Obsidian by Jennifer
L. Armentrout
When Katy and her mother move to the middle of nowhere in
West Virginia, all she wants is a normal life, to get her blog back in order,
read some books and just settle into her new microscopic town. But when her
mother makes her go introduce herself to the two neighbors who look her age
things don’t go as planned. Katy just wants directions to the grocery store but
the boy next door, Daemon, answers her knock her jaw drops to the ground. He is
tall, ripped and has the most stunning green eyes she has ever seen but when he
opens his mouth she realized how much of a total jerk he is! Dee, Daemon’s twin
sister on the other hand is also extremely gorgeous but she is the sweetest
person on the planet and becomes fast friends with Katy despite her brother’s
disapproval.
As Katy gets to know her new neighbors, things seem well,
off with them. They get glared at in public, Daemon has a hot//cold attitude
towards Katy, he can do things that should be impossible and part of Dee’s body
seemed to just…disappear. Katy has heard old rumors about aliens around town
but her neighbors couldn’t possibly be aliens, could they? UM, YES. THEY COULD,
CAN, ARE! And when Daemon freezes a truck in time to save Katy from being hit
he has to confess to being one of the “Luxen” (apparently super-hot aliens who
are made out of light.) Now that she knows about them and their powers the
information puts Katy in danger, and because of the Luxen power being used to
save her the trace of that powers left on her. The trace lights her up like a
beacon for the Luxen and their intergalactic enemy, the Arum, (apparently not
that hot and made out of darkness) to see. The Arum want nothing more than to
seek out and kill the Luxen, and with Katy lit up for all the aliens to see it
makes the Arum’s goal that much easier.
Okay, I seriously liked this story! I read it in one day and
couldn’t get enough! Also you don’t know who is more life threatening, Ash, the
totally jealous ex-girlfriend of Daemon or the shadowy alien terrorists that
want to kill them all. Move over Edward and Jacob there are new freaks in town.
And they're hotter.
Recommended age:
16+
On to the ratings!
Stars..
0 = None 10 = Tons
THE FEELS:
The feels weren’t thaaaat strong for me, I was never sad or
really happy about anything that happened in the book I was just SUPER
INTERESTED. But I was shipping Katy and Daemon pretty hard so for that alone I’ll
give,
5/10
Violence:
There are a few fight scenes, Katy kills a couple of the bad
guys and one drags her around like a ragdoll.
5.5/10
Sexual content:
There is an incredibly steamy make-out session where the
characters get topless. One character tries to get Katy drunk to sleep with her
and Daemon makes everything into an indirect sexual joke. I wouldn’t recommend
a teen under 14 or under reading this.
7/10
Crude language:
The book was LITTERED with bad language, it was the only
thing I didn't like about the book. There were several of each imaginable profanity
used.
8.5/10
Other elements/comments:
Underage drinking is involved and some pretty jerkish behavior
from guys.
Overall:
Overall I enjoyed the story, it was full of sassy wit, which
I LOVE! Still could have been just as good without some of the stronger
language.
9/10
Xoxo
- Sarah
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