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Chaos

(Caster Chronicles #3)

Kami Garcia (Goodreads Author),

Margaret Stohl (Goodreads Author)

3.92 · Rating details · 95,581 ratings · 4,713 reviews

Ethan dacht dat hij gewend begon te raken aan vreemde, onmogelijk gebeurtenissen in Gatlin. Maar nu Ethan en Lena weer thuis zijn, hebben de woorden 'vreemd'en 'onmogelijk' nieuwe betekenissen gekregen. Zwermen sprinkhanen, recordbrekende hitte en verwoestende stormen teisteren Gatlin. Ethan en Lena proberen te begrijpen wat de vloek van Lena nu eigenlijk betekent. Zelfs L ...more

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Published April 9th 2013 by The House of Books (first published October 18th 2011)

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May 10, 2018 Miranda Reads rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, literally-painful-to-read

2.5 stars

This Chaos was not Beautiful. It was just Chaos.

When I first met you, that's what I remember. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks different.

Its just... everything is SO DRAMATIC all the time. I'm exhausted. I'm drained. I just don't care anymore.

The mortal world is in a state of Beautiful Chaos and destruction, which will ultimately lead to an exquisite end.

See? It's all fluff and drama and ANGST.

All of these plots ...more

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Oct 14, 2010 Kate Kaynak marked it as to-read · review of another edition

You know you have a good book series going when hundreds of people add "Untitled Book #3" to their to-read lists... ...more

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Mar 11, 2019 Charlotte May rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 500-page-plus, supernatural-paranormal, romance, ya

"In the end, the wheel crushes us all."

3.5 ⭐️

I'm finding with this series, that although it isn't good per se, and sometimes the teen angst and the constant fear the world is going to end can get very tiresome, I still find myself wanting to know what will happen next.
Damn if that isn't an accomplishment if these writers can keep me reading despite some questionable plot points!

We are now on the 'eighteenth moon' and once again Ethan is hearing voices and songs in his head. The world order has ...more

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Mar 24, 2011 Hannah-Linn rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: witches

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 she hasn't read this yet. ...more

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Mar 06, 2011 Janus the Erudite Artist rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-paperback

I am disappointed.

I started reading Beautiful Chaos with a huge smile and ended up with a frown on my face.

After the great adventure I experienced with Beautiful Darkness, I expected Beautiful Chaos to surpass the excitement and thrill of the 2nd book of the Caster Chronicles. Sadly, it just dragged on; and to think that I was really, really eager to see a lot of great things from this book.

There were several elements that bothered me while reading Beautiful Chaos, and they are as follows:

THE I am disappointed.

I started reading Beautiful Chaos with a huge smile and ended up with a frown on my face.

After the great adventure I experienced with Beautiful Darkness, I expected Beautiful Chaos to surpass the excitement and thrill of the 2nd book of the Caster Chronicles. Sadly, it just dragged on; and to think that I was really, really eager to see a lot of great things from this book.

There were several elements that bothered me while reading Beautiful Chaos, and they are as follows:

THE PACING. It didn’t bother me that the first book, Beautiful Creatures, started out slow; I get it. There were a lot of things I needed to sink my brain into. Then came Beautiful Darkness that blew me away with such a thrilling adventure, which up until now, I could still not get over by the way. Unfortunately Beautiful Chaos came out slower than the first and just happened to be even less eventful too.

CHARACTER INTERACTION. None of the characters wanted to tell anybody anything. They’ve always been so secretive during the first and second book, and it’s obvious that keeping secrets just gets them deeper into trouble and yet they keep doing so. I really wanted to jump inside the book and slap each character senseless. When will they ever learn???

PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS. Another thing the characters don’t seem to learn or improve at. The constant “I don’t know” and “We need to figure out soon” is really getting old. They keep saying they’ll figure it out and yet ‘till the end, they still haven’t. They keep trying to find a way to solve it fast but then end up with something else to worry about. It’s an endless cycle.

THE NUMBER OF PAGES. 500+ pages of all of talk and worry and not much going on is a pain. There are some chapters that I felt asking myself if they were really necessary to the story or not.

CLIFFHANGERS. Another endless matter. How many moons will it take for anything to actually happen that’ll push me off my seat?

NOT ENOUGH LINK. Seriously?! He turns into a quarter-incubus and that’s when he gets pushed aside? I had seen him in a more significant role as a mere mortal than now when he’s got more power in him. Not cool.

So there. I feel so bad for ranting out but I really had such high hopes for this book. I’m a little skeptical about reading the next after this. I don’t know if it would get anywhere at all.

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Oct 26, 2011 Heidi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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 by the intimidat ...more

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Feb 12, 2020 Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, 21th-century, romance, united-states, young-adult, fantasy

Beautiful Chaos (Caster Chronicles, #3), Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Beautiful Chaos is a fantasy young adult novel by authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The book is the third entry in the Caster Chronicles series and was released on October 18, 2011.

Beautiful Chaos is the third installment of the Beautiful Creatures saga. In the beginning of this book Ethan and Lena are reunited and back together again.

After Lena's Claiming on her seventeenth birthday with one green eye and one gold, the ...more

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Oct 04, 2017 Elle♣ rated it it was ok · review of another edition

2 stars

*Sigh*

The first book in the series was enjoyable. Not perfect or mind-blowing, but it was interesting and it made me want to read the other books. Luckily, I had the second one on hand to read straight away after I finished the first one. It was fine. Very boring, repetitive from the first and everything that happened in it was expected. The questionably good girl gone bad trope was poor. As usual.

But alas, I wanted to see where the story was heading and so I picked this one up and after ...more

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Feb 05, 2012 Jennifer rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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 change ...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Don rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, fantasy

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 just for 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 just for that), the poetic writing and a cast of characters I care about who are both quirky and human. That probably goes a long way to explaining the book's length: the authors just want to watch these characters go about their not-so-normal everyday lives. I really like those segments. If only they weren't mixed in with the "something terrible is going to happen" trick the authors have pulled on their readers twice already.

The "plot" sits in "something terrible is going to happen" mode for about 400 hundred pages. Call it 'the question stage.' Then the reader gets about 100 pages to actually clear up the mysteries ('the answer stage') and then the last 30 or so for the thing you were waiting for to really start ('the consequence stage'). And then the authors cut it short: they end on a cliffhanger. So I can only imagine that book #3 has really just been prologue to book #4.

I spent too much time yelling at the characters, "It's ----!" but didn't get sated until it was too late and the authors wouldn't even let me enjoy the payoff. I was practically cheering the character to his/her death just for the pure pleasure of "something is actually happening!" The main push, of course, is for me to buy book #4 and I suppose it has worked in so far as I might be annoyed but invested enough in these characters to see them through.

I don't know how to solve this "imbalance": between the slice-of-life stuff and the high stakes "our love is destroying the world" stuff. At least, Beautiful Chaos handled it better than Beautiful Darkness. ...more

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Apr 27, 2015 Marnie (Enchanted Bibliophile) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, fantasy-fiction, books-i-own, romance-novel, young-adult

This book left me very conflicted!

NOTE: this review will contain spoilers for Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness.

While I loved all the relationships, characters and the plot, this book went way to dark for me.
Personally I feel that this could have been just as great a book with out all the demonic activity. Yes I get Abraham is dark and evil. Yes I get that he is not so powerful that he can cause this type of destruction all by himself, but really?
And Amma disappointed me so bad, she did ...more

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Sep 07, 2010 Joyzi marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Peeps who don't mind emo girl and gay boy

Recommended to Joyzi by: Goodreads

Shelves: author-american, fiction, book-series, ya-books, paranormal-romance

2011

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 ^^ ...more

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Mar 30, 2011 Patrick rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: All fans of YA Fantasy genre, and fans of Caster Chronicles

Shelves: books-i-own, 2011-reads, bought, 4-stars

**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.

Review
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 a way to stop this while ...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Neil (or bleed) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: i-loved-it-aka-all-time-faves

“The mortal world is in a state of Beautiful Chaos and destruction, which will ultimately lead to an exquisite end.”

My favorite cover in the series because YELLOW! LOL!

Like what I said in my review of Beautiful Darkness, the title of this third book of Caster Chronicles are very much suitable to what is happening inside the book. Beautiful Chaos. Like my brain during and after reading it.

Actually, I almost lose my mind because there's a lot of events happened to Ethan, there's a lot of rev ...more

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Aug 12, 2017 High Lady of The Night Court rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-read

I think this is my favorite book in the series so far. Unlike the last book, the plot picks up in this book pretty quickly and the story moves more quickly. I feel like this book had the most plot compared to the last 2(but that could be because I've gotten used to the world and the characters and know so much more know).
Now, we've returned to world where the order is broken and honestly nothing is set right. Amma and everything else is darker than ever before. the Eighteenth Moon doesn't seem t ...more

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Jun 20, 2018 Tijana rated it liked it · review of another edition

Before staring this book:
Everyone: Caster Chronicles go downhill after the second sequel.
Me*covering ears*: lalalalala Caster Chronicles is one of the best series evaaa lalala

Progress 0-70%:
Me: This book sucks, nothing's happening, just dumb teenage drama! Why didn't anyone warn me??
Everyone: ...

Finally making it to the last 30% of the book after weeks of trying:

"Would you mind getting the door for an old woman? I'm not feeling like myself today."
"That door?"
"That very one." She let go of the I ...more

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Oct 18, 2019 MissBecka Gee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, z2019-books-i-read, completed-library-rentals

This was my favourite one so far!
This series isn't something I will probably read again.
The books are long and don't have much substance to them...but by golly are they fun!
Looking forward to seeing how it all comes together in the last book. ...more

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Mar 06, 2011 Rosy added it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-to-kill-for-d

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. I ~~would~~ fell in love with him in Beautiful Creatures, cared and ...more

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Jun 29, 2011 Tracett rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I just finished reading an advanced reader of Beautiful Chaos - the tears are not yet dry on my face. If you've read the previous two books, you already know this is about the parochial and sometimes beleaguered southern city of Gatlin. Beautiful Chaos is about love, not just the fun kissy face kind of love, although there is plenty of that, it's about the deep abiding devotion that love can engender. As Ethan Wate struggles to understand his world, he learns that great sacrifices and rewards ca ...more

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Dec 20, 2013 Lazaros rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: magic and urban fantasy lovers

Shelves: urban-fantasy, paranormal, fantasy, all-time-favorites, magic, supernatural, young-adult, romance

This was fantastic!
Even better than the two previous installments and it just keeps getting better and better by each book.

I just love how every book seems to be focused on a virtue, like this one that was about sacrifice and doing the right thing when you know it's the only way to help those you love!

Ethan Wate is an amazing dude, I just idolize him. He is a person who would do anything, anything at all, for those he loves and that's what he did in the end of this book!!

And I was left gaping li ...more

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Oct 31, 2010 Lindsay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, all-time-favorites, cover-lust, heart-pounding, tear-jerkers

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Waiting one year for this book after reading Beautiful Darkness was absolute torture. October was legit the month where all my favorite original YA series came out. Beautiful Creatures, Hush Hush, well they started my love for YA and a bunch of other genres. And after FINALLY reading Beautiful Chaos...well I have to say that I was not disappointed.

When I first opened the book, I was a little confused with what was going on because it's been so long since I've read the previous two books in the series. But everything quickly came back when the plot picked up. Everything was an absolute nightmare in Gatlin because of the Order being broken. The plot in this book was very exciting and nerve racking, especially with all the drama going on which I loved.

Another thing I love in this book is Ethan Wate! After two books, he is finally without a doubt swoonworthy in this book. He has grown up so much and finally doesn't seem overtly feminine like he did in the last book. My heart just ached for him after all he had to suffer through, right up to the end but I know that he cared for absolutely everyone in the book.

I also liked Lena a lot more in this book. It was nice for a change to see a couple want to be together and fight to be together instead of apart or even better, go through a love triangle. Thankfully, they moved on from this stage. Lena also matured a lot and it was great to see how involved she was in the relationship. So much more than she was from the last book. I could really feel the love this time and it was great. :)

It was really great seeing more of some of my old favorite characters. Amma of course, although she was more emotional in this book than ever before but for good reasons. It made me heartbroken to see her so sad. I also liked seeing Ethan's dad a lot more, especially since he's becoming more of himself. It was a surprise not seeing much of Macon in this book and he seemed more grave about what was to come.

But of course, my favorite character...Link! My dear Linkubus! Holy cow, Link was so so so precious in this book. Watching him going through his changes was strange but he was still Ethan's best friend through it all, beginning to end. And he loved Ridley. At first, Ridley and Link had a cute 'I'm going to make you jealous' game going on but then it got old. And my heart absolutely broke when (view spoiler)[Link said he wanted to take her cross country, just the two of them, because he loved her. I got so mad when Ridley said no. I mean, its so obvious they care about each other that it made me mad when she wasn't willing to go halfway because of her insecurities. (hide spoiler)] But I have a feeling this will be resolved by the end. Fingers crossed!

I was also pleasantly surprised with the twist on John Breed, especially with all that happened in the last book. I also liked Liv a lot more, especially since she only wanted to be friends with Ethan and she had her eyes set on another...;)

Overall, I loved this book so much. The ending absolutely killed me. As it was approaching, I could not stop crying because of the characters who didn't get their happy ending. But at the same time, there's still a chance for a good ending with the way Kami and Maragaret left it. I don't want to have to wait another damn year to get this book but unfortunately, time machines haven't been invented yet. Can't wait to see how this series finally ends.

Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars ...more

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Jan 10, 2020 Rachel rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own-book, flights-of-fantasy-2020, paranormal-book-club

Real rating: 4.5 stars. Tempted to round up!

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Nov 25, 2017 Alaina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, 2017, young-adult, fiction, paranormal, romance, sci-fi, supernatural, favorites

I'm pretty sure this is my favorite book so far in this series. It was just so good from the start and I completely consumed this book. Now I'm really trying hard not spoiling things in books today (with all of the reviews I'm writing) and this one will be really hard. I feel like I should just really talk about the ending because I just can't fully accept that the book ended like that. I seriously need to get my hands on the last book right now! I'm trying to persuade the person who has my book ...more

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Sep 02, 2012 Sophia (Bookwyrming Thoughts) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: in-my-habitat

Like most books I read, Beautiful Creatures was just randomly picked up and looked interesting, so I read it. Plus, I needed some books to occupy me and it was somehow on my to-read list already. I just didn't get the chance to read it over the summer. Call that lucky to be in the library at the time.

I will probably admit, that although I read the entire series, I didn't really like the first 2 books in the series. Except for the ending and the summaries. Which was why I continued reading the se Like most books I read, Beautiful Creatures was just randomly picked up and looked interesting, so I read it. Plus, I needed some books to occupy me and it was somehow on my to-read list already. I just didn't get the chance to read it over the summer. Call that lucky to be in the library at the time.

I will probably admit, that although I read the entire series, I didn't really like the first 2 books in the series. Except for the ending and the summaries. Which was why I continued reading the series. :) Or maybe there was just something special about Ethan, Lena, Riley, Link, etc that I just can't place a tab on? Or was there a little cliffhanger (which I totally love) that just urged me to read on and give the series another try?

I will also admit that I liked Beautiful Chaos overall. The character haven't changed... although they have. In a way. Ethan is still plain Wayward, just like from Day One. Besides getting "chased around" by his other self, of course. Lena is back to herself again, although she is now a light and dark caster due to the Seventeenth Moon. I didn't really enjoy Lena's distance and major meltdown from Beautiful Darkness, so it's nice to know that we get her back again.

Link has changed majorly in a way, at least in physical and how do you say this? erm, he's developed "Vampire-like" senses after being bit by John Breed from Beautiful Darkness, so he's now one-quarters Incubus. He's still on and off with Once Upon A Siren, Riley, but she's still same old, same old Riley. In Mortal form, yet continues about life Siren Style with no powers.

Overall, Beautiful Chaos is my favorite book out of the series so far. It's more action-packed than the books before it, even if it has quite the sad ending. I will most likely read the fourth and final book in the series, Beautiful Redemption (released already) because I just have to know what happens next to Ethan, Lena and the other characters.

Speaking of which, and I know I'm a bit off-topic, but who's excited for the Beautiful Creatures movie? I know am! The trailer looked awesome...

This review was originally posted on Bookwyrming Thoughts. ...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Amanda Book-Worm rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own

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.
(view spoiler) ...more

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Oct 30, 2011 Lissa Smith Reads'~Bookaholics Bookshelf Reviews rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Recommended to Lissa Smith Reads'~Bookaholics Bookshelf Reviews by: Book 4 Review Club

Shelves: 2011, 2stars

2 Painful Stars!

The Caster Chronicles 1-3 Collection by Kami Garcia

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 book. Just like with the first two in the series I had a hard t ...more

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May 16, 2011 Cyndy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

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? ...more

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May 20, 2013 Carol [Goodreads Addict] rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy, young-adult, witches

Ever since Lena claimed herself to be both light and dark on the seventeenth moon, nothing is right in Gatlin, NC. The heat has scorched everything. The town is infested with a locust type insect called lubbers. They have earthquakes. Even the Castor's powers aren't working properly. Ethan keeps having strange dreams and he keeps forgetting things, small parts of himself, memories. But, Ethan is the Wayward. He has to find "The one who is two" because that is who can fix everything. Put the worl Ever since Lena claimed herself to be both light and dark on the seventeenth moon, nothing is right in Gatlin, NC. The heat has scorched everything. The town is infested with a locust type insect called lubbers. They have earthquakes. Even the Castor's powers aren't working properly. Ethan keeps having strange dreams and he keeps forgetting things, small parts of himself, memories. But, Ethan is the Wayward. He has to find "The one who is two" because that is who can fix everything. Put the world back in order. But who is it?

First of all, I think that this is my favorite of this series so far. And a word of warning, it ends on a huge cliff hanger. Thank goodness I have the final book right here to start on as soon as I finish writing this. I can't say enough good things about who Ethan, Lena and yes, even Link, have become. I can feel the love between Ethan and Lena seeping off the pages into my own heart. Every time they touch or kiss, though, Lena has some sort of electrical charge and poor Ethan, his heart starts hammering and he almost passes out. But, they don't let this bother them. And the responsibility they carry on their shoulders. They are somehow trying to go to school and do the things other 17 year olds do but at the same time they are trying to save their town and all the people they love. And Link! I just love him. He is funny, quirky but at the same time, strong and loyal. He sticks by his best friend, Ethan, no matter what.

There is one particular quote I wanted to put in this review that really sums up the kind of person Ethan has become: Your first kiss isn't as important as your last. The math test really didn't matter. The pie really did. The stuff you're good at and the stuff you're bad at are just different parts of the same thing. Same goes for the people you love and the people you don't - and the people who love you and the people who don't. The only thing that mattered was that you cared about a few people. Life is really, really short.

I loved this book and can't wait to begin the final book, which I am going to do in about five minutes. ...more

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Jun 08, 2018 Jenn rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2018, 3-star-reads, wordy-af, young-adult, high-school-days, paranormal-supernatural, small-town-charm

So far from the series, I think this may be my favorite one so far. But man, this was still wordy as all hell.

Lena has pretty much broken the world with her life choices. When she claimed herself, no one foresaw the ripples that would have on the universe. Now, it's pretty much apocalypse time and no one knows quite what to do - and on top of that, Ethan is experiencing some really weird changes within himself, but he doesn't tell anyone about them, choosing to try to figure it out on his own - ...more

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May 20, 2011 Aimee ♥ | Aimee, Always rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: covergasm, ending-sucked

If I thought the first two Caster Chronicles books were good, Beautiful Chaos was awesome!

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Synopsis:
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 Lena's family of powerfu ...more

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About Kami Garcia

Kami Garcia

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Kami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author. 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. In 2013, Beautiful Creatures released as a feature film from Warner Brothers. Kami is a cofounder of the YALLFEST kid lit book festival and the author of five solo ...more

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“I'll love you until the day after forever.” — 357 likes

“When I first met you, that's what I remember. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks different.” — 281 likes

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