
You never learn more than this by the way. Having your main character come to a conclusion almost four hundred pages after the reader is just an insult. yet 389 pages later, Lauren Kate pulls this out like it's some kind of massive reveal. That Daniel is a fallen angel and the Lucinda Price is his loved one reincarnated. Anyone with half a brain already knows the gist of this story. The title of the book is Fallen, and at page 51 Daniel's last name is revealed to be Grigori. The prologue basically immediately informs the reader that Lucinda Price has been reincarnated and that black shadows follow her around ready to engulf her and take her away. Statistically speaking, you’re probably sitting on a fat, old average like the rest of us. For posterity I'm going to list exactly which ones and why.ġ.ĝon’t assume that your audience isn’t as smart as you. Kind of like a checklist to ensure that their novel is going to be good.

I'm sorry, was I supposed to agree with absolutely everything the evil villain said and wait, with baited breath, for her to kill Lucinda Price painfully on my behalf? Even if your death wouldn't accomplish something so long-awaited, glorious, and grand, I'd still relish this moment, killing you." Even if your death wouldn't accomplish something so long-awaited, glorious, and grand, I'd still relish this moment, killing you." I'm sorry, was I supposed to agree with absolutely everything the evil villain said and wait, with baited breath, for her to kill Lucinda Price painfully on "In this lifetime you're nothing more than you appear to be: a stupid, selfish, ignorant, spoiled little girl who thinks the world lives or dies on whether she gets to go out with some good-looking boy at school. "In this lifetime you're nothing more than you appear to be: a stupid, selfish, ignorant, spoiled little girl who thinks the world lives or dies on whether she gets to go out with some good-looking boy at school.
