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marryannas's review against another edition
3.0
Fallen in Love is a set of four short-stories told by different characters of the series, namely Shelby, Roland, Arriane and ... freakin'Luce...?
Why? Isn't the other books enough? Why do we need to read about her in an anthology-kind-of when we have other people's point-of-view?
See? Completely unnecessary!
Well, let's start with the bottom of the barrel. Supposedly the plot is set between Passion and all of the stories are connected. Kinda nice, I think... At least they are not loose pages in the middle of a book.
We start reading about Shelby and Miles, and God, they were boring. Classroom-boring. No, no, let me rephrase that: there are some classes I prefer than reading about them again. Such as P.E.. And I hate P.E..
Their number one problem is a hat. A cap, to be exact. Something you can get anywhere in present times. But noooooo, they go in a lot of trouble because of it.
I didn't feel a lot of chemistry between them, which didn't help, because I was supposed to be reading about love. In Valentine's Day. Is everyone so plain and dull in this particular time of the year?
Next we get Roland. I didn't remember much of him in the other books, to be honest. He didn't really catch my eye. But he was a nice character. Loving and caring, and what the fact he didn't became a total jerk in the end of his antenna time own it for me.
After, we read about Arriane and her loving interest, Tess. I thought they also got a good relationship going on but
Yeah, that surprised me a bit. Overall, I liked what she did for love. Was totally gruesome, but nice. Shows she got some compassion in her.
And, after all this, we getfreakin' Luce. To be honest, her short-story was kinda cute ... only the last five pages. To get there, you need to read a lot about dancing, and dresses, and her undeveloped friends and family. Daniel was barely in it!
But, when you close the book, you look into the deepest part of your soul and say
WHERE THE HELL IS CAM?!
Why haven't we talked about him and his sweetheart? Why?! It was Valentine's Day, why didn't he got his moment? He's not that cold-hearted. The guy deserves for all he has been through! Sure, he appears in some of the stories, but he is just a sub-character!
Why? Isn't the other books enough? Why do we need to read about her in an anthology-kind-of when we have other people's point-of-view?
See? Completely unnecessary!
Well, let's start with the bottom of the barrel. Supposedly the plot is set between Passion and all of the stories are connected. Kinda nice, I think... At least they are not loose pages in the middle of a book.
We start reading about Shelby and Miles, and God, they were boring. Classroom-boring. No, no, let me rephrase that: there are some classes I prefer than reading about them again. Such as P.E.. And I hate P.E..
Their number one problem is a hat. A cap, to be exact. Something you can get anywhere in present times. But noooooo, they go in a lot of trouble because of it.
I didn't feel a lot of chemistry between them, which didn't help, because I was supposed to be reading about love. In Valentine's Day. Is everyone so plain and dull in this particular time of the year?
Next we get Roland. I didn't remember much of him in the other books, to be honest. He didn't really catch my eye. But he was a nice character. Loving and caring, and what the fact he didn't became a total jerk in the end of his antenna time own it for me.
After, we read about Arriane and her loving interest, Tess. I thought they also got a good relationship going on but
Spoiler
I didn't know she was a lesbian!Yeah, that surprised me a bit. Overall, I liked what she did for love. Was totally gruesome, but nice. Shows she got some compassion in her.
And, after all this, we get
But, when you close the book, you look into the deepest part of your soul and say
WHERE THE HELL IS CAM?!
Why haven't we talked about him and his sweetheart? Why?! It was Valentine's Day, why didn't he got his moment? He's not that cold-hearted. The guy deserves for all he has been through! Sure, he appears in some of the stories, but he is just a sub-character!
akristinab's review against another edition
4.0
Awww I liked seeing some lives stories if the series characters. Nice to take a break from all the heartbreak of Luce and Daniel's story.
hollyseath's review against another edition
4.0
Fallen in Love was a great book to keep the readers intrigued for the finale!!!
shaylaalice's review against another edition
emotional
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
too cute, love love loved knowing more about the other characters around lucinda
cried like a child yet again
cried like a child yet again
photogcourt's review against another edition
2.0
I mean it was good and all, nothing was bad about it, I just didn't feel that it helped the novels out in any way. I think that if you're looking for more then this novella isn't bad, but you can definitely survive without it.
pale_faced_fear's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
jennifermreads's review
5.0
Had I read this in February when it came out, it would have served as getting me totally stoked for the release of Rapture in June. Instead, I read it after Rapture and was reminded how much I liked every single character and, while satisfied with the series’ conclusion, I’m sad to see the characters go.
I also had a frustrating moment when I could not recall if I/the reader ever learned of Cam’s true love and, thus, the person all were forbidden to mention in his presence. Lilth is mentioned briefly during Roland’s story: (p. 137) “Roland arranged for a stolen moment between the two in Jerusalem, after what was supposed to be Cam’s marriage to Lilith. That marriage hadn’t happened.” In a wiki for the books, it states that we learn of Lilth in the third book, Passion, but the wiki doesn’t elaborate. I am thinking that this is a hole that may be intentional … does Lauren Kate intend a spin-off series for Cam?!?
I also had a frustrating moment when I could not recall if I/the reader ever learned of Cam’s true love and, thus, the person all were forbidden to mention in his presence. Lilth is mentioned briefly during Roland’s story: (p. 137) “Roland arranged for a stolen moment between the two in Jerusalem, after what was supposed to be Cam’s marriage to Lilith. That marriage hadn’t happened.” In a wiki for the books, it states that we learn of Lilth in the third book, Passion, but the wiki doesn’t elaborate. I am thinking that this is a hole that may be intentional … does Lauren Kate intend a spin-off series for Cam?!?