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Obsidian (Lux, #1)

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Start date: October 1, 2013

Finish date: October 31, 2013

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Jan 04, 2012 Annie Brewer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: absolutely-amazingly-awesome, irresistable-hot-guys, book-boyfriend, favorite-authors, favorite, favorite-book-covers-of-2011, nook-books, fell-in-love-with-the-cover, favorite-hotties, 5-star-worthy

So after reading Obsidian, Jennifer was nice enough to write an extra with Daemon's point of view of a couple of awesome chapters that was at the end in my nook. I gotta say, this was more exciting than reading Obsidian. I have always been in favor of stories being in the guys' POV, I feel we get more out of it than in the girl's perspective. Oh. My. God. This was incredible. I understood him so much better as to why he is such a douche bag half the time. I loved being inside his head and seeing ...more

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Nov 16, 2011 Justin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

If there is one thing I have learned about Jennifer's books by now, it's that they are so much fun to read. Her writing is always fantastic. Obsidian is no exception to this, I am finding it hard to come up with words to express just how great of a writer Jennifer is to write such awesome books as this. I love how she likes to add in a lot of subtle references to different things in her books too, I picked up on quite a few throughout Obsidian. Jennifer truly is a master when it comes to writing If there is one thing I have learned about Jennifer's books by now, it's that they are so much fun to read. Her writing is always fantastic. Obsidian is no exception to this, I am finding it hard to come up with words to express just how great of a writer Jennifer is to write such awesome books as this. I love how she likes to add in a lot of subtle references to different things in her books too, I picked up on quite a few throughout Obsidian. Jennifer truly is a master when it comes to writing books that will pull you in from the start, and make it enjoyable the entire way through.

The plot in Obsidian was great, it was a little different than I was expecting. But the whole Alien thing was actually pretty cool in my opinion, I didn't feel like it was done in a cheesy way or anything. You had the romance between Katy and Daemon which was enjoyable, although it took me awhile to come to terms with Daemon. One of the things I enjoyed most about the book was how independent Katy was. I loved that she didn't rely on Daemon for everything, once she found out about him and his sister. It was great seeing how she wanted to everything she could to help out when the Arum showed up. It's always nice to see a strong female protagonist in a book, especially when including a male protagonist such as Daemon. The humor throughout the story is also really enjoyable, Jennifer does a fantastic job with all of that.

Katy is such an awesome character, I loved how she was a Book Blogger and throughout the book you see her talking about her blog bet it about different meme's or getting books in the mail. It was just a fun touch, which as a Book Blogger I really enjoyed and thought it was really awesome of Jennifer to incorporate that into the book. As I mentioned before, Daemon had to grow on me a little. I really disliked him at first, but as time went on you start to learn exactly why he is the way he is. My favorite character had to be Dee which is Daemon's sister. She brought so much humor to the book, I always found myself smiling during the scenes she showed up in throughout the book.

The ending was great, there was quite a bit of action towards the end which was exciting to read. And I felt like everything was wrapped up nicely. It would be a lie if I said I am not wanting to start reading Onyx as soon as I finish this review, but I was pleased with the way everything was brought to a close in Obsidian so it will be well worth the wait to see what is in store for Katy, Daemon and Dee in Onyx.

If you've read any of Jennifer's books and enjoyed them, you really need to pick this one up if you haven't. You honestly can't go wrong with her book. If you've not read any of her books yet, then you are really missing out on some amazing books written by an extremely talented author. Obsidian is well worth reading whenever you get the chance to, it's a lot of fun and has everything you'd expect to see in a great book.
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Nov 23, 2011 📖 Yazzie 📚 rated it really liked it

Truly amazing I love it! I never thought I could love an alien! Daemon is sooo freaked Hott omg this is a must read book!

Katy moves to a small town in the middle of nowhere with her newly widowed mother in hopes of starting over with a clean slate. This move was not Katy's choice she still doesn't really understand why the moved so far away, but she couldn't watch her mother as upset as she was in their old house fill with nothing but lost memories of their recently dead father and husband. On h ...more

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May 14, 2012 Megan (The Book Babe) rated it liked it

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"The ones who throw their beauty around, waste what they have? Their beauty is only passing. It's just a shell hiding nothing but shadows and emptiness."

Hmm. How to say this? I actually enjoyed Obsidian a lot more than I expected to. Based on reviews, I could've gone either way. But in the end... I went both ways. See, there are parts of me that really enjoyed this one - that devoured it in just a couple of sittings, and this was the book to throw me out of my funk... but there are also parts o "The ones who throw their beauty around, waste what they have? Their beauty is only passing. It's just a shell hiding nothing but shadows and emptiness."

Hmm. How to say this? I actually enjoyed Obsidian a lot more than I expected to. Based on reviews, I could've gone either way. But in the end... I went both ways. See, there are parts of me that really enjoyed this one - that devoured it in just a couple of sittings, and this was the book to throw me out of my funk... but there are also parts of me that didn't think it was ridiculously great or anything.

I mean, I spent the first half of the book silently calling Daemon a douche. Because he is one, and it's really obvious. I actually find it ironic that the quote I used was from him... seeing as he throws around his beauty all the time. I mean, come on. He does, and he is a jerk and he is a douche... but there's just something that I like about him. It becomes more obvious in book two - in this one, I was mostly unsure.

Speaking of unsure, I don't know about Katy's book blog. It seems a little... fishy. I mean, she never really thinks about it, unless she's actually blogging, or talking about how she's going to read a book... which she never seems to do. Not gonna lie, I think about this little corner of the universe all the time. I'll think about things I want to say in certain reviews, or about how I need to promote more on this platform or whatever - my blog is constantly running in the background of my mind.

So, yes... I find it a little fishy that Katy doesn't think about hers all the time. And, well... the girl doesn't like country music. I knew that we couldn't be friends from that point on. (Just kidding. Kind of.) But really, Katy is more of a filler character than anything else. I think what the story is really about is.... you guessed it, Daemon. He seems to be the one with the development, while Katy is just kind of... flat and meh.

Which seems ridiculous, I mean come on! She's the main character! Where's the development? Where are the quirks and the personality traits? She's like (dare I say it?) Bella.

First off, I kind of want to curse a friend of mine - but she's right. Applaud yourself, Rashika! You made me notice all of the similarities between Obsidian and Twilight. I mean, dang. There are so many similarities, except for the fact that Daemon doesn't creepishly watch her while she sleeps, and she isn't obsessed with him immediately. She thinks he's hot, though. In the words of Razzy, "it's like a better version of Twilight."

All in all, I kind of feel like Obsidian is a guilty pleasure. It was a fun and quick read, but it's not like "OMG I LOVE IT FOREVER, ALL THE STARS" or anything like that. Solid 3.
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