Passion by Lauren Kate: Review

Passion (Fallen #3) By Lauren Kate
Published June 14th 2011 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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Synopsis borrowed from Goodreads:

"Every single lifetime, I'll choose you. Just as you have chosen me. Forever."

Luce would die for Daniel. And she has. Over and over again. Throughout time, Luce and Daniel have found each other, only to be painfully torn apart: Luce dead, Daniel left broken and alone. But perhaps it doesn’t need to be that way. . . .

Luce is certain that something—or someone—in a past life can help her in her present one. So she begins the most important journey of this lifetime . . . going back eternities to witness firsthand her romances with Daniel . . . and finally unlock the key to making their love last.

Cam and the legions of angels and Outcasts are desperate to catch Luce, but none are as frantic as Daniel. He chases Luce through their shared pasts, terrified of what might happen if she rewrites history.

Because their romance for the ages could go up in flames . . . forever.

Darkfallen's pained thoughts:

OK so I LOVED Fallen...

I LOVED Torment....

I Heart me some Lauren Kate...PERIOD!

But it pains me to say that Passion just fell flat for me. I mean it seriously pains me:((

While I did enjoy some parts most of it felt like a bunch of filler. Just fluff that made the story drag out, and at times bored me to sleep...literally. This is not a joke. As most of you know this girl doesn't hardly ever sleep. This girl also never takes longer then 7 hours, spread out over the course of 3 days, to finish a book. It took me 7 days to get through Passion. And to be honest here, if I wasn't already so in love with this series, and planned to read the next book, I wouldn't have finished it. But in the end my love for Mrs. Kate and the Fallen series lead me to push through this and come out on the other side.

There's what...about 420 pages in this book? Well I think I only needed about 150 of those pages. Don't get me wrong there are twists and turns. A few OWWWW moments. I even shed tears on more than one occasion. I mean when it was good..it was GOOD! But the stuff in between was brutal. I will say that the twist at the end does redeem it a bit, and I almost upped it to 3 stars, but can you really do that? Is it really fair to up it just because the cliffy at the end? Especially when the rest doesn't deserve it? In my heart the answer is NO and so it stands at 2 stars.

But please don't let this dissuade you from reading this series. This is still one of my favorite series, and I absolutely will be reading the next one. Not only that I will be flat out dying to get my hands on it. For me Passion is like that one course you just had to take in college to complete your major...you don't see why you have to do it...it bores you to death...but in the end you end up learning something you needed because you stuck it out.        

I can't believe I just had to slap a big fat 2 shoes on this.....

*sniffles*

Lymi....

Teaser Tuesday

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This weeks teaser is from....

Passion by Lauren Kate

"The beautiful angel blinked a few times, as if trying to decide whether Luce was an apparition. Then she titlted her head ever so slightly at the man she was standing with, as if trying to send him a signal. Before he'd even turned all the way around, Luce recognized the clean, sharp profile.
Cam." page 134

I'm still not that far int his book yet. I absolutely loved the first 2 books, and I am really hoping to say the same for this one!


Now c'mon...Tease me!!

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.


Title: Passion (Fallen #3)
Author: Lauren Kate
Expected Publication: June 14th 2011
Synopsis from Goodreads:

Luce would die for Daniel. And she has. Over and over again. Throughout time, Luce and Daniel have found each other, only to be painfully torn apart: Luce dead, Daniel left broken and alone. But perhaps it doesn’t need to be that way. . . .

Luce is certain that something—or someone—in a past life can help her in her present one. So she begins the most important journey of this lifetime . . . going back eternities to witness firsthand her romances with Daniel . . . and finally unlock the key to making their love last.

Cam and the legions of angels and Outcasts are desperate to catch Luce, but none are as frantic as Daniel. He chases Luce through their shared pasts, terrified of what might happen if she rewrites history.

Because their romance for the ages could go up in flames . . . forever.

Sweeping across centuries, PASSION the third novel in the unforgettably epic FALLEN series hits stores Tuesday 14th June 2011

We here at Paranormal Wastelands are super mondo excited about this book. We're so oodle de poodles toffees and cream excited that we are now totally committed to clean up every graveyard in town until we find our very own Daniel to lock in our basement of love. (on a shared basis of course and providing that our husbands don't catch on. IT is possible we might have to rent a storage unit just to keep our new boy a secret.)

So, what do we say about a book that makes us want to commit creepy stalky acts of YA kidnapping?

Must have NOWS!

We needs it!!
We wants it!!
We can't lives without it!!

Now that you've heard what our CAN'T WAIT book is... What's yours? Drop us a comment so we can find out what has you on pins and needles.