Fallen

Recently (yesterday), I rekindled my love for Lauren Kate’s Fallen. Though the book was released in 2009, it is still completely relevant, what with the release of the series' third installment having just recently passed us by. I’m just jogging my memory of the plot before rushing out to grab a copy!

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—The novel is the story of Lucinda “Luce” Price. After a terrible tragedy that can’t be explained by anyone—Luce included—Luce is sent off to the Sword & Cross reform school. Even though she feels completely out of place and the schools atmosphere and sole purpose have her feeling downtrodden, she meets two students: Arianne and Pennyweather Van Sickle-Lockwood—Penn. She receives a warm welcome from one of her male peers, Cam. And then an ice-cold middle finger from Daniel Grigori.

That should make her choice cut and dry—why have the hurt and heartbreak of a hot/cold relationship when you could have the romance of someone who is already interested? Only it’s not that simple; at least, not for Luce.

Luce has this overwhelming feeling she has seen Daniel somewhere before, though she can’t recall when, where, or why. Her feelings of déjà vu complicate her world and lead her to dig deeper into her classmate’s life. She will get to the bottom of his secrets, even if she must pay… With her life.—

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Lauren Kate has a wonderful way with words and a great talent at spinning stories. She brings readers such as me into the world she has woven into reality—right onto the Sword & Cross reform school campus. Her characters are unique, even on top of not all being quite what you expected!

In a genre where everything has probably been done before, Kate keeps you intrigued and then leaves you wanting more—which is exactly where the sequels Torment and Passion come in!