Introduction♥

This blog is mainly for book reviews of a certain book series, the Fallen series. I'll explain to you the undying love that seventeen year old Luce and immortal Daniel have for each other. I will also put in my opinion of each story, good and bad, but mostly good. There isn't anything bad about this series! After the fourth novel though, you'll have to wait for the next novel. Rapture doesn’t come out until June 6, 2012, but that's right around the corner. This series is full of surprises that if you actually read the stories, will make you gasp. I'm pretty sure I did that a couple times while reading Passion. The reason why I love this series is because it's different from any series of books that I have read before. It's not about vampires, love triangles or zombies. It's about love, plain and simple. Well, in this case, their love isn't really plain nor simple. Over and over again I wish that this kind of love would actually exist in reality. Heartbreak wouldn’t exist if true love did. This is the first time ever reading any of these books, but I'm sure I'll read this series repeatedly. In a couple of my blogs, I wrote about how her use of imagery was excellent. When I read books, I try to literally picture everything in my head as if the book was happening right in front of me in real life. The Fallen series is a great series to read if you love to picture the events in your mind. I think this book is made for all ages. It's mature, but it doesn’t use any inappropriate language. If you love fantasy books about angels and what not, this is definitely the series for you. So, sit back, relax and read the books!

“Fight for the only thing she knew was good enough, noble enough, powerful enough to be worth risking everything... Love.”

-Lauren Kate

Fallen

Fallen was written by Lauren Kate. It is Fiction, but believe me when I say, you wish you had ever lasting love like there is in this novel. For seventeen year old Luce Price, that has happened over and over again. She just transferred to Swords and Cross high school. She was the type of girl that didn’t talk to others unless they came up and talked to her. The first day of school she noticed this young man with blonde hair and violet eyes staring at her. She would try to talk to him but he would run away whenever she got the chance. It was almost like she knew him from another life time. Luce felt this sudden connection and she didn’t understand why. After talking to some of the students at her school, she found out that Daniel was a fallen angel. He was between good and evil. During the novel, Luce finds out that she has been reincarnated every 17 years. When she reaches her 18 birthday, she bursts into flames, dying. You will find out why in my other blogs about this series.  She meets Cam, a friend of Daniel, and later finds out that Cam is evil. Luce had to battle for her life with Sophia, the librarian at the school who was pretending to be good. She tried to get under Luce’s skin; trying to figure out everything that she could about Luce. It was her birthday when this battle happened. The angels and fallen angels were fighting each other. They were both waiting for Luce to burst, but then Luce’s best friend, Penn, was killed. It somehow reversed this curse on Luce. She didn’t die. Then again there are four other books after this one, so of course she wouldn’t die. I loved this book for many reasons. I couldn’t stop reading it. It was so interesting how Luce is reincarnated and how Daniel fights for her love every time that she is reincarnated. The plot just sucks you in and doesn’t let you go until you read that very last word on that very last page. If you’re into fantasy stories, this is almost like one. You’ll enjoy it. I promise you.

“I get to live forever," he repeated. Luce was still lost, but he kept talking, a stream of words pouring out of his mouth. "I get to live, and to watch babies being born, and grow up, and fall in love. I watch them have babies of their own and grow old. I watch them die. I am condemned, Luce, to watch it all over again and again. Everyone but you." His eyes were glassy. His voice dropped to a whisper. "You don't get to fall in love--"

"But...," she whispered back. "I've...fallen in love.”

Torment

Torment is the second novel in this series. Luce has to change schools because of the Outcasts. The Outcasts are people who are blind and they only see the people’s souls burning within them. They are after Luce and want to kill her. Daniel hides her at Shoreline, a school that is okay with people having wings. Her teachers begin to teach her the rules of Announcers. Announcers are shadows. In the first book they make it seem as if they are evil, but they aren’t really. She learns that you can go back into the past by using the Announcers. Throughout the novel she continues to wonder if her and Daniel’s love is worth it. She begins to fall in love with her friend Miles, testing her love with Daniel. Luce feels different with Miles. She couldn’t see Daniel at all because the Outcasts. They would find both of them and kill them. In the end of the novel, there was another battle for Luce. The Outcasts versus the Angels/Fallen Angels. The Outcasts didn’t want to kill anyone, all they wanted was Luce. If she would have just gone with them, the next novel wouldn’t have happened. After the battle, Luce called to an Announcer, stretching it and making it so she can step into it. She wanted to see if the love that Luce and Daniel had was worth fighting for. She didn’t want to go through this over and over again; living until she’s seventeen and then dying all over again. She stepped into the past, leaving everyone else behind. Now that I think about it, this might be my second favorite novel in this series. The battle between the angels and the Outcasts was my favorite part. I think it was because of the imagery that the author used. You can literally imagine the wings of Daniel expanding in the air, completely white as it blinds you. The arrows that they use, silver, and can only kill the Angels or the Outcasts. It can only gently cut a human being. The way she explains everything makes you want to read more, including the next books.

She felt the words rising up in her throat. I love you. She did. She did forever. But if she and Daniel had forever, their love could wait until she figured out a few important things about herself. About her lives and the life she had ahead of her. Tonight there was only time to wave goodbye, take a deep breath, and leap into the dismal shadow.

Into darkness.

Into her past.

Passion

Passion is the best novel in this breathtaking series. Luce has just stepped into an Announcer to see what her past selves were like. She can alternate the future, but she doesn’t care. She wants to see what Daniel and her were like in each life. Not only do you see what her past selves were like, but you learn the real reason why Daniel has become a fallen angel. I love this novel because it takes you back as far as Egyptian times. You learn what different cultures did and what they were like. Once again her imagery made me keep reading because I was so addicted to it. I read this book in two days because I needed more and more of it. I couldn’t put it down. In each past life that Luce visits, it makes you want the type of love that Daniel and Luce shared. The first place she went to was Poland while Hitler and the Nazis invaded it. Luce was running away so she could meet with Daniel for the last time before she combusted. It was the last kiss that really stole your heart as her body burst into flames. Daniel held her in his arms until her body disappeared. He had to wait another seventeen years until he could fall in love again. Each chapter changed into a different time in the past. She was a nurse; she was a victim (almost sacrificed) and a princess. As she watched herself with Daniel, she felt the love inside her grow. She finally understood how this love can last forever. In some chapters we see Daniel’s past life in his point of view. We find out that Daniel did not want to choose between good and evil, so in return the Devil made it so Daniel had to go through pain every seventeen years; losing the one he loved. The worst kind of pain there is, is heartbreak. Luce finally learns that her love for Daniel is everlasting. But the battle for Luce has just begun.

He laughed and drew her close again. He couldn't seem to stop smiling. His body felt so good against hers and his skin looked so spectacular under the light of the stars. The more they kissed, the more certain Luce was she'd never get enough. Finally, Luce could return his kiss without doubting herself, or their love.

Fallen in Love♥

Fallen in Love is yet another successful novel in the Fallen series. It takes a look behind all the true love in the different novels. In my last blog, I talked about how Luce started to fall in love with Miles. After Luce stepped into the Announcer, everyone followed her. They wanted to save her before she did something stupid, well even more stupid than what she has already done. Miles and Shelby (her roommate at Shoreline) went in after her along with Daniel, Cam, Arraine and Roland. Miles and Shelby split off in their own direction together. I guess their time together just made them realize they were perfect for each other. Shelby is very stuck up. I was quite amazed to see that she fell in love with Miles. The more she denied it inside her mind, the more it was true, she loved Miles. Roland is a fallen angel, he is a tad bit evil, but he loves Arraine. Arraine is an angel who tends to save Luce’s life more than once through all of the novels. At first though, Arraine was in love with Tess. Their love was so pure for each other. They would lay in a field together and just talk. That all changed when Tess decided to change sides. She chose the evil side. She transformed into a fallen angel. Arraine was heartbroken and left with nothing. Roland on the other hand was madly in love with a mortal, Rosaline. Of all people, he went to Cam for advice. Cam’s heart was completely stepped on by the love of his life, in return he became a fallen angel also. He believed he had nothing to live for. Roland understood that he could not love Rosaline anymore because she would grow old and die, Roland would not. He had to move on, no matter how painful it would be. He did find Arraine along the way and now they are together and perfect for each other. We all know what Luce and Daniel’s love is like. Everlasting. Even though this book was a quick read (201 pages), it takes you into the world of love. Believe me when I say, it won't leave you disappointed. 

"Peonies and"-Luce racked her brain. She didn't need anything else. Didn't need anything but Daniel...and, well..."How about peonies and a kiss?"

"That's a very, very good idea."

Then he kissed her, his lips diving toward hers with unsurpassed desire.