I’m actually close to finishing the third book in this series, but I’m playing catch up on reviews so I won’t get to them for a while yet. But I figure I should start from the top.
Synopsis: 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.
Review: After seeing these books pop up in my Goodreads friends notifications for a while, I decided to finally take the Lux series for a spin. I was forewarned that this series was very similar to Twilight, so I was a little apprehensive since I didn’t really think much of that one (no offense to Twihards), but I enjoyed this quite a bit more. Sure, you’ve got a teen moving to a small town who just so happens to run into a group of students in her new school who possess an otherworldly beauty and mystique, and then she’s in grave danger and the hottest one of all happens to save her with superhuman abilities, but that’s where the similarities ended for me.
I actually enjoy Daemon and Katy as our hero and heroine though I honestly didn’t feel like too much happened in this book. I think we were settling into the world and the characters. I find it very amusing that Katy’s a book reviewer and blogger. The jokes surrounding her hobby are very funny, probably because it makes her completely relatable as a book reviewer/blogger myself. It makes me wonder if the author dabbles in it. Since she writes so much I’d wonder where she finds the time!
Daemon is arrogant and often irritating, but he can be pretty funny too. Though he and his sister have suffered loss, a loss of personality isn’t one of them and I genuinely enjoy his development with Katy. They have great chemistry and this series seems like it’s got potential to be somewhat racy for a YA novel.
I enjoyed the read, but it wasn’t perfect. It didn’t feel slow per se, but it had a bit more of a contemporary feel at times and I occasionally found myself wanting the book to amp up the paranormal. As someone who typically prefer adult novels to YA, this has proved to be a happy middle ground for me and I look forward to reading the rest.
I really love this series. It’s not perfect, no, but it’s fun and I was surprised at how fast I went through this book for sure.
They definitely seem easy to whiz through. I finished Book 3 today and I should finish Book 4 this week as my alternate book for the Hollows read along.