by Jennifer L. Armentrout
When seventeen-year-old Katy Swartz moved to West Virginia right before her senior year, she’d pretty much resigned herself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring, but then she spotted her hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up…until he opened his mouth. Daemon Black is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. It’s hate at first sight, but when a stranger attacks her and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something…unexpected happens. The hot guy next door? Well, he’s an alien. Turns out that Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities and Katy is caught in the cross hairs. Daemon’s touch has lit her up like the Vegas Strip and the only way she’s getting out of this alive is by sticking close to him until her alien mojo fades. That is if she doesn’t kill him first.
My Review:
Go read this book!
Now! Go what are you standing around here for???
Oh wait yeah you want
a review….
Sorry I just REALLY
enjoyed this one.
I received this one as a Christmas prezzie from my friend
Melissa over at Books and Things. I
wasn’t sure if I’d like it at first.
I’ve had some bad experiences lately with YA books that just don’t live
up to their hype. I also have issues
with first person POV, so not my favorite.
Just let me say that it was definitely not the case with Obsidian.
I really fell in love with the
characters. They were well written and
solid, plus they were fun to follow around.
At the end of the book there are even some bonus chapters told from
Daemon’s POV, instead of Katy’s, and it was really interesting to reread the
same scenes and see what was going on in his head.
As for the story itself…I found it refreshing. It’s been awhile since I read something that
wasn’t a vampire/werewolf paranormal YA.
At one point I will admit that I was afraid it was going to turn into a
book version of ‘Roswell’ or that there was going to be a love triangle
cliché. I am glad to report neither
happened.
This one held my attention from beginning to end and I think
it is because of the little extra details that the author put into their work. For example, I really loved the way the
author made Katy a blogger. I think it
helped to make her easier to relate to and more human.
Also the reasoning behind why her mother wasn’t always around made sense
too. I can’t wait to pick up the next
book in the series.
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This post is part of the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge 2013.
Sounds awesome! I've put it on my wishlist. Funny how the blog before had the same word, but as a type of knife. :)
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I had that happen with Loch Ness!
Delete(one was the monster the other was the actual location but still!)
Thanks for stopping by! I've put the rest of the series on my wishlist and plan to pick them up asap.