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4.5 Stars

The Fallen: Demon is Kristina Douglas' second book in The Fallen series. It starts seven years after the end of the first novel and is the fallen angel, Azazel's story. Azazel is the former leader of the Fallen and he was the second archangel to fall from Heaven after Lucifer. After the death of his beloved wife, Sarah, he leaves Raziel in charge of the others and their home in Sheol. The dark and brooding Azazel decides to go after the demon, Lilith and kill her to stop an ancient prophecy from coming to pass. The prophecy states that he will fall in love and wed the Lilith and they will rule hell together. The legend of the Lilith says that she is a succubus demon who seduces men and kills infants. He stalks the Lilith throughout several of her human identities. He finally reveals himself to her during her incarnation as Rachel Fitzpatrick. She has no memory of being a demon. All she knows is that she can never stay in one place for very long and that she cannot go anywhere near infants.

We are introduced to the Dark City in this novel and most of the story takes place in this dreary place that is described as "people living in black and white in a Technicolor universe" like in the movie, Pleasantville. All of the people, scenery, and even the food is this odd gray color and Rachel and Azazel are the only things in vibrant color. The people and situations are not what they seem. There is a shocking betrayal followed by torture and unfortunately Rachel suffers the consequences.

The love story was similar to Raziel in that the hero denies for most of the book that he is in love with the heroine and that she is his chosen mate. Azazel was really cold and mean towards Rachel but that was only because of what he thought Rachel was. Azazel has a couple of opportunities to have Rachel killed but rescues her both times. He denies any romantic feelings for her and explains his lust for Rachel as the Lilith trying to seduce him. It took some time but he finally gave in and accepted the fact that Rachel was his chosen one. I enjoyed Rachel's feisty attitude and her snarky banter with Azazel despite the danger to her life. Although she is kidnapped by Azazel twice, Rachel falls for him and finds herself craving his touch and affection.

"Are you going to bite me before or after sex?"
"During," he said. Then put his hand between my legs.
I arched off the bed, surprised and aroused by his touch.
"Why are you wet demon?" he whispered. "You're not supposed to be liking this."
"I'm not a demon any longer."
"No," he said. "Only to me. You have become my own personal demon. You haunt me, tempt me, drive me mad with wanting you. I have chosen you, because I cannot imagine ever wanting anyone else ever again. You possess me, obsess me; you're everywhere inside me and I cannot get rid of you. And worst of all, I don't want to."
I was breathless, staring at him. "For a declaration of love, that leaves a lot to be desired."
"I don't love you. I won't love you," he said, and his gently moving fingers found the center of my pleasure and I jerked, sliding down on the bed.
"But by the time I'm done with you, you won't notice the difference."
~ Rachel & Azazel

As with the first book I totally fell in love with the Fallen angel's wings. I love how they unfurl their wings and envelope their mates after making love to them. I really love Kristina Douglas' world of The Fallen. I thought the details and the flow of the book were outstanding. I enjoyed both protagonists and the dialogue and the suspense kept me interested throughout the novel. This book can be read as a standalone but I would recommend reading the first one just to get a better understanding about the Fallen angel's history. This was a fabulous follow up to the first novel and I am looking forward to book three.

The second book in the Fallen series is excellent, but has two problems. The first is that the hero betrays the heroine so terribly that it is very hard to get past his action, even though he saves the heroine eventually. There isn't enough repentance on his part, and the relatively speedy forgiveness by the heroine rankles. The betrayal was both emotional and physical and the results were horrific; they might have ended in death. I would have felt better if the heroine fell into the situation without the hero handing her into it. The smaller problem is the POV. In the first book, "Raziel", alternating sections were told in the first-person of the hero and heroine. This is an uncomfortable method. In this book, the hero's sections are in the third person, which is a tremendous improvement, but the heroine's sections are still in the first person. I hope by the third book the author switches entirely to the third person. Otherwise, the underlying concept of the story arc is excellent and "Demon" has given me many tantalizing hints of further plot development. I'm eagerly awaiting the third book, due out next year.

I grabbed the first book in this series, Raziel, at the local library on a whim, and was pleasantly surprised with this author. She has a way of grabbing my attention. This book was almost as good, very much worth reading. The only thing that bothered me was the crazy-quick switch from Azazel hating Rachel (like, going to kill her, she disgusts him hate) to OMG! I actually LOVE her! No big deal.

Love this series. I feel like it gets better with each book.

One of the series. Love Kristina Douglas. This book has it all and takes you away to a world of fantasy, love and suspense.

wow great book the rating says it all it deserves all the stars I didn't dislike anything about this book in fact there was everything too love about it would recommend it too any avid reader with a great sense of humor a passion for life and love.

I could nopt put this book down, I haad to keep reading, and then onto the next 3 book os the series. ...lots of action, sex, romance, just great reading, something different from other stories, reading about a Angel's way of thinking makes you wonder if this could be true, could it happen to me??....WOW

Azazel is very sexy and I am sympathetic to Lilith's plight. It was a good story and I liked the characters, I definitely plan to read the 3rd book.