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A review by jamsu
The Burning Shadow by Jennifer L. Armentrout
5.0
4.5 stars
The Burning Shadow was the first Lux book I read without Demi since I started this blog but I'm so glad I finally got around reading it. I wasn't big fan of The Darkest Star but I figured since Origin is part of Lux world they have to get better-- and the second book delivered.
I really felt for Evie. She doesn't only need to struggle about who she is but now she also doesn't know what she is. She also wants to show not only other people but to herself that she isn't useless. She doesn't want to be weak and put everyone else in danger for her.
I really like Luc and it was interesting how he took it that there were actual things he didn't know, like what happened to Nadia between the cure and when she started the school. I just love protective male characters.
While it sucks that he couldn't completely trust Evie because of her mom, I completely understood the reasons behind it. Luc loved Nadia but I really like it that he doesn't expect Evie to be her. She doesn't have the memories Nadia had and she has parts of Evie too. There's just something about him accepting her the way she is and still loving her that I love? There's not comparing the two or expecting her to do something because that's what Nadia would've done.
I wanted to see more characters from earlier Lux books and we did. I'm so glad we got to see Katy, Daemon, Dee, Dawson and even Lore, who I forgot until they mentioned his brother. I wish we had seen Hunter and Serena too but maybe in the next book? I don't really like Grayson in this book but hopefully he will get better now that he knows who Evie really is. He's just been protective of Luc even if he know he's capable of handling himself.
All in all The Burning Shadow got me to like Evie and Luc's romance more and I wish I had the third book in my hands already but I couldn't give it full five stars since quite few 'reveals' were predictable to me.
The Burning Shadow was the first Lux book I read without Demi since I started this blog but I'm so glad I finally got around reading it. I wasn't big fan of The Darkest Star but I figured since Origin is part of Lux world they have to get better-- and the second book delivered.
I really felt for Evie. She doesn't only need to struggle about who she is but now she also doesn't know what she is. She also wants to show not only other people but to herself that she isn't useless. She doesn't want to be weak and put everyone else in danger for her.
I really like Luc and it was interesting how he took it that there were actual things he didn't know, like what happened to Nadia between the cure and when she started the school. I just love protective male characters.
While it sucks that he couldn't completely trust Evie because of her mom, I completely understood the reasons behind it. Luc loved Nadia but I really like it that he doesn't expect Evie to be her. She doesn't have the memories Nadia had and she has parts of Evie too. There's just something about him accepting her the way she is and still loving her that I love? There's not comparing the two or expecting her to do something because that's what Nadia would've done.
I wanted to see more characters from earlier Lux books and we did. I'm so glad we got to see Katy, Daemon, Dee, Dawson and even Lore, who I forgot until they mentioned his brother. I wish we had seen Hunter and Serena too but maybe in the next book? I don't really like Grayson in this book but hopefully he will get better now that he knows who Evie really is. He's just been protective of Luc even if he know he's capable of handling himself.
All in all The Burning Shadow got me to like Evie and Luc's romance more and I wish I had the third book in my hands already but I couldn't give it full five stars since quite few 'reveals' were predictable to me.