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A review by hurrikanekathrina
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
4.0
If I had to sum up this book in one word it would be this: Too.Much.Fun (Well, that's actually three words, but whatever.)
This book isn't like Twilight. It is Twilight. Only meaner, sexier, snarkier. It's Twilight, if the Cullen's were assholes. Twilight, if Edward was a hot douchebag.
And when I say it's Twilight, I say the book is that way, with a sly ironic half grin in the direction of Twilight.
While Obsidian certainly is its own book and does not merely function as a parody of Twilight, it does seem to me like Jennifer L. Armentrout wrote this goldie with more than just one loving side blow to its vampire counterpiece.
Katy, our 17 year old protagonist, moves with her single mother from her sunny home statePhoenix Florida to a small, gray town in West Virginia, where she meets her too hot to be true neighbour, Daemon and his quirly, nice, always overly excited sister Alice Dee.
When school starts, she soon finds out it's not just the two of them. There's a whole Cullen clan. The one that doesn't like her for what she is (human) : Ash (aka. Rosalie). The fatherly figure, who works as a doctor teacher: Mr. Garrison.
And somethings weird with them. Her new human friends, Jessica and Angela -wait, no, what was their names? Well, one of them is a nerd and the other a partygirl - tell her, that although the clan is not blood-related, they seem to be like a family and mostly stick to themselves. And they're all so beautiful.
I could go on and on about it like this, but honestly, read the book and experience it for yourself. And like I said, I'm sure Armentrout is well aware of those parallels and added them for a reasons. That reason being entertainment. And that I got from it.
"What are you? A vampire?"
He rolled his eyes. "Are you serious?"
Now, when I said the book is Twilight, I was exaggerating.
Because our non-humans aren't vampires, they're aliens. And I gotta say the whole alien thing is pretty cool. Once you let go of logic or reason and just emmerse yourself with a fun story (which can be very freeing from time to time) you will be granted with lots of entertainment and lots of hotness.
Which leads me to my favorite part about this book: Daemon
He easily ranks number 1 on the list of douchebag, asshole, jerk male protagonists, but other than most occupants of that title, the book is well aware of that and doesn't portray his mean behaviour as something "good". Well, it certainly serves the purpose of fulfilling all our jerk-complexes, but at least it flat-out tells you so. Yeah, he's an ass, but he's also pretty hot. And he is.
He's probably one of the meanest, hot and cold, annoying, see-through male characters ever, but he has great lines and I couldn't help but like him.
"Like him" yeah right. Okay, I'll admit it. He's smoking. I love him. God, I love him :D
Katy is a fun character as well. As the 1st POV narrator of this story, Armentrout gets across most of the irony and humour through her voice. Katy certainly fulfills her damsel-in-distress, teenage girl- cliches, but she does it in a fun way, openly referring to her moodswings as someone flipping her "Bitch-switch" or simply admitting that, jerk or not, she'd probably tap that.
And the fact that she's a book lover isn't just mentioned for the sake of relatability, but actually picked up throughout the book and makes up a part of her personality.
"Beautiful Face. Beautiful Body. Horrible Attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys."
“ 'I checked out your blog.'
Oh. Dear. Baby. Jesus. How did he find it? Wait. More importantly was the fact he HAD found it. Was my blog now googleable? That was awesomesauce with an extra heaping of sauce.”
Katy cracks me up.
The book is fun and entertaining, and I had a blast reading it. Apart from that, once I laid back and stopped thinking about Twilight comparisons and logic, I actually found the story itself rather interesting and want to know more about these characters.
I recommend this to people that are in a post-book mourning period, (former) Twilight fans, paranormal romance lovers and people that just enjoy a fun, entertaining story and don't take things too seriously.
You are reading a book to have fun. It doesn't always have to be the most original, clever, unexpected masterpiece in the world. This book is just to enjoy. And I did.
I am absolutely going to read the next books and I'm looking forward to it!
This book isn't like Twilight. It is Twilight. Only meaner, sexier, snarkier. It's Twilight, if the Cullen's were assholes. Twilight, if Edward was a hot douchebag.
And when I say it's Twilight, I say the book is that way, with a sly ironic half grin in the direction of Twilight.
While Obsidian certainly is its own book and does not merely function as a parody of Twilight, it does seem to me like Jennifer L. Armentrout wrote this goldie with more than just one loving side blow to its vampire counterpiece.
Katy, our 17 year old protagonist, moves with her single mother from her sunny home state
When school starts, she soon finds out it's not just the two of them. There's a whole
And somethings weird with them. Her new human friends, Jessica and Angela -wait, no, what was their names? Well, one of them is a nerd and the other a partygirl - tell her, that although the clan is not blood-related, they seem to be like a family and mostly stick to themselves. And they're all so beautiful.
I could go on and on about it like this, but honestly, read the book and experience it for yourself. And like I said, I'm sure Armentrout is well aware of those parallels and added them for a reasons. That reason being entertainment. And that I got from it.
"What are you? A vampire?"
He rolled his eyes. "Are you serious?"
Now, when I said the book is Twilight, I was exaggerating.
Because our non-humans aren't vampires, they're aliens. And I gotta say the whole alien thing is pretty cool. Once you let go of logic or reason and just emmerse yourself with a fun story (which can be very freeing from time to time) you will be granted with lots of entertainment and lots of hotness.
Which leads me to my favorite part about this book: Daemon
He easily ranks number 1 on the list of douchebag, asshole, jerk male protagonists, but other than most occupants of that title, the book is well aware of that and doesn't portray his mean behaviour as something "good". Well, it certainly serves the purpose of fulfilling all our jerk-complexes, but at least it flat-out tells you so. Yeah, he's an ass, but he's also pretty hot. And he is.
He's probably one of the meanest, hot and cold, annoying, see-through male characters ever, but he has great lines and I couldn't help but like him.
"Like him" yeah right. Okay, I'll admit it. He's smoking. I love him. God, I love him :D
Katy is a fun character as well. As the 1st POV narrator of this story, Armentrout gets across most of the irony and humour through her voice. Katy certainly fulfills her damsel-in-distress, teenage girl- cliches, but she does it in a fun way, openly referring to her moodswings as someone flipping her "Bitch-switch" or simply admitting that, jerk or not, she'd probably tap that.
And the fact that she's a book lover isn't just mentioned for the sake of relatability, but actually picked up throughout the book and makes up a part of her personality.
"Beautiful Face. Beautiful Body. Horrible Attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys."
“ 'I checked out your blog.'
Oh. Dear. Baby. Jesus. How did he find it? Wait. More importantly was the fact he HAD found it. Was my blog now googleable? That was awesomesauce with an extra heaping of sauce.”
Katy cracks me up.
The book is fun and entertaining, and I had a blast reading it. Apart from that, once I laid back and stopped thinking about Twilight comparisons and logic, I actually found the story itself rather interesting and want to know more about these characters.
I recommend this to people that are in a post-book mourning period, (former) Twilight fans, paranormal romance lovers and people that just enjoy a fun, entertaining story and don't take things too seriously.
You are reading a book to have fun. It doesn't always have to be the most original, clever, unexpected masterpiece in the world. This book is just to enjoy. And I did.
I am absolutely going to read the next books and I'm looking forward to it!