The Fallen Series
by Lauren Kate
Fallen
Torment
Passion
Rapture
When my sister first turned me on to this series, I'll admit, I was a little skeptical. I love my fair share of the paranormal, sci-fi genre, but this particular series deals with fallen angels and the like. I'd like to say I'm pretty good at separating reality from fantasy, but when I get into a book I become engrossed. I was worried that my beliefs and convictions were going to get the better of me, and I wouldn't be able to enjoy the series for what it is: completely fake. Nevertheless I decided to give it a try.
The whole series centers around Lucinda Price and Daniel Grigori. Lucinda, or Luce, is a very complex character who isn't completely understood until towards the end of the very last book. Daniel is refreshingly simple compared to his love. For all intended purposes the only thing you have to remember is Luce = mortal and Daniel = fallen angel.
Their love spans across millennia in a complex, cursed way. The details of their relationship, and the unexplainable draw towards each other, again, isn't fully put together until the last book. I guess that's the genius marketing behind the series. You don't know what's going to happen next unless you keep reading. By the time I made it to Rapture I had a hard time getting into it. I was ready for the story to end, for loose ends to be tied tight. I thought, many times, about not finishing it, but felt I owed it to myself to find out what happens between Luce and Daniel once and for all.
The first book was pretty amazing. It was something different. No vampires and no werewolves that seem to haunt today's young adult audience. But towards the end, when Luce is finding out more about herself and how her and Daniel get to where they end up, is when things got a little too weird for me. Lauren Kate seems to let the line blur between Lucifer (Satan) and God. Daniel is a fallen angel, yes, but he's not a demon. He didn't choose a side, but instead chose his love for Luce. It still got him kicked out of Heaven, but he's not a demon. In the last book, God takes the form of a woman and is referred to in feminine terms. These are things that bothered me from a Christian stand point. I felt convicted that I was reading such blatant lies about God, and these reasons were a lot of why I thought about not finishing the series.
I've recommended this book series to a few friends and family members, but after reading the last book I don't know if I would anymore. The first book was amazing, the second one great, the third okay, but the last did it in for me. If you want a fantasy love story that doesn't hit so close to your spiritual heart I'd recommend something else.
Their love spans across millennia in a complex, cursed way. The details of their relationship, and the unexplainable draw towards each other, again, isn't fully put together until the last book. I guess that's the genius marketing behind the series. You don't know what's going to happen next unless you keep reading. By the time I made it to Rapture I had a hard time getting into it. I was ready for the story to end, for loose ends to be tied tight. I thought, many times, about not finishing it, but felt I owed it to myself to find out what happens between Luce and Daniel once and for all.
The first book was pretty amazing. It was something different. No vampires and no werewolves that seem to haunt today's young adult audience. But towards the end, when Luce is finding out more about herself and how her and Daniel get to where they end up, is when things got a little too weird for me. Lauren Kate seems to let the line blur between Lucifer (Satan) and God. Daniel is a fallen angel, yes, but he's not a demon. He didn't choose a side, but instead chose his love for Luce. It still got him kicked out of Heaven, but he's not a demon. In the last book, God takes the form of a woman and is referred to in feminine terms. These are things that bothered me from a Christian stand point. I felt convicted that I was reading such blatant lies about God, and these reasons were a lot of why I thought about not finishing the series.
I've recommended this book series to a few friends and family members, but after reading the last book I don't know if I would anymore. The first book was amazing, the second one great, the third okay, but the last did it in for me. If you want a fantasy love story that doesn't hit so close to your spiritual heart I'd recommend something else.
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