Torment by Lauren Kate
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(Fallen, Book 2) Random House, 2010. ISBN 9780385618090.
(Age 14+) Luce has been separated from her beloved fallen angel,
Daniel, and sent off to Shoreline, a select private school. It is here
that the Nephilim, children of fallen angels and humans, are educated
in a special program. Luce desperately misses Daniel, but as she begins
to learn more about her powers, she feels that she hasn't been told
everything that she needs to know. Is she really the love of Daniel's
life through all eternity? When her life is threatened she must take
risks to find out the truth.
Girls who enjoy the paranormal will enjoy the sequel to Fallen. Lauren
Kate has provided an interesting setting at Shoreline, which is
certainly a boarding school with a difference. Luce is determined about
finding out what is going on. Even though she has been told not to
leave the boundaries of the school, Luce leaves the school, putting
herself in danger from the Outcasts. In an even more daring move Luce
starts to learn about the Shadows that she has seen all her life and
begins to use her gift to find out more about her past.
With an array of fascinating Nephilim, some danger, angst about whether
Daniel is really her one true love, Kate has provided an engrossing
sequel. However many questions are left unresolved and the cliffhanger
ending will have readers clamouring for the next instalment in this
fantasy romance.
Pat Pledger