Torment (Fallen 2) by Lauren Kate

Here's a blurb from Ms. Kate's website:
LOVE NEVER DIES
Lucinda is sure that she and Daniel are meant to be together forever. Now they are forced apart in a desperate bid to save Luce from the Outcasts–immortals who want her dead. As she discovers more about her past lives, Luce starts to suspect that Daniel is hiding something. What if he has lied to her about their shared past? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else?

My Take
I liked the first book of this series, Fallen, but I didn't love it.  I still have those same lukewarm feelings for this installment as well.  I did like this one a bit better.  I felt Luce was more independent and that was a great thing for her character.  I also liked the supporting characters in this one as well.

I look forward to reading Passion to see where this story goes.  Can't wait to resolve the cliffhanger at the end of Torment too.

Oh and the cover is simply gorgeous!!  I'm giving this one 4 angelic kisses!

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Here's a quick blurb from Ms. Kate's website:   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.

For me, this book was slow to get moving.  In some ways, I felt things were drawn out too long.  Luce is sent to the Sword and Cross reform school.  She has this underlying feeling she's met Daniel before.  We eventually come to find out that for hundreds of years, they've been meeting and falling in love, until Luce's demise comes again.  However, this time may be different.

 

Once this story did get moving, it flew and was totally amazing.  So this was kind of a hot and cold experience for me.  I will probably read the next in the series "Torment" due out September 28, 2010.  My favorite line in the book is: "Behind her reflection in the window, the sky was a rich orange-Popsicle color, broken up by thin lines of pink cloud."  I can just picture the sky from reading that line.  The cover is gorgeous!  No real sex, not much swearing.  I'll say 13 to 14 range and up.  I'll give it 3 roses.