We all want a love story that lasts through the centuries, written by Lauren Kate, Fallen is a love story between Lucinda Price and Daniel Grigori. In Fallen, Lucinda Price arrives at a new school: Swords and Cross after an incident at the previous one. She meets and falls in love with a boy at school, Daniel Grigori. Another boy older than her, Cameron Briel tries to break the relationship between Lucinda and Daniel After a series of events, Lucinda realizes that Daniel is not who he seems to be: he and Cameron are fallen angels, and Lucinda has fallen in love. with Daniel every time for a thousand years.
Following the second book, Torment, Lucinda is taken to a new school, Shoreline, which houses both normal humans and Nephilim: humans with angelic bloodlines. As Lucinda becomes more and more frustrated with the secrets Daniel keeps, and how the whole class knows his story but is not allowed to tell him. Surrounded by the Nephilims, Lucinda learns some new tricks and, in a panic, flees when a group of outcasts, immortals who are neither angels nor demons, arrive to take her away by force. In a panic, Lucinda managed to flee by traveling to the past, and in the process had decided to learn about the relationship she had with Daniel in previous incarnations.
Passion, the third book explains to readers why Lucinda’s previous incarnations didn’t live past seventeen, what happens after she dies. As Lucinda travels through time, a mysterious stranger appears who offers to help her better understand her past. With the help of the unknown Lucinda, witness the strength of Daniel’s love for her; while Daniel is desperately trying to reach her, fearing that his accidental meddling in the past will alter his future. In the end, the reader will learn why Lucinda would spontaneously catch fire, but with the answer more questions arise. The book is heartbreaking, but the hope that love will prevail will make the reader anticipate the last book in the series: Rapture.
Lauren Kate has managed to create an interesting and romantic love story. She reminds the reader that while love makes people do great things, it is worth fighting for. It is not just a love story between two people, it is also a story about faith and free will, about doing the right thing. Lauren Kate also emphasizes the importance of friendship when writing about betrayal and how people can overcome differences to work together.