Torment by Lauren Kate (Fallen Sequence #2)

To keep Luce safe from the dark forces who are trying to catch her and use her against Daniel, she is sent to Shoreside, a boarding school that houses a enticing secret. Under the guise of an honors program, Nephilim (human-angel hybrids) lurk under the school's innocent roof, and Luce hopes that the magic lessons the "gifted" students are taught might help her learn how to use the announcers and therefore learn more about her past lives. For some reason, nobody wants Luce to learn about hows he used to be, and Daniel, among others, refuses to tell her anything. Luce is frustrated and doesn't want to trust people who won't give her full disclosure, but she may have to in order to stay alive as evil nutjobs close in.

No me gusta. First of all, I respect that Luce wants to learn more about her past. I get it. What I don't get is how Daniel, Cam, Gabbe, etc. want to keep her from learning more about her past lives. I never actually learned why they were so adamant about keeping Luce in the dark. Every time I got close, something would conveniently happen, like a fighting scene or character appearance, that would end the conversation. It was very frustrating.

Second, Luce and Daniel treat each other like crap. Daniel goes between acting like Luce is a child, incapable of taking care of herself, and then making out with her. It's like something out of Crescendo! Luce isn't much better. She's angry that Daniel won't tell her anything, but she doesn't sit down and try to work things out, dnd the two either end up again, making out, or yelling at one another with one or both of them storming off in a huff. Thumbs up to Luce for taking matters into her own hands to learn more about her past, but I wish she would make up her mind about Daniel.

Overall, I wasn't impressed. The plot really didn't go anywhere. The whole thing is about the eighteen days Luve spends at Shoreline and the characters she meets there. Nothing really happened, and Luce went through a cycle of going to school, trying to use announcers, getting ticked at Daniel, and then going off so some pyschos can try to kill her. It got boring and repetitive, and I didn't enjoy it. The students at the school aren't really worth mentioning. They're very 2D, and their personalities aren't very imaginative. There wasn't a lot of good character development. If anything, it was a good book to pass the time, but I wouldn't recommend is as an elightening read. 3/5 stars.

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