Kirst answers “Many readers have told me this is a...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Obsidian (Lux, #1):

Many readers have told me this is a twilight knock off do you agree?

Kirst Okay so obviously on the surface this book could seem like it is a "knock off" of Twilight, but honestly (and I'm absolutely not bashing any of the Tw…moreOkay so obviously on the surface this book could seem like it is a "knock off" of Twilight, but honestly (and I'm absolutely not bashing any of the Twilight series) but this book is way better written--with a better story line, a personable female protagonist, a less stalker-ish (sexy, snarky, smart, protective) male character, and with an actual comedic element and amazing love story. I've read nearly all of J. Armentrout's books (and the J. Lynn ones) and I can honestly say that I've never been disappointed! She is one of my favorite authors and anyone who compares her books to Twilight, or says that they are worse, I instantly place them in the illiterate category along with the people who tried to compare Twilight to Harry Potter...which just cannot and should not be done!

Furthermore, if you're on this site, then you must obviously trust the GR reviews...therefore, all you'd have to do is look at Twilight's and the Lux series ratings and see that none of the Twilight books were even close to reaching 4/5 stars; whereas, the Lux series, as well as most of J. Armentrout's other books, are well over 4 stars...that just goes to show that most people have good taste and know how to review a completely original book series! ...And, speaking of Twilight, if 50 Shades of Grey (a Twilight fanfiction series) could become so popular and have a movie franchise, then who really cares if a book series has "some" Twilight elements in it?? That has no affect on how great a book series is...or isn't.

I hope this helped:))(less)

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