Fallen by Lauren Kate

Summary: YA book

There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.

Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.

Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce–and goes out of his way to make that very clear–she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.

Noe: Um, I did not finish this book. About half way through, I just became too bored, and finally put it down. Sooo, I will let my mom review this.

Suz: *Sighs* Where to begin? Let's start with the overall concept of the book. Good vs. Evil, fallen angels, a familiar imperishable but forbidden love. (Actually to be honest, I don't understand why it is forbidden, but I may not have been paying attention.) Sounds intriguing, right?

It would be, except somehow this love is tied into a larger scheme of things. End times? The fall of man, what? Again, did I miss something in the book?

To be honest, I felt like Noe did, in the fact that the first half of the book was hard to read. In my opinion it was boring, too. I found myself distant from the characters and you know what? If on the first day of school, the guy I liked, flipped me off... That boy would get a serious verbal lashing from me. But I'm not Luce. So back to the book.

I'll just blast right in with my dislikes and they really aren't major, just simply dislikes. Daniel bothered me. I won't tear apart the book looking for reasons, he just did. Of course I'd be dead, or something worst, cause I would have fallen for Cam. But Luce can’t, right? She's inexplicably is drawn to Daniel. Doomed to repeat history, over and over, and over again. (Who inflicted this punishment? I hope this will be answered in the second book.)

Then the ending. First, did Luce ever kill that boy? Or was that the shadows? I was under the impression that the shadows couldn't hurt anybody, but am I wrong? Last, why does it depend on Luce? What is "it" that we are dealing with? Why is Luce important?

Again, maybe it's just that I have many questions, and maybe I just have missed the answers blaring right there in the book in front of me. (I blame Hush, Hush. I read that first, and I couldn't get that book out of my head, so that might be why I stalled with Fallen.)

So my overall thought, is I would recommend this book. Why? Because where as Noe did not like it, I did; you might love it. As I said, the concept has potential and I'm hoping that the next book, Torment, will help me understand this plot line better.

So I give Fallen....