The Darkest Star (Origin #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Review)

     The first book in a new spin-off series of the Lux series, The Darkest Star takes up years after the events in the Lux series. Now, I'll address the big question that many have right off-the-bat: yes, you can read and enjoy this book without having read the Lux series. I would make the claim that The Darkest Star can be a wonderful continuation of the series, as well as a strong standalone. This novel is the story of Evie Dasher, a young human woman, post-invasion. One day she goes to and alien friendly dance club with her BFF, and gets swept up into a dangerous conspiracy of Origins, Humans and Luxens. Along the way she runs into the handsome and powerful Luc, and finds that she simply cannot shake him.
       I really enjoyed The Darkest Star. I don't really understand the title, so don't read too far into that, but the story itself was really entertaining. Like junk food. Yah, The Darkest Star is like junk food. Its not going to grow you as a person or give you some revelation, but it was sure as heck fun to read. There was some serious romantic tension between Evie and Luc. It was quite spicy. And action-wise, the story was not very action oriented, but a heavy dose of mystery made up for that. All in all, I enjoyed The Darkest Star and give it the rating of FOUR AND A HALF STARS OUT OF FIVE!!!

*Advanced Readers Copy Review*

Oblivion (Lux #1.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Review)

    A large grouping of stories together, Oblivion takes the first couple of novels in the Lux series and retells them in Daemon Black's perspective. Daemon is an Luxen, an alien race that are pretty much made of light and that hide among humans, and Kat is a human who moves into s community of these aliens, right next to Daemon's house. From there, romance blossoms and danger rises as Kat and Daemon are thrown into the middle of a deadly position that will change not only them, but the entire world.
    I actually quite enjoyed Oblivion. It was a bit of a long read, but that is mainly because it contains multiple books within it. I found Daemon and Kat to be interesting characters that were very well developed throughout the story. Daemon struck me as very moody and rash, but he was also very adorably loyal to his family and the people he cares about. I really liked the character Kat because she was very similar to me. She is a nerdy blogger and book reviewer who is simply in love with reading. I can definitely relate. Plot wise, the story was very fluid and there were only a few moments throughout in which I found myself becoming bored. I give Oblivion the honest rating of FOUR OUT OF FIVE STARS!!!

*Advanced Readers Copy Review*