The Fallen series by Lauren Kate takes the reader on a
fantastical journey of love through time, fallen angels and a coming battle.
Fallen is the
first book in the series where the reader meets Lucinda “Luce” Price, a new
student at the Sword and Cross boarding school. A school with other misfits who
don’t fit anywhere else. She is running from a tragedy at her former school and
her own terrifying visions. There she is Daniel Grigori and there is an instant
connection she cannot explain. But Daniel makes it clear that he wants nothing
to do with her. No matter how hard she tries, Daniel keeps pushing her away
until one day he stops fighting. Why was he running from her? What is he
hiding? Does it have anything to do with her visions?
Torment is the
second book in the series which picks up right after the events of Fallen. The angels and demons have
called an 18 day truce. Daniel needs to find a safe hiding place for Luce as
she attracts celestial beings like a beacon. He chooses a school in California,
Shoreline where other angels can look after her. At the school, Luce meets
other extraordinary teens. These teens are the children of Nephilim, a class of
angels. There she learns that she has powerful abilities which both sides want.
She learns that the struggles between angels and demons has always been at a
stalemate until now. Daniel can tip the scales if he were to choose a side.
Will Daniel chose?
Passion is the
third book in the series which, again, picks up right after the events of Torment. This time Daniel and the other
angels are chasing Luce through time as she travels back to her past lives.
Luce is able to see her relationship with Daniel and her ultimate death through
the ages. From WWII Russia to Victorian England to Ancient China and beyond. But
someone else is chasing Luce too. Someone with a plan that the angels and
demons do not want to come to pass. Who is this mysterious person? What does he
want with Luce?
Fallen in Love is
a side novel which takes place between the events of Passion and Rapture. It
contains four short stories featuring the love stories of Shelby and Miles,
Luce’s friends from Shoreline, Roland, Daniel’s friend and fellow angel, and
Arriane, another angel. As well as a story of Luce and Daniel. Love and
heartache through the ages.
Rapture is the
fourth and final book in the series. Daniel, Luce and their friends are in a
race against time as they need to find three angelic relics in order to thwart
evils plans and break the curse which haunts Daniel and Luce’s love. They must
battle those who do not want them to succeed. They have 9 days to get the
relics and join them together on Mount Sinai before everything they know and
everyone they love is wiped out.
I was given the first book by my sister and I was interested
in the premise. After I finished Fallen, I
looked to find the other novels. And I was disappointed. Fallen was great with an interesting premise and started the series
strong. Unfortunately, as the novels progressed, I felt as if the author wasn’t
really sure where she wanted to the series to go and put in filler in order to
stretch the series to the four novels. As I read, I had a nagged feeling that
that series reminded me of something and it hit me the Twilight series. I realized that this series had all the elements
that Twilight had that I come to hate
by the time I read the last book. If you are a fan of the Twilight series, you may enjoy Lauren Kate’s Fallen series.
The Fallen series is available at all major
booksellers
The first book, Fallen, was made into a film released in 2016
