Ethan Carter Wate was Genevieve's fiancé who died when he was shot during the great burning of Gatlin.

Genevieve Duchannes was the Caster who caused the curse in Lena's family by trying to bring her dead fiancé, Ethan Carter Wate, back to life using the Book of Moons.

While characters in the book compare him to Boo Radley, he is described by the writers in an interview with Boys with Books, as an ' Atticus Finch of badasses'. He is an Incubus who chooses to live off dreams rather than blood.

Macon Melchizedek Ravenwood is Lena's uncle.

She tries to convince Lena to become a Dark Caster.

Sarafine Duchannes is Lena's mother and the strongest Dark Caster.

She must be claimed for either Light or Dark on her sixteenth birthday.

Lena Duchannes is a Caster who appears in Ethan's dreams before moving to Gatlin.

He and Lena share a connection called Kelting, which lets them communicate telepathically, even if they are miles away.

Though he is not a Caster himself, he somehow has the ability to protect Lena from powerful magic and Dark Casters. He is a high school boy from the fictional town of Gatlin, South Carolina.

Ethan Lawson Wate is the 16 year old narrator of the novel.

The book was written in 12 weeks, inspired by a dare (a bet with 7 kids the authors knew) and was never intended to be published. On January 3, 2013, a new edition of the novel was published, featuring images from the movie on the cover. In the UK, Beautiful Creatures is published by Penguin Books. The book was published on December 1, 2009, by Little, Brown, and Company.

Beautiful Creatures is a 2009 American young adult novel written by authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and the first book in the Caster Chronicles series.

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia