Rapture (Fallen, #4)

by Lauren Kate

[Angie]

I am finally done with this series! It has been an odd journey, but Rapture is a pretty good, if annoying, conclusion to Luce and Daniel's epic romance. It picks right up where Passion left off, which means in a giant plot-hole. I tried to ignore it, but then they mentioned how time passed differently in the Announcers than in the present, so I couldn't ignore it. They still think they have nine days to stop Lucifer, even though those nine days are happening in the past, so they really only have a few hours, but they get their nine days to have a scavenger hunt. Yay.

Rapture is mainly a scavenger hunt. Daniel remembers that he did research on the Fall way back in the day, and now they have to track down these three relics, go to a predestined location, and all will be revealed. This part was okay. Daniel and Luce, of course, pair off together to go after one the relics and get it, while everyone else is having loads of trouble with their assignments. And enemies become friends because Daniel is awesome, and Luce finally remembers how they first met.

The only thing I really wanted to know at this point was how Luce and Daniel got together in the first place and why it's worth throwing the world into chaos. I had my theory and I was wrong. I totally did not see that coming, although it makes perfect sense (shocking!). I did have plenty of eye-rolling moments, because things do get quite melodramatic when Luce has to face off with someone from her past. It was like an episode of Divorce Court: stupid, yet oddly entertaining. Hooray for relationship drama.

The conclusion of Rapture left me torn. I normally do like this type of ending, but only when the events leading up to it make sense. There's still that issue of choosing between Heaven and Hell, but being Luce and Daniel, they can't just choose one. They have to go all special and out of the box and be ridiculous, because God hates love or something. Then the author screws up time again, because apparently someone can be conceived, born, and turn eighteen within seventeen years. And we don't even learn what happens with the balance. Who won?! God?! Lucifer?! Love?!

Like the rest of the series, Rapture was oddly addicting, but that doesn't really make it good. I suppose I liked it in a way, but mostly found it pretty ridiculous. While the romance has been the main focus, I still wanted to know how this whole war between Heaven and Hell would end, but apparently that is not important when Daniel and Luce's love is on the line. Again.

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