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Obsidian (Lux, #1)

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Start date: January 1, 2013

Finish date: January 31, 2013

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Jan 04, 2012 Annie Brewer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-hotties, irresistable-hot-guys, favorite-authors, book-boyfriend, favorite, absolutely-amazingly-awesome, favorite-book-covers-of-2011, nook-books, fell-in-love-with-the-cover, 5-star-worthy

So after reading Obsidian, Jennifer was nice enough to write an extra with Daemon's point of view of a couple of awesome chapters that was at the end in my nook. I gotta say, this was more exciting than reading Obsidian. I have always been in favor of stories being in the guys' POV, I feel we get more out of it than in the girl's perspective. Oh. My. God. This was incredible. I understood him so much better as to why he is such a douche bag half the time. I loved being inside his head and seeing ...more

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Dec 10, 2011 Judith (Judith'sChoiceReads) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: good-reads, books-i-own, must-haves, heroines-with-spunk, series-i-love, hunks-of-the-world, crazy-phenomenal, really-crazy-villains, crazy-romantic, men-i-want-to-steal

This was a great short of Daemon's perspective during the dance - and since I am on that section of the book presently - it was a good look at his feelings. I understand his character better now, and I am Beginning to think that Mrs. Armentrout is all kinds of fantastic! Did I mention that I am in love with this boy?

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I have no explanations to offer, and certainly little excuse as to why it took me so long to read Obsidian. I should have jumped on the bandwagon months ago. What is im ...more

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Oct 14, 2012 Dayla rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, favourite-authors, young-adult, favourites, emotional-rape, powerful-women, fucking-amazing, best-series, awesome-ya, insanely-good

Re-read this book in 2021 and I still love it just as much as I loved it in the last!

Review first appeared on my blog: Book Addict 24-7

Jennifer L. Armentrout's Obsidian is a sexy, unique, and surprising piece of work. Honestly, this book is so hyped up that I thought it would be a let-down--but holy crap, no. NO. Obsidian has a strong female protagonist, an unusual storyline, and well, erm, very sexy descriptions.

Katy, the protagonist, doesn't have the easiest challenge on her hands. Her mom has ...more

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May 26, 2012 Allison Kirk rated it really liked it

Obsidian is about a teenage girl (Katy) who is new in town and moves in next door exotic, beautiful, odd sibling duo (Daemon and Dee).

I really like that at the end Katy stood up for herself and is an admirable female character. As much as she finds Daemon attractive, she has more self respect. She decides she doesn't want a "good enough" relationship. Katy wants a relationship where she has more things in common than physical attraction. She actually says, "I want someone to care for me like my ...more

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Aug 11, 2012 Lani rated it it was amazing

Twilight with Aliens anyone?

I hope that doesnt turn anyone off reading Obsidian, because i seriously loved this book,but i couldnt help but compare this book to Twilight. New girl moves to a little town where she is immediately drawn to the local hotties. Hot boy tries to push her away. Girl finds out the hotties have a secret. Paranormal hijinks ensues. Girl runs off to save everyone, by sacrificing herself, and has to be rescued by hottie. Sound at all familiar??

BUT, there are sooooooo many r Twilight with Aliens anyone?

I hope that doesnt turn anyone off reading Obsidian, because i seriously loved this book,but i couldnt help but compare this book to Twilight. New girl moves to a little town where she is immediately drawn to the local hotties. Hot boy tries to push her away. Girl finds out the hotties have a secret. Paranormal hijinks ensues. Girl runs off to save everyone, by sacrificing herself, and has to be rescued by hottie. Sound at all familiar??

BUT, there are sooooooo many reasons why this book is NOT like twilight.

1. The characters - Katy is strong, independent and doesnt take anyone's crap. She is completely likable. She doesn't whine through the whole book.She doesn't base her whole life around a boy who apparently hates her. As much as he dishes out, she gives it right back.

-Daemon is rude, arrogant and pretty much just a general douche bag. He is always quick with a smart ass comment. But even tho he's a jerk, he is so damn likable, and not just cos he's the stereotypical bad boy. Through all the crap he slings at Katy, you always know that he has his reasons for being that way, and that it comes from a good place.

2. THERE IS NO INSTALOVE! can i get a hallelujah? Katy recognises the difference between lust and attraction and actual love. Just part of the reason that makes her such a likable protagonist.

3. The sexual tension. Holy hotness Batman, Jennifer L Armentrout knows how to write some (mostly YA appropriate)heat.

4. The way Katy and Daemon's relationship progresses. Its a gradual process from page 1, right to the very end. It doesnt start with them hating each other, and then end with them in love by halfway. Their relationship progresses throughout the whole book as they get to know and trust each other, with plenty of setbacks along the way. It made it hard to put this book down. I just wanted to keep reading to see if they would ever be able to overcome everything and get together.

5. Aliens instead of Vampires/werewolves/fairies/angels. Maybe its just me, but I've never come across aliens in YA paranormal fiction. I'm sure there actually are plenty of other Aliens throughout recent YA fiction, but it doesn't seem to be like the complete over saturation of the other paranormal creatures mentioned above. Learning about the Lux's capabilities and talents was different and interesting for me.

6. Humour! This book had me laughing out loud at points and highly amused the rest of the time.

So yes, the plotline was a little predictable for me. But i didnt care.All the things i liked about the book overshadowed this. I loved every minute of this book, and the minute i finished i picked up the sequel Onyx. Highly recommend to anyone that enjoys YA, especially if you're a twilight fan. ...more

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Nov 30, 2012 Kaina rated it it was amazing

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Wow. Obsidian literally blew me away. I've been wanting to read this book for some time and I'm so glad I did! I adored this book, no scratch that I absolutely LOVED it! It may just possibly be one of my favorite books of all-time. The plot was amazing, it was something that wasn't over done and isn't written much about.

I really loved Katy, she was sarcastic, witty, stubborn, and didn't take anything from anybody. There was a hint of major character ...more

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Jun 27, 2012 S.L.J. rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

Yet another sad example of plot supporting romance instead of romance supporting plot. Seen it all before. *sigh*

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Jun 27, 2012 Erica rated it really liked it

It was good. I disliked how brave yet stupid Katy was during the entire novel. I also disliked how reckless I felt dameon was even tho he knew first hand how risky things were. The redeeming qualities were the writing ... The attraction was handled well and how Katy did have this fearlessness braveness about her. I def will pick the next one up

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