Fallen is a rather dark tale, but still romantic and captivating.
Luce has seen weird “shadows” all of her life. When these shadows appeared as she is with her boyfriend, Trevor, he ends up dead, and Luce doesn’t remember anything. She feels guilty, but can’t tell anyone about the shadows because whenever she does that, she is subjected to therapy and lots of medication.
Luce has been sent to the Sword and Cross reform school, as a last resort. This is a very strange school. The classes are strange, the facilities are dilapidated, and the students are every variety of weird that exists.
When Luce meets Daniel, she feels like she has met him before. Not only that, she feels strangely attracted to him. But, Daniel acts like he wants nothing to do with Luce. Then there’s Cam, a sweet, caring boy who makes no secret of his desire for Luce. Arriane is Luce’s first friend – she is assigned to show Luce around, but Penn becomes Luce’s best friend. Penn is the only student who isn’t there because of a problem – other than the fact that she’s an orphan, and her father was the caretaker at Sword and Cross. Penn is very helpful to Luce during a lot of confusion, and they become close.
I really liked this story. I liked the characters and, for the most part, I liked the setting. The only complaint I have is pacing. The story seemed to take so long to get going. From the very beginning, we know that Daniel is not normal. There’s something supernatural about him. Every time he met Luce, I kept hoping for some revelation or at least a partial explanation of why everything was so strange between the two of them. But they meet time after time, and it takes over 200 pages for anything to really happen between these two.
I didn’t really buy into the relationship between Cam and Luce. I didn’t think she was stupid enough to fall for his tricks (I’m not going to be specific about these events, but you will know if you read the book.)
I did enjoy the mood of the story. It felt very macabre to me, and I liked it. Lauren Kate writes some passionate moments, and I didn’t feel it was overdone – I believed it. The secondary characters were well done, except like I said, Cam wasn’t too believable. I also didn't understand how Luce ended up at reform school. That part was very mushy, and her parents were both very wimpy and unconcerned about Luce's situation.
I’m recommending this to my paranormal girls, especially the angel fans. This wasn’t my favorite book, but I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in the series, Torment, and I already have it on my pile.
Published by Delacorte Press, 2009
Copy obtained from the library
452 pages (qualifies for my 350 Page Book Challenge!)
Rating: 3/5:
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