Onyx (Lux #3) by Jennifer Armentrout

Paperback, 366 pages

Published August 14th 2012 

Powerful. Page Turner. Consuming.

I can’t explain how happy I am that I gave this book a chance. Honestly, I was really hesitant to read the Lux series. I am a big fan of paranormal books, but when I read the blurb on good reads about this book, the aliens kind of disappointed me. Angels, goddesses and immortals are okay for me, but aliens? That’s quite new for me.

New – and WAY TOO REFRESHING for me. This book really took my breath away. I fell in love with Daemon and Kat’s character. Perhaps I am partial, because Kat’s the name of the leading lady, but still their personalities on the book is very pleasing.  5 stars are not enough to rate how much I appreciated and loved this book from beginning to end. I can’t wait to read more of Daemon and Kitty’s love team. Too bad the last installment hasn’t been published yet, so I really have to savor the “Opal.”

Onyx focused on Kat’s training how to handle her super powers. If you’re wondering how she got her super powers, it’s because Daemon had cured on her book 1 which apparently made her a mutant. New characters are introduced on this book. There’s Will – Katy’s mom love interest who happened to be Bethany’s uncle and wanted to be mutated by Daemon. His bad side was revealed on the latter part of the book; though on the beginning, Kat had a great feeling that Will has bad intentions.

Blake – whom I thought is a part of a love triangle, but also a mutant. He acted as a normal guy who seemed to have interest to Kat. But eventually, he revealed his personality to Kat and promised her that he will train her so they can practice and enhance their abilities and fight the DOD. But in the long run, he had other motives and that is to surrender Kat to the DOD so they wouldn’t hurt/kill Chris who healed Blake.

Love interest of Daemon and Kat was more prominent on this book. Daemon started to pursue Kat on his arrogant and little ways. Of course, his sense of humor and the way he tease Kat was more intense on this book. That was actually the fun part on this book.

A lot of secrets were revealed too and believe it or not, Bethany and Dawson are both alive. Now, that’s something to look forward book three. ☻

Shadows (Lux #0.5 by Jennifer Armentrout)

Dangerous. Tempting. Undeniable. Captivated. Lured. Loved.

Okay, so I was just curious, why is it that all pre-quel needs to be read right after you read the succeeding sequel? So this is 0.5 and Obsidian is 1. Technically, I should read 0.5 before I jump in to book 1. But since there might be spoilers on the pre-quel, book 1 must be read first. ☻

This book was about Dawson’s story explaining how he fell in love with a human named Bethany. I love this book from beginning to end, and too bad that Dawson’s life was cut short because I wanted to learn more about him. I find his character interesting, though Daemon’s arrogance and mysterious type of guy, oops I meant alien more interesting. His toughness surely added spice on the book.

I was really startled how Dawson loved Bethany – he was so sweet and sounds very promising and at one point, I hope Daemon starts to show that same affection with Kat on the 3^rd book. Reading this book made me understood why Daemon was so arrogant and not really fond of humans – because a part of him blamed the humans for his brother’s unfortunate and sudden death. 

Obsidian (Lux #1) by Jennifer Armentrout

Paperback, 2nd Edition, 361 pages

Published May 8th 2012

All praises for this book. Lux, Arum, Obsidian- Aliens wow! This book is quite refreshing to read most especially that I've been into heart wrenching and angel books lately. The influx of vampire and wolves books made this series more interesting to read. It is unique and full of action scenes. There were no dull moments when I started reading Obsifian. I can't take my hands off the book during my free time and was so eager to end the book so I can move on to the next series and find out the ending! 

Fun to read because there are a lot of funny scenes. At one point, I wanted to really laugh out loud when Dee and Daemon were fighting over ice cream.

Daemon and Kat's love and hate relationship made it even more interesting. They fight like a cat and dog and afraid to face the reality that they are really attracted with each other. Daemon's character, a douche, jerk and arrogance added spice on the book too. And I forgot to mention, the aliens here are way too hot to handle. Right now I have a different perspective when it comes to aliens. It is no longer the green eyed slimy bug that I've always thought of. And if in reality aliens really do look like the Blacks and the Thompsons, I want to make friends with aliens!

Fallen too far by Abbi Glines

ebook, 254 pages

Published March 7th 2013 by Simon & Schuster UK (first published December 14th 2012)

This book is too much for me, most especially the intimate scenes between Rush and Blaire. I should have known it, well its pretty obvious on the book cover.

The plot minus the uber scenes is okay. I loved the twist. It turned out that Rush's sister who hated Blaire from head to foot is apparently Blaire's half sister. Now that explained her character. But sorry to say, even if there are a lot of fans who enjoyed this book, I wasn't really impressed with the way how it was written. I found the story a bit shallow (Sorry Ms. Glines, but I am still interested to read your other books. I know you're such a great author but this book really didn't make an impact to me.) 

For me it could have been netter if Abbi Glines tried to minimize the bed scenes. I found the words disgusting.

Bewitching (Kendra Chronicles #2) by Alex Flinn

ebook, 1st Edition, 368 pages

Published February 14th 2012 by HarperTeen

Another great book written by Alex Flinn. Ah, I couldn't explain how much I enjoyed reading this book. Seriously I didn't want this book to end, I felt kind of sad when I was halfway done reading the it.

This isn't a sequel to Beastly so yes, you can read this even without reading the book 1. This is purely a different story. It's about a girl named Emma, who had a not so good step sister. (Wait, can I say evil step sister) All throughout my reading experience with this book, I've always wanted to kick and slap her step sister!) But, this book is just not about Emma and her topsy turvy life. It also explained how Kendra became a witch. Kendra also explained some missions she had accomplished just before she met Emma

The book started with Kendra's life and how she transferred from one place to another. The main story focused after the incident with Kyle (from Beastly) where she made Emma as her subject. Emma is a nice girl who happened to have an evil step sister named Lisette.Her step came into the picture after Lisette mother died. Lisette's parents were separated and with no one else to go to, Emma's father had to take care of Lisette and made her stay at Emma's home. 

Their father of course had to make up the times he wasn't with Lissie. Emma got jealous of Lissette and kind of drifted away from her father. Little did she know that Lisette wanted to take everything from Emma. Her friends, things, and even Warner (Emma's first love of her life). 

With Kendra's help, well actually Kendra didn't really help Emma to banish Lisette but she stayed with Emma and supported her while she's mourning for everything that happened to her; a new coincidence happened. After Emma realized that she shouldn't go after Warner who happened to be a pet of Lisette, that's where Travis, the famous rock star came in to the picture. 

What I also loved about this book is the way how Alex made me feel as if I am not really reading a book. The way how she wrote this book is quite different from the other books I have read. 4 characters narrated on the book but it wouldn't make you leave hanging and confuse with what's really going on. It's as if the characters are really speaking and readers can really picture out every words written on the book. 

Boundless (Unearthly #3) by Cynthia Hand

ebook, 416 pages

Published February 1st 2013 by HarperCollins Australia (first published January 22nd 2013)

The past few years held more surprises than part angel Clara Gardner ever could have anticipated. Yet, through the dizzyingly high of falling in love for the first time to the agonizing low of losing someone close to her, one thing that remained constant was the knowledge that she was never meant to have a normal life. Now Clara is finally ready to fulfill her destiny, as the battle against the Black Wings and their minions looms on the horizon. And part of that destiny is being with Christian, even if her heart still aches for Tucker. When one of the people Clara trusts most betrays her, she finds herself fighting for her life-and the safety of the ones she loves.

Warning: Spoilers below:

5 stunning golden stars for this very beautiful novel. 

Brilliant. Stunning. Wonderful. All praises for this series. I couldn't explain how much I love this book from start to end. Everything about it was written perfectly. 

One of the best series I have read (thanks to the Blair-Waldorf-look-a-like book cover) and I will never forget how this book moved me from book one down to the last volume. 

Boundless - true to its tagged, the title has limitless creativeness and imagination. It focused on Clara’s college life at Stanford, and there her visions became darker and vivid. She has now more control of her power and has already mastered how to start the “Glory”. This is where she was trained by her Father to become an “angel warrior”, and how to control space and time by moving from one place to another. At the end of the day, Clara is not the kind of angel I thought it would be. She was special and has greater powers unlike other Angels on the book that’s why the angels, whether black or White are so interested of her.

Samjeeza, the infamous Black Wing who is so in love with Clara’s late mother, appeared every now and then on Boundless. It turned out actually that he was demoted from being a Watcher and assured Clara that she shouldn’t be afraid of him. He warned her that he should keep herself away from Asael, who happened to be Samjeeza’s brother because it was him who is so fond of powerful men of angel bloods and fancied himself as the collector of Triplares. But unfortunately, Asael happened to be Angela’s father who planned to get Webster from her by the assistance of Phen/Penamue who is the real father of Webster (obviously, it’s not Pierce) and Lucy who is the girlfriend of Clara’s brother. Too much surprising revelations! It turned out too the Maggie was very much in love of Samjeeza and she just got angry with him because he confessed that Watchers are supposed to find someone who can carry angel-bloods. Another revelation is that Christian is Asael's son which means Ange is his sibling.

Heaven and hell was depicted on this last book too, and after all the fight with Black angels, love and glory still prevailed in theend.

PS: I am 100% happy! I've been rooting for Tucker since day 1 and I am very pleased to know that Clara ended with her one true love. :)

Radiant (Unearthly 2.5) by Cynthia hand

ebook, 94 pages

Published December 4th 2012 by HarperTeen

My rating: 4 stars

This is a great novella to read just before you jump into Boundless. A merely good book to take a break from the world of Angels. Though a part of this book is still associated with angels, it’s just mild and a feel good book.  

The novella tells the few weeks’ vacation of Angela and Clara on Italy. Clara decided to join Ange as a perfect escape from the not so good memories that happened to her in Wyoming. This is where Phen; Angela’s love interest was introduced. Like how and where they met, and how Angela tried to seduce Phen. Yes, seduce was the term that was used on the book. Can you just imagine an Angel trying to seduce another Angel?

Though most POV’s came from Angela, I still find her personality very cryptic. I couldn’t seem to figure out if she’s nice or could turn out in the long run a Black Wing. Her jealousness became resilient on this novella. She was jealous of Clara being too beautiful and the one who gets more challenging missions. I am now thinking that Angela might do something bad that would endanger Clara’s life on Boundless.