Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Torment: Lauren Kate

I enjoy the series, but not so much the writing.  I mentioned this in my review of the first book.  I do have a hate for love triangles, but they do make things more dramatic, which is a plus....BUT this one is just wrong.  In the last book she found out that she and Daniel were lovers in each life time and that she always died when she was 17, but this time is different, blah blah blah.  But she kinda falls for another, which I can actually understand, but I figured since she knew that her and Daniel were in love it wouldn't matter.

Anyways!  So Cam and Daniel have a truce, which gives them 18 days to work together. And the do work together, but Luce doesn't know about the truce and still thinks that Cam is evil and out to get her.  But really he and Daniel are really working together to eliminate the beings who are coming after Luce.  Daniel AND Cam are not supposed to see Luce at all during the 18 days, but they both kinda break that rule and see her.
Cam and Daniel also discover that the enemy is using special arrows called Starshots.  They are blunted ended arrows, but the material is deadly to angels, demons and the like.
Onward to the story!  Luce is forced to attend this school all the way in California.  It's this special private boarding school.  She finds out that it's full of nephilim students as well as some mortal students.  The honors program of the school is really just a cover for the nephilim students to learn more about their heritage.
She makes a few friends including Shelby her roommate, who is hard to warm up...and also had sort of a fling with Daniel back in the day.  And then Miles, who is a really friendly guy.
In one class her teachers talk about announcers and how they carry messages, which Luce recently learned, but now she wants to know how to uncover the messages.  She wants to know more about her past lives so she and her friends work on opening the messages, and she uncovers things she may or may not want to know.

Characters to know:
Luce:  She's in love with Daniel, and she knows this, but she wants to know more about her past lives.
Daniel: He would do anything for Luce, but he's keeping her in the dark about a lot of things, only to protect her, but Luce is restless.
Shelby:  Luce's roommate, she is kind a bit of a sarcastic bitch at the beginning, but she slowly warms up to Luce and they end up becoming friends.  You also find out that she and Daniel had a little fling.
Miles:  One of Luce's classmates.  He's totally crushing on Luce, but he is truly a sweetheart.f
Cam: He and Daniel team up to defeat the Outcasts and keep Luce safe.
Steve and Francesca:  They are her teachers.  Steve is demon and Francesca is an angel.  They actually love each other, although they do have different opinions on things.

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