Before the Claiming, Kami Garcia
Before the Claiming, Kami Garcia
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Before the Claiming

Author: Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Narrator: Khristine Hvam

Unabridged: 1 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/15/2015


Synopsis

You can't hide from fate...
While looking through her grandmother Emmaline's keepsakes, Lena Duchannes comes across a little blue book with a big history--a book that changed Macon Ravenwood's life and saved Lena's.
When Lena was a baby, Seer and gifted card reader Amma Treaudeau saw a terrifying future in the cards that sent her to Emmaline's door. When a powerful Dark Caster sets fire to Lena's house with baby Lena and her father trapped inside, Amma, Emmaline, and Macon vow to protect the child. Lena's grandmother and her Uncle Macon whisk Lena away, protecting her and moving her to a new place at the first sign of trouble. But a Caster can only hide for so long, and Macon must rely on the teachings in an ancient book to control his Dark nature. Ultimately, it will be his job to protect Lena--and keep her from surrendering to a Dark fate.
#1 New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl revisit the events that would define Lena's future in the third installment of Beautiful Creatures: The Untold Stories.
~8,800 words

About Kami Garcia

Kami Garcia is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author, and the coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels. Her solo works include the Bram Stoker–nominated novels Unbreakable and Unmarked (The Legion series), and The Lovely Reckless, a standalone contemporary romance.Kami was a teacher for seventeen years and coauthored her first novel on a dare from seven of her students. If she isn’t busy watching Supernatural, Kami can teach you how to escape from a pair of handcuffs or bake a Coca-Cola cake. Kami lives in Maryland with her family and their dogs, Spike and Oz.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shawna on April 14, 2021

My favorite of the novellas so far. This one had a glimpse into when Lena ended up in Macon's care and Lena and Ridley as tweens/early teens. I'm a huge Ridley fan so getting to see a new side of her before her claiming was really fun and it made me love her even more. I also developed a deeper appr......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on October 13, 2015

Rating: 3.75/5 Review coming soon!......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on June 14, 2018

This was pretty much the accumulation of all the important events - the fire that killed Lena's dad, Lena saving herself, Macon changing his ways, Amma butting in and Lena discovering her powers. The one downside? Ridley was is it.......more

Goodreads review by Christina on November 02, 2015

Another ball out of the park short story from Kami and Margaret. I'm amazed every time I read something from the Caster world a vault in my head opens to a well of knowledge I've kept about the world. I don't even know how I remember so much of it. Seeing these scenes from eye witness accounts of so......more

Goodreads review by Abby on May 04, 2025

A fantastic prequel story! I wish it was longer and we got even more about Lena's childhood, particularly her time in Salem. It does feel a little weird reading a story where the main mean girl has my first name and the last name of someone I used to be friends with. It's still a great name for an an......more