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Onyx (Lux, #2)

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Start date: December 1, 2012

Finish date: December 31, 2012

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May 05, 2012 Karla BookAddict2 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romantic, supernatural-men, supernatural-women, trapped-me, rofl, favorites

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Dec 07, 2011 Tee loves Kyle Jacobson rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2012-must-reads

Onyx is the sequel to Obsidian and man oh man does Jen do us justice in this book. I have been swamped with so many things that I am very far behind on my reviews. After meeting Jen last week at a book signing I said dang it I need to post my review like ASAP! I have to Jen has this knack for writing that totally blows you away and keeps you coming back for more. So enough babbling let's get to the nitty gritty which is the review of course!

In Onyx we get to see so much happen between Katy and D ...more

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Feb 02, 2013 Rose rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, fantasy, supernatural, favorites, a-to-z-ya-challenge-2013, romance, contemporary, paranormal, young-adult

Initial reaction: "Onyx" impressed me more than I thought it would going into it. I definitely liked Daemon more in this book, and while Katy pretty much has everything thrown at her in this book, I saw why she reacted the way she did. The combination of humor, action, and romance in this was well balanced, and I thought it worked for the story very well. I need to collect my thoughts, but I'm very much looking forward to the next book.

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I guess the first thing I'll say to commence thi Initial reaction: "Onyx" impressed me more than I thought it would going into it. I definitely liked Daemon more in this book, and while Katy pretty much has everything thrown at her in this book, I saw why she reacted the way she did. The combination of humor, action, and romance in this was well balanced, and I thought it worked for the story very well. I need to collect my thoughts, but I'm very much looking forward to the next book.

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I guess the first thing I'll say to commence this review might be something of a fangirlish statement if typed in all capital letters and followed by exclamation points: this was so much better than "Obsidian". I kid you not, I was really impressed with this book given the transition. The narrative flow was great, the characters well drawn, all in all this was actually a fun, enthralling read. Daemon actually bought himself a clue and was not only apologetic for his actions but also brought on quite a bit of humor where it counted. (Plus a man who notes "All Quiet on the Western Front" as his favorite book is a man after my own bookish heart. Obviously he's after Katy's too.)

But that's not to say things were exactly smiles and fun times in this book. Not always, not by a long shot. Last we left Katy and Daemon, Daemon professed that he liked Katy, but Katy was having none of that after the way he treated her. (Go girl!) I'm glad to see a heroine who might have a level of sexual tension with a guy who comes across as a jerk, but has the gumption to say "no" and not put up with any B.S. In this book, Katy has a bit of a rough time of things. If she's not trading spars with Daemon in affirming/denying her attraction for him, she's got other problems up her sleeve.

Like developing alien powers and struggling to control them. Like a new mysterious surfer guy who seems to be attracted to Katy as well. Like finding out a certain person key in Daemon's life might still be alive, among other things. The plot building and development in this was solid, and the tension kept rolling throughout.

I know a lot of people say that Katy took a step down in this book with respect to the kick-butt/take names character she was in the last book. I'd probably say yes and no to that. I'll admit reading this, I kind of understood where her character was in places. She gets many curve balls thrown at her and I expected she wouldn't deal with all of them well. That's not to say I necessarily agreed with the route taken (or some of the transitional points, which kept this from being a 5-star read for me), but I could see why. I appreciate when an author can take a strong/solid character and have them run through the emotional gauntlet when they face certain realities in their realm, and toggle with the sentiments and consequences that may bring on, depending on the choices made. You wonder just how much that character can take on given the situation and if it's tearing down their walls in spaces, then it's not going to be easy to build them up again. I suspect that for both Katy and Daemon, after the events in this novel, it's not going to be easy for them to move on given those realities.

I did have some issues with the love triangle in this book. I mean it was funny when Daemon kept getting the dude's name wrong, but at the same time, I was pretty annoyed both at the fact that Daemon was possessive and sometimes icky, but I was also kind of annoyed at Katy for knowing for quite a while that she was stringing the dude along and didn't say as soon as she could "You know, I'm torn with these feeling for another guy and I can't be in another relationship right now." That was a bit of a chip on my shoulder for a good part of the book, but I still managed to like quite a bit about it.

The last 100 pages of the book kept me glued and didn't release me until I finished the last page. And the ending itself was a great concluding point which prompts a nice lead into the next work. I know I have Armentrout's name in mind for authors to watch after reading this. I really enjoyed "Onyx" and can't wait to read the next book in the Lux series.

Overall score: 4/5 ...more

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Jan 03, 2012 Rose 📚🌹 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, my-favorite-all-the-time, read-in-2012

"I still want to strangle you. But I'm insane. You're crazy. Maybe that's why. We just make crazy together."

This book is so great it hurts. I really tried to only read a few pages per day in the hope that I don't have to say goodbye to this book so soon, but I failed. Curiosity killed me. I can hardly put this book down. I don't know if it sounds weird or not, but when you love reading a particular book, you really don't mind whether it's a very thick book or not. Not that this book is thick, th "I still want to strangle you. But I'm insane. You're crazy. Maybe that's why. We just make crazy together."

This book is so great it hurts. I really tried to only read a few pages per day in the hope that I don't have to say goodbye to this book so soon, but I failed. Curiosity killed me. I can hardly put this book down. I don't know if it sounds weird or not, but when you love reading a particular book, you really don't mind whether it's a very thick book or not. Not that this book is thick, though.

I think I could never get enough of Daemon. He is a perfect figure that maybe every girls in the world want to have as a boyfie. I am totally into this book, seriously. It's more intense, more love-hate relationship between Kat and Daemon, more fights and struggle and more secrets revealed. In this book, you can't really tell which person tell lies and which one is telling the truth. I myself can only trust Daemon.

"Some things are best left...unknown, you know? People search for answers and they don't always like what they get. Sometimes the truth is worse than the lie."

Daemon's sarcasm never fails to entertain me. His humor is extremely sarcastic. He also never hid his dislike to anything or to anyone. He's very blunt and straight to the point telling people the truth and I found it hilarious. I can't stop laughing when he mentioned the newcomer's name in the wrong way on purpose.

Katy is my second favorite heroine beside Rose (Vampire Academy). Since the first book, she has shown her strong personality, she can't be easily taken down by anything. She can deal with troubles and never ran away. Many changes confused her, but she is a fast-learner. She might get scared most of the time but it didn't stop her.

While Katy still denies everything that she feels for Daemon, Daemon is the opposite of her. He blatantly expressed his love at her and even made a bet with her that she will fall in love with him before New Year's Day over. I also love Daemon for being so caring and protective of Kat. Whenever Kat has problems, he always be there for her and make sure that she's fine. No, no. I don't only love him, I worship him! HARD!

Jennifer has done a very good job and I really can't wait to read the third book, Opal. Her writing is the best. It is always funny and very entertaining just like the first book and the other series that she had wrote. I bet that she is really a nice person in the real life as well. Wish someday I can meet and hug her and ask for autograph XD

This book is epic!! ...more

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Sep 02, 2012 Kailia rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, ya-paranormal, 2012

If you haven’t read Obsidian yet, I’m not sure what is wrong with you. While they’re not amazing books in my opinion, I like reading them. They’re fun and quick to read and very enjoyable. Onyx, book two in the Lux series, dealt more with Daemon and Katy’s relationship with the alien aspect taking backseat. Though I had issues with this book, I felt like it accomplished its goal: it entertained me. Again, I didn’t love this book and I didn’t feel like this book was better than Obsidian and I did If you haven’t read Obsidian yet, I’m not sure what is wrong with you. While they’re not amazing books in my opinion, I like reading them. They’re fun and quick to read and very enjoyable. Onyx, book two in the Lux series, dealt more with Daemon and Katy’s relationship with the alien aspect taking backseat. Though I had issues with this book, I felt like it accomplished its goal: it entertained me. Again, I didn’t love this book and I didn’t feel like this book was better than Obsidian and I did feel that it fell to the second book syndrome.

Onyx had a lot going on with the relationship between Katy and Daemon and I have to say: I didn’t like Daemon in this book. He was much more of a jerk and I didn’t understand half of his reasoning’s. Why did he act like such a ass all of a sudden? Along those lines, I was disappointed to learn that a new love interest for Katy was introduced. While yes, he did play a larger role in the plot, it was obvious he was there to add more friction and in turn, tension, between Katy and Daemon.

What I really want to know is: what happened to the kick ass Katy from Obsidian? Katy made stupid decisions left and right and it drove me insane! At one point, I stopped reading this book. She was whiney and annoying and didn’t seem to have a sense of danger. The biggest aspect that made me upset was the fact that Katy forgot all of her friends. No matter what, friends will always be there for you and Katy seemed to have forgotten about all of them. This new Katy, I didn’t like.

The alien plot line in Onyx was one of my favorite aspects. I hadn't figured out everything there was to know about these alines and Jennifer L. Armentrout had this way of surprising. Did I guess a lot of things about Katy and Daemon and his family? Yes. Yet somehow, the author was able to put in that excellent amount of "I think I know what's going to happen" with "I was not expecting that" to make me enjoy this book.

Overall, not as good as Obsidian but not completely horrible. I didn't like the Super Jackass Daemon in this book and I didn't like Katy either. The plot was my favorite part of this book and saved me from hating it! I do recommend you to pick up Obsidian if you haven't done so already! ...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Natshane rated it it was amazing

I finally understood the buzz centering around Daemon Black, even if I'm few years late!

I've seen the Lux series everywhere! From Goodreads to blogsphere even in bookshops around me, for some reason I never picked them up, until last week. Perhaps it was because I got sick with the paranormal romance genre that always centers around the same old cliched plot, and maybe I was trying to branch out and venture into unknown territory (romantic suspense and contemporary romance seemed to be my favor ...more

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Dec 06, 2011 Naomi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, kindle

Woah!! Onyx is even better than the first in this series! I was hooked from the very first page & couldn't put my Kindle down.
I would highly recommend this series to anyone that likes paranormal romance. You won't regret it!! ...more

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