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Fallen #5
Unforgiven
It’s the book FALLEN fans have been waiting for: Cam’s story, the brooding, bad-boy dark angel readers love.
High school can be hell.
Cam knows what it’s like to be haunted. He’s spent more time in Hell than any angel ever should. And his freshest Hell is high school, where Lilith, the girl he can’t stop loving, is serving out a punishment for his crimes.
Cam made a bet with Lucifer: he has fifteen days to convince the only girl who really matters to him to love him again. If he succeeds, Lilith will be allowed back into the world, and they can live their lives together. But if he fails…there’s a special place in Hell just for him.
Tick-tock.
Spread your wings and cry as bad boy dark angel Cam finally reveals his anguished heart in the epic new FALLEN novel, UNFORGIVEN.
High school can be hell.
Cam knows what it’s like to be haunted. He’s spent more time in Hell than any angel ever should. And his freshest Hell is high school, where Lilith, the girl he can’t stop loving, is serving out a punishment for his crimes.
Cam made a bet with Lucifer: he has fifteen days to convince the only girl who really matters to him to love him again. If he succeeds, Lilith will be allowed back into the world, and they can live their lives together. But if he fails…there’s a special place in Hell just for him.
Tick-tock.
Spread your wings and cry as bad boy dark angel Cam finally reveals his anguished heart in the epic new FALLEN novel, UNFORGIVEN.
400 pages, Hardcover
First published November 10, 2015
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Lauren Kate
31 books26.6k followersLauren Kate is the author of novels 15 novels including the FALLEN series, now a television series on AMC+. Her forthcoming angel-focused romantasy trilogy, WHITE LIGHTS, will publish in June 2026. She lives in Laurel Canyon with her family.
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May 28, 2015Cover Reveal: What is Cam even doing on the cover? He looks like he's scratching his junk.
Hey, Lauren Kate?
It's time to let go.
Hey, Lauren Kate?
It's time to let go.
not-sure-if-i-ll-read-it
July 30, 2020This was published in 2015? How did I miss this?
Anyway, do I want to go down this road again? I mean back then the series was average. Looking back at it now I feel like I was generous in my ratings. But! Cam was my favourite from those books. A little bit of saving grace.
So, should I read it? And risk that I won't like him after this book? Tricky.
Anyway, do I want to go down this road again? I mean back then the series was average. Looking back at it now I feel like I was generous in my ratings. But! Cam was my favourite from those books. A little bit of saving grace.
So, should I read it? And risk that I won't like him after this book? Tricky.
maybe-maybe-not
October 27, 2015Cam. Cam. Cam.
Stupid Cam.
Because of you, I'll have to read Rapture.
You stupid arsehole. Why did I like you? Why?
Why did you just have to be in Luce and Daniel's gag-worthy romance that your very own book makes me cringe?
I loved you.
And that love is the only reason I'll read this.
Hear that Lucifer?!
Fucking hear that.
May 28, 2020
I love this boy so much, it hurts. ❤️❤️❤️
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May 28, 2015What the actual fuck? Milking the cashcow after a series (a bad one at that) is already finished and done with? (and for God's sake, I was so glad it was over when I finished book 4)
and who cares about a romance between Cam and Lilith? Lilith who? She shows up briefly in book 2 or book 3 and why would Ms. Kate believe we care about her?
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Plus it's quite awful to name an uninteresting little girl after the Lilith, goddess from a handful of ancient myths/supposedly Adam's first wife who was unafraid to disobey God/the woman who according to some myths, left Adam after he refused to let her top him during sexual intercourse/supposedly mother of demons.
and who cares about a romance between Cam and Lilith? Lilith who? She shows up briefly in book 2 or book 3 and why would Ms. Kate believe we care about her?
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Plus it's quite awful to name an uninteresting little girl after the Lilith, goddess from a handful of ancient myths/supposedly Adam's first wife who was unafraid to disobey God/the woman who according to some myths, left Adam after he refused to let her top him during sexual intercourse/supposedly mother of demons.
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April 9, 2015OHMYGOSH!!!! There's going to be a book about Cam!! Am I the only one who loved Cam better than Daniel? It doesn't matter anymore because now there is going to be a whole book (over 400 pages!!) about this amazing character. Now I just need to wait until November. That's not too bad, right? Oh, who am I kidding- I want it now !
August 7, 2016
Okay, so, the thing is that I wasn't expecting to enjoy this book - it's not like I was waiting on tenterhooks for it (in fact, I don't think anybody asked for it, just like nobody asked for an Entourage movie or a sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman) but this series is so nostalgic to me.
I first read Fallen in early 2010, when I was 15. HA! Now you're all doing the math. I'm now in my early 20s and while the series is long since behind me, it holds a weird place in my heart: I was never one of those people who shrieked like a harpy over Twilight, so it was this series that was actually my gateway into YA. And my gateway into Goodreads. And to be honest, it was important to me at that weird mid-adolescent phase, when I was going through an extremely hard time personally. I bought it at the airport when I was embarking on a journey that would eventually end up being a huge mistake, and would cost me dearly in adulthood. It was a journey that Fallen accompanied me on, and I don't know, guys. As an adult, the covers have been ripped off it: Luce has the personality of a single kidney bean and Daniel should be, I don't know, in a cell somewhere, learning mindfulness and the virtues of self-awareness. They're a pair of intolerable morons, but when I was 15 and struggling to get out of bed in the morning, feeling like I wanted to run away from my home, they spoke to me. What say that about the power of YA?
It was for the sake of this nostalgia that I picked up Unforgiven. And I think it was also for the sake of that same nostalgia that I really enjoyed it. I mean, sure, I could have done without the intermittent comments about how pure and selfless and true Daniel and Luce's love is, but I always liked Cam. I really did. He had some semblance of a personality. I sort of identified with him, and I identified with Arriane too, which is why I'm seriously glad she makes a cameo. Lilith was also a really decent character, but I have my reservations, because when the timeline jumps back to Canaan, where Cam and Lilith met, that's when we know it's a Lauren Kate book. I feel like Lauren Kate's hallmark always has been and always will be the swill of instalove.
We saw it with Luce and Daniel, two angels in heaven who fell in love after exchanging no more than five contentless words, and that love was apparently then strong enough to justify 6000 years of Luce's suffering and Daniel irresponsibly killing her (he did kill her. The cameo in this book proves it. He fucking knew what would happen when he kissed her, and he fucking did it anyway, the wank). Similarly, Lilith and Cam have one conversation and suddenly they're in love, and it's enough to make Lilith kill herself when he leaves her. This is smartly sidestepped by Word of God assuring is that it was actually Lucifer who drove Lilith to do it, but still, this absolutely absurd obsession the author has with instant and death-defying love is so...weird.
(Also, the reasoning for them breaking up in the first place was dumb as shit.)
The best thing about this book was the awesome word building, because it genuinely creeped me out. It was sharp, inventive, and brilliantly surreal, even though Kate has this awful habit of starting a scene without establishing setting, so each character involved in X conversation is just a disembodied voice until eventually it's revealed that they're in the cafeteria or by Rattlesnake Creek. Kiera Cass does this too, and it's so fucking annoying.
I loved the side characters too though, and even the whole Mean Girl trope ended up being subverted. The musical element managed to be cool and unique, not cheesy, and I loved Lucifer, as I always did. He made the last two books in the original series for me.
But oy vey, the ending! WHAT WAS UP WITH THE ENDING? I hated it, and now I'm thinking about it, and it's still making me huff with disappointment. It was so rushed, and because it was so rushed, the emotional impact was completely lost. There was also a really weird sense of space, and it comes back to this problem Kate has with properly establishing a backdrop for character interactions. I couldn't picture it all in my head because the movements and the physical space and the configuration of the characters didn't make sense. The whole thing didn't make sense, and after 3000 years of hatred and bad blood, Lilith and Cam reconcile in the space of one page. What the bloody hell is this? And at the end there's no clear indication of whether or not they're even free of Lucifer's hells, because they're just left sitting in Limbo. Like, are they mortal now? Do they get to go back to Earth? Is Lilith going to be resurrected? What's going to happen from here? It was such an annoying non-resolution.
Basically, this book was what it was: a Lauren Kate novel. Sugary, unhealthy, highly consumable, like chocolate churros. Too much and it makes you feel sick, but it's a very particular flavour. Come back to it in a few years' time and boy, will that nostalgia floor you.
I first read Fallen in early 2010, when I was 15. HA! Now you're all doing the math. I'm now in my early 20s and while the series is long since behind me, it holds a weird place in my heart: I was never one of those people who shrieked like a harpy over Twilight, so it was this series that was actually my gateway into YA. And my gateway into Goodreads. And to be honest, it was important to me at that weird mid-adolescent phase, when I was going through an extremely hard time personally. I bought it at the airport when I was embarking on a journey that would eventually end up being a huge mistake, and would cost me dearly in adulthood. It was a journey that Fallen accompanied me on, and I don't know, guys. As an adult, the covers have been ripped off it: Luce has the personality of a single kidney bean and Daniel should be, I don't know, in a cell somewhere, learning mindfulness and the virtues of self-awareness. They're a pair of intolerable morons, but when I was 15 and struggling to get out of bed in the morning, feeling like I wanted to run away from my home, they spoke to me. What say that about the power of YA?
It was for the sake of this nostalgia that I picked up Unforgiven. And I think it was also for the sake of that same nostalgia that I really enjoyed it. I mean, sure, I could have done without the intermittent comments about how pure and selfless and true Daniel and Luce's love is, but I always liked Cam. I really did. He had some semblance of a personality. I sort of identified with him, and I identified with Arriane too, which is why I'm seriously glad she makes a cameo. Lilith was also a really decent character, but I have my reservations, because when the timeline jumps back to Canaan, where Cam and Lilith met, that's when we know it's a Lauren Kate book. I feel like Lauren Kate's hallmark always has been and always will be the swill of instalove.
We saw it with Luce and Daniel, two angels in heaven who fell in love after exchanging no more than five contentless words, and that love was apparently then strong enough to justify 6000 years of Luce's suffering and Daniel irresponsibly killing her (he did kill her. The cameo in this book proves it. He fucking knew what would happen when he kissed her, and he fucking did it anyway, the wank). Similarly, Lilith and Cam have one conversation and suddenly they're in love, and it's enough to make Lilith kill herself when he leaves her. This is smartly sidestepped by Word of God assuring is that it was actually Lucifer who drove Lilith to do it, but still, this absolutely absurd obsession the author has with instant and death-defying love is so...weird.
(Also, the reasoning for them breaking up in the first place was dumb as shit.)
The best thing about this book was the awesome word building, because it genuinely creeped me out. It was sharp, inventive, and brilliantly surreal, even though Kate has this awful habit of starting a scene without establishing setting, so each character involved in X conversation is just a disembodied voice until eventually it's revealed that they're in the cafeteria or by Rattlesnake Creek. Kiera Cass does this too, and it's so fucking annoying.
I loved the side characters too though, and even the whole Mean Girl trope ended up being subverted. The musical element managed to be cool and unique, not cheesy, and I loved Lucifer, as I always did. He made the last two books in the original series for me.
But oy vey, the ending! WHAT WAS UP WITH THE ENDING? I hated it, and now I'm thinking about it, and it's still making me huff with disappointment. It was so rushed, and because it was so rushed, the emotional impact was completely lost. There was also a really weird sense of space, and it comes back to this problem Kate has with properly establishing a backdrop for character interactions. I couldn't picture it all in my head because the movements and the physical space and the configuration of the characters didn't make sense. The whole thing didn't make sense, and after 3000 years of hatred and bad blood, Lilith and Cam reconcile in the space of one page. What the bloody hell is this? And at the end there's no clear indication of whether or not they're even free of Lucifer's hells, because they're just left sitting in Limbo. Like, are they mortal now? Do they get to go back to Earth? Is Lilith going to be resurrected? What's going to happen from here? It was such an annoying non-resolution.
Basically, this book was what it was: a Lauren Kate novel. Sugary, unhealthy, highly consumable, like chocolate churros. Too much and it makes you feel sick, but it's a very particular flavour. Come back to it in a few years' time and boy, will that nostalgia floor you.
November 5, 2017
"For you, I would risk everything, even the eternal flames of Hell".
"Por ti me arriesgaría a todo, incluso a las eternas llamas del Infierno".
¿Saben hace cuánto no leía un libro de Oscuros? ¡Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiglos! ¡Tampoco recordaba lo mucho que adoré esta saga en su momento! ¡Y Cam, por todos los dioses y ángeles caídos! Ya notan que amé el libro, ¿verdad?
Nota importante: para leer Unforgiven y esta reseña obviamente tienen que haber leído todos los anteriores de la saga.
Aquí nos encontramos con un Cam que, tras haber ayudado a Luce y Daniel en su épica historia de amor, se siente un poco perdido en su vida inmortal. Así, empieza a recordar a Lilith, quien fue el amor de su vida hace milenios y a quien creyó haber perdido para siempre. Sin embargo, el diablo guarda muchos secretos y Cam se entera de que, contrario a lo que creía, Lilith no murió y se fue al Cielo, sino que terminó en el Infierno pagando torturas eternas. Cam, desesperado por salvar al amor de su vida, hace un trato con Lucifer: debe entrar a uno de los infiernos personales de Lilith y hacer que ella se enamore de él en dos semanas. Si lo logra, los dos serán libres para siempre de las garras del demonio. Para un conquistador nato como Cam parece fácil, pero el problema es que Lilith sufrió muchísimo por su culpa en su vida humana, así que en este infierno, así no recuerde esa vida mortal, en el fondo sabe que odia a Cam sin entender exactamente por qué.
Unforgiven fue un libro que me recordó lo mucho que quería a Cam mientras leía Oscuros. Era el chico malo pero que sabes que ha pasado por muchísimo en los milenios que lleva viviendo. Era el ángel caído que había perdido al gran amor de su vida porque el cosmos decidía cada cierto tiempo que debía verse enredado en el lío de Dan y Luce hasta que se rompiera el ciclo. Era aquel al que el diablo había tentado en múltiples ocasiones y quien había resistido en cada una de ellas. Cam era ese hombre que destruiría el mismísimo infierno por salvar a la mujer que ha amado durante milenios.
Si bien esta historia toma tintes de drama de high school, el ver lo difícil que es para Cam ganarse de nuevo a una Lilith que ha sufrido milenios en un infierno es tremendo. Ya no es la chica dulce que cantaba y jugaba con él a las orillas del Río Jordán cuando estaban a punto de casarse, no. Ahora Lilith se ha convertido en una chica dura, que no confía en nadie y sólo vive para protegerse a sí misma del daño que le pueden causar los demás.
Lauren Kate logra con sus capítulos y la cuenta atrás transportarte a Crossroads y querer que todo salga bien para Cam. Es imposible no involucrarte en la historia y querer que Lucifer deje de interferir, porque vaya maldito tramposo que es. A medida que avanza la historia y el tiempo se va acabando, empiezas a leer más rápido porque todo va saliendo mal y necesitas llegar al punto en el que todo se vea mejor, en el que haya esperanza y en el que Cam no vaya a perder a la chica que ama por culpa de las jugarretas del diablo.
Ahora, si hubo algo que me sorprendió muchísimo de Unforgiven es la profundidad y complejidad de los backstories de los personajes. Sobre todo de Lilith. Gracias a Oscuros sabemos qué fue exactamente lo que Cam hizo para que Lilith lo odiara, pero en esta nueva entrega Lauren Kate nos revela un trato oscuro, arriesgado y teñido de amor que Lilith hizo con el diablo... ¡Y cuando se llega a esa revelación el libro toma un nuevo tono! Definitivamente la de Cam y Lilith es una historia de amor, pruebas y redención que trasciende el tiempo.
"Por ti me arriesgaría a todo, incluso a las eternas llamas del Infierno".
¿Saben hace cuánto no leía un libro de Oscuros? ¡Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiglos! ¡Tampoco recordaba lo mucho que adoré esta saga en su momento! ¡Y Cam, por todos los dioses y ángeles caídos! Ya notan que amé el libro, ¿verdad?
Nota importante: para leer Unforgiven y esta reseña obviamente tienen que haber leído todos los anteriores de la saga.
Aquí nos encontramos con un Cam que, tras haber ayudado a Luce y Daniel en su épica historia de amor, se siente un poco perdido en su vida inmortal. Así, empieza a recordar a Lilith, quien fue el amor de su vida hace milenios y a quien creyó haber perdido para siempre. Sin embargo, el diablo guarda muchos secretos y Cam se entera de que, contrario a lo que creía, Lilith no murió y se fue al Cielo, sino que terminó en el Infierno pagando torturas eternas. Cam, desesperado por salvar al amor de su vida, hace un trato con Lucifer: debe entrar a uno de los infiernos personales de Lilith y hacer que ella se enamore de él en dos semanas. Si lo logra, los dos serán libres para siempre de las garras del demonio. Para un conquistador nato como Cam parece fácil, pero el problema es que Lilith sufrió muchísimo por su culpa en su vida humana, así que en este infierno, así no recuerde esa vida mortal, en el fondo sabe que odia a Cam sin entender exactamente por qué.
Unforgiven fue un libro que me recordó lo mucho que quería a Cam mientras leía Oscuros. Era el chico malo pero que sabes que ha pasado por muchísimo en los milenios que lleva viviendo. Era el ángel caído que había perdido al gran amor de su vida porque el cosmos decidía cada cierto tiempo que debía verse enredado en el lío de Dan y Luce hasta que se rompiera el ciclo. Era aquel al que el diablo había tentado en múltiples ocasiones y quien había resistido en cada una de ellas. Cam era ese hombre que destruiría el mismísimo infierno por salvar a la mujer que ha amado durante milenios.
Si bien esta historia toma tintes de drama de high school, el ver lo difícil que es para Cam ganarse de nuevo a una Lilith que ha sufrido milenios en un infierno es tremendo. Ya no es la chica dulce que cantaba y jugaba con él a las orillas del Río Jordán cuando estaban a punto de casarse, no. Ahora Lilith se ha convertido en una chica dura, que no confía en nadie y sólo vive para protegerse a sí misma del daño que le pueden causar los demás.
Lauren Kate logra con sus capítulos y la cuenta atrás transportarte a Crossroads y querer que todo salga bien para Cam. Es imposible no involucrarte en la historia y querer que Lucifer deje de interferir, porque vaya maldito tramposo que es. A medida que avanza la historia y el tiempo se va acabando, empiezas a leer más rápido porque todo va saliendo mal y necesitas llegar al punto en el que todo se vea mejor, en el que haya esperanza y en el que Cam no vaya a perder a la chica que ama por culpa de las jugarretas del diablo.
Ahora, si hubo algo que me sorprendió muchísimo de Unforgiven es la profundidad y complejidad de los backstories de los personajes. Sobre todo de Lilith. Gracias a Oscuros sabemos qué fue exactamente lo que Cam hizo para que Lilith lo odiara, pero en esta nueva entrega Lauren Kate nos revela un trato oscuro, arriesgado y teñido de amor que Lilith hizo con el diablo... ¡Y cuando se llega a esa revelación el libro toma un nuevo tono! Definitivamente la de Cam y Lilith es una historia de amor, pruebas y redención que trasciende el tiempo.
March 27, 2017
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When i came across this book, i though it would be fun to pick it up because i liked the Fallen series when i was 15 or so.. But i was so wrong. The writing is bad, the characters are really plain and boring, everything is predicteble and Cam isn't the bad-boy that we loved.
You think you get the story of Cam, but actually you get the story of Lilith. As a character she isn't really all that much. She is just annoying, her thoughts don't make sense and sometimes it is like she cant think for herself. It was a pain to get through this book.. I wouldn't recomment it for anyone from my age, but if your 12 to 15 years old you might like it.
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When i came across this book, i though it would be fun to pick it up because i liked the Fallen series when i was 15 or so.. But i was so wrong. The writing is bad, the characters are really plain and boring, everything is predicteble and Cam isn't the bad-boy that we loved.
You think you get the story of Cam, but actually you get the story of Lilith. As a character she isn't really all that much. She is just annoying, her thoughts don't make sense and sometimes it is like she cant think for herself. It was a pain to get through this book.. I wouldn't recomment it for anyone from my age, but if your 12 to 15 years old you might like it.
For more of my thought check my blog!
nope
February 15, 2015YOU ARE KIDDING ME RIGHT? FUCKING KIDDING ME.
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May 27, 2015Oh, man! The cover doesn't match!
The font, it-it's not right. It doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel dark or, gothic it feels like on of those YA books that has a dickhead male lead, or one of those JR Ward novels... It's disappointing. I can't even...
*checks calendar* It's 2015! *check's publication date*
Yay! It comes out 5 days before my birthday. I sooo can't wait!
The font, it-it's not right. It doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel dark or, gothic it feels like on of those YA books that has a dickhead male lead, or one of those JR Ward novels... It's disappointing. I can't even...
*checks calendar* It's 2015! *check's publication date*
Yay! It comes out 5 days before my birthday. I sooo can't wait!
May 17, 2021
I was so looking forward to get my hands on this since it was announced.
I expected Cameron-like attitude in the book since it was about Cameron and his long lost love Lilith but no sir that's not what we got. We got someone named Cameron in the book who didn't appear even a bit to be the same Cam from Fallen series.
I still read it because I really wanted to read the book and the fact that it was a short read was bonus and hence 2 stars.
I can't believe that the writer officially ruined the series for me. Not that I loved all the books in the series but I did like the first and the fourth in the series before.
On a related note, this cover is an absolute joke. The story and the cover don't match at all.
2 stars
I expected Cameron-like attitude in the book since it was about Cameron and his long lost love Lilith but no sir that's not what we got. We got someone named Cameron in the book who didn't appear even a bit to be the same Cam from Fallen series.
I still read it because I really wanted to read the book and the fact that it was a short read was bonus and hence 2 stars.
I can't believe that the writer officially ruined the series for me. Not that I loved all the books in the series but I did like the first and the fourth in the series before.
On a related note, this cover is an absolute joke. The story and the cover don't match at all.
2 stars
January 26, 2016
This was a nice, sweet story as a stand alone book but that was all. The Cam in this book was not the Cam we got to know in the Fallen series. I expected a darker, stronger story for Cam with lots of action and not a simple school lovestory. The flashback scenes were nice and I liked the Arriane Roland addition but it wasn't enough to make me really like this book.
January 29, 2016
Im sad I finished it but im so happy for Cam and ofc i was crying at the end le sigh...i forgot how much i loved and cried reading Lauren Kate's books..but im glad i read this because i understand Cam now and love him so much and i loved that she included characters from fallen especially Daniel and Luce in their past life which ima tear again just remembering it..anyway loved Arriane and Roland being there too!missed those too
November 9, 2025
FINALLY READ November 2025:
Eh I could have lived without this. It was not what I wanted from Cam.
Cam had always been this bad boy but he learns the one love of his life has been living in her own personal hell ever since he left her and he makes a deal to try and save her from Lucifer: he has 15 days to make her fall in love with him. Only problem is she hates him.
He just kept popping up in her life like a creepy stalker trying to get her to do things. I would have been much more intrigued if this was a story where he was trying not to fall in love with her again.
The only thing I really liked about this was Lilith finally making some friends. Oh and her brother.
Update: It has a cover and Cam looks beautiful and I love the color, wah.
What. What? What is this? No. I don't want to be lured back into this. I didn't suffer through the last two books to be dragged back in. You're using Cam against me! This is completely unfair cause we all know I'm going to read it just cause it says it's about Cam! Cam was my baby and I was so freaking upset about the lack of him in this forsaken series!
Eh I could have lived without this. It was not what I wanted from Cam.
Cam had always been this bad boy but he learns the one love of his life has been living in her own personal hell ever since he left her and he makes a deal to try and save her from Lucifer: he has 15 days to make her fall in love with him. Only problem is she hates him.
He just kept popping up in her life like a creepy stalker trying to get her to do things. I would have been much more intrigued if this was a story where he was trying not to fall in love with her again.
The only thing I really liked about this was Lilith finally making some friends. Oh and her brother.
Update: It has a cover and Cam looks beautiful and I love the color, wah.
What. What? What is this? No. I don't want to be lured back into this. I didn't suffer through the last two books to be dragged back in. You're using Cam against me! This is completely unfair cause we all know I'm going to read it just cause it says it's about Cam! Cam was my baby and I was so freaking upset about the lack of him in this forsaken series!
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June 16, 2015"Every story has a dark side." Oooooh. Been waiting for this! Cam, oh my, Cam. Finally we're about to get a glimpse of you.
July 13, 2016
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CAAAAAAAAM! e Lucifero.
CAAAAAAAAAAAAM! e Lucifero.
CAM. LUCIFERO. CAM. LUCIFERO. CAM. LUCIFERO jhsdygjldsghuijasdufkjglkfsd
Quando avete detto che arriva novembre?
CAAAAAAAAM! e Lucifero.
CAAAAAAAAAAAAM! e Lucifero.
CAM. LUCIFERO. CAM. LUCIFERO. CAM. LUCIFERO jhsdygjldsghuijasdufkjglkfsd
Quando avete detto che arriva novembre?
December 24, 2019
This was my favourite in the entire series!
I have a feeling it's because it takes place from Cam's POV and has zero to do with Luce & Daniel's love story.
This takes place after the series "ends" and is a completely separate story line.
I have a feeling it's because it takes place from Cam's POV and has zero to do with Luce & Daniel's love story.
This takes place after the series "ends" and is a completely separate story line.
August 2, 2020
When I started reading this series, I expected them all to be this bad. Luckily I was not disappointed by this final volume.
August 19, 2020
Cam was one of my better-liked characters in book one, but one thing I hated was that it kept saying he was a "bad boy" and honestly the author just never succeeded in portraying him like that.
The most annoying part of this book was the number of times Lilith jumped to conclusions — and never owned up to it. As a character, she was stubborn even when she was in the wrong and it felt like she never got better.
There's some potential in this as I'm a huge fan of stories about hidden fantasy in the real world...but as was the situation with this entire series, execution fell flat.
The most annoying part of this book was the number of times Lilith jumped to conclusions — and never owned up to it. As a character, she was stubborn even when she was in the wrong and it felt like she never got better.
There's some potential in this as I'm a huge fan of stories about hidden fantasy in the real world...but as was the situation with this entire series, execution fell flat.
February 9, 2016
Fallen was the first YA PNR book that I read. Okay, it was actually Torment, book two, which my fellow blogger Lillian lent to me over lunch oh 4 or 5 years ago. Being new to the genre, I couldn't discern bad from good, mostly because I didn't know the tropes of PNR that were all the rage at the time. I loved the whole Luce and Daniel story and in order to not ruin that image in my mind, I didn't reread the series leading up to the release of Unforgiven. Cam was supposed to be evil guy number 2 throughout the Fallen series, but that wasn't why I disliked him in Fallen; I disliked him for trying to steal Luce away from Daniel and though his (and the rest of the demon's) motives are revealed in Rapture, I was forever left with the impression of him that I got from Fallen.
Fast forward to today (or a couple months ago). I'm not exactly sure where I saw the news about Lauren Kate releasing a new Fallen novel. I want to say it came across my goodreads dashboard, but I'm actually pretty sure that it was an advertisement on some non book related site (Ik kind of creepy how much the internet can find out about me). I was pretty excited at first b/c I thought it would be like Luce and Daniel's Earthen lives. Then I saw that it was about Cam and Lilith (um who?) and I wasn't sure if I should put in my to-read shelf or not. My love for the Fallen series convinced me to give it a shot in the end.
I was pretty lucky actually to stumble upon the audio book when I was scrolling through new releases in OverDrive. This was like right before the holiday season so I had lots of time to listen to audio books. I finished it in one day with earbuds in the whole day so I suppose this is a testament to how captivating Unforgiven is. The book is told in two (three?) perspectives: Lilith, Cam, and past Cam. How this worked out was that Lilith and Came would each get a chapter or two and then we would get a flash back scene to the Cam and Lilith of Israel which come to think of it, was mentioned back in Passion I think. These flash back scenes were a bit awkwardly weaved in as they couldn't really line up with present time events but I liked that events that happened during the flashback could explain things about Lilith that I had just read or was going to read in the next chapters or so.
The most annoying part of this book has to be Lucifer. I mean dude, can you back the fuck off? Lucifer does so much to poor Cam and I know this is because only one of them can win in the end and he's Lucifer so of course he plays dirty but still, I just wanted to kick his ass so hard that he would get stuck in an infinite fall and so we never have to deal with him again.
Onto some things that I liked. It was nice that there were some noticeable similarities to the original series like each chapter starting with the countdown (also in Torment) and how Lilith was innately connected to her past lives by her love of music. However there were some similarities to Fallen that I really didn't see the point of such as the Cam's choice to keep Lilith in the dark about everything. I get that in falling there is the whole problem with Luce burning up and everything and having to discover things on her own but we didn't get any indication of whether this was necessary for Lilith. This whole book probably could have been finished with five days left if Cam had just told Lilith about their past, tried to explain what he was and why he did everything, and showed her the wings just to convince her of the truth. I mean he left her in the dark basically till the last day and i get that it's supposed to be like a big reveal or something at the end like that but it just seems weird for him not to do so earlier.
Lilith was difficult to like at first though even though I could feel sympathetic for her. Though I understand where her despondence about her life comes from, it is annoying to have to sit through at least half a book of Lilith moping about thinking that she was not capable of being successful. I also didn't like how she was couldn't see how helpful some of Cam's actions were. It was nice to see how she grew into a more confident person by the end of the book but it only made my happy in the, *sigh* finally, sense.
The ending felt a bit rushed and predictable but nonetheless, it probably contained the best moment
Overall, this book was enjoyable if only that I learned about Cam's background and why he does all the things he does. At times it felt incredibly rushed and at other times it seems like the characters are being unbelievably ignorant or stupid with their decisions. Still, the revealing of Cam was refreshing and does save this book. Next stop, the Fallen movie!
Fast forward to today (or a couple months ago). I'm not exactly sure where I saw the news about Lauren Kate releasing a new Fallen novel. I want to say it came across my goodreads dashboard, but I'm actually pretty sure that it was an advertisement on some non book related site (Ik kind of creepy how much the internet can find out about me). I was pretty excited at first b/c I thought it would be like Luce and Daniel's Earthen lives. Then I saw that it was about Cam and Lilith (um who?) and I wasn't sure if I should put in my to-read shelf or not. My love for the Fallen series convinced me to give it a shot in the end.
I was pretty lucky actually to stumble upon the audio book when I was scrolling through new releases in OverDrive. This was like right before the holiday season so I had lots of time to listen to audio books. I finished it in one day with earbuds in the whole day so I suppose this is a testament to how captivating Unforgiven is. The book is told in two (three?) perspectives: Lilith, Cam, and past Cam. How this worked out was that Lilith and Came would each get a chapter or two and then we would get a flash back scene to the Cam and Lilith of Israel which come to think of it, was mentioned back in Passion I think. These flash back scenes were a bit awkwardly weaved in as they couldn't really line up with present time events but I liked that events that happened during the flashback could explain things about Lilith that I had just read or was going to read in the next chapters or so.
The most annoying part of this book has to be Lucifer. I mean dude, can you back the fuck off? Lucifer does so much to poor Cam and I know this is because only one of them can win in the end and he's Lucifer so of course he plays dirty but still, I just wanted to kick his ass so hard that he would get stuck in an infinite fall and so we never have to deal with him again.
Onto some things that I liked. It was nice that there were some noticeable similarities to the original series like each chapter starting with the countdown (also in Torment) and how Lilith was innately connected to her past lives by her love of music. However there were some similarities to Fallen that I really didn't see the point of such as the Cam's choice to keep Lilith in the dark about everything. I get that in falling there is the whole problem with Luce burning up and everything and having to discover things on her own but we didn't get any indication of whether this was necessary for Lilith. This whole book probably could have been finished with five days left if Cam had just told Lilith about their past, tried to explain what he was and why he did everything, and showed her the wings just to convince her of the truth. I mean he left her in the dark basically till the last day and i get that it's supposed to be like a big reveal or something at the end like that but it just seems weird for him not to do so earlier.
Lilith was difficult to like at first though even though I could feel sympathetic for her. Though I understand where her despondence about her life comes from, it is annoying to have to sit through at least half a book of Lilith moping about thinking that she was not capable of being successful. I also didn't like how she was couldn't see how helpful some of Cam's actions were. It was nice to see how she grew into a more confident person by the end of the book but it only made my happy in the, *sigh* finally, sense.
The ending felt a bit rushed and predictable but nonetheless, it probably contained the best moment
Overall, this book was enjoyable if only that I learned about Cam's background and why he does all the things he does. At times it felt incredibly rushed and at other times it seems like the characters are being unbelievably ignorant or stupid with their decisions. Still, the revealing of Cam was refreshing and does save this book. Next stop, the Fallen movie!
May 3, 2016
Original review on Julalicious Book Paradise
Wow… Cam’s story. When Lauren first told us reader that we were getting a book about Cam, I was expecting a book that would be talking about all of his past lives up until now. When we got the summary, then I knew it wasn’t at all what I expected, but I was still pretty hype about reading it.
When I finally got the chance to start the book, I had a hard time letting it down and only did because I was working or had plans that I couldn’t cancel.
It was really a frustrating book because you just want to kick Lucifer’s ass the whole book. I seriously would have jumped in there and hit him a millions of times because he wasn’t playing fair (not that anyone expects HIM to play fair, but you get my drift).
I really enjoyed seeing Cam so determined to do something right for the girl he loves. He never falters even when things are far from being in his favor. He is determined to get Lilith out of there in every possible ways.
And Lilith, got on my nerves at first, but then, I started understanding her closed heart more and more and I was praying throughout the whole book that there would be some kind of happy ending for her. Lilith had a hard life and she was bitter about so many aspects of her life and most of them were towards Cam even if she didn’t understand why.
I was really happy that we also had a glimpse about their past together and see how she ended up there. It was heartbreaking reading this because you knew Cam had so much love for her, but he seemed so scared about what he was that he preferred back then to flee than to face her.
Like I said before, you get easily frustrated reading this book, but when Lucifer isn’t making matter worse, I enjoyed the moment that Cam and Lilith had together and those even include the moments when they were fighting. There is a spark between them and it just needed the right moment to click into place.
The ending is somewhat not something that expected, but at the same time, it seems to fit them. It also seemed like even if there is an ending that Lauren could maybe one day decide to add to their stories.
For my part, I wouldn’t mind that, but I would love to have a book about Arriane or Roland or anyone else. It would be nice to know what’s going on with everyone.
So overall, I really enjoyed the book, but I won’t lie; sometimes, it felt rushed but it was still enjoyable. And Cam was a lot more tamed in this which kind of sucked, because we all love our Cam the way he was in the Fallen series, but still, you have to love him still.
Wow… Cam’s story. When Lauren first told us reader that we were getting a book about Cam, I was expecting a book that would be talking about all of his past lives up until now. When we got the summary, then I knew it wasn’t at all what I expected, but I was still pretty hype about reading it.
When I finally got the chance to start the book, I had a hard time letting it down and only did because I was working or had plans that I couldn’t cancel.
It was really a frustrating book because you just want to kick Lucifer’s ass the whole book. I seriously would have jumped in there and hit him a millions of times because he wasn’t playing fair (not that anyone expects HIM to play fair, but you get my drift).
I really enjoyed seeing Cam so determined to do something right for the girl he loves. He never falters even when things are far from being in his favor. He is determined to get Lilith out of there in every possible ways.
And Lilith, got on my nerves at first, but then, I started understanding her closed heart more and more and I was praying throughout the whole book that there would be some kind of happy ending for her. Lilith had a hard life and she was bitter about so many aspects of her life and most of them were towards Cam even if she didn’t understand why.
I was really happy that we also had a glimpse about their past together and see how she ended up there. It was heartbreaking reading this because you knew Cam had so much love for her, but he seemed so scared about what he was that he preferred back then to flee than to face her.
Like I said before, you get easily frustrated reading this book, but when Lucifer isn’t making matter worse, I enjoyed the moment that Cam and Lilith had together and those even include the moments when they were fighting. There is a spark between them and it just needed the right moment to click into place.
The ending is somewhat not something that expected, but at the same time, it seems to fit them. It also seemed like even if there is an ending that Lauren could maybe one day decide to add to their stories.
For my part, I wouldn’t mind that, but I would love to have a book about Arriane or Roland or anyone else. It would be nice to know what’s going on with everyone.
So overall, I really enjoyed the book, but I won’t lie; sometimes, it felt rushed but it was still enjoyable. And Cam was a lot more tamed in this which kind of sucked, because we all love our Cam the way he was in the Fallen series, but still, you have to love him still.
July 5, 2017
Tak toto bola strašná blbosť. Z nejakého dôvodu som to ale neneznášala tak ako by som mala a dokonca si vyslúžila až tri hviezdičky. Nemám šajnu prečo, Lilith bola krava. Ale Cam je stále zlatíčko a séria je moja guilty pleasure. Okrem toho sa kniha dosť točila okolo hudby, čo je rozhodne plus.
A myslím, že v mojej Twilight fáze pred cca 7 rokmi by som knihu fakt milovala :D
A myslím, že v mojej Twilight fáze pred cca 7 rokmi by som knihu fakt milovala :D
January 10, 2019
This was the best book in the series by far. I loved Cam and Lilith. i think my only complaint is that I didn't get enough of my other favorite fallen angels. And Lucifer is a dick. But glad I read this book.
February 19, 2019
Decepcionada. Aún me pregunto si la autora escribió esta novela, nada que ver con el resto de libros que eran normalitos, este... ni siquiera veo a Cam, es otro.
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November 16, 2015
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January 5, 2016Loved it more than anticipated and poor Lilith. I hope to get more about Ro and Arriann. It felt suggested we might.
January 1, 2016
I always liked Cam, just not for Luce. I LOVED reading his story, and seeing him try to save both himself and Lilith! An AMAZING book! This is a must read for anyone who loved the Fallen books!
March 22, 2017
First thing first, Forgiven is way better than Fallen, because ;-)
♡ It is more straight to the point.
♡ More romance filled with bittersweet love.
♡ Firstly it is because I'm on Team Cam rather than Daniel. LOL
Forgiven is a stand alone novel that happen right after Rapture. In my opinion this book should be a a new stand alone series of Fallen rather known as the 5th book of Fallen.
For the first time I'm impress with Lauren Kate artwork.
♡ It is more straight to the point.
♡ More romance filled with bittersweet love.
♡ Firstly it is because I'm on Team Cam rather than Daniel. LOL
Forgiven is a stand alone novel that happen right after Rapture. In my opinion this book should be a a new stand alone series of Fallen rather known as the 5th book of Fallen.
For the first time I'm impress with Lauren Kate artwork.
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