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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
Jennifer does it again! My expectations were already pretty high for this book, I absolutely love the storyline in The Lux series, and while Obsession was written to be a companion novel geared to an older crowd I still felt like I was walking into a world I already knew.. my expectations were not only met but surpassed.
Hunter is 100% swoon worthy and Serena is amazing, sassy and confident even though her world and her life were pretty much shattering right in front her all this while being guarded by a dangerous Arum that was making no promises as to whether she would make it out this alive.
It was great to be able to see the other side of the coin in Obsession, in the Lux series we meet the Luxen and to be completely honest we meet them as this human-oppressed race that while stronger, more intelligent and powerful seems to be completely controlled by the DOD, we meet the Luxen as the pacifists and we learn about the Arum as the enemy race whose only purpose is to destroy the Luxen. Arum to me where soulless, evil creatures that were only interested in destroying and consuming the Luxen, and now we get to meet who the Arum really are and what they can be and how, like the Luxen, a human can turn their life upside down.
*** SOME SPOILERS ***
Following Hunter’s ordeal of sorts having been assigned by the DOD as Serena’s bodyguard lets you see that while it’s true that the Arum are dangerous creatures who like the Luxen are fighting a war to survive among the species in a planet that’s not theirs, they can also be human up to some extent, feel fear, love and guilt.
The Luxen don’t look like the innocent angels I thought them to be before I started reading Obsession (of course this doesn’t include Daemon, Dee, Ash, Andrew and Matthew) :D
I absolutely love (and fangirled) at the point where the two stories meet with Luc as the link in between the two, it definitely indicates (I think) that in the future Lux books we might see Hunter and Serena trying to help keep the Luxen from carrying their plans to take over the Earth and the human race.
Obsession opened even more questions about Luc that I thought I could have, there was always a mystery surrounding him but now I’m wayyyyyyy intrigued.
Obsession was hot hot hot! without getting boring and repetitive, as always Jennifer’s unbelievable talent at story telling transports you in the book and makes you experience and feel what the characters feel as you read, did I mention it’s simply impossible not falling in love with Hunter? No? Well prepare yourself because if you were in love with a Luxen, you might just find yourself in a predicament after you are done reading Obsession!
Hunter is 100% swoon worthy and Serena is amazing, sassy and confident even though her world and her life were pretty much shattering right in front her all this while being guarded by a dangerous Arum that was making no promises as to whether she would make it out this alive.
It was great to be able to see the other side of the coin in Obsession, in the Lux series we meet the Luxen and to be completely honest we meet them as this human-oppressed race that while stronger, more intelligent and powerful seems to be completely controlled by the DOD, we meet the Luxen as the pacifists and we learn about the Arum as the enemy race whose only purpose is to destroy the Luxen. Arum to me where soulless, evil creatures that were only interested in destroying and consuming the Luxen, and now we get to meet who the Arum really are and what they can be and how, like the Luxen, a human can turn their life upside down.
*** SOME SPOILERS ***
Following Hunter’s ordeal of sorts having been assigned by the DOD as Serena’s bodyguard lets you see that while it’s true that the Arum are dangerous creatures who like the Luxen are fighting a war to survive among the species in a planet that’s not theirs, they can also be human up to some extent, feel fear, love and guilt.
The Luxen don’t look like the innocent angels I thought them to be before I started reading Obsession (of course this doesn’t include Daemon, Dee, Ash, Andrew and Matthew) :D
I absolutely love (and fangirled) at the point where the two stories meet with Luc as the link in between the two, it definitely indicates (I think) that in the future Lux books we might see Hunter and Serena trying to help keep the Luxen from carrying their plans to take over the Earth and the human race.
Obsession opened even more questions about Luc that I thought I could have, there was always a mystery surrounding him but now I’m wayyyyyyy intrigued.
Obsession was hot hot hot! without getting boring and repetitive, as always Jennifer’s unbelievable talent at story telling transports you in the book and makes you experience and feel what the characters feel as you read, did I mention it’s simply impossible not falling in love with Hunter? No? Well prepare yourself because if you were in love with a Luxen, you might just find yourself in a predicament after you are done reading Obsession!
It was really interesting to read about the world in the Lux series from an Arum's point of view. Hunter and Serena are like more mature versions of Daemon and Katy, which I really liked.
Such a great book! Adds so much depth to the Lux/Arum world, and we learn so much, and Daemon had a brief encounter with Hunter and Serena at Luc's club! So awesome! And I loved these 2 together! Awesome sauce!
*First read June 4th 2013*
Fantastic book, loved reading about these characters, and we got a bit more background in the Luxen/Arum war, since Hunter is older then Daemon, and speaking of Daemon, he's in this book, though he doesn't really speak, more of a staring war/start of a fight with Hunter. And there were mentions of Origin, so yeah, now I know why Lux #4 is called that!!!
*First read June 4th 2013*
Fantastic book, loved reading about these characters, and we got a bit more background in the Luxen/Arum war, since Hunter is older then Daemon, and speaking of Daemon, he's in this book, though he doesn't really speak, more of a staring war/start of a fight with Hunter. And there were mentions of Origin, so yeah, now I know why Lux #4 is called that!!!
I’m really glad I finally got around to reading this! I’ve had it sitting on my kindle for AGES. I’m glad I finally got to see and understand how Hunter and Serena got together because it definitely made me curious when we dealt with them in the Lux books. So this definitely filled in some gaps for me and gave me more information about things.
*My rating is 5/5 stars.
More detailed review here: https://bookswithnatasa.home.blog/2020/12/27/obsession-an-arum-novel-by-jennifer-l-armentrout-review/
*My rating is 5/5 stars.
More detailed review here: https://bookswithnatasa.home.blog/2020/12/27/obsession-an-arum-novel-by-jennifer-l-armentrout-review/
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
JUST OMG YES
THIS WAS SOOOOO GOOODDDDDDD
I HAVE ANOTHER MAN CRUSH
AND JESUS CHRIST WAS THAT SMUTTY
BUT GOOOOOODDDDD
NEW FAVE!!!!
JUST OMG YES
THIS WAS SOOOOO GOOODDDDDDD
I HAVE ANOTHER MAN CRUSH
AND JESUS CHRIST WAS THAT SMUTTY
BUT GOOOOOODDDDD
NEW FAVE!!!!
J'étais très contente de commencer cette lecture et d'en apprendre plus au sujet des Arums mais aussi de la relation entre Serena et Hunter. Pourtant cette dernière m'a semblé comme du déjà vu car elle me faisait pensé à celle de Daemon et Katy où, dans leur début, ils se détestaient mutuellement cependant il avait cette tension sexuelle qui les attiraient. Et c'était la même chose pour Serena et Hunter, ce que j'ai trouvé très dommage...
2.5. If I could sum up this book in two words it would be alien twilight. This had so much potential, especially since it focused on the antagonistic alien race from the Lux series. I'll admit it was quite addictive, but also problematic, especially with the overused "girl turns asshole into a good guy" trope. And the whole watching her sleep in the shadows and inability to differentiate between the need to feed and have sex was just gross. While this is resolved when they start to develop a proper relationship it's still a shitty and creepy way to start one in my opinion.
"He's to die for"..... damn right he is!!!!
Este libro es un libro que no forma parte de la Saga Lux pero se desarrolla en el mismo mundo. No creo que sea absolutamente necesario conocer los hechos de la saga pero sin duda ayudan mucho. Además la Saga Lux es considerada dentro del genero "Young Adult" mientras que este libro atraviesa esas barreras y Hunter arrasa con todo!!
Ok, leí este libro porque estoy en "Síndrome de Abstinencia" de Daemon y quiero saber como va a terminar esta espectacular saga. Además me intrigaba mucho conocer como era la mentalidad "del otro lado". La saga Lux esta focalizada en los Luxen y los villanos son los Arum, así que ver a un Arum que previamente a aparecido en la Saga Lux como un no villano fue todo lo que mi curiosidad necesitó.
Es una perspectiva distinta, más adulta, con muchas más escenas de sexo pero sin ser redundante. Hunter pasa de ser un frío y calculador Arum a ser un ser totalmente distinto y más cálido sin perder su esencia. Serena fue la persona que estuvo en el lugar y momento equivocado y quedó atrapada en medio de una guerra intergaláctica, pero como suelen ser los personajes femeninos de Jennifer L. Armentrout son mujeres con las que no te tenes que meter si no querés pagar las consecuencias. Y la relación entre Hunter y Serena.... bueno genera chispas por si sola!!
Hay conceptos interesantes que se aprenden en este libro que nos dan pistan de lo que pueda pasar en el último libro de la saga Lux. Si uno ha leído la saga ya esta familiarizado con "Proyecto Deadelus" con los "origen" pero lo que me dejó picando mi curiosidad fue el "Proyecto Eagle" y todo el conocimiento que adquieren Hunter y Serena.... estoy ansiosa de ver como todo esto se va a integrar en [b:Opposition|13644055|Opposition (Lux, #5)|Jennifer L. Armentrout|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1398694101l/13644055._SX50_.jpg|19260000].
Ahhh y además hay una aparición especial de Daemon en el libro..... no se menciona de forma explicita pero si uno ha leído los demás libros sabe cuando es. ;) Y Luc, el todo poderoso Luc, está en todos lados!!!!
"Her arms went around me and she held on just as tightly as I held her. It was then when I realized I was still in my true form. She was light against my darkness.
Serena hadn’t backed away or hesitated. She accepted me, all of me. She always had."