History Creator / LaurenKate

Lauren Kate (born 1981) is an American author of [[Main/YoungAdultLiterature young adult]] [[Main/ParanormalRomance paranormal romances]].

* AlphaBitch: Chloe King from ''Unforgiven''. She's from a rich family, has her own popular bubblegum pop group, is a leader of numerous school clubs and bosses everyone around. And she's always very nasty to poor and unpopular [[TheProtagonist Lilith]].

* ''By Any Other Name'' (2022) %%A page for a different book by a different author but with the same name exists. If you make a page for this one, please add its publication date to the title

* ''The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove'' (2009)
* ''Fallen'' series

* ''Teardrop'' series

* ''The Orphan's Song'' (2019)

* FieryRedhead: Lilith in ''Unforgiven''. Her hair is very red and her temper very short. But then again, she has her reasons, like being locked in tailor-made Hells for the last three millenia. As mentioned in ''Fallen in Love'', she is also a descendant of [[{{UsefulNotes/Lilith}} Adam's first wife]].

* {{Deuteragonist}}: In ''Fallen'' Luce is Protagonist while Daniel is Deuteragonist (and in the first book, Cam is Tritagonist). In ''Teardrop'' Eureka is Protagonist, Ander Deuteragonist and Brooks Tritagonist.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: In ''Fallen'' Luce is Protagonist while Daniel is Deuteragonist (and in the first book, Cam
is Tritagonist). In ''Teardrop'' Eureka is Protagonist, Ander Deuteragonist and Brooks Tritagonist.

* UnableToCry: Eureka from ''Teardrop''. When she was still a child, her mother told her sternly to "never ever cry again". And so she did. As it turns out, her mother had a good reason: [[spoiler: Eureka's tears could bring back Atlantis and end the world.]]

* TheChosenOne: Eureka from ''Teardrop''. She is a descendant of Selene from Atlantis and is born and raised in just right circumstances to [[spoiler: break the curse on Atlantis and end the world in the process]].
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Basically, what happens when Eureka from ''Teardrop'' [[spoiler: finally starts to cry. The Earth is flooded, Atlantis re-appears on the surface of the ocean and the whole world is re-made, with people killed in the flood brought back.]]

* IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream: Brooks in ''Teardrop'' [[spoiler: after he has been [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by Atlas]]. He is fully conscious of what is happening around him and with him but cannot react in any way.

* ScarsAreForever: Fallen angels can cure most injuries easily and without scars, the only exception being when they are burnt by blood of another follen angel or demon. That is why [[spoiler: Arriane]] has a huge scar on her neck.

* UnableToCry: Eureka from ''Teardrop''. When she was still a child, her mother told her sterny to "never ever cry again". And so she did. As it turns out, her mother had a good reason: [[spoiler: Eureka's tears could bring back Atlantis and end the world.]]

* DysfunctionalFamily: Eureka from ''Teardrop'' comes from one. Her parents argued a lot and finally split up when she was still a child, in [[DramaticThunder dramatic circumstances]]. She stayed with her father because her mother was an archeologist who travelled a lot. Later, her father got married again. Eureka dislikes her step-mother, whom she believes to be cold and too focused on her carrier, although she loves the twins, her half-siblings. And then her biological mother dies in a car accident that leaves Eureka herself half-deaf. Then again, it was all written in [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight the prophecy]].

* AffablyEvil: Miss Sophia, the librarian from Sword&Cross Reform School in ''Fallen'' - seemingly a nice, friendly lady, one of very few nice people in the school, while in fact she is planning to murder the main character Luce in cold blood. And [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] himself, in his guise as friendly gargoyle Bill in ''Passion''.