Obsidian Review

OBSIDIAN
Series: Lux #1
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
Release Date: May 8th 2012

Book Length: 335 pages
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Source: Physical copy, Goodreads 
Review: 5/5 *Full Review Below.

Blurb:
Starting over sucks.

When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring… until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something… unexpected happens. 

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. 

If I don’t kill him first, that is.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

How do I even put into words the feels this book gave me? Okay so I’m a few years late to the Daemon Black party but I am here and loving this nonetheless.

The summary is pretty straight forward; New girl Katy moves to a small town with her mother and happens to be living next door to some hot aliens.. Just your normal story. Katy assumes that Daemon, her neighbor is just another asshole until she gets into an accident and he literally freezes time to save her life. Saving her life has now exposed Katy to the world of Aliens which puts her in grave danger to a ruthless race called the Arum.

Katy was like my soul sister, I completely adored her; she’s a book lover and blogger and gets excited to post her Waiting on Wednesday’s. This was awesome for me as I love it when MC's are interested in books but to read about a blogger and being excited when you get page comments and views brings it all back!

“Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.”

Daemon? Hmm you know those books where the love interest is a bit arrogant and standoffish and really doesn’t seem interested but he’s totally into the girl? This is NOT like that at all. Daemon is a complete dickhead, he goes out of his way to humiliate Katy and to keep her away from his sister. Obviously he’s smoking hot and therefore gets away with it which is a little annoying to me but Katy does in fact hold her own and tells him what I assume we're all thinking, like I said a dickhead!

The romance was HOT AS HELL, I fell hook, line and sinker for Daemon Black and literally swooned at everything that came out of his mouth all the while wishing I could punch his face! This is exactly the romance I love, the fighting, the tension, the will they won’t they? So much bloody angst! I devoured this book in two sittings, as I just needed to see what would happen next.

As I’ve said Daemon is a Grade A asshole so it pretty much depends on your taste in love interests but I wouldn’t dismiss this book straight away if you hate the evitable girl falling for the bad boy. Katy really is completely different from all other heroines, yes she’s attracted to him obviously but she doesn’t delude herself into thinking that ‘I can change him’ bullshit, she knows he’s a douche just a Hot Douche.

“My palms itched to have a close encounter of the bitch-slap kind with his face.” 

The ending to me was the perfect way to make sure you read Onyx (Book 2), no major cliffhangers just a little taster of what is to come! I've heard that the series does get better so I can't wait to find out. Now that I have loved and finished Obsidian, I'm ordering the whole series. I’m not sure I’m fully sold on the concept of Aliens and the topic of beta-quartz and refracted light etc. went over my head but I still loved the story. I’ve always been a fan of JLA and fully understand the hype these books have caused.