I just finished up reading the first two books (Obsidian & Onyx) in the Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I picked up Obsidian from the library & shortly after starting it I realized I wanted to marathon the whole series. I was ecstatic to discover that a new beautiful bind up of the first two books had just been published. (Lux Beginnings - pictured above.)
I sensed it was ready & waiting for me at the nearest Target. I ran in and sure enough Lux Beginnings was smiling up at me from it's spot on the shelf. Score! (Isn't it so pretty? It sparkles!)
Obsidian is the kick-off to the series & therefore does a lot of world/character building. We meet the main character, Katy, who I am a big fan of. She has some frustrating moments, but overall I find her funny & realistic. Also she is a book blogger! (Nice touch, Ms. Armentrout).
(In Obsidian) Katy has just moved into a new house, in a new town, in a new state. West Virginia promises to be boring as all get out until she spies her new super hott neighbor: Daemon Black. But once Katy gets the chance to talk to Daemon she quickly discovers he's a pretty big turd. He's arrogant, rude, & drives her nuts. Shortly after she decides his good looks do NOT out weigh his bad personality, Daemon supernaturally rescues Katy from a stranger's deadly attack... & marks her.
What does that mean, you ask? Well, when an alien saves a human it leaves a mark that makes the human glow in the eyes of other aliens... YEP. Aliens.
Daemon and his siblings are aliens & there's a whole galaxy's worth of enemies wanting to kill them and steal their strong, admirable powers. In order to stay alive, Katy now has to stick close to Daemon. And while he isn't hard on the eyes, Daemon's dark & dreadful personality makes Katy wonder if running to the enemy might be the lesser of two evils.
As for Onyx, I can't really give you a summary without spoiling anything. Basically it continues the story by growing the relationships and adding in new complications/new enemies.
Warning: This series is highly addicting. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. I have read better books for sure, but I just couldn't put this book (or Onyx) down. This makes it kind of hard to review. It's not life changing or deep, but it's pretty fun. I did do a lot of eye rolling at the cheesiness and had many frustrations with the first half of Obsidian. It's annoying that the reader is made aware on the back of the book that Katy moves next door to aliens, but Katy doesn't find out until halfway through the book! So you endure 150 pages of Katy questioning everything.
"Why are they weird?"
"Why do they treat me this way?"
"Something is up..."
You just want to scream at her:
"IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE ALIENS!"
However, as soon as everything is out in the open the book really picks up. Thankfully you don't have to deal with that at all in Onyx. Once I was able to let go & just enjoy the story for what it was, I was consumed. (So far) this series hits my guilty pleasure bone hard and I'm eating it up. In my opinion, there is a Twilight-ish feel going on. (Substitute Aliens for vampires.) Girl gets involved with other species - chaos & drama ensues. Yes they are different but, I think if you enjoyed Twilight you should check out this series.
I definitely do have some issues with these first two books. The roller coaster style relationships get a bit tedious & most of the plot "twists" are pretty predictable. Like I said before, I was rolling my eyes at many points throughout. It just gets so cheesy sometimes. Also, some of the super-cheesy lines are repeated over and over and OVER. That drove me a little crazy.
All that aside, these two books were definitely fun, fast, & highly addictive reads. I am looking forward to continuing on with the series. I'm actually pretty devastated because I went to THREE different bookstores today looking for the next book (Opal) and came up empty handed. I ended up having to order it. So now I have to wait. Lame.
I'm dying to know how the romance - er, I mean story - continues.
My rating for these first two books:
3.5 STARS
I've heard the writing improves as the series continues. We'll see.
Stay Tuned!
~ Jes
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