Yes, I'm going to Torment you with book #2!!
I was going to write a lengthy diatribe like last time,
but
Serena Witzke
with VINE VOICE explained it all perfectly.
Here's what she had to say...
"The second book picks up where the first left off, with Daniel (Hunk #1) winning
Luce's love and her realization that they have been playing out a tragic
love story for millennia - Daniel finds her, then Luce dies. This time
Luce has not perished, so Daniel sends her to a private school in
California for Nephilim, children of angels or demons, to hide her from
the growing ranks of their enemies. They proceed to spend the next 400
pages fighting with one another and then making up whenever Daniel comes
to visit.
The characters are caricatures - not a single one is fleshed out to real personhood - instead the author relies on style and stereotype to fill in the blanks. The heroine, Luce, waffles from defiant to resigned at dizzying speeds. Even though she realizes she's in an abusive relationship (kudos to the author for making that clear early on), she continues to explain away the fights and problems with that over-exploited panacea 'true love.' It's okay if your relationship is miserable (and killing you!) if it's all in the name of true love.
And since no YA paranormal romance is complete without the requisite Twilight reference, let's just say now, that while Edward becomes a possessive, emotionally manipulative boyfriend from New Moon on, at least in Twilight he is made into an attractive, seductive, tragic, somewhat desirable partner. At the very least, the reader can see why Bella is drawn to him. Daniel is never very attractive - it's hard to see what all the fuss is about. For an angel, supposedly a near-perfect being, he doesn't seem to have many positive qualities. He spends the extent of Torment attempting to dictate orders to Luce, 'for her own good.' He treats her like a child, he's emotionally manipulative, and he's secretive. In real life we'd advise Luce to give him the boot, but because he's a supernatural being, and the Romeo to her Juliet, we're supposed to put up with abusive behavior? Not for me, thanks.
So, with a cast of forgettable characters and an irritating celebrity couple we move towards the BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL that marks the finale of the book (again...in Torment evil wears a different face, though that's really the only difference between it and Fallen). We don't learn any new information, Daniel becomes less, rather than more likeable, and Cam (Hunk #2) is written out nearly entirely for a new, milquetoast-ish Nephilim love interest (Beta-male guy)."
The characters are caricatures - not a single one is fleshed out to real personhood - instead the author relies on style and stereotype to fill in the blanks. The heroine, Luce, waffles from defiant to resigned at dizzying speeds. Even though she realizes she's in an abusive relationship (kudos to the author for making that clear early on), she continues to explain away the fights and problems with that over-exploited panacea 'true love.' It's okay if your relationship is miserable (and killing you!) if it's all in the name of true love.
And since no YA paranormal romance is complete without the requisite Twilight reference, let's just say now, that while Edward becomes a possessive, emotionally manipulative boyfriend from New Moon on, at least in Twilight he is made into an attractive, seductive, tragic, somewhat desirable partner. At the very least, the reader can see why Bella is drawn to him. Daniel is never very attractive - it's hard to see what all the fuss is about. For an angel, supposedly a near-perfect being, he doesn't seem to have many positive qualities. He spends the extent of Torment attempting to dictate orders to Luce, 'for her own good.' He treats her like a child, he's emotionally manipulative, and he's secretive. In real life we'd advise Luce to give him the boot, but because he's a supernatural being, and the Romeo to her Juliet, we're supposed to put up with abusive behavior? Not for me, thanks.
So, with a cast of forgettable characters and an irritating celebrity couple we move towards the BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL that marks the finale of the book (again...in Torment evil wears a different face, though that's really the only difference between it and Fallen). We don't learn any new information, Daniel becomes less, rather than more likeable, and Cam (Hunk #2) is written out nearly entirely for a new, milquetoast-ish Nephilim love interest (Beta-male guy)."
I'm not normally into plagiarism, but when I saw her review, it was too perfect.
Check in next Sunday for Passion, which was better than these two books.
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