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The Brightest Night

(Origin #3)

Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads Author)

4.37 · Rating details · 2,707 ratings · 609 reviews

Less than a year ago, Evelyn Dasher was a normal girl, living an unremarkable life.

Now, she's on the run, under the protection of the beautiful, deadly inhuman Luc. She's been betrayed by those who were closest to her. And she's learned truths about herself that she never saw coming--things she once knew, and was made to forget. Truths with devastating consequences. She's ...more

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Apr 07, 2020 Angelica marked it as to-read

I'm willing to forgive a lot. But mismatched book covers ain't among those things.

that said, I just realized this would be the ~~third~~ FOURTH book Jennifer L. Armentrout publishes in 2020 alone!! this woman is unbelievable and I love her! ...more

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Aug 06, 2020 megs_bookrack rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: arcs-read

Brace yourselves. This may get uncomfortable.

The Brightest Night is the third installment in Jennifer L. Armentrout's, Origin series.

Since this is the third book, some minor spoilers may lay ahead. I haven't hidden them, so proceed with caution.

First off, the rating for this book currently is off the charts, so please do not let the fact that I didn't enjoy it, sway you from picking it up.

I had so much fun with the first two books in this series, but this one felt completely different. I feel li ...more

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Nov 11, 2020 jessica rated it really liked it

okay, so heres the thing. if i wasnt so obsessed with luc (anyone know where i can get my own?), i definitely would have given this 3 stars.

and thats because this book is 100% filler. which is not necessarily bad if you are already really invested in the characters, setting, writing, etc. of a story, which i am. but take a look at any other review and you will see this installment is super slow, lacking the action present in the first two books, and doesnt really add much to the series overall. ...more

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Oct 28, 2020 ~Poppy~ rated it really liked it

“Even if you wake up and you don’t know who you are and you don’t know who I am, it’ll be okay. I’ll be here, and I’ll help you remember.” His lips brushed my forehead. “I’ve got enough love for you that I’m overflowing with it. It’ll be more than enough if you wake up and see me as a stranger.”
Luc’s next breath sounded as ragged as my heart felt.
“No matter how you come back to me, as Evie or as Nadia or someone else, I’ll still love you like I do now, like I did yesterday and the day be

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Oct 22, 2020 Ꮗ€♫◗☿ ❤️ ilikebooksbest.com ❤️ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, science-fiction, alphas, netgalley, romance, action-adventure, paranormal, aliens, young-adult

I can’t wait for the next book!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: ❤️💙💜💛🖤
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📔📙
World building: 🌎🌏🌍🌎🌎
Character development: 👤👤👤👤👤

The setting: Earth

The Hero: Luc – The “Origin” who did everything he could to save his girl. Luc is an awesome hero. He is arrogant, but funny, he wears silly t-shirts and makes stupid jokes. He likes Llama’s and hates Koala bears. He loves Evie more than anything in the world.

The heroine: Evie/Nadia – Evie is what is known as a Tro ...more

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Apr 02, 2020 Lia Carstairs rated it really liked it

Shelves: aliens, romance, jla-books, fantasy, he-who-has-my-heart, young-adult

  “Never.” 
“Never come for me.” 
“Never look for me." 
"If you do, I will take everything from you.”

Oh wow. Wowow. So that's what The Brightest Night is.👀
I—
I'm scared.😰

And I didn't even think it was possible to love Luc more than I already do but it is?!?!😭💖

“I love you, Evie. I fell in love with you within the first week I met you. I loved you before I even knew what that meant, and I loved you even when you were gone, and I loved you when you became someone else,” he said— pleaded, reall

  “Never.” 
“Never come for me.” 
“Never look for me." 
"If you do, I will take everything from you.”

Oh wow. Wowow. So that's what The Brightest Night is.👀
I—
I'm scared.😰

And I didn't even think it was possible to love Luc more than I already do but it is?!?!😭💖

“I love you, Evie. I fell in love with you within the first week I met you. I loved you before I even knew what that meant, and I loved you even when you were gone, and I loved you when you became someone else,” he said— pleaded, really.
“And I fell even more in love with you when you walked through the doors of Foretoken. I’ve never stopped loving you. I never will.”

Why do I feel like bawling my eyes out?!?! Why does this hurt so much?!?! Just why?!?! WHY?!?!😭😩 ~~totally not crying rn~~

Aghhhh I have too many feelings to put into words, but this was seriously just amazing.🥰🥺 Although the plot didn't really advance from The Burning Shadow , this book was definitely character-driven. I don't know about you guys, but I just loved delving deeper into Luc's character. There's SO MUCH more to Luc than what we've seen in the previous books and omg ~~oh no im abt to start tearing up again~~ MY HEART BREAKS FOR HIM😭💔

Luc thinking himself to be a emotionless monster AND THE DAEDULUS DID THIS TO HIM. They made him think there's something wrong with him, but NO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU, LUC!!!😭😭😭 Everyone loves you, even Daemon and Hunter ~~altho they'd never admit it~~

I hate it when Luc says he's not worthy of Evie—if anything I'd say nobody is worthy of him.😤 ~~this is gonna end up being a Luc appreciation review~~

Luc's stupid and cheesy jokes, his arrogance, selflessness, his love for Evie (& others) . . . that's what makes Luc, Luc .🥺

“But first, I have an important question for you. One that I really need you to think long and hard about. Okay?”

Knowing Luc, I had no idea where this was heading. [...]

“Are you religious?”

His question caught me so off guard that my thoughts cleared. “Uh, no? I mean, not really?”

“Well, I am.” A pause. “Because you’re the answer to all my prayers.”

I want to both laugh and cry because of ridiculous that was.😂 And there's more—

“Tell me, Peaches, are you a parking ticket?”
“Because you have fine written all over you.”
🤦‍♀️. . .
Is your name Google?
Because you have everything I’ve been searching for.”

But still . . . I can never get enough of Luc's cheesy pickup lines xD.

Ooo and I love that Evie was finally able to crack through Luc's armor a little. He has all these feelings holed up and he's always supporting Evie & helping her through everything . . . but who's helping him?!?!😭

Evie is trying and that I love, but I do wish she'd paid more attention to Luc who's hurting a lot. There's still some trauma from what Daedulus made him do and the decisions he's had to make for Evie and asdfghjkl my heart and soul hurt so much .

Luc says Evie has a big and kind heart, but I think it's more that Luc does. He's always worrying about everyone else before himself and then after all that, he still thinks he's a monster?!?! Whyyyy Luc🥺😭

I mean sure, he can be ruthless whenever Evie is hurt by anyone, but that's literally every one else when someone they love is in danger. I got really annoyed when Daemon had yelled at Luc for that, but Daemon would do the exact same thing for Kat. Although, Daemon is prone to saying harsh things when he's angry . . . ahhhh I still hated that.

Okay, ranting over ~~for now~~.
Seeing the old cast again was another thing I loved!!!😍 Daemon, Kat, Dawson, Beth, Archer, and Dee.💞 Ahahhaa the fights and bonding between them all was ✨golden.✨ Well . . . it was mostly just between Daemon and Luc. One second they want to murder each other and the next they're joking around like bufoons.

“Any questions?” Daemon asked.

Luc raised his hand.

“Yes, Luc.”

“Are you sure you’re against me getting Adam a llama?” Luc asked. “Like, really sure?”

Daemon sighed. “Yes. I’m sure.”

“Life ruiner,” he muttered, lowering his hand.

Oml Luc's obsession with llamas.🤣 And that isn't even the end of this—

“Any actual important questions?” Daemon asked.

Grayson started to raise his hand.

“Yes, Grayson, all kids are dirty, and they all smell funny,” Daemon said before Grayson got the question out there.

I actually never thought I'd ever love Grayson so much, but JLA did it. So much more to the brooding and scary Luxen who also hates human beings and especially kids.😂 Some secrets were revealed and now a lot of things make sense. But now I'm worried . . . what if JLA made Grayson have a bigger part in this book bc he's going to die in the next one?!?! I'M GETTING ANXIETY THINKING ABOUT THAT HAPPENING.😨 Of course JLA would make us love Grayson so much in this one, bc she's planning on something happening to him in the 4th book.

I don't trust JLA. Why else would she do that?!?! I'm telling you after certain series, I can't trust JLA with her characters anymore.😰 ~~or maybe i'm reading too much into this~~ Okay, I'll calm down now.
BUT JLA DON'T KILL GRAYSON OR ELSE—

~~okay, i'll calm down now~~

Ahhh yes! Another set of old characters were also Hunter (the Arum) and Serena.
I remember them from Lux, but seeing more of Hunter in here makes me wish I read that one standalone spin-off, Obsession , especially with all the good things I've heard about it. ~~altho it's adult and the cover is a little . . . too much😅~~ Maybe one day in the future I'll read it haha.

xD that one scene where Evie and Luc visit his house🤣

Do you think he looked for the house that was already decorated in black and white? I asked, wondering how we ended up with angel-palooza.

Probably. He needed a place as deep and dark as his troubled thoughts. Arum are goth like that.

God, I love Luc sm.🥰😂

Oh and another thing I noticed was super similar to what Alex and Aiden said (I think it might even be the exact words, too):

My hand balled in the front of his shirt. “Thank you—”

“Don’t thank me for that, not for doing what I needed to do.”

His features blurred. “When am I supposed to thank you, Luc?”

“When I do something worth thanking me for.”

That's exactly what Aiden would say to Alex every time she'd try to thank him. ~~only noticed this bc of that recent reread hah~~

Okay, but now I'm getting the feeling that the last book isn't going to get a happy ending.😓😖 Why, you ask? I don't know. But all I do know is that if she ends this like how she ended the Covenant series . . . that'll be the death of me.💀 ~~not that it was a sad ending, but i hated it.😭~~

The only reason TBN didn't get a 5 stars is bc some parts were a little hard to get through and again, this was totally character-driven and not as focused on the plot as it was in the previous books. This was more of a "training & learning secrets phase". I didn't hate that though, bc in the end, we did get to be even more emotionally attached to the characters—although, maybe that isn't really a good thing, bc now if one of them dies . . .💀😭💔

AND THAT ENDING?!?!?! WTHWTHWTHWTHWTH Still freaking out over that cliffhanger, though it was a little predictable. ~~just know that Gray was right~~ Still . . . I'm terrified over what's going to happen next.

Please, JLA. All I ask is . . .
Don't break my heart. Give Luc, Evie, and everyone else the HEA they deserve.🥺

AND LET THE DAEDULUS BURN IN HELL🔥🔥🔥 (view spoiler)

  “Even if you wake up and you don’t know who you are and you don’t know who I am, it’ll be okay. 
I’ll be here, and I’ll help you remember.”

(4.5⭐)
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Nov 15, 2020 Arini rated it really liked it · review of another edition

3.5 out of 3, which equals . . .

4 Stars

That makes no sense, I know. Don’t @ me. 🤭 Somethin’ about Luc calling Evie peaches had me . . .

and . . .

😂😂

Luc the sexiest, funniest, most arrogant and charming (all of that but second to Daemon 🙈) alien/origin is in town! Boy, why is he verra verra irresistable? ~~To the point where I’m considering naming my future children after him.~~ And silly and hilarious when he’s being goofy. And hot and murderous and completely irrational but sweet and not creepy when ...more

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Dec 19, 2019 Phuong ✯ marked it as next-in-series

"No, you're the Burning Shadow and he's the Darkest Star, and together, you will bring about the brightest night."

Is this title a surprise? No, but I can't wait for Evie and Luc to f*ck shit up together!!! ...more

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Apr 10, 2020 ♡ jules ♡ marked it as series-tbr-pile

Shelves: fantasy, sci-fi, ebook-tbr-pile, cant-wait-to-read, unfinished-series, more-than-500-pages, paranormal-romance, tbr-priority, paranormal, favorite-author

there must be a special place in hell for people who change the covers in the middle of a series.

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Jan 01, 2020 booksneedcaffeinetoo rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, science-fiction

Being stared at by a bunch of legit aliens like I was the weird one to be wary of was quite unsettling.

Hmmmmmm....this is a tough review to write. Another reviewer already pointed out a lot of the things I was thinking when I finished this book: we lost much of the humor from the first two books and instead got a million and one I love you, Lucs. It was mildly disappointing.

”There is humor in everything.” His gaze caught mine. “If we forget that, we lose everything.”

🙄 if that’s the case ...more

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Apr 27, 2020 Jenn rated it liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, 3-star-reads, read-in-2020, young-adult, fantasy, nail-biter

I was slightly disappointed in this one and that makes me sad. I absolutely have been loving this series and have been waiting for this to come out but I found that it dragged in places and by the end, my excitement level was way down.

Now I'm not sure if I'm just crazy or not, but I thought that when I started to read this series, it was only going to be a trilogy. And honestly, it probably should have stayed that way. The pacing was way off in this book. Not a whole lot happened and it was mos ...more

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Aug 08, 2020 Klemibee marked it as to-read

Hi fellow JLA fans! I'm still keeping fingers crossed we'll get official cover in OG style, but still I wanted to cheer all of you up, and made my own version! Please enjoy <3
IG for more fanart: Klemibee ...more

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Oct 04, 2020 Nadine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arcs

In true Armentrout fashion, The Brightest Night turns everything readers thought they knew about the world and characters on its head. Origin is a slow burn novel as Armentrout takes her time exploring Evie and Luc’s relationship as well Evie’s new powers and discovering her limits.

The Brightest Night reminded me how much I love this series and the world Armentrout has created. It’s original, exciting, and feels like coming home. Seeing all the characters from the previous novels is one of the ...more

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Oct 30, 2020 Roobie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: series-i-love, paranormal, part-of-series, romance, 2020-challenge, covers-to-burn, the-jla-love

⭐️2.5 stars⭐️

If you end up remembering more down the road, you go through what you need to go through. There is nothing wrong with feeling nothing. You feel what you need to feel, whether that's feeling nothing or everything.

Oh this book made me saaaad. I love JLA and I enjoyed the first two books but this one was so slow and (please forgive me) boring. I will read the last book, obviously, but other than the ending I feel like I could have skipped this one. ...more

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Nov 02, 2020 Mia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: sweet-guys, audiobook, ya-paranormal-urban-fantasy

OMG! I think this is my fav book in the series so far? It was the perfect mix of light and heavy and that ending! As much as I love JLA I wish I had the strength to wait until she finishes her series because this waiting a year for every book is killing me!

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Dec 19, 2019 Arceli rated it it was amazing

WE HAVE A RELEASE DATE AND TITLE! HOW LONG TILL THE COVER AND RELEASE!
306 Days! :( The countdown begins.

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Oct 19, 2020 Jen ♥Star-Crossed Book Blog♥ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arcs, go-away-sweaty-palms, love-makes-my-heart-happy, dont-cry, favorite-heroines, favorites, romance, bad-boys-i-love, science-fiction, sigh-bbf

We just all have a little bit of a monster inside of us. How could we not when we love someone like we do?

The Brightest Night was breathtakingly emotional and beautifully captivating. From that very first page, I was pulled right into their world and couldn't put this book down. Love, friendships, action, ghosts from the past, and scenes so emotional that tears poured down my face splashed across the pages. If you’re a fan of Jennifer L Armentrout, the Lux Series or Paranormal/Sci-Fi

We just all have a little bit of a monster inside of us. How could we not when we love someone like we do?

We had no idea what was going to happen from hour to hour, and I just wanted the beauty of this, of him, of us together, and there wasn’t a single thing wrong with that.

The Brightest Night started exactly where The Burning Shadow ended. Evie and Luc were in Zone 3 with all of our favorites. I was shocked learning the scope of what Evie was and what the Daedalas planned to do. But I wish someone would have said, just hold on because that’s nothing. What’s to come in this book will blow your mind! I gasped multiple times, screamed NO so loud I woke up my husband and even stared at a wall because I couldn’t believe something happened. Many truths come to pass, and each one rocked me more than the previous one. The way this book unfolded was absolutely brilliant!

“Well, that’s kind of offensive. I’m totally trustworthy,” Luc argued. “And I give great gifts.”
Daemon crossed his arms. “You once tried to gift Kat and me a llama because, according to you and literally no one else, they’d make a great family pet for a baby.”
What?
Luc’s smile turned thoughtful. “They will protect a herd—”
“A lone child is not a herd, Luc,” Daemon sighed.

At the core of this story is Luc, Evie and so many people errr Aliens, Hybrids and Origins whom we love from not only this series, but The Lux Series too. The happy moments had me flying so high. I loved watching their lives unfold, catching up with everyone and I laughed more times than I can count. I even had happy tears over some of their moments together. They felt like a big family that would pull together at times for one another. It all warmed my heart. And yes we even got to hear more of Luc’s fabulous cheesy pick-up lines ha! But I’m thankful for all of these happy moments, because there were also ones that shattered my heart.

I was something they thought they could use to take over the world, then why couldn’t I be used to fight back?

I couldn’t shake this feeling that I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. So I was extremely nervous for Evie at times. I was terrified how her power would affect her, but I loved watching her grow in leaps and bounds. I was so proud of Evie for learning more about herself, her abilities and even how she interacted with Luc. She was someone I respected and could look up to. It became even more obvious how she had captured Luc’s heart so easily.

"I loved you before I even knew what that meant, and I loved you even when you were gone, and I loved you when you became someone else,” he said— pleaded, really. “And I fell even more in love with you when you walked through the doors of Foretoken. I’ve never stopped loving you. I never will.”

Luc was the ultimate book boyfriend! He was fierce, deadly, and would do whatever it took to protect those he loves. There’s literally nothing he won’t do to protect Evie. But on the other side, he could be so calm and collected with her. His patience, gentleness, and the amount of affection and love he showed her melted my heart. Luc was sexy, intense, passionate and most definitely sigh worthy. And when he was with Evie, they felt like the ultimate power couple. I loved how they talked and confided with each other. It felt like even if the world was falling apart around them, they would still be standing by each other's side.

His forehead pressed to mine. “I need to forget that we’re both stained with your blood.”
Closing my eyes on a shuddering breath, I cupped his cheeks. “You have me.”
Luc kissed me, and there was nothing slow or tentative about the way his mouth moved or how his lips parted mine. The kiss deepened, and there was an edge of desperation to it, a hint of lingering fear.

I can't say more than what I have, but just know that The Brightest Night will keep readers hooked and has a heart stopping ending! That ending was powerful and shook me to my core! So if you love fierce and loyal characters, a story line that has tons of heart, and moments that will make you laugh, smile and cry, then you definitely need to pick up this series. Now I’m patiently waiting until we can see how the series ends with the next book! I can’t wait!

He pulled out a sour apple Blow Pop. “The Daedalus have more like her, and when they decide to break up this little militia you have going on here, even someone who isn’t particularly intelligent would know what a good idea it would be to have her on their side.”
The world just stopped spinning on its axis. Pigs were flying. Santa was real. Hell had even frozen over.

PS I love Grayson's love of blow pops!

Love was the thunder in our hearts, the lightning in our veins, and it was what kept us together where we landed, even after our skin had begun to cool and our breaths had slowed.

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Nov 09, 2020 Mikky (Nocturnal Predators Reviews) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, read-in-2020, audible

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Jennifer has done it again! I don't know how much more of this my poor little heart can take! This book had its rough spots but it was SO good. I can't even with that ending! Why do I love something that causes me so much pain?!

I'll be honest and say that the first 5 hours or so of this audio book almost had me DNFing. It was just way too reminiscent of the pandemic we are currently in the middle of and I want more fiction than reality in the books I read. I would have e ...more

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Oct 25, 2020 Izzie d rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy-etc, alien

Good idea of world building but I did find it rambling and drawn out and very boring and to be honest I ended up skimming.
No intimate scenes other than the Hero and heroine.
Cliffhanger ending.
I was incredibly irritated as I thought it was a trilogy, I am amazed an author releases a series but readers don't know how many books to the end.
I would have waited if I'd know this one too ends on a cliffhanger and it's a doozy. ...more

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Aug 16, 2020 Ashlee » Library In The Country marked it as to-read

Every time I see this updated cover I feel like I’ve been transported back to 2008. It goes to show how out of touch the people who make decisions are with readers.

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May 17, 2020 sarina ༺ marked it as to-read

What happened??? The first two covers were so beautiful and now this??? I am sad

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Oct 19, 2020 Julia rated it really liked it

Shelves: own

*ARC for review*

I have a hard time writing this review since I don't wanna spoil anything.
But as always the witty writing, banter and emotions rope you into the book and story and you don't wanna stop reading.
I loved all the cameos in this book and it threw me right back into old Lux Series feels and it was more than amazing to see how they were all doing.

One thing I didn't like and reason why it took me quite long to finish this book (besides the formatting but that doesn't count since this cop ...more

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Nov 01, 2020 Yodamom rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc, audio

Narration 5 stars
Favorite Author
I have to start at the end. ARGUH !!!! Yes, that was my final word. Yes, the ending was monstrous and left me gasping, sputtering and angry. I might have been a bit emotional. Don't judge, just wait til you read it, you’ll see.
The story was a rollercoaster ride, moments of climbing to something just out of reach then, shifting away squeeing around a ship turn, then an unexpected drop, to the slow steady climb again to the top, then on to drop off a cliff ! I reall ...more

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Sep 15, 2020 Davina Herondale marked it as to-read

WHY would they change the covers when the first two were amazing?

also WHY is this one so ugly

Frustrated Strangle GIF

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Apr 06, 2020 haniya rated it liked it

i spent a good minute screaming to my heart's content the minute i finished this gosh darn book. my sister was sitting across from me, taking her zoom class as she watched me as if what i did was normal...which probably is, but i digress.

so...i want people to answer me truthfully. who put the curse on third books of a series? i'm not even joking rn - and trust me, i'm always joking, ~~which means i'm prolly joking rn, too, but you didn't hear that from me, got it?~~

ugggh, this book was really slow ...more

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Oct 23, 2020 Nancy The book junkie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-to-review, books-to-buy-in-english, ebooks-to-buy, arcs, books-to-buy-in-hardcover

Rating: 4.5/5

The brightest night is the third installment in the Origin series (a series in the same universe than the Lux series). As it’s usually the case with Jennifer’s book this one has been a fast-paced, exciting, passionate novel that leaves you heartbroken, shattered, out of breath and with a desire to read the next book that will drive you crazy. There is no “filler book” with her and while this one could be considered slower than the previous two installments this is still action packe ...more

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Oct 21, 2020 micolreads rated it really liked it

We follow Luc, Evie and everyone else in another city, where they hide and struggle to find out more about Evie’s powers.

I was afraid that this book would be simple, the usual middle book, with no action, but thankfully I was wrong. There is action, love and friendship, and I can also affirm that this one is probably my favorite book in the trilogy. I could finally see more of Evie and Luc’s relationship, which I felt lacked a bit in the previous books.

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Nov 17, 2020 Ashley rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020-oct

Star Rating: —> 4.5 Stars

Gahhhhh i hate huge cliffhangers like this!

Otherwise amazing & jaw droppingggg, as is usual with JLA. 🤍

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Oct 17, 2020 Stacy Fetters rated it really liked it

“I’ve waited for you forever, and the only thing that scares me—that terrifies me—is that something is going to take you from me, and I won’t be able to do a damn thing about it.”

JLA is back with her third installment in the Origin Series set in the Lux Universe. The Burning Shadow ended with a huge bombshell revelation that left us all shocked. Only the evil mistress known as JLA could end a book that way. We demanded answers and went kind of crazy waiting for them.

The Brightest Night picks up ...more

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Feb 28, 2020 Eleanor marked it as to-read

I CANT BE THE ONLY ONE THAT SHIPS JAMES AND GRAYSON

its really sad how much i love the idea of these especially because they've only had one scene in the FIRST BOOK butohmygod

just IMAGINE it would explain more about grayson's character and they would be the best enemies to lovers likeireallycant.

anyways i know it'll never happen
sigh.

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Jennifer L. Armentrout

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# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors yo Hey Guys! Please note: I don't send out ARCs for review. If you're interested in reviewing a book of mine before release date, please contact the appropriate publisher. I also do NOT check my Goodreads email.

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# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more. ...more

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“We didn’t come all this way, survive all we have, only to lose each other again,” he said. “You won’t allow that. I know you won’t, but if you can’t believe in that yet, then believe in me until you can.” — 8 likes

“Even if you wake up and you don’t know who you are and you don’t know who I am, it’ll be okay. I’ll be here, and I’ll help you remember.” His lips brushed my forehead. “I’ve got enough love for you that I’m overflowing with it. It’ll be more than enough if you wake up and see me as a stranger.”
Luc’s next breath sounded as ragged as my heart felt.
“No matter how you come back to me, as Evie or as Nadia or someone else, I’ll still love you like I do now, like I did yesterday and the day before, and that’ll be enough.”
I’ll still love you.” — 8 likes

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