Thursday, 2 July 2015

Origin Review

Origin by Jennifer L Armentrout
Released: August 27, 2013
Series: Lux
Publisher: Entangled
Pages: 400
Stars: 5/5

Hey guys, so the fourth book in the Lux series is Origin. It starts right after the previous one left off, with Katy being captured by Daedalus. This one might be one of my favourites in the series because it's from both Katy and Daemon's point of view.

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back. After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he's facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on? And will they even be together?

Luxen. Arum. Hybrids. Origins? The list of non-humans keeps growing, and it's not so black and white for who's good and who's bad anymore, not to mention the giant pile of crazy that is Daedalus. Daemon will do whatever it takes to get Katy back, and Luc can help him, but favours don't come for free.

Area 51. Secret weddings. And literally blowing up the vegas strip.

This book is action-packed from start to finish. It's a page turner that had me reading through the night. Most series lag somewhere in the middle but this one just keeps getting better and better!

July TBR

Hey guys, so I failed miserably at my TBR re-reads last month. However, I acquired a few books from friends that I'm going to try to work through this month!
- Briar Rose - Jana Oliver (I've been trying to finish this book for two months now..)
- Dreamland - Sarah Dessen
- A Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
- Rook - Sharon Cameron
- Cinder - Marissa Meyer
- Scarlet - Marissa Meyer
- Cress - Marissa Meyer
I also hope to pick up The Heart of Betrayal (sequel to The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson) when it comes out next week.

Opal Review

Opal by Jennifer L Armentrout
Released: December 11, 2012
Series: Lux
Publisher: Entangled
Pages: 452
Stars: 5/5

Hey guys, I've recently finished re-reading the rest of the Lux series by Jennifer L Armentrout, so after Obsidian and Onyx is Opal. It starts up right where the last one left off.

After everything, I'm no longer the same Katy. I'm different...and I'm not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I'm capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won't turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever. 

Adam is dead. Blake killed him and almost killed Dee, too. But Dawson is back! Which is incredible, but he's only a shell of the person he was before the DOD took him. Beth is still with the DOD and Dawson will do anything to get her back. So naturally, Katy promises that her and Daemon will do whatever they can to help him get her back.

The problem is, Blake is the only one who knows where Beth is. And she just so happens to be where his friend Chris is too. I smell a trap. So of course Blake blackmails them into helping him get his friend back.

Blake is seriously one of my most hated characters in a book ever.

Enter Luc. Although a bit different (and slightly terrifying), Luc is one of my favourite characters in this series. Daemon and Katy seek him out for help, and he ends up giving them what they need to break into Mount Weather and rescue Beth from Daedalus.

The last chapter of the book was absolutely heartbreaking, but so well written. This book is amazing, and I strongly recommend it to everyone.