Unforgiven

October 15, 2015
The long-standing Fallen series continues with bad boy fallen angel Cam trying to win back his lost love from ancient Israel, entering into a deal with the devil to do it. In 1,000 B.C.E. Cam and Lilith fell in love, but Cam broke Lilith's heart. Now he learns something he has been unaware of for millennia: Lilith has been in Hell all this time. He meets with Lucifer, who shows him via endless snow globe-style worlds how Lilith has been in one Hell after the other for millennia. Cam accepts a deal: if he does not win Lilith's heart in two weeks, he will become Lucifer's slave for eternity. The difficulty is that Lilith hates Cam, so he will have to break through that hatred to turn things around. In her current Hell, Lilith lives in poverty and attends a horrible high school that runs seven days per week with no holidays and where she is bullied by students and teachers alike. Cam joins in as a new student and uses Lilith's deep musical talent to try to win her love. However, Lucifer turns up in the form of Luc, a music promoter, to deceive Lilith into believing that Cam is untrustworthy. Nevertheless, Cam continues his efforts to win her over, despite the fact that Lucifer is aging him from a handsome boy into a dumpy, balding, unattractive guy. Will Lilith be able to see through Lucifer's deceptions and regain the love she felt for Cam so long ago? It's all pretty soapy, but Kate delivers for her fans, her snow-globe world plausible if not entirely original, and keeps suspense high enough to keep readers turning pages. Engaging enough to keep Kate's legions of fans happy. (Paranormal romance. 12-18)

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November 15, 2015
Grades 8-11 After watching eternal lovers Luce and Daniel overcome unimaginable odds to be together, fallen-angel Cam is inspired to find his own lost love, Lilith. She's trapped in hell, and Lucifer gives Cam 15 days to convince Lilith to give their love a chance. If he can't overcome the anger Lilith has borne for a millennium, Cam will be bound to the devil forever. This companion novel to Kate's Fallen (2009) and Rapture (2012) features a chapter-by-chapter countdown of Cam's two weeks, interspersed with short interludes that give Cam and Lilith's backstory. Predictability isn't always a bad thing, and this is a true high-school romance novelcomplete with an archenemy, a prom, and a battle-of-the-bands subplotthat successfully develops a minor character from earlier Fallen novels. This satisfying fantasy romance will delight fans and win over new readers looking for a melodramatic high.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)