Jennifer L. Armentrout: Opal (Lux 3)

So I totally fell in love with Daemon. I can't help it. He's like the perfection of secret fantasy crushes. He really just goes full out for Katy and I swear I turned green numerous times!

I like how they used the same people for the cover, representing Daemon and Katy. Sometimes they bring out different models or drawings and it makes me sad. Like why would you change the face of the person I've been so emotionally attached to for hours?!

But it gives me the same weird feeling as before. They just look kinda too... Old. No teen looks like that. I get that it's Fiction... Just something that bothers me personally. But other than that, I feel like the over is actually a scene that happened in the book which makes me all giddy about it because I actually recognised something! 

As for the price, this one was more expensive than the previous books and I don't really understand why.. Still cheap but I don't know, I just don't get it. 

This book was a little bit different then the others. It's like... It wasn't boring, more that every time I wanted to shout 'can you get on with the story yet' JLA new exactly what I was thinking and threw a plots twist at my face that made my heart nearly explode. 

Reading this book you can be certain to expect LOADS of heartbreak and heartattack moments together with the further relationship work going on between Daemon and Katy. 

After the last book, a lot of things have changed and I feel like this book is more about dealing with those things and fixing them than anything else, ending with a major cliffhanger, opening up to the next book. Origin. 

If you liked the last two books, then you will love this one as well. Just don't read all of them straight one after the other when you've got a week of or something. Because that, I feel, would just be ruining if for yourself. There is something with putting the series down for a while, not thinking about them and then picking it back up again after having read a couple of other books and.. It's like a warm welcome when you get back to something like this. 

I feel like the boring moments were masked with the plot twists.. But somehow that just doesn't fully make up for it. Eventhough it shakes you up, wakes you up, hell nearly destroys you while reading it.. After reading it I still kinda remember the moments where I thought.. Why are you blabbing on! Just go for it! That was a little downer but in the end.. Trust me. It is so worth it. 

I think I might actually need some mental help to get through this! Can't wait to read the next book!!

All jokes put to rest now though.. This Cliffhanger might actually be the end of me. I feel like so much rage is surrounding me now. And not the good kind of rage that you let out and get over with but the kind of rage that will not end even when I read the 6th or 7th book, if they may ever come out. I'm so bad at dealing with these sort of endings. Damn. Need more books. 

Cover: 1

Price: 1.5

Story: 1.5

Characters: 2

Overall: 1.5

Leaving this book at a 7.5/10 I feel like it's been rated fairly and definately worth a read!

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My upcomming Readinglist!

Okay so I've done a little research on the books I want to read the comming few weeks and these are some options I've come across. I'm still not sure about Goodreads, it seems to either get it right as right can be or completely wrong...

1) Cassandra Clare's Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices 1)

2) Kristen Ashley's Wildest Dreams (Fantasy Land 1)

3) Julie Kawaga's The Iron King (Iron Fey 1)

4) Kresley Cole's The Warlord wants Forever (Immortals After Dark 1)

5) Richard A. Knaak's Well of Eternity (War of the Ancients 1)

6) Cassandra Clare's Bane Chronicles

7) Jennifer L. Armentrout's Opal (Lux 3)

8) Jennifer L. Armentrout's Half-Blood (Covenant 1)

9) J.R. Ward's Covet (Fallen Angels 1)

10) Richard A. Knaak's Demon Soul (War of the Ancients 2)

11) Sherrilyn Kenyon's Fantasy Lover

These are the book I've got lined up on my bookshelve just staring at me, waiting to be opened. This order may not be the exact reading order.

Anyway, looking at this list I've got a lot of work to do! Have a great time reading all of you and I'll be sure to tell you how I liked all these books. Don't be shy to leave you own opinion below!

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Jennifer L. Armentrout: Onyx (Lux 2)

Okay so I have to be honest here. After putting down Obsidian I wanted to jump straight to this book but something inside me told me not to do so.
You know how sometimes you can just totally ruin good books by having to read the entire series in one week? Well I was about to do that. I had to stop myself, take a deep breath and decided to wait a little but to pick it back up.

I can't believe how much of an emotional rollercoaster this book was. It's like it doesn't really start of with a story line.. Katy and Daemon just... Well.. They are who they are which is amazing. I love how they piss eachother off so much because neither of them really want to admit to show any "weak" sides to the other.
God I just love the chemestry between them. At the first book I wasn't sure if I was going to completely and irrevocably fall in love with this serie but I did. I'm hopeless. Sometimes I think I'm just simply unable to not love a book.
I admit that it's very hard for me to read a book and hate it. Eventhough sometimes storylines and plots colide with other books. I can't help it.

In a way I feel like people who dislike this sort of book saying it's too much like this or that or too much the same story line all over again and just couldn't get through it should just start looking for a new genre. Obviously this isn't it for them, which isn't a problem at all for me! Everyone read what he or she likes to read but it makes me sad that they decide to dish it.

Anyway back to the book..
I can honestly say that this book is a must read.. I think you could even get away with skipping the first book but in a way that would mess up the chemestry and history Daemon and Kat have. The only thing that I could have done without is Kat's endless doubt. I think most people would've not given it a second thought after the first book!
But I get her doubt. She wants the love she reads in her novels. The romance all of us dream of.

The characters really seem to grow with the story and you get a lot more upclose to them and their history. I feel like this has been the best book so far I've read from JLA and I'll gladly move on to the next without doubt.

With this book, get ready for an emotional rollercoaster that takes you from a book with no real plot (which is fine) to a book with a plot that will blast you away every 10 pages or so.
The cover could be more special but it's nicely done (they look kind of too old and I remeber Kat complaining a lot about not being skinny skinny), it gives a little bit info on how Daemon and Kat feel but yet don't feel about eachother.
I payed about 5 for this book as an ebook which I think is a more than fair price. Obviously I can't say anything bad about the story today and I'm happy with the Character Development.

Cover: 1/2
Price: 2/2
Story: 2/2
Characters: 1.5/2
Overall: 1.5/2

Leaving me at an 8/10 for this book. Well deserved. Nice work Jennifer L. Armentrout!

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Jennifer L. Armentrout: Obsidian (Lux 1)

First off I have to say. READ THIS BOOK FIRST!!! I made the mistake of reading "Shadows" first, as it was placed this way in the Author's reading order but I'm so disappointed!
This entire book is based on the mystery that you don't really know what's going on.. You don't know who or what anyone is and it leaves so much room for excitement and confusion. It's like the book slowly opens up to you.
You know as little as the protagonist Katy and it makes the book special in a way. Because now I just got a little bit annoyed at the fact that she just simply couldn't get it..

Reading order put aside, I love how Katy has a blog about book reviews. It somehow made me connect to her in a way no other book ever has. I could find myself in her character.
The book kept me hooked from page to page and I enjoyed the story.
Armentrout has this way of making a so obvious book become so suprising at times. There were moments I thought.. Do I really want to be reading another one of those books? You know the typical bad boy-nerdy gril relation.. He's a douche, she's way too nice.
But she made it so full of plot twists that this basic primal story line just pales in the light of further events. Plus the fact that she is strong enough to be a douche back to him and not just goes running like a sad, sad girl.

I think this book is certainly worth a read and I really did enjoy it.. But I have to be honest. This is a style you like, or you don't. I don't think there's a grey here. Black or white. After spending a long time considering reading this and reading a lot of bad reviews on "Goodreads". I had decided to read it anyway and I'm glad I did.

Price wise, again I went with the Ebook and I have to say it wasn't expensive for a 340page book (depending on which platform  you read it).

I would say 8/10 and a wicked appetite for more.

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Jennifer L. Armentrout: Shadows (Lux 0.5)

A couple of days ago I was aimlessly roaming the internet when I suddenly realized how I hadn't read any books in a while. As soon as this realization struck me, I decided it had to change.

So I went on to search for some good books. I came across a couple of nice series and one really caught my eye. The Lux series. I had heared of these books before, hearing nothing but good reviews. I decided to give it a go.
I looked up a reading order and according to the Author herself, Shadows is the first book you should read.
Price wise it's really a good option, not very expensive at all in Ebook version. I have to say I'm a big fan of owning a book, knowing it's carefully placed on my bookshelf and nothing can happen to it.. But I make an exception from time to time.. For one of three reasons.
1) I just really can't wait for it to either be delivered or buy it myself.
2) I can't find any service that will deliver the book I want in the right size, language etc
3) I bought previous books of that particular serie as an ebook and don't want to have a collection split (I admit I might have an OCD when it comes to books).

This time, I just really couldn't wait. I bought the book, downloaded it and started reading.

I was sold straight away. The book switches POV between the two main characters and I always like this. Something about knowing what the guy is thinking makes me feel like I know more than the female protagonist.
At times I found the female character, Beth, a little bit annoying. I was like AARGH WHY CAN'T YOU SEE IT!!!
But throughout the book my love for both protagonists grows. The book is filled with intense plot twists combined to the usual forbidden love story made interesting again.

It was a quick read, about 180 pages as an ebook. I think I went through it in two to three hours (which was a huge suprise)!

The Lux series has certainly deserved a place on my 'Love this Series Fangirl'-bookshelf. Seeing this book is short and I don't want to give any unwanted spoilers, I'm going to leave it at this.

I would give this book an 8/10. It made me hold my breath throughout and I couldn't let it go until i had reached that final page.

AFTER HAVING READ OTHER BOOKS IN THE LUX SERIES I HAVE TO SAY DO NOT READ THIS BOOK FIRST, SAVE IT FOR LATER BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH HAS BEEN SPOILED HERE TO FULLY ENJOY THE FIRST BOOK IN THE LUX SERIES!

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