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amandalsb's review against another edition
4.0
I think I liked this one better than Fallen! While there is so much info we (and Luce) didn't get, it was interesting to learn more about the world that Lauren Kate created. I loved the new school setting and the new characters (um, helloooooo, Miles), and Lauren's writing just pulls me in. I had such a hard time putting this book down!
A couple criticisms (and SPOILERS) beyond the obvious of no one ever telling Luce what the heck is going on yet expecting her to take orders. My biggest criticism was with Phil - from the moment he was introduced in the book as Shelby's ex-boyfriend who wanted to know all about Luce and had to wear contacts because of his eyes, I knew he was an Outcast. How did no one else figure this out!? Was this supposed to be a shocking twist when he showed up at the end? Because it was anything but. My other main annoyance (more than a criticism) was that I thought I was reading Twilight for a second during the battle scene when Luce decided to jump in the middle of the supernatural fight because she couldn't deal with anymore people dying because of her. I swear the language could have been lifted from Twilight it was so close to what Bella repeatedly thought(plus she too had an overbearing boyfriend who bossed her around without giving her any details).
For some reason the criticisms are just so much easier to write about than the positives, but I really did love this book and can't wait to read the third book!
A couple criticisms (and SPOILERS) beyond the obvious of no one ever telling Luce what the heck is going on yet expecting her to take orders. My biggest criticism was with Phil - from the moment he was introduced in the book as Shelby's ex-boyfriend who wanted to know all about Luce and had to wear contacts because of his eyes, I knew he was an Outcast. How did no one else figure this out!? Was this supposed to be a shocking twist when he showed up at the end? Because it was anything but. My other main annoyance (more than a criticism) was that I thought I was reading Twilight for a second during the battle scene when Luce decided to jump in the middle of the supernatural fight because she couldn't deal with anymore people dying because of her. I swear the language could have been lifted from Twilight it was so close to what Bella repeatedly thought(plus she too had an overbearing boyfriend who bossed her around without giving her any details).
For some reason the criticisms are just so much easier to write about than the positives, but I really did love this book and can't wait to read the third book!
mguynes's review against another edition
3.0
This is the second book that I have read in the Fallen series. I really enjoyed Fallen, but I felt this book was lacking. This book seemed to consist of Luce making terrible choices and putting everyone she cares about in danger just to prove that she can be independent and doesn't need anyone's help. I hope that the rest of the books in the series will be better than this.
Things I enjoyed:
- I really enjoy the chemistry between Luce and Daniel.
- I really enjoy the world that the book is set in, and the concepts of the fallen angels and the outcasts is really intriguing.
- We know more about Luce and Daniel's past and find out more background knowledge about the fallen angels.
Things I didn't enjoy:
- Luce was really annoying to me in this book. She cares more about proving that she doesn't need anyone to save her than she does about the safety of her friends and family. She is always mad at Daniel for not telling her things when she knows that if he does tell her, she will spontaneously combust. And here she is once again making the same mistake she did with Cam in Fallen with Miles in this book. I just wish Luce made better choices and stopped risking everyone's lives for no reason.
Things I enjoyed:
- I really enjoy the chemistry between Luce and Daniel.
- I really enjoy the world that the book is set in, and the concepts of the fallen angels and the outcasts is really intriguing.
- We know more about Luce and Daniel's past and find out more background knowledge about the fallen angels.
Things I didn't enjoy:
- Luce was really annoying to me in this book. She cares more about proving that she doesn't need anyone to save her than she does about the safety of her friends and family. She is always mad at Daniel for not telling her things when she knows that if he does tell her, she will spontaneously combust. And here she is once again making the same mistake she did with Cam in Fallen with Miles in this book. I just wish Luce made better choices and stopped risking everyone's lives for no reason.
eumesma's review against another edition
4.0
Aunque me gusto menos que el anterior, sigue estando muy bien. Ademas tiene uno de esos finales que te dejan ... ¿Que? ¿Como? ¿Se va acabar así?... y necesitas ver como continúa.
lizzcraighten's review against another edition
3.0
Honestly, loved the fact that she thinks her attraction for daniel is weird! It makes it much more realistic
clarksmom's review against another edition
2.0
First of all, these books are not well written for all intents and purposes. Like many reviewers before me, they are bad.
But sometimes you need a bad book! I am at a time in my life where such a thing is healing. Therefore, I am going to the Sherman Oaks library to get Passion after work.
Also, to the author's credit, this book was written in 2010, the first in 2009, when Twilight reigned supreme. Luce and Daniel's relationship is reminiscent of Edward and Bella, except that Luce actually questions what is happening to her and Bella sits in a chair for five months or whatever.
There are some spoilers, but let's walk through the wonder and insanity that is this book.
(Luce even though everyone else is insane)
Our book starts with Daniel killing a dude, then taking Luce to a fancy shmancy west coast school. We meet Shelby, her roommate who hates Luce automatically but eventually becomes her friend, and Miles, Luce's friend who eventually wants something more from her.
The school, Shoreline, is full of Nephilim, students who are at least part angel. Criss Angel is their teacher. Obviously not, but with the amount of pop culture references in this book, I wouldn't have batted an eye.
For example, the building is described, "Like something Frank Lloyd Wright could have designed." (page 57). That is a stand alone sentence.
So anyway, Daniel drops Luce off at the school for her own safety, telling her there is a force field or something there that protects her from people trying to kill her. Which Luce... forgets? Or she just ignored him, which is fair because Daniel doesn't tell Luce ANYTHING. The whole book. So annoying, like DUDE LET HER IN A LITTLE BIT.
So our boy Daniel is supposed to stay away from her, but every 40 pages or so he shows up. They kiss, he carries her in his wings, romantic blah blah blah, then they get in a fight, because Luce realizes their relationship is BASED ON NOTHING. Only on past lives that she doesn't remember. I get why she is frustrated.
Anyway, in class she learns more about the shadows that follow her around, called Announcers, and they can show pieces of the past. Of course, to fit the story, Luce magically knows what she is looking at in class:
"A strange idea came to her, softly, like a memory she always had but hadn't thought of in a while. She knew what they were looking at: Sodom and Gomorrah, two cities in the Bible, two cities destroyed by God." (pg. 79). YES LUCE MAGICALLY KNEW. But anyway, obviously Luce wants to figure these bad boys out so she can learn more about her past lives with Daniel. Since HE WON'T TELL HER ANYTHING.
So, of course first thing my girl Luce does is walk into the woods and summon an Announcer, even though her teachers JUST TOLD HER NOT TO. It doesn't work, we learn time passes super fast while you use these even though it seems like only a couple minutes have gone by.
Then more insane Luce, she dies her hair blonde and everyone freaks about it even though WHY WOULD ANYONE CARE AT ALL and then it becomes this huge symbol for how Luce feels about herself the entire book.
Luce goes to a bonfire with friends, they do the limbo, and even the limbo makes Luce emotional. "There was something amazing about arching out of the limbo stance after a successful turn - the whole party seemed to feed off it. Each time, it gave Luce a surprising rush of adrenaline." (pg. 111).
I sort of feel like this book was written for aliens who have no understanding of human emotion or feeling, the way every single detail is overexplained.
Then Daniel becomes the BIGGEST jerk. He says this about her hair:
"I shouldn't be here, but I worry about you." He held her at arm's length. "And from the looks of things, I'm right to worry." He fingered a lock of her hair. "I don't understand why you did this Luce. It isn't you."
(Daniel this entire book)
Yeah so from this point on Daniel sucks. They have no good interactions, I hate him and am still fully team Miles.
Okay, to speed things up here are the thousand more references that made me LOL: Jane Eyre, Lizzy Bennett (pg. 120), In-N-Out Burger (pg. 185), PLATO (pg. 203), and the High School Musical game but I forgot to write down which page that was on. And those are just the ones I REMEMBERED. I feel like Plato and the High School Musical game should not be mentioned in the same book. Just me.
So then our girl Luce gets a letter from Daniel saying to leave campus to meet him, even though he has told her numerous times NEVER TO LEAVE. She does, she almost gets killed by Outcasts, Angels and Demons who are blind, because they didn't pick a side god shunned them or something and they want her for some unexplained reason. Again, Luce gets no explanation. SHE DESERVES AN EXPLANATION.
We learn about Phil, Shelby's ex-boyfriend, who has to wear contacts because his eyes are faded out.
***DING DING DING WE HAVE AN OUTCAST*** And at this point I knew he was a bad guy. I was right. Dear Lord, we JUST LEARNED they had clouded eyes. This was not foreshadowing, this was giving it away. Also, how did he hide from Shelby that he was blind? Plot hole. Whatever.
Luce falls (literally), Daniel catches her, while she is moments away from death what she worries about is that she "would never know if she was worthy of Daniel's love." (!!!!!!!!!!) (pg. 211).
WHAT?? Insane, THIS BOOK IS INSANE.
Then Daniel tells her she disobeyed him, which Luce rightfully is upset by (pg. 212), we learn there was something with Daniel and Shelby (226), Luce tries to hit Shelby, it's insane.
"He seemed to have grown more gorgeous" (pg. 230). DEAR LORD IN HEAVEN I do not care how pretty Daniel is. HE SUCKS.
Okay so they fight more, Luce calls out Daniel on keeping secrets, he tells her nothing, she does more stuff with Announcers, her friend Dawn is kidnapped, Luce knows exactly what people are thinking through looks, blah blah blah.
Luce sees her past family through Announcers. Miles figures out how to use them to basically teleport through reading a couple pages of a book! Even though they are super dangerous! They go to Vegas, meet Luce's sister Vera from a past life and she rightfully freaks out, an angel from the first book saves them and takes her back to school.
They get in trouble, teachers are exceptionally hard on Luce. EVERYONE GETS MAD AT LUCE IN THIS BOOK AND IT'S UNREASONABLE.
So there is a Harvest thing, don't really remember why that was important, but Miles brings her flowers from it and they kiss, THANK GOD. Daniel sees, he is upset, like I get it's bad she cheated but also he is a psycho angel.
End of the book, last minute they let Luce go home for Thanksgiving even though it is the last day of the truce and it's super dangerous for her. Cue giant angel battle!!!
So everybody is there: her parents, her best friend we don't care about because she is barely in the book, Daniel, Cam, other angels, Shelby and Miles. Somehow, Luce has forgotten all the garbage Daniel put her through and all she cares about is her mom knowing that she and Daniel are in love.
THE END IN A NUTSHELL: Phil shows up (he overheard Shelby saying where she was going earlier), a bunch of outcasts attack, Luce sacrifices herself, Miles casually makes a double of her that the outcasts take and Cam kills. Luce wants to figure her past out so she goes INTO AN ANNOUNCER, even though she knows this is crazy dangerous, so now she is actually traveling through time and then Daniel is like "I've known her a thousand times, I will find her" and is going to find her somewhere in the past.
WHAT AN ENDING.
So, yes, this book is crazy. Have fun on the wild ride!
But sometimes you need a bad book! I am at a time in my life where such a thing is healing. Therefore, I am going to the Sherman Oaks library to get Passion after work.
Also, to the author's credit, this book was written in 2010, the first in 2009, when Twilight reigned supreme. Luce and Daniel's relationship is reminiscent of Edward and Bella, except that Luce actually questions what is happening to her and Bella sits in a chair for five months or whatever.
There are some spoilers, but let's walk through the wonder and insanity that is this book.
(Luce even though everyone else is insane)
Our book starts with Daniel killing a dude, then taking Luce to a fancy shmancy west coast school. We meet Shelby, her roommate who hates Luce automatically but eventually becomes her friend, and Miles, Luce's friend who eventually wants something more from her.
The school, Shoreline, is full of Nephilim, students who are at least part angel. Criss Angel is their teacher. Obviously not, but with the amount of pop culture references in this book, I wouldn't have batted an eye.
For example, the building is described, "Like something Frank Lloyd Wright could have designed." (page 57). That is a stand alone sentence.
So anyway, Daniel drops Luce off at the school for her own safety, telling her there is a force field or something there that protects her from people trying to kill her. Which Luce... forgets? Or she just ignored him, which is fair because Daniel doesn't tell Luce ANYTHING. The whole book. So annoying, like DUDE LET HER IN A LITTLE BIT.
So our boy Daniel is supposed to stay away from her, but every 40 pages or so he shows up. They kiss, he carries her in his wings, romantic blah blah blah, then they get in a fight, because Luce realizes their relationship is BASED ON NOTHING. Only on past lives that she doesn't remember. I get why she is frustrated.
Anyway, in class she learns more about the shadows that follow her around, called Announcers, and they can show pieces of the past. Of course, to fit the story, Luce magically knows what she is looking at in class:
"A strange idea came to her, softly, like a memory she always had but hadn't thought of in a while. She knew what they were looking at: Sodom and Gomorrah, two cities in the Bible, two cities destroyed by God." (pg. 79). YES LUCE MAGICALLY KNEW. But anyway, obviously Luce wants to figure these bad boys out so she can learn more about her past lives with Daniel. Since HE WON'T TELL HER ANYTHING.
So, of course first thing my girl Luce does is walk into the woods and summon an Announcer, even though her teachers JUST TOLD HER NOT TO. It doesn't work, we learn time passes super fast while you use these even though it seems like only a couple minutes have gone by.
Then more insane Luce, she dies her hair blonde and everyone freaks about it even though WHY WOULD ANYONE CARE AT ALL and then it becomes this huge symbol for how Luce feels about herself the entire book.
Luce goes to a bonfire with friends, they do the limbo, and even the limbo makes Luce emotional. "There was something amazing about arching out of the limbo stance after a successful turn - the whole party seemed to feed off it. Each time, it gave Luce a surprising rush of adrenaline." (pg. 111).
I sort of feel like this book was written for aliens who have no understanding of human emotion or feeling, the way every single detail is overexplained.
Then Daniel becomes the BIGGEST jerk. He says this about her hair:
"I shouldn't be here, but I worry about you." He held her at arm's length. "And from the looks of things, I'm right to worry." He fingered a lock of her hair. "I don't understand why you did this Luce. It isn't you."
(Daniel this entire book)
Yeah so from this point on Daniel sucks. They have no good interactions, I hate him and am still fully team Miles.
Okay, to speed things up here are the thousand more references that made me LOL: Jane Eyre, Lizzy Bennett (pg. 120), In-N-Out Burger (pg. 185), PLATO (pg. 203), and the High School Musical game but I forgot to write down which page that was on. And those are just the ones I REMEMBERED. I feel like Plato and the High School Musical game should not be mentioned in the same book. Just me.
So then our girl Luce gets a letter from Daniel saying to leave campus to meet him, even though he has told her numerous times NEVER TO LEAVE. She does, she almost gets killed by Outcasts, Angels and Demons who are blind, because they didn't pick a side god shunned them or something and they want her for some unexplained reason. Again, Luce gets no explanation. SHE DESERVES AN EXPLANATION.
We learn about Phil, Shelby's ex-boyfriend, who has to wear contacts because his eyes are faded out.
***DING DING DING WE HAVE AN OUTCAST*** And at this point I knew he was a bad guy. I was right. Dear Lord, we JUST LEARNED they had clouded eyes. This was not foreshadowing, this was giving it away. Also, how did he hide from Shelby that he was blind? Plot hole. Whatever.
Luce falls (literally), Daniel catches her, while she is moments away from death what she worries about is that she "would never know if she was worthy of Daniel's love." (!!!!!!!!!!) (pg. 211).
WHAT?? Insane, THIS BOOK IS INSANE.
Then Daniel tells her she disobeyed him, which Luce rightfully is upset by (pg. 212), we learn there was something with Daniel and Shelby (226), Luce tries to hit Shelby, it's insane.
"He seemed to have grown more gorgeous" (pg. 230). DEAR LORD IN HEAVEN I do not care how pretty Daniel is. HE SUCKS.
Okay so they fight more, Luce calls out Daniel on keeping secrets, he tells her nothing, she does more stuff with Announcers, her friend Dawn is kidnapped, Luce knows exactly what people are thinking through looks, blah blah blah.
Luce sees her past family through Announcers. Miles figures out how to use them to basically teleport through reading a couple pages of a book! Even though they are super dangerous! They go to Vegas, meet Luce's sister Vera from a past life and she rightfully freaks out, an angel from the first book saves them and takes her back to school.
They get in trouble, teachers are exceptionally hard on Luce. EVERYONE GETS MAD AT LUCE IN THIS BOOK AND IT'S UNREASONABLE.
So there is a Harvest thing, don't really remember why that was important, but Miles brings her flowers from it and they kiss, THANK GOD. Daniel sees, he is upset, like I get it's bad she cheated but also he is a psycho angel.
End of the book, last minute they let Luce go home for Thanksgiving even though it is the last day of the truce and it's super dangerous for her. Cue giant angel battle!!!
So everybody is there: her parents, her best friend we don't care about because she is barely in the book, Daniel, Cam, other angels, Shelby and Miles. Somehow, Luce has forgotten all the garbage Daniel put her through and all she cares about is her mom knowing that she and Daniel are in love.
THE END IN A NUTSHELL: Phil shows up (he overheard Shelby saying where she was going earlier), a bunch of outcasts attack, Luce sacrifices herself, Miles casually makes a double of her that the outcasts take and Cam kills. Luce wants to figure her past out so she goes INTO AN ANNOUNCER, even though she knows this is crazy dangerous, so now she is actually traveling through time and then Daniel is like "I've known her a thousand times, I will find her" and is going to find her somewhere in the past.
WHAT AN ENDING.
So, yes, this book is crazy. Have fun on the wild ride!
ijoy13's review against another edition
4.0
Now Shoreline sounds like a much better school to me!!! I am glad to see Luce has gotten somewhat of a backbone. I like this book better than the first. That was seriously a long 18 days. Miles seems like a pretty good guy to me. Ahhh Thanksgiving, what a freaking mess. On to book 3.