Blurb:
When seventeen-year-old Evie Dasher is caught up in a raid at a notorious club known as one of the few places where humans and the surviving Luxen can mingle freely, she meets Luc, an unnaturally beautiful guy she initially assumes is a Luxen...but he is in fact something much more powerful. Her growing attraction for Luc will lead her deeper and deeper into a world she'd only heard about, a world where everything she thought she knew will be turned on its head...
#1 New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout returns to the universe of the Lux in this brand new series, featuring beloved characters both new and old.
Review:
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
The darkest star is the first book in a new series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. Actually, it's a spin-off of the Lux series, but you don't have to know what went down in these books in order to understand what is going on in this book with all the aliens. The author does a good job at explaining everything and I had no problem understanding how the human-alien relationships worked.
There is a predictable twist that I think everyone will see coming, but I don't think that's a bad thing. It opens a door to a couple of exciting prospects which I hope that will be explored in the second book. The book has a good end and it could technically be called a stand-alone, but we have a few unanswered questions and I want to find out the answers.
After a year or so, I was finally able to enjoy a YA book. I want to explore Evie and Luc's character because we only know them on a superficial level and I would love to get to know them more. The book has a good pace that is almost fast and Evie's mind is bombarded by new information, so she doesn't spend much time doing anything else other than photography. I believe a lot of things will go down on book two that will shape all the characters we know differently. We learn a lot of things about some characters and that definitely alter the relationships in the continuation of the story.
As a special treat for those who are familiar with the series, we get to see Daemon! I have only read Obsidian, but that was enough for me to fall with this guy. I wonder what happened to his lady since I don't know how the Lux series ended and if they are still together. There was only a brief mention of her. During the small breaks I took from this book, I kept glancing at my Lux books and wishing I had read them or had the time to read them now. I think that if you are like me, you will also want to go and read these books.
The darkest star was a compelling book and a very good beginning for a series. The main and secondary characters are established and we have a solid lore/world. The writing was good and the pace was the right kind of fast which is great. I am looking forward to more Luc/Evie scenes and finding out all the answers. It a definite recommendation from me.
PS. The book got on my list for my top books of 2018!
There is a predictable twist that I think everyone will see coming, but I don't think that's a bad thing. It opens a door to a couple of exciting prospects which I hope that will be explored in the second book. The book has a good end and it could technically be called a stand-alone, but we have a few unanswered questions and I want to find out the answers.
After a year or so, I was finally able to enjoy a YA book. I want to explore Evie and Luc's character because we only know them on a superficial level and I would love to get to know them more. The book has a good pace that is almost fast and Evie's mind is bombarded by new information, so she doesn't spend much time doing anything else other than photography. I believe a lot of things will go down on book two that will shape all the characters we know differently. We learn a lot of things about some characters and that definitely alter the relationships in the continuation of the story.
As a special treat for those who are familiar with the series, we get to see Daemon! I have only read Obsidian, but that was enough for me to fall with this guy. I wonder what happened to his lady since I don't know how the Lux series ended and if they are still together. There was only a brief mention of her. During the small breaks I took from this book, I kept glancing at my Lux books and wishing I had read them or had the time to read them now. I think that if you are like me, you will also want to go and read these books.
The darkest star was a compelling book and a very good beginning for a series. The main and secondary characters are established and we have a solid lore/world. The writing was good and the pace was the right kind of fast which is great. I am looking forward to more Luc/Evie scenes and finding out all the answers. It a definite recommendation from me.
PS. The book got on my list for my top books of 2018!
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