Okay so surprise surprise, I didn’t like this book very much.
I really try not to be hard on books, but honesty is the best policy? Right? So
here we go.
I think that this was a badly written book series. There are
so many things that Lauren Kate could have done and bam there was just nothing.
I suspected from the beginning that Luce was an angel (spoiler, duh, unless you’ve
already guessed in which case *gives a cyber high five). Seriously, where is
there a plot twist? Oh right at the end? Just when I’m about to rate this book
a 2.5 you put in something I liked, awesome.
As well I think that while Luce has developed, I found myself
wanting to slap her, a lot! Almost to the point where I was thinking, hmmm
wonder how she remembers to breath. Wow that was mean, sorry guys, but if you’re
in the same boat you get my drift.
I won’t lie, I liked the end, but nothing Lauren Kate did
turned my review around on a dime. It just wasn’t a good one. But seriously,
the end, the best part.
Main reason why this book upset me, I read five books to
confirm what I already guessed halfway through book #1.
♥Characters♥:
♥ Luce: I was happy
that Luce developed so much, but I was getting so frustrated with her. It
seemed so obvious to me that she was an angel, and even when it got to the
point where she had her wings, her just asking if she was bleeding made me
madder. Smarten up Luce! I was surprised that she had been in love with Lucifer
before, but the ending for me was the best part, the idea that they got a
chance to live as mortals on earth and try a normal life was touching. Thank
god something was. Ps. Killing people for rituals, not cool Dee.
♥Daniel: I still love
him, but… I don’t understand his thing for Luce, in the end yes, but the rest
of the time he must be so frustrating.
♥Cam: I still love Cam, he’s a demon so now I’m questioning his involvement in everything, and
where was he at the end? I wanted to hear his sarcastically dark comments. Come
back to me Cam. (And I’ve lost it)
♥Dee: Kinda crazy, but in a good way. I wasn’t
really surprised that she was the desired thing, and I was disappointed that
she had to die, why couldn’t they just drain her blood and let her be happy.
Although she was probably in a world where she could dream of her love. What do
you guys think? Okay with or sad about her death?
♥Lucifer: It was
interesting to see him betrayed as someone with more emotion than just rage.
Seeing that he had truly loved and lost was interesting, but since he just
shows up and spys on Luce all the sadness is lost and it turns creepy. But you
know what they say, the heart wants what the heart can’t have. That is what
they say right?
♥Gabbe: This part
really hit me when she died. Especially when she was the holiest of the fallen.
I did think Molly’s death was sad as well, but we didn’t know her as well.
♥Miles and Shelby:
I hate that they were rewarded
for going through all those Announcers by the angels basically saying, “Okay
kiddies back to school with you two.” But at the end, *sigh* real romance.
Happy we got to say goodbye to them as readers.
♥The Outcasts: Just YAY! That is all.
♥Moments to
remember♥
♥Pg. 30
“’Time is
faltering in preparation for the rewriting itself.’
‘Like the way your computer freezes up more
and more frequently before the hard drive crashed and erases your twenty-page
term paper?’ Miles said. Everyone looked at him in befuddlement. ‘What?’ he
said. ‘Angels and demons don’t do homework?’”
♥Pg. 24
“’You try
falling for nine days through multiple dimensions and trillions of miles,
landing on your face, breaking your wings, rolling around concussed for who
knows how long, wandering the desert for decades looking for any clue as to who
or what or where you are- and then talk to me about the old memorizer.’”
♥Pg. 123
“’You mean
she’s not Miss Sophia?’
‘Sophia Bliss?’ The woman looked as if she’d
just bitten into something sour. ‘That bitch is still around? I was sure
someone would have put her out of her misery by now.’”
♥Pg. 250
“’Have you
met the crazy coin-toss guy in the laundry room?’
‘Luce.’ Nora
squinted. ‘When I run out of underwear, I buy new underwear. I am hopping to
make it to Thanksgiving without having to do laundry. Are you ready? Soccer
boys are waiting, hoping to score. We are their goal, but we must remind them
they can’t use their hands.’”
♥Final Line: “Then the angels, the demon, and the Nephilim
flew off to distant corners of the sky, leaving a moment’s brilliant flash of
light behind them, as below, Luce and Daniel fell in love for the first- and
the last- time.”
Thanks for reading,
Love,
Sidny xoxo
