Good morning! So my first book review posted on here will be on the series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, the Lux Series! I can't tell you how much I love this as yet unfinished series. It has been a looooong time since I last read a book so captivating and so well balanced. What I mean by this is that a lot of books I read (all romance by the way) have plots that are simply centered on the development of the protagonists' romance, but have no other interesting side plot, such as a serial killer being after the hero/heroine or some mystery needing solving, which I actually don't mind because I love romance so much, but it's nice every once in a while to get that something extra that will really make you want to give it ten stars. The first three books of the Lux Series, Obsidian, Onyx, and Opal, have exactly that.
Obsidian opens with our heroine, Kat, who has just moved from Florida to West Virginia to get a fresh start after the devastating effects of her father's death two years ago. She (like me) is obsessed with books and has a blog about it. When she goes next door to her neighbors' to ask for directions to the nearest food store, she meets the devastatingly handsome but completely arrogant and mean Daemon.
After an embarrassing encounter with him, Kat heads to the grocery store where she meets Daemon's sister, Dee. Kat and Dee quickly become very good friends, but Daemon is always there to put a damper on Kat's happiness. Though she tries to get close to Daemon, he constantly pushes her away because Kat cannot find out his and Dee's biggest secret: they are both aliens from an extinct planet who have taken refuge on Earth (sounds cheesy when I say it, but in reality its not, trust me). After Kat accidentally finds out the truth, Daemon tells her that she is now in great danger just for having that knowledge.
The one thing that really bugged me about Obsidian was Kat and Daemon's relationship. Though I was cheering for them from the very beginning, it was hard to read about how badly Daemon treated Kat and how she kept coming back for more. It was like he had her on a leash; Daemon would push her away, hurt her feelings almost irreparably, but when she was pulling that leash too tight Daemon would do something nice and out of character and have Kat eating out of the palm of his hand until he hurt her again, and the cycle continued. Yeah, he was battling his feelings of wanting to protect his family and those he had for Kat, but it still doesn't excuse his actions. He didn't even care when he clearly saw how his words hurt Kat and how he humiliated her in front of his friends. And worse, Kat kept coming back for more of that stuff. Well, as you can see, that was a sore point with me. Other than that, though, the books was amazing. That it was so hard for Kat and Daemon to finally get together (not until the 3rd book) actually made it sweeter when they did. It was like an "Ah finally!" moment that left me super happy. But that discussion is better left for next time :).
Book Love,
Lena
