Passion, Lauren Kate
The third instalment of the Fallen series has the most exciting cover yet. I loved the cover of Fallen, as I am a huge fan of the gothic-darkness-love story, but I love the cover of Passion because it clearly shows that we are close to finding out the secrets being kept from Luce. We find out who she is as she finds it out about herself, and there is lots to discover in this book.

Out of all the books so far in this series, I'm definitely going to have to say that this is my favourite, purely for the really interesting history lesson we were taken on. It was amazing to go back throughout the years and see what it was like in the past - I mean, the whole idea of going any further back than the mid nineteen hundreds makes my head spin - and not just that, but go back and see the love Daniel and Luce had for each other. I always kind of never really got wholly into their love; I can't remember them ever having a conversation where they just talk about stuff and get to know each other. Like 'Bill' told Luce, their souls may recognize each other, but she is a different person in each life. They need to get to know each other before they profess their love; however, it was nice to see how long they have loved each other. Lauren Kate said it would be the most romantic, and I don't know about that; it was, in a way, but I wanted the romance from modern Luce and Daniel. And compared to their conterparts in the past, I find 2009 Daniel and Luce very cheesy. Maybe that's another reason I couldn't get into their love. It's just too cheesy for me. 

It was awfully romantic though, to see how he had loved her literally from the dawn of time. For five MILLION years he suffered for her, just for those precious moments in between all the waiting and the suffering. It certainly has the power to put suffering into context. I did wonder how Daniel changed his appearance of the years, but I suppose that's some angel magic. I would also like to see the first time they ever met and the first time Daniel saw her from Heaven. That would be nice. 

And now it all comes down to these last nine days. As an author, I don't think I could write about Heaven, God and the concept of Christanity, like Lauren Kate has; it's quite a scary thing to take on, I think. But with a name like Rapture, I have hopes for a happy ending in the next book. I do wonder though... is Luce immortal in the body she has now? So she'll stay Lucinda Price for forever, frozen at seventeen? Because that could spawn a whole new series...


Overall, I think this is a very original idea. It was especially clever how the entire book was a kind of prequel to the rest of the series (imagine the surprise and confusion of the 50 or so women, including me, who sat in that book store and met Lauren last October when she told us that!) Passion gets 4/5 stars.