Bond with Me
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Read FALLEN, the worldwide sensation that's both dangerously exciting and darkly romantic. #1 New York Times bestseller A USA Today bestseller One of NPR.com's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels More than 3 million series copies in print! There's something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori. Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price's attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He's the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move. Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce--and goes out of his way to make that very clear--she can't let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her. "Sexy and fascinating and scary . . . I loved loved loved it!"--New York Times bestselling author P.C. Cast
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5 primary books7 released booksFallen is a 6-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Lauren Kate and Anne Marsh.
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DNF ~25%
Yet another one of these predictable books with the most bland MC who all the boys love...I just couldn't do it. I'd say maybe another time, but I know that's not the case.
A little bit too predictable and the characters were bland. I really loved Penn though, by far the best character in the book.
This is a review of a rework.
Never got around to posting it. The first time I read Fallen, it was okay. Having to read it again makes me hate it. It makes me wonder how this book was so successful.
When Lucy encounters Daniel for the first time, he flips her off. In the following days, he ignored her, rejected her, accused her of stalking him, ditched her, suggested that she was annoying, and so on. GIRL, GET A HINT! It's obvious that he doesn't like you! The only thing mysterious in this book is why they fall in love or want anything to do with each other. Let me rethink that. They ARE meant to be together. Both of them are brats. Nobody else would want them.
Obsessively stalking him, she seeks him out repeatedly against all odds. What does she do when he tells her the truth? She runs away from the situation. Yes, that's right. As a result, her stupid mind can't handle information like a big fucking pansy.
It's clear that she's a useless idiot, and he's a selfish, moronic asshole. There must be true love between them. The way Daniel treats Luce is disgusting. In accepting Daniel's treatment of her, Luce internalizes it, agonizes over it, and still seeks him. Luce stands up to Daniel ONE FUCKING TIME and tells him not to treat her that way. He kisses her (just to shut her up) after which she stopped requesting that he treat her as an adult and as an equal, and he just continued to mutter cryptic things without explaining them since her puny female mind would never understand them.
The author does not know of angels. As well as the Bible. Religion. She shows no understanding of angels, their actual function, or how they differ from humans.
In this book, the relationship is so unbalanced. There is so much information Daniel never gives her because she needs to trust him, and her fragile mind cannot handle it. Second, their relationship is power imbalanced. The book almost opposes feminism. The only way to make a boy love you is to accept his treatment and endure his scorn and derision. This is supposed to be romantic. It's supposed to be a genuine love story.
Would I like to continue this series? A rough outline of Torment has already been written. The review is just about finished. All I have to do is reread the book.
Lucinda is the most passive protagonist I've ever encountered. She does not take a single action without prompting this entire book. Sometimes she's physically pulled along. Sometimes she gets a note and does whatever it tells her to do. If she might have to make a decision of her own, someone always interrupts the conflict before she can act. When left to her own devices, Luce zones out, lost in her internal monologue until someone forces her out of it.
