Rapture

So this book is mostly location descriptions and (finally) the angel lore. It's book four and it's the final book technically.

So it's very late in the game to be establishing all of this lore building it up. This should have been done within the first two books, but they were too busy being weird for three books. Instead, we get book four as we start to build our lore and explain the world and the world building comes in.
I wish I had a gif for exactly how my face looks right now because it is so displeased.

Fundamentally you need to establish the rules of the world within the first three books, it's preferable if you have them stated or even taught within the first two. But to drop, in the final book, this. Who encouraged this?

We now show more have a fetch quest laden with lore. Sometimes when I'm reading I wonder why I do it, because there are so many books out there that disappoint me. I'm a very simple person I like xeno-fiction and I like paranormal stuff, I like angels and demons and all that stuff, but these books just cannot deliver. I'm not asking for a lot, I'm easily amused by simple titles like Stellaluna and Silverwing. And this author can't deliver with a four-part series anything besides one book that might be good? My bar is on the ground, and these books are in the basement.

I think this is all a quest for Troy but my brain began to turn off. "She was an angel called Lucinda" interesting how and her latest life her parents named her close to the first life's name. Odd coincidence.

I realize that this plot is technically been done better in the anime: the Seven Deadly Sins, yes Meliodas is a creep towards Elizabeth when she's a teenager, but they are forever faded to be together and it is done less creepy then Daniel and Lucinda. I don't know what that says because the anime and manga are both pretty creepy.

God gets so annoyed by these guys fighting at the end, that he yells enough at them and walks in as a woman, and takes them all to heaven to basically scold them. I don't know that felt really shitpost.

The ending is that they both choose to be reborn as humans who don't know each other, and see if they find each other despite having the connection that they have removed. So we end with seventeen years in the future the meeting and talking to each other while the Angels watch in the background.

So, what about satan?

Like this whole thing was Satan fighting and planning to like kill all the angels and stuff, and then at the end God just stepped in. Is Satan in heaven now? What's going on?

Apparently hell still exists even though God had this huge plan and stuff? So that didn't get resolved at all by this? I don't understand how God got involved, took everyone to heaven, and then it's just still going on.

My takeaway is that God stepped in reset everything to do with these two people, stepped out, and everything went back to how it was but these two got together. What the fuck?!

0.5 stars.

Literally nothing changes except these two people get together, there's no great resolve over God versus Satan or any of the rest of the problems. I don't know how this is an ending that is happy for anybody but these two people. No one should like this ending this ending is just self gratitude for Lucinda and Daniel and nobody else.

Especially the people who knew them and now grieve and miss them. I'm actually disgusted by this. show less

4.5 stars I really liked this one, might even say it's my favorite in the series because I finally get to know why Luce and Daniel have been cursed. The truth is so not what I expected, well at least some of it isn't and it is interesting indeed. I like the way the author weaved in the biblical aspects into the story plot as it works successfully with the entire series. In the previous book Luce went through the announcers to find a way to break the curse and she also learns about her past lives with Daniel and how each death was not necessarily triggered by whether they kissed or had physical contact or not. In this book, the true cause of her previous death's is revealed and quite enlightening. The plot is set around Luce, Daniel and show more the other Fallen angels racing to stop the Fall from happening again and locating the site within nine days before the clock is reset. In order for them to find the Fall site they must search for three relics that will guide them to their destination. So, many people are after Luce and are trying to stop her from succeeding at her task. The pace was steady as Luce begins to understand the role she plays in the curse and why she is the key to stop it. I have read each book in this series and though I'm sad to see it end, the ending was satisfying. show less

A letdown (for the most part) after finishing what I thought was the best book in the series (#3, Passion). Too much unnecessary descriptive detail from author L. Kate that really bogs down Rapture. Could easily have been 380 pages long instead of 450+ if some extraneous fluff was removed. Do we really have to hear about the color of Daniel's eyes every other page?! I did enjoy the last couple of chapters when finally everything is resolved. Plenty of surprises that I won't spoil for those looking to read Fallen.

Overall, this was a decent series read -- I did love the reincarnation love story --but it wasn't as strong as other YA series I've read (notably Beautiful Creatures and Vampire Academy).

In 9 days, Lucifer’s co-opted Fall will reach Earth. And when it does, the last 6,000 years of history will be erased, time can be re-written according to his whims and his image. It is down to Daniel, Luce and their friends to find the location of the Fall and get there before Lucifer to stop the entirety of history being re-written.

The problem is, none of the Angels remember where the Fall was. It takes a quest to find ancient relics where the Angels recorded their memories and bringing them together to actually find the location of the Fall – and all within 9 days. It’s a journey that takes them to Italy, to France, to Austria and to Egypt to ultimately find the location.

Though they have new, surprising friends, they also have show more both old enemies and misguided fools ready to fight them to a stand still – with friends having to sacrifice themselves to ultimately make it to the end – where we finally learn the true nature of Luce’s curse and her full history.

Luce is, again, kept in the dark throughout the majority of this book. Yes, there’s a very good story reason why she can’t be told anything (and that story reason is finally explained) but even casual questions “where are we going? Why? What are we doing?”, questions which would have taken a second to answer, are routinely ignored. I mean that, literally ignored. Half the time she’s barely even given a “I’m sorry Luce, I can’t tell you.” They just pretend she hasn’t even spoken – and Luce? Accepts this. They also make a lot of plans while she’s asleep, or unconscious or otherwise unable to contribute – which just makes her more worthless and more as a poseable tool in their hands – and emphasises just how little she adds to the story (as well as keeping us – and her – in the dark).

When she does actually achieve anything (like swimming. Or remembering something) everyone flocks around her like she’s just won every gold medal in the Olympics while simultaneously winning all the Nobel Prizes at once. The fawning is so over the top I actually re-read it, wondering if it might be sarcastic – but no, apparently they are sincerely this impressed at even the most mediocre achievement on her part. They also comfort her immensely when there is any kind of grief – even when she probably has the least reason to be grieving. When immortal beings the Angels have known for centuries – millennia even, die it is Luce who they all comfort as she grieves, Luce who needs the angels to all be ready with a shoulder for her to cry on.

This book – the series in general - reads like Daniel and his friends had an adventure –and they dragged Luce around to get in their way and be annoying until the last 30% of the 4th book where she actually become relevant. And that’s pretty much how they treat her – sure everyone fawns over her and Daniel is constantly expressing his eternal love – but no-one listens to her, no-one expects her to be capable of anything or her to have a valid opinion or any kind of input. She’s a pet – a cherished, much loved, pet.

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Quite a good ending to the series. There was a lot of action, some real loss, and real growth from Luce. The ending was a bit obvious, but it was still pulled off very well with enough little twists to keep it interesting. Overall, a good afternoon-sitting-in-the-sunshine kind of read.

Luce, Daniel, and the other angels and demons are in a race against time to prevent Lucifer from erasing all history since the Fall. First though, they have to find the site of the Fall, where all the fallen angels landed after nine days of falling from Heaven to Earth. Unfortunately, none of them remember where this is because, at the time, they didn’t even remember who they were, much less where they were. In his past research, Daniel found clues that might lead them to the location. So, using these clues, they go about trying to find the site of the fall. They only have nine days to find the location of the fall before Lucifer will erase everything. They have many obstacles to overcome, because not only do they have Lucifer to show more worry about, they also still have the outcasts hunting them because they think Luce is their ticket into Heaven. The Elders remain a threat, as well.

Meanwhile, Luce is remembering more about who she is, and who she has been, than she ever has before. Daniel encourages her to try her best to remember as far back as she can. Luce has to piece her past together if they ever hope to stop Lucifer from erasing history. As she recalls pieces of her past, she comes to see that she is not at all who she thought she was, that the curse is actually more about her than about Daniel, and that she was in love with someone else before Daniel. Who is she really meant to be with? You’ll have to read the book to find out! :-)

I loved, loved, LOVED this book! Finally, everything made sense. I was actually a little reluctant to read it at first because I was disappointed by Passion. This one made up for it. In fact, I understand much more now about why everything that happened in Passion was so important. The stakes are high in this book and there is so much that stands in their way. I was completely enthralled in the suspense. My heart raced each time something happened that slowed them down or put them in danger. I came to care about characters that I hadn’t given a second thought to in the other books. This one is a real page turner. I was grumpy every time I had to put it down, and when I could, I picked it back up again as soon as possible and fell right back into the story. I was impressed by the way Lauren Kate tied up all the loose ends and answered all the unknowns so easily. It all made perfect sense. Now I just feel a little depressed that it’s over. Fortunately, there is still another book in this series, Fallen in Love. From what I understand, it’s a collection of four stories about the characters in the Fallen books. You can bet that’s going to be my next read!
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“I want you to know that I would do it all again. I will choose you every time.”
“You are the soul that fits into mine”
Luce and Daniel have gone through many deaths,pain,loss.But what matters is that every time they fall in love with each other again.They are stronger than ever and they are finaly ready to put an end to the curse and stop Lucifer.

“so?" he asked.
She was stunned and amazed-and happier than she'd ever been before. It couldn't possibly be real, she thought-unless she spoke the truth aloud, with Daniel and the rest of the fallen angels there to witness.
"I'm Lucinda," she said. "I'm your angel.”

“You must remember how to dream what you already know.”

In Rapture we finaly get to know all the details the angels show more and demons kept hidden from Luce and us.She remembered them all.All the memories and how she met and fell in love with Daniel the first time.It was in paradise.I won't say anything else but I wasn't expecting that.Lauren Kate you surprised me.And that hasn't happened in a long time.

“Mortality is the most romantic story ever told. Just one chance to do everything you should. Then, magically, you move on.”

150.827.746 or 150.827.861 that's the number of the fallen angels.It's a big number.And our demons and angels don't where the place they fell is.To find it they have to find three things.It's not easy but they do find them.But not without any losses.

For she was meant to be with someone other than Daniel.The curse they’ve borne has always and only been about her—and the love she cast aside.The choice she makes now will be the only one that truly matters.I hadn't payed any attention to the synopsis and when I was 60% done I read it.First I thought it was Cam.But he isn't.The curse was created because of that love.Luce taught Daniel how to love not the other way around.I can't believe it was Lucifer her first love.

“Of all the pairs the Throne endorsed
None rose to burn as bright
As Lucifer, the Morning Star,
And Lucinda, his Evening Light”

“All that is good in Heaven and on Earth is made of love.Maybe that wasn’t your plan when you created the universe—maybe love was just one aspect of a complicated and brutal world.But love was the best thing you made,and it has become the only thing worth saving.This war is not just.This war is not good.Love is the only thing worth fighting for.”

It will be weird and sad not to have to wait for another book with Luce and Daniel.I will wait for the movie and hope they will choose the best actors because it's not easy to trasfer the love between Daniel and Luce to the big screen.I wish Kate's publisher to push her to write another book with the pair from the last chapter.And I want to see the angels again.I wanted the HEA but I am not sure if it's the kind of HEA I wanted.Maybe it's for the best.I wanted forever.They took the best choice available.Because they chose love.Damn that book made me cry!And I haven't cried since Seduced in the dark.The book had more action then the previous three.The epilogue it had wasn't enough.And what happened with Cam?I might prefer Daniel but I like Cam?Where did he go?What happened to him?

“Then the angels,the demon,and the Nephilim flew to distant corners of the sky,leaving a moment's brilliant flash of light behind them,as below,Luce and Daniel fell in love for the first-and the last-time” show less