Beautiful Creatures: 11 Big Differences Between The Book And Movie

We meet Sarafine very early. In fact, much of the mystery of Lena’s birthday is cut out in favor of explaining to audiences early on that as a Duchannes, she is cursed and must either accept dark magic or light magic when it is thrust upon her at age 16. This actually takes a little bit of the fun out of wondering what is wrong with Link’s mother, but it does provide an opportunity for Macon and Sarafine to verbally banter.