Fallen...out of interest
349979
I should've read the reviews first, but I have to form my own opinion, of course. I read the entire series. In the beginning, it was fairly interesting, but predictable as others here describe it. The author gave away SO MANY hints it was easy to guess the outcome of these two "lovers." I know it's fiction, but there's a line somewhere that has to be drawn where it has to be somewhat believable, right? Well, I didn't feel any of that. The ideas are so far-fetched and hokey, I laughed many times at the author's theories of angels, demons, heaven and hell. I suppose it's my upbringing and beliefs that contradict most of this book, so I can't say that everyone will think, or believe this way. To be objective, I had to take out those beliefs and look at it from a different angle, and there's really not much there, sorry. Maybe if you're REALLY into angels and this type of theology, you might enjoy it. **Spoiler Alert** One more thing: the only characters I actually liked, were side characters Shelby and Miles. In the few chapters about them, there was more believable love portrayed with them than the main characters. Go figure.
1944307
Flabbergasted is a good name for this book, and I don't mean that in a good sense.  I lost interest in the story about half way through, jumped to the end to see how it ends.  I don't believe there was enough of the story between the half way point and the end that would entice me into reading the entire book.
3078304
Lizzie and Ben, they are kind of a mess and all over the place.  Reading their story was like watching the third or fourth episode of a series; the reader is trying to piece together the characters motivations.  The leads have a relationship that seemed to happen somewhere else besides this book.

Lizzie and Ben are caught in a compromising position and Lizzies guardian (her step-brother) shames her in every way possible in front of the ton.  Lizzie is mortified for several reasons, one of the worst is she believes that Ben thought she was someone else when he kissed her in the dark garden.

Lizzie has been attracted to Ben for a while but the reader never gets to see the seeds of this romance from either party and therefore it is never understood what made this couple fall in love with each other.  A goodly portion of this tale has the leads separated and when they are together they spend most of their time unraveling a mystery surrounding Lizzies step-brother.  I did not feel a real spark between them and could not pinpoint with any accuracy when they fell in love.  It seemed to happen before the reader meets them.
4474818
Let me start off by saying I really loved The Short Drop. I bought it on audio and listened to it nonstop during a road trip. With that being said, the excitement for the return of Gibson Vaughn was almost too much to bear!
I  bought the audio version of Posion Feather and to my absolute delight the same narrator who voiced Short Drop, came back and voiced this sequel. So far, so good....but then....my joy and excitement slowly dwindled.
Movie directors will sometimes add more and more characters into a single shot, which in turn tends to make the movie goer get that feeling of confusion and desperation, like "what's going on?!". Well, that's kind of what I felt like reading this book, and not in a way it is usually intended.
A lot of characters (most of whom you can't keep straight because they're  from all sorts of different geological areas or government departments) who I didn't care about, a lot of wasted chapters , a villian who could've been made more villlian-y.
No throw backs to the Short Drop, no repeat of our favorite characters except Gibson, and then it ends... just straight up ends! I'm left waiting for the audio to continue but it didn't.
All in all, just a disappointment. Hoping the next book will see some character returns, and give us some answers! Better luck next time Matthew!!
879080
Way too many demons/gargoyles flying/leaping/floating around and destroying each othe. Lost interest, likely due to battle fatigue.
2239874
Unfortunately, found this very BORING ... got about 30% through it and threw in the towel ... didn't want to waste any more of my time to be honest. It was very slow and just didn't hold my interest ... disappointing!!!
1561399
I love Stephanie Plum, but I'm really losing interest. Something different has to happen! This is getting old. At least throw more romance in, this one had none. The other reviewer was right, you can take off the dust jackets, mix them up, and put them back on the shelf and it makes no difference! Every story is the same. Like that reviewer, I also skimmed this book. Sad!
4397464
A disappointing offering from this writer. Erica james has a great pedigree in this genre but, as sometimes, happens when stories are published too often and too regularly they run the risk of the losing the energy and ability to captivate as this story has done.  I found myself skipping chunks at a time as my attention wandered from the narrative. It simply didn't  keep my interest.
1984403
I loved the first three books in this Frieda Klein series... This one, not so much. It dragged, didn't keep pace, had no tension or energy to keep me engrossed... Meh. And I think its time we had a conclusion to this elusive stalker/guardian Frieda has... and For goodness sake, can she get together with the copper Karlssohn!
2400684
I'm not sure how I feel about this book.  I enjoyed it while I read it but in retrospect, I'm done with the series after this...too many love interests...just nope.
4931802
I read fallen as well, I can honestly say that I have started yo look past all if the grammar issues. It was a great read. I couldn't put it down. I can't wait for forever to come out!!!
1564891
"lay her down" grabbed my attention very quickly and has become one of my favorite songs lately.after taking a listen to the rest of the cd, i was very bored with it and it is all trite material used several times before.definitely check out the cd for "lay her down" (grab it for a penny plus shipping on amazon) but don't expect too much after that.
4326102
Getting a bit tired. Great characters but too much fathing around and not too much action. I love the characters and series, but this is starting to drift away from plot and in to indulgence.. rather like the Honor/Weber series drift sadly.
Back to action, plot and politics please!
4703267
Was drawn to this book as a native Memphian, having been gone for 30 years.  Thought it would be enjoyable to visit some of the locales, a la John Grisham.  However, book does not seem to know what kind of story it wants to be: detective or mystery...supernatural ghost story...gore fest...  Wound up bored, with no desire to read a follw up if this becomes a series.
4358449
I lost interest in this book very quickly. Admittedly, I haven't been keeping up with all the books and from other reviews; I gather this is a series. Anyway, my problems with this book stem from the fact that at the start, I was very interested to keep on reading. But after chapter one, I was bored to tears. Doing the dishes or watching TV seemed like more fun. The heroine leaves the golf course and goes somewhere, but honestly, it was that boring so by that time I was skimming.

I think if youve been reading all the books, you might be able to keep up your interest. I thought the writing at the starts was extremely well done, understated and it drew me in, and then when the heroine leaves there was no interest  DNF
3555370
I started off liking the story of Laney and Kass, but then there were just too many unanswered questions that made reading the rest of the book hard to do, I just wasn't interested.
Laney is an Ascent, but what an Ascent is, is never really described. It was like it should just be known and go with it but it didn't work for me.
Kass and Miguel turn out to be angels who need to force the Ascent into Ascending, but even they don't know why. Huh? They just do what they are told and there is no back story as to why, again, it just is.
The Fallen are after certain people, again with no solid reason why, so of course they take Laney.
I really didn't like the ending, it didn't make any sense and now it's just the end of the world. Ok.
Thanks but no thanks.
407073
Hmm . . .  The synopsis of this book sounded really great.  I was eager to read it.  However, I was frankly bored through the first half of the book.  I was almost half way through before I knew enough about Cruz to care about him.  It was even a little more than half way through before I was really interested at all in the assassin.  There is great potential here, but it fell a little flat.  This is not a thriller.  There just isn't enough life threatening action in it to classify, in my mind, as a true thriller.  And the big assassination plot ended up falling pretty flat for me.  Perhaps this is really meant to setup the following books.  If so, the reader has to be really invested to read through this book with the intent to read the others.  And the others would have to be significantly better than this one.  But how would you know that without taking the time to read them, with the potential to be disappointed?  A dilemma!  At least for me.  So, not sure I would recommend this book or the series based on having read this book.