Fallen: Volume 1

The book started off slower than I thought. Although the reading isn’t so bad. It does capture your attention enough to keep going, although I’m not sure what the huge hype over this book is. That’s not to say that I did not like it, I thought it was an all right read, but not something to wow over. It’s worth sticking by it and reading it through. I rather liked Luce. She’s got issues, but not enough to make her weepy or needy. She can stand up on her own (most of the time) although her mooning over Daniel was a little tedious. I couldn’t really see the chemistry going on between the two of them, even though Daniel was playing the hard to get game and being real nasty about it. Sure, he had reason to avoid Luce, but it would help to at least explain to her why that would be instead of blowing her off like an irritating bug. Even after I finished the book, I still didn’t really like Daniel. To me, he’s not even crush worthy material. Now Cam..on the other hand...yeeeahhhhhh *grinning* Like Luce, I thought Gabbe was the most annoying person ever. However, when you find out what she really is, it fits into place and you suddenly do a 360 and change your mind about her. Now although the pace of the book was slow, and the plot was slow to evolve, the reading wasn’t so bad. I rather liked following Luce around with Arriane and Penn (I took a liking to Penn she was such a great supporting character). The pace does pick up a bit after the first half of the novel and the mystery gets a little more interesting. The whole explanation on who Daniel really is (among others) was interesting and did take the story on to a new light. It felt like a reward for putting up with the slow pacing and well, I’d have to say the ending really did make up for it and convinced me to pursue this series further. Fallen might not be for everyone. The pacing of the plot may be slow and dry to some readers. Also there are just some parts that get a little out of hand when it comes to the cheesiness and romance. However, those that loved Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick should give this a try (however it might not be up to par). In my opinion, Daniel just could not be as great as Patch ;)

I really like this book it has a kinda mystery that just makes you keep wanting to know more. I've read so many books but this one is the best one because the romance is nothing like most that repeat the same plot and from of falling in love and out of love. This book has a different perspective of looking at romance.

Now let me clarify. 1) I loved Twilight. 2) I get that it's dumb as toast. 3) I'm ok with that, but I wish Twilight were a better-written book. This book shares only a few elements with the Twilight series: a 17 year old girl, an immortal love, a new school, a female writer, a mostly-female audience. There are no vampires or werewolves. It's set in Georgia, not Washington. And for all the obsessive-fan-girl-squeel that Twilight received... imagine a book that actually *deserved* that much attention, and you'd have this. The writing is beautiful. The characters actually grow. The plot does not insult your intelligence by spelling out the premise.