Obsidian (Lux, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Jul 12, 2012 Emily rated it really liked it

Shelves: own-kindle, series, genre-sci-fi-fantasy, genre-young-adult, states-west-virginia, alien, blogger

Katy Swartz was not happy about moving from sunny Florida to West Virginia her senior year, but her mother made the decision for her. It had been three years since Katy lost her father but in some ways she lost her mother as well. Katy had spent much of her time delving into her blog and her love of books, but when she meets her neighbors Katy finds herself torn between the Dee a girl who could easily be her best friend and Daemon the twin and if Katy could guess was hiding devil horns somewhere ...more

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Feb 15, 2017 Megan rated it it was ok

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I liked Katy, for the most part. I say most part because I hate when girls act the way she did with Daemon. Daemon was annoying and I didn't like him, at all, for most of the book. Dee was my favorite character, but she seemed immature for her age. Since for a large part of the book I was bored and/or annoyed with the characters behavior, I don't see myself continuing this series.

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Aug 11, 2018 Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon AKA NixieNut rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This was my second time reading this. I first read it a few years ago and i think I enjoyed it just as much second time around. I liked that it wasn't instalove but that there was chemistry between Katie and Daemon and the author played with the tension well. I also liked the storyline and felt the pace really kept me in the story. It was really nice to revisit this story and see where it all began and i look forward to rereading the whole series in preparation for The darkest star later on this ...more

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May 07, 2024 Darlene rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: giveaway-won, ebook

3.5 stars

This has been on my TBR for years. It was a good start to the series, and I’m planning to continue with it. There wasn’t a lot of backstory for Daemon and his sister, and I really hope the next one provides more information.

The narrator pronounces Daemon as “demon.” Had I been reading a printed copy, I would have read it as “DAY-mon.” Not sure which is correct.

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Jul 20, 2012 Jessie Marie rated it it was amazing

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*Note: I'm going to try very hard to rave and jump around and get all hyperventilated on this review. I make no promises on that front, but I will try...

As my first JLA book, I have to admit I was somewhat skeptical. Armentrout churns out books faster than I can imagine and the only other author I can think of that does that is Danielle Steel (FYI, not good in my opinion). But the rave reviews by all of the blogosphere coupled with the #JLARC as hosted by D Originally posted on The Daily Bookmark

*Note: I'm going to try very hard to rave and jump around and get all hyperventilated on this review. I make no promises on that front, but I will try...

As my first JLA book, I have to admit I was somewhat skeptical. Armentrout churns out books faster than I can imagine and the only other author I can think of that does that is Danielle Steel (FYI, not good in my opinion). But the rave reviews by all of the blogosphere coupled with the #JLARC as hosted by Deity Island, I couldn't let the moment pass me. And boy, oh boy did Obsidian deliver.

Katy is my favorite MC in the history of forever. Honestly, she's freaking awesome. She's sarcastic and strong and capably independent... and a book blogger. I connected with her on so many levels and understood the angst, fear, loss, elation, butterflies, raw desire, etc. that I've never felt before with a protagonist. Yes, she's living in a world where there's aliens, which at this point in my life, I can't say I experience (could be, but that's me being a conspiracy theorist...). But the way she handles everything, from spaghetti to bathing suits to freak outs to finding-out-the-hottest-guy-on-the-planet-is-an-alien, it was just so familiar.

One of my favorite aspects of Obsidian was the nerve grinding, heart palpitating sexual tension that never ended throughout all 330+ pages. I felt it in my bones. I wanted the tension to break and for Katy and Daemon to do as the Romans do, so to speak. But I also loved that building desire that was absolutely feel-able and tingly. Obsidian more than accomplished subtly what 50 Shades of Grey tries to do explicitly.

The action was non-stop, the twists and turns abound. Armentrout introduced this alien race with ease - their true forms, the idea of leaving a trace, the importance of keeping quiet and secluded and the enemies, the Arum. All was well explained. I felt like it was real... which it might be.

What else did I love about Obsidian? Daemon. End of discussion.

There are, unfortunately, a couple things that bugged me ever-so-slightly about Obsidian.
- The cover. JLA has lots of books. Surely we could do better with the cover, right? The Covenant series is a testament to that. But, I will say that this is strong evidence to reading the book without considering the cover cause the pages more than make up for it.
- The bottom-of-the-stomach familiarity I experienced as compared to Twilight. There are several factors that are just all too recognizable from that series. What Obsidian brought to the table, however, was better writing, a cooler more interesting MC and a legitimately hot guy.

I will stop there. I'm afraid I'll start word-vomiting the whole story and that would be no fun for you all. Seriously, I would recommend this to anybody. I'm going to recommend this to everybody. Read it. Read it yesterday. And again today. It's witty and funny and all around awesome.

Words cannot express how anxious I am for the sequel, Onyx. ...more

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