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 neighbour, 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.
The review:
It was phenomenal, one of the best books I've ever read, clearly Jennifer Armentrout's best series.
When Katy Schwartz arrives in West Virginia she expects drawling accents, not much Internet and "a whole lot of boring" but instead she gets the adventure of her life. She moves in next to Daemon Black and his twin sister Dee, two aliens from the planets Lux, lost because of the war waging between them and their enemies, the Aren.
We immediately see a spark in the Daemon-Katy relationship, even though they try to hide it, and Katy and Dee instantly become best friends. However Katy is very observant and notices things are off with the pair, something they try to cover up. In fact when Katy gets attacked by one the the Aren she overhears a whispered conversation which makes her even more suspicious. When she finally learns of their true nature she proves to be a very valuable weapon against the enemy, going so far as to save Daemon and Dee's life.
The book is very well written for it doesn't focus only on one side of the story. The romantic relationship between Daemon and Katy is very well written, leaving a cliffhanger at the end of the book but also the story line is perfectly fitted so that they compliment each-other without one outweighing the other.
Katy is not your typical american teenager. She stays inside and reads rather than partying, her figure isn't perfect and she expresses insecurities over it through out most of the story, and she has a book blog she's dedicated to. Three years prior to when the book takes place, she lost her father to cancer which led her to become more of an introvert and helping her mother, who is great by the way, get back on her feet. We immediately feel she likes a challenge for she ignores Daemon's threats and then makes an enemy of another Lux, one with a crush on Daemon. I related very well to Katy's character because she reminds very much of myself, in fact I decided to make this blog after I read this book.
Daemon is a bad boy, there's no other way to put it. He's hot, vain, gifted with all bad-ass alien superpowers, thinks humans are beneath him and comes off as a player. However when his family is threatened he turns into a real bad ass, which is why he tries to try Katy off, thinking she's a threat. However as the book progresses we see a change in his attitude towards her, he starts defending her, and protecting her and finally, after a lot of innuendos, one intense make-out session, and having his life saved by her twice, he admits his attraction to her which she rejects.
Dee acts like a little kid. Being alone with Daemon has made her desperate for a friend, whom she finds in the form of Katy. Once she understands Katy will stay she starts distancing herself from the other luxen and starts mingling with humans. As an alien she can switch shapes and become anything or anyone, a rare talent for her race.
This is one of the only books that leaves you wanting so much more without having a direct cliffhanger. Can't wait for the second book in the series.
