Obsidian (Lux, #1) in Around the World in 80 Books

Aug 07, 2012 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi-romance-romantasy, romance, young-adult-teen-new-adult, library-has-a-copy

This book has been hyped like crazy by many of my fellow readers and after having read this, all I can say is, holy alien hotness, Batman! Daemon and this book definitely live up to the hype! Daemon is pure yum! And now that I'm done fangirling, onto the actual review. In many ways, this reminded me of the Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore, but if John had spent less time battling Mogadorians and more time kissing Sara. Not to say that the Luxen lack for enemies. They don't. Mostly an evil This book has been hyped like crazy by many of my fellow readers and after having read this, all I can say is, holy alien hotness, Batman! Daemon and this book definitely live up to the hype! Daemon is pure yum! And now that I'm done fangirling, onto the actual review. In many ways, this reminded me of the Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore, but if John had spent less time battling Mogadorians and more time kissing Sara. Not to say that the Luxen lack for enemies. They don't. Mostly an evil opposing race known as the Arum and also the Department Of Defense to a degree. And there's some fight scenes and some action sequences, but the conflict is by and large, of the interpersonal and internal variety. (view spoiler) As I have stated in other reviews, I love a good opposites attract romance and Katy and Daemon are opposites in pretty much every way. And boy, do they attract! Even though this book is mostly about the beginnings of their romance, they still have some spicy scenes and swoonworthy moments. Daemon is the type of character that by all rights, I ought to detest, but I've always had a thing for cocky and sarcastic male leads and so of course, I loved Daemon! And Armentrout gives him just enough heart and just enough of a look inside him that I loved him all the more! Katy was great as well, she didn't take any of Daemon's crap and could easily go toe to toe with him and was just an all around good match for him, she was sassy and spunky and feisty and I loved that she loved reading and had a book blog! I giggle every time I think of the spaghetti scene, you'll know what I mean once you've read this book. I also liked Dee a lot, she was fun and added a lot to the story. And I liked all of the other supporting characters. I liked the worldbuilding, such as it is. I thought the whole Luxen thing was very cool and interesting. All in all, this was a fantastic start to this series and I'm so glad that I read it. Quick side note, Daemon calling Katy "Kitten" did throw me a bit. Why? Because I'm a big fan of the Night Huntress novels by Jeaniene Frost, therefore I'm very used to Bones calling Cat "Kitten." So it was a little strange to have another male lead calling the heroine "Kitten." ...more

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Apr 19, 2014 Snowtulip rated it really liked it

Shelves: par-rom

Loved the banter and teasing!

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Jul 31, 2012 Nadine in NY Jones rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy-and-sci-fi, young-adult, paranormal-romance, aliens, cotton-candy

from the NPR poll of great Young Adult fiction ...

This book has inspired me to create a new bookshelf: Cotton Candy. Insubstantial and ultimately unsatisfying, but so inexplicably tasty that I just can't stop. I didn't even think this book was that great, but I had the next two books in the series on hold at my library before I even finished this one.

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My reaction after the first few chapters: I must say, it's interesting that the blurb describes Daemon as "stab-worthy" ... because this BOOK is ...more

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Sep 02, 2012 Jenifer rated it did not like it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, young-adult, sci-fi, fantasy

I wish I could give this book a zero. It was horrible.

What do you get if you take the storyline of Twilight, change the setting from Forks, Washington to a small town in West Virginia, and substitute aliens for the vampire? You get Obsidian. There were so many similarities to Twilight that I lost count.

Since finishing this book, I’ve been debating this post. Part of me keeps replaying the message “if you can’t say anything nice then say nothing at all” but then the other part of me wants to list ...more

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May 02, 2020 Rachel N. rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, aliens, west-virginia, read-in-2020, pbt-vote-challenge

Katy and her mother have just moved to West Virginia after her father died from cancer. Next door lives an intriguing boy Daemon and his sister Dee. Daemon is a jerk to Katy but Dee befriends her. It takes about half the book to reveal that Daemon and Katy are aliens but since this is stated in the blurb for the book I don't think it's a big spoiler. It took a long time to get the book really moving. I like Katy and Daemon some of the time. I especially like that she stands up to him and tells h ...more

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