 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. In Ethans early conversations with Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert), he notices that she is reading Charles Bukowskis You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense, a book of poetry published in 1986. 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. At Gatlin High's winter formal, some of the girls ruin Lena's dress by pouring liquid soap on her and Ethan. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. 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. (My first book rating, be gentle..). Because of the strong intensity of her love towards Ethan, Lena has a strong jealous side. However, given the plot details of the last installment of the series, it has been confirmed that Ethan did in fact die. Ethan states he didn't have a choice. 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. Amma and Macon have questions they want to ask the ghosts of Amma's relatives, whom she refers to as the Greats. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, "Okay, little Miss I'm-Not-Here-to-Steal-Your-Boyfriend. He reads Vonnegut and Kerouac, Salinger and Krakauer, and he dreams of going to the real places within his favorite books. Lena can be seen next to Ridley during their graduation. 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. Its one of my favorite book series. 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. The day of Lena's 16th birthday, Ethan goes to Ravenwood Manor to see her. As a Natural/Cataclyst, Lena has the power to perform casts and rituals with complete ease. This is best shown with Liv; whom Lena overall hated due to heavily suspecting she held feelings towards Ethan and, as a result, treated her rather coldly and harshly. 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