lfulgham's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
winnisanderaon's review against another edition
5.0
Not new to JLA, but new to this series and IDKY I havenât picked this book up before! But this adventure of fantasy, action and gasping moment that make you stay up till 3am finishing the book!
taylorreadsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Ah I need the next one NOW! and I need there to be more then 2 books! and I need more Daemon cameos! đ
agrutle's review against another edition
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan for the book in exchange for an honest review.
I loved Luc in the original Lux series. He was a kid but something about him was just memorable. So when I saw that he was getting his own book I was down and wished for it on NetGalley and was so incredibly lucky to get it!
I don't want to tell too much about the book because its so awesome I want y'all to read it and get the full effect of the story. I will say that Luc is swoony, even if he's a bit annoying sometimes. Evie is a bit whiney but she's got a lot going on. We do get glimpses of characters from the Luxen series but I would have loved to have seen more. This is a long book but it didn't feel like it. It was amazing from start to finish and I'd love to see more from the Luxen world.
I loved Luc in the original Lux series. He was a kid but something about him was just memorable. So when I saw that he was getting his own book I was down and wished for it on NetGalley and was so incredibly lucky to get it!
I don't want to tell too much about the book because its so awesome I want y'all to read it and get the full effect of the story. I will say that Luc is swoony, even if he's a bit annoying sometimes. Evie is a bit whiney but she's got a lot going on. We do get glimpses of characters from the Luxen series but I would have loved to have seen more. This is a long book but it didn't feel like it. It was amazing from start to finish and I'd love to see more from the Luxen world.
camilacadibe's review against another edition
3.0
Before Reading:
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!
LUC'S STORY?!
HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS
HOLY SHIT
After Reading
So... I might be a tiny bit disappointed.
As in, I expected to give this 5 stars and it's actually more of a 2.5.
Fuck me.
Honestly, the only reason that this gets 3 stars from me is: I love Luc with all the capacity of my heart.
He is amazing and precious and perfect and creepy and I'd die and kill for him. I also mostly enjoyed the romance. And I like the friendships. That's it.
Now, all the rest? I was either cringing or bored.
I read all the lux series. Plus the "extras", and the book about the Aurum (too lazy to look the name up). So I already know how everything works. And it felt like at least 50% of the book was explaining all that shit over and over again. I'm not stupid, dammit. Tell me once and move the fuck on. I skimmed SO MUCH because of this crap.
There was also A LOT of typos. Normally that doesn't bother me much, but for some reason, it did here. Maybe because I was already pissed with the overexplaining.
And the main character? Evie? She was a goddamn idiot and no one can convince me otherwise. It was like she was competing with herself on how many times she could make the worst possible decision in a certain amount of time.
Plus, the way she treated Luc? Especially in the beginning?? BITCH, you don't even know him, he's being nothing but amazing to you and you dare treat him like trash, go fuck yourself! (That's what I was yelling at the book at 2 AM).
Evie did get better. She started actually using her brain sometimes and I did sympathize with some stuff that happened. But still, that girl got on my nerves.
And the plot bored me because there was not actually one? What we had here was pretty much preparation for the real plot in the next book (at least I hope so). So the whole time I was waiting for something amazing to happen and was left hanging. I mean, fine, something did happen, but it didn't really make sense to me and it felt... Wrong and cringy.
Man, I don't know. I think, when JLA decided to go back to this world, she should have put more effort into making it perfect. I mean it when I say that the only reason I liked this book enough to continue reading is Luc.
I still have high hopes that it will get better. Evie was more grounded by the end and there can not possibly be even more explanations of the world we already know (please please please), so really, the next one can totally be amazing.
I'm keeping my faith in JLA!
And, of course, in my love Luc. <3
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!
LUC'S STORY?!
HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS
HOLY SHIT
After Reading
So... I might be a tiny bit disappointed.
As in, I expected to give this 5 stars and it's actually more of a 2.5.
Fuck me.
Honestly, the only reason that this gets 3 stars from me is: I love Luc with all the capacity of my heart.
He is amazing and precious and perfect and creepy and I'd die and kill for him. I also mostly enjoyed the romance. And I like the friendships. That's it.
Now, all the rest? I was either cringing or bored.
I read all the lux series. Plus the "extras", and the book about the Aurum (too lazy to look the name up). So I already know how everything works. And it felt like at least 50% of the book was explaining all that shit over and over again. I'm not stupid, dammit. Tell me once and move the fuck on. I skimmed SO MUCH because of this crap.
There was also A LOT of typos. Normally that doesn't bother me much, but for some reason, it did here. Maybe because I was already pissed with the overexplaining.
And the main character? Evie? She was a goddamn idiot and no one can convince me otherwise. It was like she was competing with herself on how many times she could make the worst possible decision in a certain amount of time.
Plus, the way she treated Luc? Especially in the beginning?? BITCH, you don't even know him, he's being nothing but amazing to you and you dare treat him like trash, go fuck yourself! (That's what I was yelling at the book at 2 AM).
Evie did get better. She started actually using her brain sometimes and I did sympathize with some stuff that happened. But still, that girl got on my nerves.
And the plot bored me because there was not actually one? What we had here was pretty much preparation for the real plot in the next book (at least I hope so). So the whole time I was waiting for something amazing to happen and was left hanging. I mean, fine, something did happen, but it didn't really make sense to me and it felt... Wrong and cringy.
Man, I don't know. I think, when JLA decided to go back to this world, she should have put more effort into making it perfect. I mean it when I say that the only reason I liked this book enough to continue reading is Luc.
I still have high hopes that it will get better. Evie was more grounded by the end and there can not possibly be even more explanations of the world we already know (please please please), so really, the next one can totally be amazing.
I'm keeping my faith in JLA!
And, of course, in my love Luc. <3
jombienerd's review against another edition
2.0
This wasn't even worth the money I paid for it at Dollar Tree.
book_worm_04's review against another edition
5.0
This is really no surprise for me that I loved this book! I love all of Jennifer L. Armentroutâs books! This is one of my favorites!
sunnydee's review against another edition
5.0
Es ist schon eine Weile her, dass ich die Lux Reihe der Autorin beendet habe, da ich sie bereits im Original gelesen hatte, als hier in Deutschland noch keine Hahn nach ihr krĂ€hte. Aber im letzten Jahr hatte ich die Dark Elements Reihe von ihr weitergelesen und die mochte ich ja noch mehr als die Lux Reihe. Da ich da momentan noch auf den neuen Band wartete nahm ich mir dann doch wieder die Alien Reihe vor und habe es nicht bereut. Im GroĂen und Ganzen bin ich schon weg von Jugend-Fantasy aber in letzter Zeit habe ich doch die ein oder andere Perle wieder fĂŒr mich entdeckt und werde, dass auch weiterhin so handhaben. Die Revenge-Reihe wird auf jeden Fall zu den Reihen dazugenommen die ich weiterverfolgen werde.
Hier geht es um Evie Dasher, die in einem Club auf Luc trifft. Letzter sollte einem als Leser der Lux Reihe eigentlich bekannt sein, aber bei mir ist es einfach viel zu lange her. Luc ist auf jeden Fall nicht menschlich. Zu welcher der verschiedenen Alienrassen bzw. Mischungen er gehört erfĂ€hrt man erst spĂ€ter oder weiĂ es eben aus der VorgĂ€nge-Reihe. Bei Evie ist man auch lange Zeit am zweifeln, ob sie wirklich menschlich ist und erfĂ€hrt erst nach und nach was genau los ist. Das ganze wird sehr gut und in einem spannenden Tempo erzĂ€hlt. Frau Armentrout kann einfach Charaktere schreiben. Man hat das GefĂŒhl diese richtige kennenzulernen und das ganze mit ihnen mitzuerleben.
Einige Charaktere aus der Lux-Reihe bekommen kurze Auftritte aber die sind wirklich nur sehr kurz. Zumindest in diesem ersten Band spielen sie also keine groĂe Rolle. Mehr möchte ich aus SpoilergrĂŒnden eigentlich nicht schreiben und ich kann auch nur empfehlen die Lux Reihe vorher zu lesen. Sonst ist das ganze Alienrassen-Thema zu verwirrend.
Die Hörbuchfassung ist sehr angenehm. Dagmar Bittner, die Sprecherin, ist sehr routiniert in ihrer Arbeit. Sie hat ein angenehmer Sprechtempo, eine natĂŒrliche Betonung und man erkennt immer wer gerade spricht. Man kann sehr gut abtauchen in die Geschichte.
Ich freue mich schon auf den nÀchsten Teil.
Story 4,6/5
Charaktere 4,6/5
Sprecherin 4,6/5
Gesamt 4,6/5
Hier geht es um Evie Dasher, die in einem Club auf Luc trifft. Letzter sollte einem als Leser der Lux Reihe eigentlich bekannt sein, aber bei mir ist es einfach viel zu lange her. Luc ist auf jeden Fall nicht menschlich. Zu welcher der verschiedenen Alienrassen bzw. Mischungen er gehört erfĂ€hrt man erst spĂ€ter oder weiĂ es eben aus der VorgĂ€nge-Reihe. Bei Evie ist man auch lange Zeit am zweifeln, ob sie wirklich menschlich ist und erfĂ€hrt erst nach und nach was genau los ist. Das ganze wird sehr gut und in einem spannenden Tempo erzĂ€hlt. Frau Armentrout kann einfach Charaktere schreiben. Man hat das GefĂŒhl diese richtige kennenzulernen und das ganze mit ihnen mitzuerleben.
Einige Charaktere aus der Lux-Reihe bekommen kurze Auftritte aber die sind wirklich nur sehr kurz. Zumindest in diesem ersten Band spielen sie also keine groĂe Rolle. Mehr möchte ich aus SpoilergrĂŒnden eigentlich nicht schreiben und ich kann auch nur empfehlen die Lux Reihe vorher zu lesen. Sonst ist das ganze Alienrassen-Thema zu verwirrend.
Die Hörbuchfassung ist sehr angenehm. Dagmar Bittner, die Sprecherin, ist sehr routiniert in ihrer Arbeit. Sie hat ein angenehmer Sprechtempo, eine natĂŒrliche Betonung und man erkennt immer wer gerade spricht. Man kann sehr gut abtauchen in die Geschichte.
Ich freue mich schon auf den nÀchsten Teil.
Story 4,6/5
Charaktere 4,6/5
Sprecherin 4,6/5
Gesamt 4,6/5
ashleec100's review against another edition
5.0
I was so excited when I found out that we were getting a book about Luc. I fell in love with him in The Lux series and I think he was one of my favorite characters. He and Daemon may need to fight it out for number one favorite character lol. Luc's character is so well written and has such a quirky personality. I viewed this book as a spin off from The Lux series, because of the fact that it involves characters from The Lux series and has details of what happened from the series as well. This made me a little nervous, because not every author can handle spin off series very well and it can come off as an author refusing to end a book. However, this book had its own personality even though it is connected to The Lux series. There was plenty of action and suspense in this book to keep me interested. I also really enjoyed Evie's character and cannot wait to learn even more about her.