Reminder: I wrote this review about two years ago, so forgive me if it's a little...strange. It isn't a review as much as it is a rant.
5 out of 5 stars
****SPOILERS WARNING****
HOLY HELL. I JUST FINISHED THE BOOK. I swear I didn't mean to. I mean, I'll never be the same after this. THIS BOOK HAD ONE OF THE MOST UNEXPECTED SHOCKERS I HAVE EVER READ. Seriously, Luce was an angel the ENTIRE FREAKING' TIME! And worse still, Lucifer was her first love. Lemme put that on caps so I can emphasize my shock. FREAKING' LUCIFER WAS HER FIRST LOVE. SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH THE LATER-TO-BECOME-THE-DEVIL LUCIFER! AND LUCE IS AN ANGEL. I still can't get over that. No amount of words-on-caps can truly display my shock. Now I know why I. the first book Fallen Molly passed a note to Lucinda rhetorically asking her "Luce. Lucifer. Any relation?" I didn't ponder on it much then, but now, I'm like "Maybe Molly isn't such a bitch after all"
Okay, enough. Let me start from the beginning. When I first started Fallen, I loved the book. There was just one problem... When I finished the book, my questions weren't answered, and if they were answered then they weren't answered to my satisfaction. I don't think they were answered to anyone's satisfaction really. So, naturally, when I started Rapture I was thinking, like, Lauren is probably going to find a way to avoid answering our very large amount of questions that haven't been answered in any of the first three books. Except, when I reached a log more than half of the book, I was afraid I was right, because I still had no inkling of how the hell Luce was supposed to break the "curse", and if the "curse" was really a "curse" and if Sofia was right, that Luce was just some stupid teenage girl that fell in love with some guy she thought was hot, and that it was stupid to put the universe's fate in this stupid girl and the boy she's infatuated with's hands. I was so close to thinking Ms. Sofia was on to something. Unfortunately for my past self (the one who was reading Fallen) will not be pleased to hear that no, you will not have your questions answered in the next book or the one after that.
That said, when I went on to Torment, I loved it too. I especially loved the whole Thanksgiving dinner. It was too funny, the tension between everyone was HILARIOUS. Especially between Daniel and Miles. The glare Daniel shot at Miles when he wanted to sit next to Luce. I mean, wow, if only looks could kill Miles would have died ten times over. However funny and clever I thought the Thanksgiving dinner was, my happiness and joy were temporary. Why you ask? Because stupid Lucinda had to ruin everything by stepping into an Announcer. I'm sorry if you don't realize this sweety, but running away from your problems doesn't make them go away, let alone stepping into Announcer to dodge them. I felt like flinging the book across my room after I finished that one.
And when I started Passion. I'm just gonna say, what a way to start another one of your mentally dysfunctioning books. Make the reader confused.
