“We deserve each other ’cause we get each other. I know the heart of ya and you know the heart of me.”

Welcome to the Dark Side is my favorite book in the Fallen Men series. When I love a book, I have learned that I either over highlight that it looks like a child’s coloring book. Or I’m too focused and interested that I forget to highlight. I cried so hard at a certain point in Welcome to the Dark Side. You probably know what I’m talking about.

I can’t stop gushing about Zeus. Zeus and Loulou’s relationship may seem strange and wrong to some people. But it makes sense to me. It’s sweet. At first, I found that Loulou being the same age as Zeus’s daughter Harley Rose was weird. But as I read Welcome to the Dark Side, I was able to look past that. Loulou lives two different lives; Lousie and Loulou. Lousie, the perfect society girl, and Loulou working in the seedy side of town is someone her family looks down upon.

When Zeus and Loulou met, it was in the midst of a MC war. With all the gunshots, Loulou’s first instinct wasn’t to go to her parents for help but instead to run to Zeus. She somehow knew that he would be able to save her from everything happening. Zeus went to jail, and Loulou and Zeus became pen pals. He became a big part of her life, even from inside prison. Loulou couldn’t talk to anyone, but at least she had Zeus to talk to. Life kept hitting Loulou hard, but Zeus was with her, even from far away. Zeus was Loulou’s “Guardian Monster,” and Loulou was Zeus’s “Little Warrior”.

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“I’d wanted to shed my old skin, those old connections, but did I really want to do a 180?”

Before reading Lessons in Corruption, I haven’t read anything by Giana Darling. I kept hearing about the Fallen Men series but was hesitant. To tell you the truth, I held out starting the Fallen Men series because I heard mixed things about Lessons in Corruptions. Honestly, it took me a bit to get into the book. I tried reading Lessons in Corruptions a few times. But, so many factors interfered with my reading; timing, headspace, and attention. These are just some of the reasons. But once I got into it, I regret not reading the Fallen Men series sooner.

I understood the mixed feelings, though, because there was something I can’t put my finger on that makes Lessons in Corruption as well as King and Cress not my favorite. The other couples are more interesting to me. This is funny because people love King and Cress, and they have more than one book about them. Lessons in Corruption sets the foundation of the series. The book introduces the other characters and the world I’ve come to love. There’s just something about this world that makes me want to keep coming back.

If this sounds negative, that’s not my intent. Cress loves books, and I can relate to that. King and Cress together make sense even though it doesn’t look like it. In some ways, I can connect to Cress, even though there are a few things I understand or don’t like. It is all subjective, and it’s just my opinion. I’m glad I gave Lessons in Corruption a chance. After reading Lessons in Corruption, I fell into a deep hole, reading the Fallen Men series back to back, with a few other books mixed in between.

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