A review by thebookplatypus91
After the Fall by Giana Darling

5.0

I swear each book in the series gets better and better.
And that says a lot when I gave five stars to the first book.

I read a lot. I try to read a book at least every two days. And let me tell you, I have found some amazing books but when it comes to expressing emotional pain, grief, and the sheer brutality of what it feels like to lose the person that you love most; there’s not many authors out there that can grasp that emotion to where it can drive a reader to tears.
Giana Darling did that in this book. She captured the raw emotion and fucking horrible feeling of losing a loved one. I had to literally shut my Kindle off two times during this book and try to gather up my own emotions because I was so overwhelmed with a characters sadness and I desperately wanted to bring the loved one back. This book was so beautifully written. I mean I think I’ve said that with all of the books I’ve read by her so far but this was honestly the most emotional book ever!
And then she twisted my freaking heart and then plummeted my emotions into a 180 towards the end of the book. Omg.
This isn’t necessarily even a review it’s just me wanting to give Gianna Darling a high five and letting her know that she can capture a characters emotions and feelings so well that I as a reader can feel them as if they are my own.

Okay so, this book.. a shit ton happened.
“I need you to know that I would fall from grace again and again if it meant living in sin with you.”

Cress and King are couples goals. They are literally the most passionate and romantic couple I have ever read about in such a long time. The fierce loyalty between those two is unbreakable. And I’m gonna be honest Cressida was not my favorite character in the series. And probably my least favorite female character. However this book completely changed my idea and I absolutely fell in love with how strong she has become since being part of the Fallen family. Relationship with each and every other character especially Zeus was is so beautiful.

This book is going to take in my head for a very long time. And that’s when you know you found a author to stalk for a long time.
I genuinely hope Wrath and Lysander become more frequent in the series. I am desperately wanting both of these broken men to have their own HEAs.

Anyway. Five beautiful stars for an incredible book.