Jennifer. L Armentrout

I would recommend reading this book after the first and before the second. This is because the first one introduces you to the history of the Luxen and in the second the story of Dawson and Bethany becomes quite important.

Synopsis

The last thing Dawson Black expected was Bethany Williams. As a Luxen, an alien life-form on Earth, human girls are…well, fun. But since the Luxen have to keep their true identities a secret, falling for one would be insane. Dangerous. Tempting. Undeniable.

Bethany can’t deny the immediate connection between her and Dawson. And even though boys aren’t a complication she wants, she can’t stay away from him. Still, whenever they lock eyes, she’s drawn in. Captivated. Lured. Loved.

Dawson is keeping a secret that will change her existence…and put her life in jeopardy. But even he can’t stop risking everything for one human girl. Or from a fate that is as unavoidable as love itself.

Review

Dawson is a completely different person from Daemon. He was always much nicer than his brother, and, while not weak, Daemon was much more powerful than him. His life was as simple as that of an alien in the midst of humans, until the day Bethany arrived at school. It was love at first sight for both of them and Dawson didn’t bother to hide it, he approached her from the beginning and was totally reciprocated.

“For the first time he wished he was not an exact copy of his brother … But then the girl caught his gaze again and smiled. The pen fell from Dawson’s fingers. ”  

“- Well, Bethany Williams, this is where I should leave you – for all saints, he seemed truly afflicted – for now.”

Awwww Dawson is so cute I ❤ Dawson

For things of destiny (and what things ?), Bethany discovered his true nature. This greatly complicates things because, while Dawson blindly trusts Beth, other Luxen people don’t like the idea of ​​putting their lives in the hands of a human, even knowing that if she tells someone, she loses as much as they do, since the defense department is responsible for disappearing humans who know too much.

This couple’s relationship is really one of the prettiest I’ve read. Every thought and every act they perform is incredibly loaded with love. In addition, Bethany is a great protagonist. She is not at all weak, is very funny and is very normal. I love that her hobby is painting, for example. It is amazing how well she assumes the Luxen thing, that although it scares her a little, she manages to control herself and accept it. She never thinks about leaving Dawson and they both do their best to get everyone to accept their relationship, even getting Daemon’s support.

Then Ash turned to Daemon, his cheeks flushed.
– I can’t believe you’re allowing him to do this. The next thing we will know is that you will be dating a human.

Daemon burst out laughing.
– Yes, as if that would happen.

Finally, they manage to convince the Luxen that there is no danger that Beth knows of their existence, and they “accept” their relationship. But just when everything seems fine, an ugly accident complicates things and they end up being attacked by arums, obtaining the result we already knew from the first book.

The end of this book is quite sad, but I have all faith that this is not the last thing we will know about Dawson and Bethany. I can’t wait to read the other books. Normally I would have finished the entire saga in a week, but the studies won’t let me read ?.

Anyway, I hope you read this saga, so far it is wonderful. Tell me, what do you think?

* I read this book in Spanish, so the quotes are translated by me and may not be identical to the English version *

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Synopsis

Starting over sucks.

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

The first thing I want to say is that I postponed reading this book for too long. Many times, while looking for what to read, this saga appeared to me as a recommendation, however, a book of aliens did not call my attention at all. At least until I ended up having the Covenant saga in my hands, from the same author and OMG, I became obsessed with it on another level. After my fascination with the plot and writing style of that saga, I finally decided to give Lux a chance, ready to obsess me again. I was not wrong …

“Welcome to West Virginia, the supermodel land!”

– Katy

The book tells the story of Katy, who leads a normal life until she moves to the house next to the Blacks, the twins Dee and Damon.

Daemon was a real jerk at the beginning of the book. However, when reading the chapters from his perspective, things change a lot. He is still an unpleasant type because of his initial behavior with Kat, but at least it is possible to understand that he really good reasons.

The chemistry between Daemon and Kat is incredible, even when they are insulting each other you can see that there is something else between them. The fangirl in me explodes with the relationship of these two. It is very funny to see how every time Daemon is cute with Kat, her neurons fry and she is incapable of giving an intelligent response like the ones she gives when he acts like a cretin. And the clear effect she has on Daemon is really exciting, although Kat doesn’t realize this.

I really recommend reading this book. At least for me it is wonderfully written and keeps your attention all the time. The main characters are well developed and each one has a strong story as the basis of their personality. In addition, this book contains a lot of humor characteristic of Jennifer that fascinates me.

If you read this and have not read the Lux saga you have to give it a try. And when you finish it run through Covenant, which probably became my favorite saga ever and I have read quite a few sagas.

* From this point on, this review contains spoilers, nothing that will ruin the reading, but I do add some details that might be interesting to read in the book first *

The main character is Katy Swartz, a normal 17-year-old girl who has just moved to “the Puritan West Virginia” from Florida with her mother after her father’s death. She is a shy and “bored” girl who loves to read, even has a blog about it.

“Mom has beautiful blond straight hair and very vivacious hazel eyes. Even with the uniform on, it made my gray eyes and my ordinary brown hair look like the pile. Besides, I am … more round, so to speak. I have the widest hips, the full lips and the very big eyes, like of a small doll”

Katy

Let’s see … it’s curvy, with big gray eyes, light brown hair and full lips. How horrible must be your life Kat …

Her mother is a nurse and obsessed with work, so they have very little time together and Katy has had to get used to fending for herself.

Since Kat had to go to school and didn’t know anyone in town, her mother insists that she make an effort to meet her neighbors, who turned out to be a boy and a girl her age.

With the excuse of getting directions to a store, she approaches the house next door and meets Daemon Black …

“The eyelashes rose, revealing eyes so green and bright that they couldn’t be real. They were an intense emerald tone that stood out by contrast against tanned skin”

Katy

Daemon was probably the most handsome boy in the universe, but the moment he opened his mouth he also turned out to be the biggest jerk, treating her in a very bad way.

After this, Kat goes to Petersburg for shopping and in the supermarket she meets Dee, the twin sister of the cretin Daemon , who, unlike her brother, is super excited that they are neighbors and practically begs her to be friends.

Dee’s personality is lovely. Always overflowing with energy and joy, so much so that it should become annoying, however, it feels so authentic that it became one of my favorite characters in this saga.

“Not that she was simply an animated girl, she was pure life …”

Katy

As she adapted to the village, she noticed more and more strange things about the Blacks. Mistrustful looks from people, superhuman reflexes, in addition to the fact that Daemon kept trying to get Katy away from her sister, arguing that they were different.

The real reason for Daemon’s hatred was because his twin brother had fallen in love with a human and everything had ended badly.

The Luxen were always born as triplets, 2 men and one woman. Dawson, the brother of Daemon and Dee, had disappeared a year ago along with his human girlfriend.

“My brother fell in love with a human … and now they are both dead.”

Daemon

When Daemon saw a human coming to the house next door, and realized that he was unable to ignore her, he probably panicked and the only solution he saw to continue protecting his family was to try to scare her away.

This could have been a good plan if it weren’t because Dee was determined that Daemon would accept her and, in reality, he didn’t want to push her away either.

Anyway, Daemon has his moments …

I have always believed that people who are truly beautiful, inside and out, are those who are not aware of the effect they have on others. Those who show their beauty spoil it. Beauty is temporary. It is a shell that hides the shadows and the emptiness inside…

“ I have always believed that people who are truly beautiful, inside and out, are those who are not aware of the effect they have on others.

Those who show their beauty spoil it. Beauty is temporary. It is a shell that hides the shadows and the emptiness inside… ”

Daemon

Anyway, after embarrassing Katy to the limit of her patience, Daemon tries to apologize, but this goes wrong and Kat ends up running away from him until she is right in front of a truck. Daemon, to save her, freezes the truck revealing the great secret they were trying to hide. It turns out that he and his sister, in addition to their friends, are aliens. Luxen to be exact. Their real form is that of a body made of light, like a giant firefly, and they can control the light in a thousand different ways.

They hide their identity because the government knows about their existence and the Department of Defense leaves them alone as long as they don’t reveal too much. In addition, every time they use their powers near a human, this absorbs part of their energy and is left with a “trail” of light resembling Christmas trees, which only the Luxen can see and the Arum, shadow beings of an enemy planet who destroyed the planet Lux and now came to earth to look for the Luxen to steal their powers.

Katy is involved in this world and is obliged to stay close to Daemon until the trail left in her by the truck incident disappears.

From here many interesting things happen but I hate spoilers, so I won’t say anything else.

Read the book and tell me if you liked it as much as I did 🙂

* I read this book in Spanish, so the quotes are translated by me and may not be identical to the English version *

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