The setting in the book Beautiful Creatures is in "Gatlin, South Carolina." Gatlin is not an actual place, if you look up Gatlin, South Carolina, the map gives you a park. In the book their high school is called Jackson, that is a real place but that is what the actual town is called. Gatlin is shown to be a small town; this is important to the story because it shows how fast people find out about events. People in Gatlin really didn't like the thought of Ethan and Lena dating; they basically shunned Ethan from everything. In Lena and Ethan's visions the setting was in the years of the civil war but the rest of the story was set into today's date.
One of the themes of Beautiful Creatures was that Lena just needed to trust that Ethan was going to protect her in any way he could. She had a very strong relationship with her Uncle Macon but since she may go dark on her sixteenth birthday she pushed Ethan away throughout the book.
Another theme of Beautiful Creatures is that you shouldn't judge someone right away, Lena was someone who people didn't want to talk to because her life was different. Ethan was the only person in the high school that wasn't embarrassed to be around her, he loved every single moment he was with her.
Another theme of Beautiful Creatures is that you shouldn't judge someone right away, Lena was someone who people didn't want to talk to because her life was different. Ethan was the only person in the high school that wasn't embarrassed to be around her, he loved every single moment he was with her.
The main problem or plot of the story was that when Lena turned sixteen she would either be a dark or a light caster. Lena and Ethan fell in love and the one thing they want is to be together forever. They wanted to make sure that she would be chosen to be a light caster, if she became a dark caster she would become completely evil and wouldn't care about Ethan. Lena of course didn't want to treat Ethan like that, but it would happen if she turn dark.
In the middle of the book a problem with Lena's cousin Ridley came up. Ridley is a dark caster and she is on Sarafine's side which is Lena's mom. Lena doesn't want anything to do with her mom,but they will do anything to get Lena on their side. On Lena's sixteenth birthday, her family from the light and dark sides came to the event. Their all in a room as she is going to be chosen, the problem with Sarafine and Ridley are gone for now because they disappeared after the event. During the event of Lena's sixteenth birthday Sarafine did try to kill Ethan, she thought that if Ethan wasn't in the picture with Lena, Lena would most likely go on their side.
In the middle of the book a problem with Lena's cousin Ridley came up. Ridley is a dark caster and she is on Sarafine's side which is Lena's mom. Lena doesn't want anything to do with her mom,but they will do anything to get Lena on their side. On Lena's sixteenth birthday, her family from the light and dark sides came to the event. Their all in a room as she is going to be chosen, the problem with Sarafine and Ridley are gone for now because they disappeared after the event. During the event of Lena's sixteenth birthday Sarafine did try to kill Ethan, she thought that if Ethan wasn't in the picture with Lena, Lena would most likely go on their side.