Showing posts with label Shadows. Show all posts
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Shadows (Lux 0.5) Review

TITLE: Shadows (Lux 0.5)
AUTHOR: Jennifer L. Armentrout
PAGES: 157 (ePub format)
RELEASE DATE: February 21st, 2012
PUBLISHER: Entangled
READ: February 26-27th, 2012
BUY THIS BOOK AT: Amazon

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.


I have been waiting for this one! I absolutely devoured Obsidian and was smitten with Daemon (as a lot of people were).  The way Jennifer Armentrout writes her romance is seething! It makes you feel lightheaded and keeps you up at night thinking about her wonderful characters.  I think I went into Shadows with the wrong expectations, I went into it thinking I would come out knowing what happened to Dawson and Bethany.  That did not happen, I feel like I came out of it with the same amount of knowledge that I went into it with.  It actually felt like I read a shortened version of Obsidian with the other male triplet and a different human.  Alien falls in love with human, alien accidentally reveals himself to said human, alien lights human up like a christmas tree, aliens fellow aliens are very unhappy about the reveal, things go awry and alien brings human back to life, alien and human have the same heartbeat.  

Yes, I did get the warm and fuzzies that I had expected due to the way Jennifer makes the romance seem epic and undeniable. I also enjoyed watching Daemon stew over his brothers choices while knowing that the same situation is in his future. We gained a little more insight into the life that the Luxen live here on Earth and into the bond between the triplets.  But when I put this book down I found myself trying to see how it stands on its own by Obsidian and I just cant say that it does.

I definitely still recommend this to anyone looking for an Alluring Read, but reader beware, you're going on a ride that's going to feel quite familiar.

*Synopses and bookcovers are taken from www.goodreads.com