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Rapture (Fallen #4)

by Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author)

4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 · rating details · 26,163 ratings · 3,119 reviews

The sky is dark with wings....

Like sand through an hourglass, time is running out for Luce and Daniel. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past, they must find the place where the angels fell to earth.

Dark forces are after them, and Daniel doesn’t know if he can do this — live only to lose Luce again and again. Yet together they face an epic battle that will end with lifeless...more

Hardcover, 448 pages

Published June 12th 2012 by Delacorte Press

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Nov 27, 2012 Cait rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Post-Review:

Okay, so, story time: I had tried writing this review a while ago, but, surprise, surprise, my computer quit on me before I had any time to react (and most of the review was done), and, poof! It was gone. So I got incredibly pissed off and didn't come back to re-write it, but I suppose now that most of the anger and general feelings of self-pity is over, I will try and make this review even better than the original ~~here goes nothing.~~

First off, this book was just very.... strange...more

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Jul 26, 2012 Kira rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: angels-and-demons, tstl-heroine, ya, better-than-the-first-one, could-have-been-worse, go-choke-on-your-sexism, not-amazing-but-not-shit, train-wreck-romance, argh-you-made-me-cry, i-hate-that-i-love-you, rule-of-abeko-you-broke-it, cat-scratch-series

So the other day I'm in Fortinos with my sister, and we're standing over the muffin trays trying to decide which muffin to buy. I say I want blueberry, but she says they don't have any.

"They do." I point to them. "Right there."

"But...we always get blueberry."

"That's because we like them. Everybody likes blueberry."

She picks up a tray of cranberry and says, "Why don't we try these? Or we could have the carrot ones."

This is my sister. She's all gung-ho to try something new, and she guilts me into...more So the other day I'm in Fortinos with my sister, and we're standing over the muffin trays trying to decide which muffin to buy. I say I want blueberry, but she says they don't have any.

"They do." I point to them. "Right there."

"But...we always get blueberry."

"That's because we like them. Everybody likes blueberry."

She picks up a tray of cranberry and says, "Why don't we try these? Or we could have the carrot ones."

This is my sister. She's all gung-ho to try something new, and she guilts me into complying, but when we get home and take a bite, she'll say, "Hm...it's alright. I guess."

So I pick up the blueberry. "We're getting these."

"But I want--"

"Fine," I snap, and pick up the carrot ones too. "We'll buy two. Your indecision will bankrupt us, but that's the cross you bear."

So we grumpily head for the self check-out, but I screech to a halt by the magazine rack. There, staring at me like a shrunken head, is the newest issue of Hello! Canada. With trembling hands, I pick it up off the shelf.

My sister creeps up behind me and lays a hand gently on my shoulder. "I know. I saw it on Yahoo."

In horror I read the title again and again, willing it not to be true. But it is. It...is.

TOM AND KATIE: END OF A FAIRYTALE

What their divorce will mean for daughter Suri

A single tear dampens my cheek, and in defeat I drop the magazine into our shopping cart. My nurse sister, ever the comforting soul, tries in vain to lessen my grief.

"I'm sure Katie will be fine," she soothes. "And Tom will too. They'll land on their feet. And they'll find love again."

I fiercely wipe the tears from my eyes. "Yeah, right."

"Hey, hey. They will. Don't worry. Everything will be fine."

When I get home, I sit down on the couch and begin reading the magazine with a box of tissues by my side to mop up what I'm sure will be rivers of tears. But an odd thing happened.

I read the entire article. And then I read about Blake Lively, who is apparently the "it" girl. And then I read about Ringo Starr and his lovely marriage. I wondered why they put in that weird blurry picture of Elle MacPherson. I just...

I wasn't sad.

In fact, I was glad. Sure, that sad picture of Suri made me want to bawl my eyes out, but the news about the actual break-up wasn't upsetting at all. In fact, I was glad Katie divorcing herself from Tom's scary Scientologist lifestyle. Scientology is stupid enough as it is, but when I learned about how Katie actually feared for the upbringing of her daughter and wanted to remove her child from that environment altogether...well, I was a little glad about Hollywood's Biggest Split.

That's what this book is like.

On the dust jacket, Luce and Daniel's sweeping romance reads like an epic, beautiful love story. Much like Tom and Katie, when they posed on the red carpet draped over a motorcycle (both wearing some questionable flared jeans). It sounds like something so tragic and heart-rending: something that will win you over, sweep you away and make you wish you were a part of a love so pure.

And then you actually read it, and it reminds you of cray-cray Glenn Close being shot in the bathtub.

Look. I gave this book three stars. I'm being extremely merciful. After a slew of one-star rants and one very tentative two-star raise, I was desperate for this book to blow me away and convince me that Daniel and Luce really are the power couple of the century.

Which is to say, I hoped that my dog would sprout wings and fly me off to Disneyworld where everything is free and Matthew McConaghey is my husband.

The stars are applicable as follows.

Star 1: The writing. It was lovely.
Star 2: The plot, up until about page 340.
Star 3: Cam, Arriane, and the coin-toss guy.

So this book, unlike the other three in the series, has an absolutely fantastic plot. It kept me gripped from the first page to...well, page 340. After that it got so fucking stupid and cheesy and ridiculous and by the end, I knew without a shadow of a doubt that Luce is the biggest Mary Sue ever to grace YA fiction. She's worse than Bella Swan. And Bethany Church.

Right. Back to the pros.

So, in order to find the original site of the Fall, Luce and the gang have to track down three relics that are required to complete a ritual wherein the blood of a sacrifice reveals an ancient map of the world, starred with the point on the earth where the angels fell at the dawn of time. Doesn't that sound cool? Well, it is. So Luce and Daniel head off to Venice (of course. Because the relics wouldn't be in any place dangerous, would they?), Luce cries when she fucks up, then when she finds the relic she almost drowns.

It's at this point that the scary, unhealthy nature of Luce and Daniel's relationship rears its ugly head (though this dynamic was most pungent after page 340, which is why I enjoyed the first three quarters of this book). Luce swims into a sunken church to find the relic while Daniel waits for her outside (he cannot enter a church because he is a fallen angel). She gets the relic, but stupidly dives without any breathing apparatus. She is literally counting on Daniel to make sure she gets out of there alive. When she tries to get out of the church she almost dies because she gets stuck and Daniel has swum away and left her.

Now. The Outcasts appeared and that's why he swam away, but no fighting happens or has happened. The Outcasts have never once threatened to kill Luce. There was no need for Daniel to rush away. When they get up to the surface, Luce and Daniel's conversation goes like this:

Daniel's hands found hers underwater. "Are you all right?"
"What happened to you?" she cried. "I almost--"
"Luce," he warned. "Shhh." (Kate, 91)

What the ever loving fuck is that?

The Outcasts are watching them, but they are not attacking at all. In fact, they are perched on the spires of the church, watching quietly. Daniel could have taken two nanoseconds to explain to Luce why he left her and almost let her drown, but he chooses not to.

This pattern is a constant throughout the book. Luce's dialogue is a handful of short cut-off sentences, because Daniel is constantly, constantly interrupting her. He talks over her like she isn't there.

"How are you feeling?"
"The halo--"
"We have the halo." (101)

"How long was I asleep?" Luce asked. It was nightfall. "How much time do we have left--"
"Seven days, Luce," Daniel said quietly. (102)

"But now that they're gone--"
"Now that they're gone, you can do it on your own." (120)

There's also Luce's Daphne-esque tendency to always be captured, and have to rely on Daniel to release her. The Scale, who are now suddenly and inconsistently evil, pounce on Luce and bind her up in a cloak. She lies at the sidelines of the battle for an entire scene--literally an ENTIRE scene--while everyone else fights. In the end, it's Daniel who has to unbind her and save her little life.

I just don't get this devotion everyone has for Luce. The existence of the entire world rests on Daniel and Luce's "love" (though what they have is not love. The dynamic between Luce and Daniel is equivalent to a caveman dragging his bitch into a cave by the hair and then planting his seed in her womb) and everyone else, people who have no stake in Luce and Daniel's relationship, are fine with this. Gabbe and Molly die for no reason other than Luce and Daniel's selfishness.

Why did Daniel choose love over Heaven? He's like a kid who doesn't like beans or broccoli, so stamps his feet and wails that he wants neither, then complains later about being hungry. This thing he has with Luce is really just a need for him to have something to control, and honestly? We still have absolutely no idea why Luce and Daniel have this amazing incredible connection. There was more chemistry between Lucifer and Lucinda the former.

Just get this: Luce and Daniel's first meeting is when Luce, an angel in Heaven (yep, that's the big reveal about what she is. How lame) is weeping in a meadow because her current love, Lucifer, is contemplating disobeying God (this is before the Fall). Luce literally looks at Daniel once, and then snap! They're in all consuming, I'll-die-horribly-for-you love. They know nothing about each other. They are shallow, sad, lonely people who are only together because (a) they are a perfect match of sadist and masochist, and (b) they are terrified of ending up alone.

It turns out Luce loved Lucifer before she loved Daniel. Did anybody else feel bad for Lucifer most of all, or was that just me? I couldn't shake a feeling of sympathy for this guy. The funny thing is that Luce explains her leaving Lucifer for Daniel by saying that Lucifer was too controlling.

Wait, what? Daniel is worse than Lucifer for being controlling. Luce tries to show how strong she is by saying that she left this "abusive" relationship, when in actual fact, all she did was hop from one psychotic, domineering asshole to another. This is literally how it's explained:

She began to fear him. He seemed to fear nothing, except her ever leaving him...he grew more possessive, more envious of her adoration of the Throne, telling Lucinda that if she truly loved him, Lucifer would be enough.

Were you shocked to see Lucifer's name there? Because that little nugget just described everything about the way Daniel treats Luce. And yet that's seen as romantic, more so than Lucifer.

I say I liked Lucifer. Did I? Well, not really. I suppose my favor lies with him because he was the lesser of two evils when it comes to Luce's ill-fated relationships.

Or is it more than two evils?

Let's see, here. After four books, Luce still has absolutely no personality. What does she like? What does she not like? What does her voice sound like? I don't know. She doesn't have one. She's just a sock puppet for all her lovers to wear on their hands and whisper sweet nothings to. She's an absolutely tragic character, but not in any sympathetic way. And yet, for some reason, Luce has had Daniel, Lucifer, Miles, Cam, Trevor and practically every Outcast running after her screaming to be loved. Why? She's absolutely inane. There is nothing appealing about her.

Let's think. Katniss was strong, independent, flawed. She was fiercely protective and loyal. That's why Gale and Peeta loved her. Clary was proactive, funny, caring and a little clumsy, plus she'd do anything to keep her friends safe. That's why Jace loves her. Katsa was fierce, determined, loud and amazingly skilled, and when she was faced with a challenge, she never backed down. That's why Po loved her. And it doesn't just apply to the ladies. Sam was gentle, kind, compassionate and respectful, and this is why Grace loved him. Alec was shy, sincere, determined, loyal, strong, intelligent and so deeply devoted to his duties, and that's why Magnus fell in love with him. Tucker was genuine, passionate, driven and he valued honesty. That's why Clara loved him.

Why does anybody love Luce? She is selfish. Weak. Useless. And Daniel? He's unkind, self-centered, chauvinistic and often needlessly rude. These characters are just an embarrassment to their YA cohorts. Daniel describes Luce as "brave" and "strong". What? Luce is an embarrassment to brave, strong women. No--to brave, strong people in general. At one point, Dee, a friend of the group (and a part of that fascinating and awesome thing with the relics) talks about how in a past life Luce used to get all these plants and stuff caught in her hair but always refused to cut it off. She says that Luce's hair was a symbol of her strength, and a part of her soul.

WHAT?

Luce is idle, pathetic, dumb and constantly clawing at anything with a penis to rescue her. And yet she's suddenly so strong because she wouldn't cut off her hair? It's nothing to do with her soul. It's to do with personal hygiene. Get a clue.

I have to give credit where credit is due, though. Cam was an absolutely beautiful addition to the cast. I wish the book had been about him. While I hated the whole ridiculous story with Lilith in the previous book (mainly because I can't stand it when authors make Lilith evil) in Rapture, he had so much depth and such a warm, genuine, tragic nature. I love him. I really do. He's just...amazing.

The one thing I did hate about Cam in this book: he got the Gale Syndrome. Where the author can't be bothered juggling with the character anymore and doesn't know how to end their story, so they just throw in some rubbish about "oh, they moved away, and they're fine now". That's laziness. Nothing more.

I also liked Gabbe and Molly's deaths. Sure, those characters had about two lines each and their deaths weren't even a part of the final sequence, but I like it when authors have the guts to let go of some of their cast members. It shows a little bit of professionalism, and a drive to tell an edgy story. You can't call your book a dark, intense and deep story and then coddle your characters like Meyer. It just doesn't work. So kudos, Lauren, for taking the plunge and killing off some of your pawns. I know how hard it is. I do it all the time.

Jeez. That made me sound like such a fucking psycho. Whatever.

I say "final sequence" because the conclusion kind of petered out to nothing. It was such an enormous let-down, and an enormous case of deus ex machina. Like, I've never encountered such pungent deus ex machina in my life. It's deus ex machina to end all deus ex machina. Luce is trying to talk Lucifer down, and the world is going to end, and the author doesn't know how to end it, so...

God literally says "ENOUGH!" and then everything is fixed.

I am not kidding. There's a huge unsolvable problem, and then God snaps her fingers and that's it. Everything is better.

(God was portrayed as a woman here. Nice try, but you're not fooling anyone. Simply making God a woman doesn't make this series any less misogynistic.)

So I meant it when I praised the writing before. It's decent. Sometimes lush and lovely. I've heard a lot of scoldings because huge blocks of description are annoying, and I get it, man, I do. But I'm secretly a sucker for beautiful, vivid descriptions. And this book did it. The dialogue is still so hokey and unrealistic (everyone talks like it's 1822) but whatever. Everything else is really nice, really enjoyable.

Overall this book was a so-so read for me. When I started it, I so desperately wanted it to be fantastic, empowering, romantic and a great end to a tumultuous series. I don't know why I kept reading after the first book, but I did. And once I was hooked, I flagellated myself by buying each installment, reading it, and tearing my hair out in anguish.

Why did I even bother with Rapture? Because despite Luce and Daniel's frightening relationship, I was game to know how this all ended. I'd come to care about the secondary characters. The writing was improving. Passion showed some actual conviction in Luce's actions. Above all, I wanted this book to be a bright, shining five star-adventure. But it wasn't. It was wonderfully written, smartly plotted and paced, well stocked in the mythology department and an awesome way to chew up time, but I couldn't get past the gripes. The misogyny, the stupid dialogue, the anticlimactic ending.

The ending, by the way, was good and bad. Everything from page 340 to the beginning of the last chapter sucked ass. The last chapter was brilliant. To be together in their selfish little glory, Daniel and Luce decide that they want to be reincarnated as human, and be free to live one last mortal life wherein they can be happy and at peace together. It was such a nice little way to wrap up the horror of the past 6000 years wherein Daniel repeatedly murdered Luce because he felt like kissing her.

And yes, the guy sitting in the laundry room tossing the coin is in fact Lucifer. Why is anybody confused by that? It's obviously him. The physical description is exactly the same. Come on, people.

So that was fine. But I just can't invest myself in Luce and Daniel. Every time I try it just makes me want to scream. Luce and Daniel have started a war and nearly destroyed the entire world because they want to kiss and stare into each other's eyes. Everyone is willing to sacrifice everything so that two people can be together. How unrealistic! How painfully selfish of Luce and Daniel! In those 6000 years, why couldn't Daniel have just walked away? If he really loved Luce, he would have let her go instead of creeping around her, this ancient old weirdo whose goal is to make out with her and watch her burn to death. Fucking scary, right?

So that's it. The Fallen series is officially over. I have to admit, I'm glad it's done. Like Tom and Katie, it looms over us, spreading its shallow glory over all of our civilian faces, when on closer inspection it's nothing but a fucking train wreck.

Auf wiedersehen, Luce and Daniel. It's been a slice.

BONUS TIME!

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Jun 19, 2012 Megan marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Dear Lauren Kate ,

If you somehow miraculously kill off Luce ,

I'll give you five stars ? (:

* Edit:* (view spoiler)

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Apr 11, 2013 Katykit rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Screw the haters :)

Cannot wait for the fourth & final installment of the Fallen series to hit the shelves. I'll be pre-ordering this as I did with Passion.

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Nov 12, 2012 Nurlely marked it as to-read · review of another edition

I think this book will be as good or more than the previous three books. More, because we could finally read the end of the series. A bit sad probably, of having to end reading my beloved couple, Daniel and Luce. Comments could be submitted after I actually read this book.

PS: Dear Ms Kate. Bliss will be mine if Daniel and Luce are going to live happily ever after in the end. It's cliche, but I do not wish for other option as an ending. Sadness and disappointment will haunt me forever should they...more

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Jun 08, 2012 Hayden Casey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: would-kill-for-arc, will-read-to-finish-series, will-own-it, the-cover-is-going-to-rock, blurred-opinion

Y'all are gonna be SOOOOOPER satisfied with the end...

It's the beginning I'm worrying about.

Ooooh! Fernanda made TWO versions of the same image:

I can't tell which one I like more!

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Apr 28, 2012 Zemira Warner rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fans of Fallen

Shelves: angels, hot-guys, paranormal-romance, need-to-buy, gothic, favorite, surprised-me

Let's go Luce and Cam! This needs to happen!

EDIT

Fallen books are my guilty pleasure and I can't help and say I am so glad this books didn't suck. It so didn't!

I was expecting this whole boring story that would make me fall asleep. Sure,there were some less interesting parts. I struggled through the first half but then it quickly picked up and things were starting to make sense.

We learn more about Lucinda's connection with Lucifer,Daniel and Luce remain (too) cute and Cam is still a flawless Go...more

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Jun 26, 2012 Lorelei rated it 3 of 5 stars

REVIEW UPDATED.

Thoughts before reading:

Oh, the last one. And i don't think I'll buy it. I'm soooo disappointed with the course of these series.
I keep saying to myself "One last time! You can do it! One more book with Luce and it's over!" I. WANT.ANSWERS. After 3 books I'm so damn confused i can't even re-read the previous books because I'll get more confused than i am already.I've forgotten how many questions i have. Lauren Kate better give the answers AT LAST. Her complicated piece of shit love...more

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Oct 20, 2012 Deni rated it 3 of 5 stars

based on the reviews from the previous books, hope it's that last and that it answers our questions! I have only read the first book, I'm planning on checking out the 3 books from my local library. Honestly why do authors make the main female character so ANNOYING! -.-

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Jun 12, 2012 Samantha rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-books

What I'm hopeful for is that Luce ends up with Cam. I just adore him! Daniel is so cut and dry in his manner. I might be missing the whole point of the series but it annoys me to no end that he won't choose a side. Cam is more shades of grey that I think compliment Luce better. I think there is something more there than Luce wants to admit. Plus I'm so sick of the whole obsessive love that transcends all reason (think Twilight). Plus it is insanely predictable that the "good" guy gets the girl....more

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Jun 12, 2012 Lissa marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Oh man, this cover is so gorgeous I feel bad that I'm not going to read it!

After the travesties of Fallen and Torment I refused to read any more. But just looking at this beautiful cover makes me want to eat my words. I gave my copies of the books away and now I want to go and buy hardcover versions! And I HATED the books and was miserable for days after I read them.

A pity the Passion cover was so crap, because this one is up to the same standard as the first and second and it's so beautiful I w...more

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Nov 11, 2011 Saniya(Will Herondale is mine) marked it as to-read · review of another edition

God saved Lauren Kate from readers like us by making a pretty cover for her last book.
Now God, save us by giving us a nice ending by Lauren Kate for this disastrous series.

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Aug 21, 2011 L. C. marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: biblical-fail, braindead-heroine, books-for-firewood, epically-failed, must-read-because-it-s-so-hilarious, tstl-characters, avoid-this-like-the-black-plague, messed-me-up-for-life, do-not-read-ever, holy-hell, intimacy, what-the-truck-is-this, what-in-the-name-of-christ, shittastic, what-is-going-on-here, oh-my-god-i-think-that-i-will-burst, young-adult, what-was-this-author-smoking

Holy.

Fucking.

Shit.

If Luce does not fucking die, I am going to buy 20 copies of every book in this series and use them to make a bonfire at a Fallen Haters' Party.

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Oct 15, 2012 fяσzєη rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: covergasm, pretty-dress-on-the-cover, angels, cheese, insta-love, meh-it-was-okay, sorry-excuse-for-a-romance, surprised-i-didnt-hate, owned-ebooks

This review is also available over at my blog.

________________________

Actual rating is 2.5 stars. Yeah, I know right? I expected to give a lower rating.

So. That's it, then. I've finally ended this hot mess of a series.

And . . . surprisingly, I'm satisfied.

I will admit that I actually gave Passion, the third book in the series, a three-star rating. It was not as painfully horrible as the first two books, which I both gave one star ratings. But still, even though I did quite like Passion, my hopes...more

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Apr 15, 2011 Vi Vi marked it as to-read · review of another edition

THERE'S A FOURTH BOOK OF THIS??? WHY

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Oct 04, 2012 Wafiyah rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Whoever wants to finish a series. Bad.

Recommended to Wafiyah by: Passion by Lauren Kate

Shelves: fallen-angels-etc, romance, paranormal-romance, not-so-good, worst, anticlimactic, fantasy, horrible-romance, terrible-protagonist, sloooww-progress

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. To put it in a nutshell, this book took me forever to read. I had to force myself to just click on the "place hold" button on my library website so that I could just finish the series already. To be honest, it was an extremely slow read. Seeing as how the third book had come out last summer, I pretty much forgot a lot that had happened in the novel and didn't know what to expect in this book. My initial thought when I finished the book was "meh." It could've ended a lot better. I don't really kn...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Lalala*Saredo* marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: summer-fall-2012, ya, i-cant-wait-to-read, magical-beings, paranormal, series-trilogy, sexy-covers

WOW i can't wait almost 9 months for this book to come out well it's worth it im just going to have to go to the library and find a long series of books so that wont have to think about what is goiing to happen in this book. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I JUST WANT TO READ IT WOW I HATE IT WHEN I HAVE TO WAIT I WISH I LIVED IN A LIBRARY WHERE ONE ONE BOOK FINISHS I DONT HAVE TO WAIT 1 FREAKIN YEAR FOR THE NEXT BOK TO COME OUT
**SIGHS**
EDIT: Okay so this series was good but there are no answers i...more

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Jul 10, 2012 Mitch Cave rated it 4 of 5 stars

My ideal ending for this series:
Luce dies by a fail transplant of angel wings and thought it'd be a good idea to fly off a cliff -- the one in the cover -- with Daniel.

THE END.

*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*

Nonononono, I'm totally kidding. Lauren Kate's ending was much better than mine.

Her writing is so atmospheric and nostalgic. It really hits close to home, especially this book. Right from the start the book had my interest and picked up straight into action in barely the first two or three chapte...more

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Nov 09, 2012 Katy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

THAT was the series was about?!?! All the bloodshed, all the heartache, and THAT was the cause of it all?!?! I'm truly flabbergasted! And then to say, (view spoiler) What. The. Heck?!?! It's just with all the trouble everyone went through, I was just expecting it to be some apocalyptic battle at the end, and it ended up being an anticlimactic um, agreement? Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that (view spoiler)...more

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Jun 27, 2011 playingwithfire marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: angel, sucky-paranormal, want-to-rip-to-shreds-immediately

Oh, my god....there's another one? I haven't even brought myself to suffer through Passion yet....I'm still recovering from the train wreck that was Torment.

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Feb 08, 2013 Paulie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

can't wait for the 4th book in "Fallen" series :D

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Dec 02, 2012 Charissa Sophia de la Rosa rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: YA readers who wants to read an example of true love!, Hopeless Romantics like me. *sighs*

Shelves: action, adventure, books-that-made-me-cry-sob, books-with-a-great-ending, cliffhanger-endings, drama, fallen-angels, forbidden-love, fantasy, favorites, inspiring-books, romance, fallen-series, books-to-film-adaptations, books-i-reviewed, happy-endings, young-adult

As the last installment for the Fallen series, Lauren Kate did a truly spectacular grand finale for one of the best YA book series. It made me feel a lot of emotions like happiness, sadness and a mixture of both. It made me laugh, anxious and cry. Now, that's the true definition of an unforgettable story.

What I Love:

[_] The plot. Ever since I had read Fallen, I know there's something worth reading in it. Have you ever read a YA book where there are two lovers and the girl keeps on dying at th...more

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May 08, 2013 Lea rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. In Dedication to the end of the Fallen Series by Lauren Kate....

Because I have an incredibly immature sense of humor and wanted to show off my mad skills at photo editing, I created this Ermagerd meme. Enjoy.

LC's Take:

And now...

The epic conclusion to the Fallen series by Lauren Kate.

And by epic, I mean the following:

1.) Totally ridiculous
2.) Painfully cliche
3.) LOL hilarious for all the wrong reasons
4.) Convoluted beyond all human reasoning
5.) Inexplicably addicting in a *slightly* unsett...more

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Nov 27, 2011 ♪Chloe the Beatles Fanatic♫ marked it as to-read

Shelves: books-by-my-fave-authors

A 4th one....????

Not sure there will be much of a story line after the 3rd one, but okay.

Stun us, Ms. Kate.

Update:

Ooo! Look! The cover's out! Gosh it's so freaking gorgeous!!!

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Aug 13, 2012 Sam marked it as to-read

Honestly, I don't get why people bother to type in those reviews if all they are going to do is hate this book ANYWAY.

Ignoring the haters, I personally like these books very much. I expected them to be superb, but they are good. Fallen was quite good in the beginning and towards the end it had picked up its pace. But as many people say, it didn't give me any answers. Then Torment was all over the place but still I had no problem reading it. The only complaint was that it was fairly paced in the...more

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Feb 13, 2013 Skyla marked it as did-not-finish · review of another edition

Pretty cover, very pretty cover, she is wearing a white dress instead of a black one for some reason I think this is important and at the same time I am not going to read this, so why do I care? I'm thinking she's going to be sacrificed.

I don't usually abandon a series once I have started it but the "Fallen" series was just too painful to continue.

There was no continuity within the first book, the second book made little to no sense and I am against the abusive relationship that is Daniel and Lu...more

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Mar 09, 2012 Zero vi Britannia marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: did-amy-lee-write-this, did-this-book-even-have-an-editor, didn-t-have-to-read, how-did-this-get-published, if-i-could-turn-back-time, if-i-weren-t-such-a-masochist, it-gave-me-blue-brain, mythology-what-mythology, never, no, no-just-not, not-bad, not-even-with-someone-elses-money, one-page-was-enough, slow-and-painful, they-publish-anything-don-t-they, this-is-going-to-hurt, this-will-not-be-pretty, useless-lead-character, waste-of-trees, why, why-am-i-still-unpublished, why-did-i-do-this-to-myself-again, why-rowling-had-to-use-her-initials, worse-than-twilight

Top Things that Suck Less than the Fallen Series

1. A Vacuum
2. White House interns
3. Kagome from Inuyasha
4. The entire second season of Code Geass.
5. Tornadoes
6. The Entirety Gundam Seed Destiny
7. The fourth opening of Gundam Seed Destiny
8. The U.S. Economy
9. Suckers
10. Halo and Hades.

Edit: I looked at the ratings and saw that this UNPUBLISHED book had a 4.41. As a result, I've decided to give this one star for now and adjust after I read it.

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Nov 07, 2011 Alex marked it as to-read

Shelves: gasp-worthy-covers, own, series, very-high-expectations-for

Please don't have a bad cover, please don't have a bad cover.

UPDATE:Holy chiz that's a gorgeous cover. That is the most beautiful one yet in my opinion. I'm totally having a fangirl moment.

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Apr 20, 2011 Annabelle Marie Veronica marked it as to-read

Shelves: fallen, angels, fantasy, romance, gorgeous-cover

Dear Cam, I adore you(: You're the only interesting character in these freaking books.

Oh, pretty cover! I really hope this is the final cover.

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May 14, 2013 Annerooo marked it as on-hiatus · review of another edition

It comes out on my birthday! ;P

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