Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena ...
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Nov 24, 2011
Hannah-Linn
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You know what freaks me out a bit? That I never finished this book....
I was reading it, and then I wasn't and it was two weeks later and I found it in the back of my closet.
It was just...good. But I there were parts that were so boring I wanted to tear my eyes out. And I have to admit that after three books of action and drama of apocalyptic proportions, I think I was a little tired of it.
I'll have to see what my cousin thinks. They were like her favorite books, and More...
I was reading it, and then I wasn't and it was two weeks later and I found it in the back of my closet.
It was just...good. But I there were parts that were so boring I wanted to tear my eyes out. And I have to admit that after three books of action and drama of apocalyptic proportions, I think I was a little tired of it.
I'll have to see what my cousin thinks. They were like her favorite books, and More...
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Feb 15, 2012
Can't wait to read it! Beautiful Chaos, I wonder what chaos is gonna happen! ;)
I wanna learn more about Link and I seriously am getting annoyed with the new moons... but I love the lyrical things in it. I hope something happens to Lena, that she finally picks a side or something else, then that is definitely chaotic :)
Can't wait :D
I wanna learn more about Link and I seriously am getting annoyed with the new moons... but I love the lyrical things in it. I hope something happens to Lena, that she finally picks a side or something else, then that is definitely chaotic :)
Can't wait :D
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Oct 28, 2011
Heidi
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Five stars: This series continues to excel.
Things are not quite right in Gatlin, nor are they right in the Mortal and Caster Worlds. The events that transpired at Lena's forced Seventeenth Moon Claiming created far reaching consequences. A crack splintered through the Order of Things; a slit formed in our world that is slowly spreading, sprawling and decimating life as we know it. Gatlin is plagued by relentless, scorching heat, grasshoppers, a dried up lake and the Baptists led More...
Things are not quite right in Gatlin, nor are they right in the Mortal and Caster Worlds. The events that transpired at Lena's forced Seventeenth Moon Claiming created far reaching consequences. A crack splintered through the Order of Things; a slit formed in our world that is slowly spreading, sprawling and decimating life as we know it. Gatlin is plagued by relentless, scorching heat, grasshoppers, a dried up lake and the Baptists led More...
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Mar 14, 2011
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Aaaaaaaaaaaawwww the cover's out! And it was black and what yellloooorrrrwwww????!!!!!!! Why?
OMG the title's out, Beautfiul Chaos, I lab it ^^
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Can't wait for this one, Beautiful Darkness pawns...
If Link is going to be an Incubus I wanna marry him ^^
Aaaaaaaaaaaawwww the cover's out! And it was black and what yellloooorrrrwwww????!!!!!!! Why?
OMG the title's out, Beautfiul Chaos, I lab it ^^
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Can't wait for this one, Beautiful Darkness pawns...
If Link is going to be an Incubus I wanna marry him ^^
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Dec 03, 2011
Patrick Marvin
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**Since I'm not going to post on our blog anymore, I have decided to put and write all of my reviews here on Goodreads, starting with this book.
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It's been a month since I finished reading this book.
Beautiful Chaos continues the story of the Mortal Ethan Wate and his love, the Caster Lena Duchannes. After surviving the happenings in the tunnels and claiming herself as both Light and Dark, Lena and the rest of Gatlin experiences near-apocalyptic events and must find More...
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It's been a month since I finished reading this book.
Beautiful Chaos continues the story of the Mortal Ethan Wate and his love, the Caster Lena Duchannes. After surviving the happenings in the tunnels and claiming herself as both Light and Dark, Lena and the rest of Gatlin experiences near-apocalyptic events and must find More...
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Oct 30, 2011
Don
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I've long felt (particularly with the previous book Beautiful Darkness) that the Caster Chronicles (1) don't need to each be 500 pages long and (2) don't even need to be a series. A book or two could have probably done the job.
But here we are at massive book #3. I do still very much like the series and considering the cliffhanger, am patiently waiting for book #4. Beautiful Chaos has many of the strengths of its predecessors: the rich Southern atmosphere (I practically read this series More...
But here we are at massive book #3. I do still very much like the series and considering the cliffhanger, am patiently waiting for book #4. Beautiful Chaos has many of the strengths of its predecessors: the rich Southern atmosphere (I practically read this series More...
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Nov 21, 2011
Lissa
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2 Painful Stars!
I am still having a hard time reading this series… and an even harder time reviewing it… However, it is over…
Beautiful Chaos(Caster Chronicles #3)BY Kami Garcia
Lissa’s Third Hardest Review Ever
I had stated in my review of book two Beautiful Darkness that I honestly could not wait to see where the authors are taking the story. Well, the authors took me on a long journey that lead to, what I am sure is another boo More...
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Nov 21, 2011
Cyndy
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I LOVED IT!!!!!! I think the ending was disappointing if there isn't going to be a sequel. Did anyone else notice the "Nineteen Moons" thing on the back page?
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Feb 14, 2012
I am so excited about beautiful chaos!! I know is going to be as stoning as the previews ones.Waiting for the Chaos of Lena and Ethan to turn Beautiful..
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Jan 10, 2012
Aimee
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If I thought the first two Caster Chronicles books were good, Beautiful Chaos was awesome!
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Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. Even More...
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Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. Even More...
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Nov 08, 2011
Amanda
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The cliff hanger. Oh the cliff hanger. How I hate cliff hangers.
The way the story ends... ughhh! I really can't believe it. Never have I read a book with this big of a cliff hanger.
Anywho, continuing on.
I liked Beautiful Chaos a lot more than Beautiful Darkness. There are a lot of secrets and a lot of sleuthing but on the down side, I found this book was very predictable. Well, at least some parts... the most important part.
<spoiler> I mean really. The one who is tw More...
The way the story ends... ughhh! I really can't believe it. Never have I read a book with this big of a cliff hanger.
Anywho, continuing on.
I liked Beautiful Chaos a lot more than Beautiful Darkness. There are a lot of secrets and a lot of sleuthing but on the down side, I found this book was very predictable. Well, at least some parts... the most important part.
<spoiler> I mean really. The one who is tw More...
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Jan 24, 2012
Kana
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Summary
This is the third installment of the Caster Chronicles. The story of a caster (witch), her soulmate, and all those involved - specifically their family/friends and the adventure of keeping the world safe from evil. (That was an extremely simplified version of this story, so please don't think this a straight forward series. It's not, by any means.) The plot is much more complicated than that, but I couldn't think of a way to explain it without giving away spoilers.
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This is the third installment of the Caster Chronicles. The story of a caster (witch), her soulmate, and all those involved - specifically their family/friends and the adventure of keeping the world safe from evil. (That was an extremely simplified version of this story, so please don't think this a straight forward series. It's not, by any means.) The plot is much more complicated than that, but I couldn't think of a way to explain it without giving away spoilers.
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Nov 18, 2011
Darkfallen
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The only thing standing in the way of this book getting 5 stars is the length. I never really thought I would say that a book was too long but here I am. While I LOVED about 90% of this book, I think that it is a little long for YA.
Now enough of that...let's get on with the book!
The heat is rising, the insects are swarming, the lake has dried up...these are just a few of the things that are happening to the fine town of Gatlin ever since Lena claimed herself, split the mo More...
Now enough of that...let's get on with the book!
The heat is rising, the insects are swarming, the lake has dried up...these are just a few of the things that are happening to the fine town of Gatlin ever since Lena claimed herself, split the mo More...
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Oct 30, 2011
Lothfleur
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Voilà encore un sacré tome qui s’ajoute à la série. Ce qui est bien c’est que c’est dense, on a vraiment de quoi se mettre sous la dent et puis il y a cette belle longueur sans temps morts (mais pas sans morts)… Les tomes de cette série me semblent meilleurs les uns les autres !
Tous les personnages en prennent pour leur grade, d’une certaine façon, entre Link qui est devenu incube à un quart, chose qui n’est pas facile, Liv qui n’a plus le droit de voir Marian (ni Ethan, merci Lena) et que More...
Tous les personnages en prennent pour leur grade, d’une certaine façon, entre Link qui est devenu incube à un quart, chose qui n’est pas facile, Liv qui n’a plus le droit de voir Marian (ni Ethan, merci Lena) et que More...
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Oct 26, 2011
Jordan
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Intense. Dévastateur. Palpitant. Voilà ce que je retiendrais de 18 Lunes. Je viens juste de le finir et j'en suis complètement retourné. Écrire un avis cohérent après une telle lecture risque d'être coton... Ce roman, je ne l'ai pas adoré, j'ai fait plus que ça. J'ai totalement succombé à son histoire, à ses personnages et à son univers.
Ouaw. Quelle lecture, franchement. J'avais vraiment hâte de retrouver Ethan, Lena, Link, Ridley, Liv et tous les autres protagonistes. Maintenant que je le More...
Ouaw. Quelle lecture, franchement. J'avais vraiment hâte de retrouver Ethan, Lena, Link, Ridley, Liv et tous les autres protagonistes. Maintenant que je le More...
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Dec 01, 2011
I gotta warn ya.... Your going to cry a lot when you read the last about 120 pages of this book. Right now, writing this, I'm still crying... I cried harder and harder as I passed each page. I expect another book to the series.. If not... I'm forming a mob and attacking Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.. But then they wouldn't be able to write... So, yeah I'll think about later.
Ethan Wate is the most absolute thoughtful guy on earth. Iwould fell in love with him in Beautiful Cr
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Ethan Wate is the most absolute thoughtful guy on earth. I
Feb 05, 2012
Jennifer
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I have not finished this book. And I need to state that I get quite irritated when I read reviews and the reviewer says they haven't finished the book yet. But, I don't think I can get through the book and I wanted to write about it. Maybe I will skim it just to see how it ends. When I started this series I was pleasantly surprised and thought it was a fresh approach to the teen supernatural genre, especially since the overly beautiful mysteriously powerful love interest was female for a cha
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Jan 27, 2012
Rachel
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Honestly, the first book of the series had me captivated. By the second I was getting a little sick of it. By the third book I was bored, until towards the end. It was very intriguing ending. And I will admit I cried my eyes out. I love all of the characters, except for Ridley, she's very surprising. Ridley strikes me as a spoiled girl who doesn't know all of the best things she already has until they leave. This was another part where I cried, when she thought she wasn't good enough for Link an
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Jan 18, 2012
Stephanie
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This review was first published on the blog Bottom Line Book Reviews: http://www.thebottomlinebookreviews.blog...
If you thought Lena claiming herself in Beautiful Darkness was an end to all Ethan and Lena’s troubles, you were completely wrong. Lena’s claiming has left the town of Gatlin on the verge of a full-scale apocalypse, sweltering heat waves, massive earthquakes and ravenous locusts are just a few of the things bent on destroying Gatlin. If that isn’t enough, Ethan is losing mem More...
If you thought Lena claiming herself in Beautiful Darkness was an end to all Ethan and Lena’s troubles, you were completely wrong. Lena’s claiming has left the town of Gatlin on the verge of a full-scale apocalypse, sweltering heat waves, massive earthquakes and ravenous locusts are just a few of the things bent on destroying Gatlin. If that isn’t enough, Ethan is losing mem More...
Jan 03, 2012
Stella
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Rating: 3.5 stars
With its slow pace, Beautiful Chaos feels more like a book-bridge between the last one and the first two. I kinda missed the magic, more present in Beautiful Darkness, but I liked all the development all the characters got, especially the secondary ones like Amma, Marian, Link, the Sisters, etc. As for the main protagonists, Lena remains boring compared to the rest and Ethan keeps being sympathetic. I felt he grew up more during the course of this novel than his fema More...
With its slow pace, Beautiful Chaos feels more like a book-bridge between the last one and the first two. I kinda missed the magic, more present in Beautiful Darkness, but I liked all the development all the characters got, especially the secondary ones like Amma, Marian, Link, the Sisters, etc. As for the main protagonists, Lena remains boring compared to the rest and Ethan keeps being sympathetic. I felt he grew up more during the course of this novel than his fema More...
Dec 29, 2011
Janie
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Dec 07, 2011
Breannab
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I've read the other books in this series, and I have to say that I was disappointed. The characters weren't very exciting, with the exception of Ridley, but she left in the book! The plot wasn't great at all. It was pretty bland. I just didn't like this book as much as the other ones. It made me think that the only reason they made this addition to the series was to probably buy their kid some braces or something.
I expected there to be some big climactic ending and there wasn't. It ende More...
I expected there to be some big climactic ending and there wasn't. It ende More...
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Dec 05, 2011
Beautiful chaos was amazing the best one in the series.
Just as Ethan Wate started to get used to the strange and impossible things happening in Gatlin, things take a turn for the worst. Swarms of locusts eat up all the vegetation, record-breaking heat lasts for months, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin. But other than that Ethan’s life isn’t exactly what you would call normal. His girlfriend Lena is a Caster who has claimed herself both dark and light. Ethan and Lena try to understand t More...
Just as Ethan Wate started to get used to the strange and impossible things happening in Gatlin, things take a turn for the worst. Swarms of locusts eat up all the vegetation, record-breaking heat lasts for months, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin. But other than that Ethan’s life isn’t exactly what you would call normal. His girlfriend Lena is a Caster who has claimed herself both dark and light. Ethan and Lena try to understand t More...
Dec 04, 2011
Kris
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Review copied from original post at Imaginary Reads (belatedly)
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl continue to amaze and confound me with the Caster Chronicles. Things haven’t been right in Gatlin since, well, book one, and I still don’t know how conflict will be resolved and even then, there will be a happy ending at all. Book Three is the most riveting book yet in the Caster Chronicles. Garcia and Stohl had me devouring this book late at night, and I confess that I’ll be rereading this More...
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl continue to amaze and confound me with the Caster Chronicles. Things haven’t been right in Gatlin since, well, book one, and I still don’t know how conflict will be resolved and even then, there will be a happy ending at all. Book Three is the most riveting book yet in the Caster Chronicles. Garcia and Stohl had me devouring this book late at night, and I confess that I’ll be rereading this More...
Dec 03, 2011
Laura
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I am always looking forward to the next instalment of this saga, but somehow they never live up to the first one, Beautiful Creatures, that seemed to me so full of promise, magic and romance. In this volume we find Lena and Ethan back together and in love, but the plot seems unfocused, lacking a clear direction.
I think this problem may arise from the fact that the story continues to be told from Ethan's point of view, and the main unexplained events regard him: if he were aware of them, th More...
I think this problem may arise from the fact that the story continues to be told from Ethan's point of view, and the main unexplained events regard him: if he were aware of them, th More...
Nov 28, 2011
Ciara
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Beautiful Chaos was by far the best book in the series so far. Im not gonna talk about anything specific that happened because my summary would dull in comparison. Its better if you just read it, and experience everything for yourself. What I will say is that so much happens in this book, there isnt a dull moment from start to finish. The whole book is filled with them random funny moments, that no matter how many times you reread them, you wont be able to stop yourself from laughing. The charac
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Nov 18, 2011
Dolores
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So, I'm not much of a fan of bleak, tortured, angsty prose. For a book to hold my attention, something needs to happen. Something other than a lot of talk. BUT... I remembered that "Beautiful Darkness" started off the same way, then picked up in pace, and turned into a really good book. So I stuck with this one. And stuck with it... Well, I have to say I was disappointed. Everything I loved most about the series seemed to be missing. There wasn't a lot of action, and when something did
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Nov 12, 2011
Amanda
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First Impressions: I’ve been obsessed with this series ever since Beautiful Creatures and the massive Beautiful Darkness. After finishing Beautiful Darkness, I was basically freaking out because I knew it would be awhile before this latest installment would be released. Lucky for me, I was able to receive a copy for a review. Not that I wouldn’t have ran out on its release day and bought it, because I totally would ha More...
First Impressions: I’ve been obsessed with this series ever since Beautiful Creatures and the massive Beautiful Darkness. After finishing Beautiful Darkness, I was basically freaking out because I knew it would be awhile before this latest installment would be released. Lucky for me, I was able to receive a copy for a review. Not that I wouldn’t have ran out on its release day and bought it, because I totally would ha More...
Nov 01, 2011
Pamela
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Beautiful Chaos, the third book in the Caster Chronicles series, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, has legions of fans. Teens adore the supernatural love story of Mortal Ethan Wate and Caster Lena Duchannes.
The first person narrator continues to be Ethan, the protagonist. The small Southern town of Gatlin comes to life, complete with church-going mothers, mean cheerleaders, housekeepers who whip up delicious fried chicken and sweet tea, ancient aunts who dabble in the "otherworld More...
The first person narrator continues to be Ethan, the protagonist. The small Southern town of Gatlin comes to life, complete with church-going mothers, mean cheerleaders, housekeepers who whip up delicious fried chicken and sweet tea, ancient aunts who dabble in the "otherworld More...
