Very detailed, gripping from chapter to chapter, and it has made me want to continue on reading. Waiting on the 2nd and 3rd installments being delivered, and hope to get the entire collection, eventually. My mind is buzzing for what happens next. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 August 2020 Verified Purchase Arrived in brilliant condition and quickly too. Brought this after watching the movie, which I enjoyed alot. The book is a little more different to the movie than I thought but still really good. I loved every second of it and would highly recommend Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 May 2014 Verified Purchase I've had this book on my book shelf for a couple of years now and never made the move to pick it up and read it. It's only since having a Kindle that I decided to download it on there and try it out. However the real push to finally reading this was finding out that they've just finished filming the adaptation which very much intrigued me. Fallen is the tale of Luce, who, is sent to the Sword & Cross school after an incident resulting in the death of a boy called Trevor.
She's struggled most of her life because she sees 'shadows' that are only visible to her and their visits are starting to happen more often than she'd like. On arriving at the boarding school, where most of the students are there as a result of breaking the law, she sees Daniel. Immediately she feels a connection with him, although he does everything possible to ignore and push her away from him. In spite of his actions she finds herself thinking about him more and more and becomes slightly obsessed by him. As she settles in to life at Sword & Cross she gains the attention of a boy called Cam, who seems very interested in her. She also makes a 'kind of' enemy in Molly who picks a fight with her on her first day by dumping a plate of meat loaf on her head in the cafeteria. But then she ends up making friends with Arriane, Penn and eventually Gabbe. The story centres around Luce's relationship with Daniel and her starting to realise just who he is and what they mean to each other. At first I was a little concerned about how obsessed Luce became over Daniel and I thought to myself that it was just a little too much – I mean she was bordering on stalker behaviour!!