Hello everyone! I was asked to spread the word about something really exciting called Penguin Chats! A 'Penguin Chat' itself will be a 30 minute Q&A with a Penguin author on Twitter, using #PenguinChats and hosted by @PenguinUKBooks. And, I am thrilled to announce that the first authors will be Margaret Stohl (@mstohl) and Kami Garcia (@kamigarcia), this will take place on Sunday 27th Jan @8PM GMT. In the half hour the authors will answer questions about the series and the upcoming movie (how exciting?) I will posting some wonderful Beautiful Creatures content this week so be sure to come check it out! I hope everyone is as excited as I am, I ADORE this series and am always banging on about it to anyone who will listen. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the rest of the post! Be sure to check out the Penguin blog for more info.
Is
falling in the love the beginning . . . or the end? In Ethan Wate’s hometown
there lies the darkest of secrets . . .
There
is a girl.
There
is a curse.
In
the end, there is a grave.
Ethan
never even saw it coming.
*movie tie-in cover*
Beautiful
Darkness
One
night in the rain, Ethan Wate opened his eyes and fell in love with Lena
Duchannes. His life would never be the same.
Lena is a Caster
and her family is locked in a supernatural civil war. On her sixteenth birthday
Lena made a terrifying choice, which now
haunts her day and night. And as her seventeenth birthday approaches, Lena and Ethan face even greater danger. A Caster and a
Mortal can never truly be together. Every kiss is a curse. Ethan’s next
heartbeat could be his last. It is their curse now . . .
Beautiful
Chaos
Ethan
Wate is in love with a Caster girl and when he looks at Lena
it’s like there’s no one else in the world. But Ethan is Mortal and on her
seventeenth birthday Lena made a choice that
changed everything. The girl Ethan loves has broken the world with the
supernatural powers she is struggling to control . . .
Now,
if they are to fix the chaos that Lena has
caused, one of them must make a terrible sacrifice. Sometimes there isn’t just
one answer. Sometimes there’s no going back. And this time there won’t be a
happy ending.
Beautiful
Redemption
Ethan
Wate always dreamed of leaving the stifling Southern town of Gatlin. But he never dreamt that finding love
with Lena Duchannes would drive him away. Now Ethan must find a way to return
to Lena – and Gatlin – as she vows to do
whatever it takes to get him back. Even if it means trusting old enemies or
risking their loved ones’ lives . . . Can Ethan and Lena
rewrite their fate and their spellbinding love story in this stunning finale to
the Beautiful Creatures series?
Ethan Lawson
Wate
Ethan is 16 years old and is the books narrator. Six months prior to the start of the
book his mother was killed in a car crash and, since then, his father has
become a recluse, rarely leaving his library. Ethan dreams of leaving Gatlin to
travel the world and fears becoming stuck like many of the town’s residents.
He
meets and falls deeply in love with Lena Duchannes, a Caster, and also
discovers that he and his family are more involved with the darkness of the
Caster world than he could have ever imagined.
Quote:
Quote:
“There
are only kinds of people in my town. The stupid and the stuck.”
“I’m
a freak, you’re a freak. Your house makes rooms disappear, my house makes
people disappear. Your shut-in uncle is nuts and my shut-in dad is a lunatic,
so I don’t know what you think makes us different.”
“Maybe
you don’t have to be a Caster to have power. Maybe you just have to fall for
one.”
Lena Duchannes
Lena is an
outsider in a small town like Gatlin, regarded with suspicion by many who
misunderstand her. She was born a Natural Caster – an extremely rare type of
Caster with incredibly powerful supernatural abilities. When we first meet her,
Lena is awaiting her 16th birthday,
when she will discover if she will be claimed by the Dark or the Light. Her
deepest fear is of becoming Dark and turning into a cruel and evil Caster.
Before
moving to Gatlin, Lena has recurring dreams of
a teenage boy who saves her and when she meets Ethan, she realises he is the boy
in her dreams. But can he save her? Or will her Caster powers be too dangerous
for a mortal like Ethan?
Quote:
Quote:
“You’re
not the only one falling.”
“In case something happens tonight, I just
wanted you to know; I love you, Ethan.”
“You’re
a Mortal. You can’t understand. I don’t want to see you get hurt, and that’s
what will happen if you get too close to me.”
Macon Ravenwood
Macon ‘Melchizedek’
Ravenwood, is Lena’s uncle and was chosen to
watch over her until her 16th birthday. Despite his reputation as
the ‘bogeyman’ of Gatlin, he is kind, generous and will go to any length to
protect those he loves. He is rarely seen without his dog Boo, whom he
describes as his “eyes.”Quote:
“Do
you know what lengths I will go to, to keep her safe for five months? What it
will cost me? How it will drain me, perhaps, destroy me?”
“I
warned you that this friendship would be dangerous, that it could develop into
something more. A future between the two of them is an impossibility.”
“Mortals.
I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was
done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.”
Link
Wesley
Jefferson Lincoln, better known as Link, is Ethan’s best friend and the on/off
love interest of Lena’s cousin Ridley
Duchannes. His life, like Ethan’s, changes upon the arrival of Lena in Gatlin when he discovers the existence of the
Caster world – and falls in love with the dangerous Siren, Ridley.Quote:
“Ladies,
ladies. There’s no need to fight. There’s plenty of this to go around.”
“I
know I’m an idiot, but there’s one girl in my head right now.”
“You’re
not gonna kiss me, are you?”
Ridley
Duchannes
Ridley
(born Julia) Duchannes is Lena’s cousin and
childhood ex-best friend, as well as the on/off girlfriend of Link. She became
Dark on her 16th birthday and is also a Siren – a seductress who can
easily entrap and control human minds. Ridley is wild, stubborn and rebellious,
and when armed with a red lollipop, can make people do anything she wants.
Despite being Dark, she genuinely cares for Lena
and risks her life to help Ethan and Link save her cousin.Quote:
“Take
a good look Hot Rod. This is the last time you’re ever gonna see me.”
“Got
any big plans for your birthday, Cuz?”
“Don’t
look so wounded. We had fun while it lasted.”
Here is a picture of Kami & Margaret with the actors.
I haven't finsihed the series yet either! Though I mostly enjoyed the first few books, so I think I will have to before I watch the movie (which I deifnitely plan to). :) Anyway, thanks for sharing this!
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