The Fallen series, written by Lauren Kate in 2009, is a young adult gothic fantasy. The Fallen series consists of four books: Fallen, Torment, Passion, and Rapture.
Fallen is a grim story. It centers on Luce’s experience after being transferred to a special school. The locations shift from different schools and different countries as the story progresses.
The first book in the series gives the collection its name. It begins with Luce’s entrance to the reform school, Sword and Cross, where she meets many new people, including a few love interests who play important roles in the plot.
With one exception, Luce discovers that the kids at the reform school are fallen angels. They have chosen to be on God’s or Satan’s side. Daniel, Luce’s main love interest in the series, has yet to choose sides.
Kate follows up with the love narrative of Daniel and Luce in the second novel of the series. It has a particularly grim tone based on the couple’s past and future.
In Torment, Daniel abandons Luce in a safe location during a lengthy fight in which he must take part. There, she meets several new students who have yet to join sides. This incident convinces Luce that Daniel is concealing information from her. After that, she becomes eager to discover the truth for herself.
The first book of the series reached the number five position on the New York Times bestseller list. It was also included in the USA Today, Indie, and Publishers Weekly Flying Start bestseller lists.
Fallen Books in order
Similar authors
- The Hush, Hush series by Becca Fitzpatrick follows teenager Nora Grey. She falls in love with a fallen angel and discovers her angelic heritage. See Hush Hush Series in Order.
- The Immortals series by Alyson Noel features sixteen-year-old Ever. She can see auras and hear people’s thoughts. Everything in her life changes when she meets Damen Auguste.
- Tracy Wolff’s Crave series follows a recently orphaned teen, Grace. She goes to an isolated boarding school in Alaska. There, she meets some intriguing people.
See also: House Of Night Books in Order.
Most recommended books of the series
- Rapture (4.00 Goodreads score)
- Unforgiven (3.90 Goodreads score)
- Passion (3.86 Goodreads score)
- Torment (3.85 Goodreads score)
- Fallen in Love (3.75 Goodreads score)
Latest releases in the series
The final book of the Fallen series was Unforgiven, published in 2015.
Movies based on the books
Fallen, the first book of the series, was adapted into a movie in 2016. The movie was directed by Scott Hicks. It stars Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine, Harrison Gilbertson, and Joely Richardson.
Book summaries
Fallen (2009)
There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce–and goes out of his way to make that very clear–she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.
Torment (2010)
Hell on earth.That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts—immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans.At Shoreline, Luce learns what the Shadows are, and how she can use them as windows to her previous lives. Yet the more Luce learns, the more she suspects that Daniel hasn’t told her everything. He’s hiding something—something dangerous. What if Daniel’s version of the past isn’t actually true? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else?
Passion (2011)
Luce would die for Daniel.And she has. Over and over again. Throughout time, Luce and Daniel have found each other, only to be painfully torn apart: Luce dead, Daniel left broken and alone. But perhaps it doesn’t need to be that way. . . .Luce is certain that something—or someone—in a past life can help her in her present one. So she begins the most important journey of this lifetime . . . going back eternities to witness firsthand her romances with Daniel . . . and finally unlock the key to making their love last.Cam and the legions of angels and Outcasts are desperate to catch Luce, but none are as frantic as Daniel. He chases Luce through their shared pasts, terrified of what might happen if she rewrites history.Because their romance for the ages could go up in flames . . . forever.
Rapture (2012)
The sky is dark with wings. . . . Like sand in an hourglass, time is running out for Luce and Daniel. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past, they must find the place where the angels fell to earth. Dark forces are after them, and Daniel doesn’t know if he can do this—live only to lose Luce again and again. Yet together they will face an epic battle that will end with lifeless bodies . . . and angel dust. Great sacrifices are made. Hearts are destroyed. And suddenly Luce knows what must happen. 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. In the fight for Luce, who will win? The astonishing conclusion to the Fallen series. Heaven can’t wait any longer.
Unforgiven (2015)
High school can be hell. Cam knows what it’s like to be haunted. He’s spent more time in Hell than any angel ever should. And his freshest Hell is high school, where Lilith, the girl he can’t stop loving, is serving out a punishment for his crimes.Cam made a bet with Lucifer: he has fifteen days to convince the only girl who really matters to him to love him again. If he succeeds, Lilith will be allowed back into the world, and they can live their lives together. But if he fails . . . there’s a special place in Hell just for him. Tick-tock.
Fallen in Love (2012)
And in a twist of fate, four extraordinary love stories intersect over the course of a romantic Valentine’s Day in medieval England. Miles and Shelby find love where they least expect it. Roland learns a painful lesson about finding and losing love. Arriane pays the price for a love so fierce it burns. And for the first—and last—time, Daniel and Luce spend a night together like none other.
