Here it is – and it’s another FIVE BLUE RIBBON review!Fallen by Claire Delacroix
5 Blue Ribbons
Tor
October 2008
Futuristic storyline and alluring romance meet in the middle with Claire Delacroix’s newest novel, FALLEN. Readers meet Lilia Desjardins, a widow with an agenda, and Adam Montgomery, a man with an earthly mission.
Widow Lilia Desjardins wants answers concerning the death of her husband. As a woman in a futuristic society geared towards males and control, Lilia’s ability to look into and research her husband’s death is slow moving and dangerous. With the government always watching, going into certain forbidden areas is risky. When Lilia goes to a police station to report the death of a shade informer, she realizes her error and attempts to leave. Too late, however, she finds herself in Adam Montgomery’s office being asked questions she doesn’t want to answer.
Adam Montgomery has been brought to Earth to watch over the human race. Coming into contact with Lilia Desjardins, a widow secretly trying to investigate her husband’s mysterious death, complicates matters for Adam because of the feelings and emotions she arouses in him. Time is of the essence because the eyes of the Republic are watching and they don’t intend to let anything forbidden slip by.
Adam and Lilia must trust the other in this advanced society. Behind the scenes forces bent on control are at work and it is going to take every single skill they possess in order to survive their enemy’s plans.
What a magnificent and thrilling world Claire Delacroix has woven in FALLEN! Futuristic in nature, the setting of FALLEN intrigued me greatly. FALLEN is set after decimation caused by war and as such, the characters are forbidden to do things by the Republic – the “government” who is able to watch every single aspect of every single citizen’s life. Babies are harvested, not conceived. Defects are not tolerated by anyone and punishment for breaking the law is more often than not fatal.
Adam Montgomery is an angel without wings on a mission. Doing his best to complete his assignment makes him loyal in my eyes. From the top of his shaved head to the tips of his boot clad feet there is nothing I didn’t love about this heady and darkly handsome character. The fact that he falls in love with Lilia is the culmination of a love story neither character envisioned but by the end of FALLEN, it is a love they can not live without.
FALLEN is electrifying, suspenseful, and poignant. Claire Delacroix has me intrigued and begging for more of this supernatural and futuristic world!”
And HERE‘s the link to the posted review on the Junkies’ site.
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