Book Review: Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Oblivion (Lux Series #1.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Blurb:

Experience the epic love story of OBSIDIAN as told by its hero, Daemon Black…

I knew the moment Katy Swartz moved in next door, there was going to be trouble. Lots of it. 

And trouble’s the last thing I need, since I’m not exactly from around here. My people arrived on Earth from Lux, a planet thirteen billion light years away. Plus, if there’s one thing I know, it’s that humans can’t be trusted. We scare them. We can do things they only dream about, and honestly, we make them look weak as hell. ‘Cuz they are. 

But Kat is getting to me in ways no one else has, and I can't stop myself from wanting her—or wanting to use my powers to protect her. She makes me weak, and I’m the strongest of our kind, tasked with protecting us all. So this one simple girl…she can mean the end for us. Because the Luxen have an even bigger enemy—the Arum, and I need to stay on my game. 

Falling for Katy—a human—won't just place her in danger. It could get us all killed, and that’s one thing I’ll never let happen...

My Review:

I was eager to read Oblivion, Obsidian through Daemon's eyes and my favorite sexy alien did not disappoint. He was sarcastic, vain, and kind of a jerk - but that's what Katy, and the reader love about him most. 

This book is not identical to Obsidian and the reader should not be confused with that fact. There are scenes in Obsidian that Daemon was not present for which are not present in Oblivion, and scenes which Katy was not present for during the time of Obsidian that we see for the first time in Oblivion, making this book its own unique step away from the original. 

I loved Jennifer L. Armentrout's writing, as I have with the rest of the books in this series and it remains one of my favorite YA series and YA couplings. However, I think Daemon's attraction was blatantly obvious and it was annoying as a reader that he wouldn't/couldn't admit that for most of the book. We get it, after the Dawson/Beth situation he was extra cautious and didn't want anything to happen to himself or his sister, but come on! You don't know why you want to be near her all the time? Really?

The other thing I've found with books set in the male lead's perspective after a book is set in the heroine's perspective (like Wendy Higgins's Sweet Temptation and Abbi Glines's Rush Too Far) is that I get bored with these books easily. They're not identical to the original, but they're close enough that I feel like I've heard all this before. If I wanted to reread those events I'd just reread the original book. It makes me want to hop in a time machine and tell the author to just write that first book in altering perspectives. 

Overall, I enjoyed reading this book because it was like revisiting an old friend but it was close enough to Obsidian that I would have rather read that again instead.

My Rating:

4 of 5 Stars!