Obsidian

Rated 2.5

Oh man... There were all sorts of issues going on while reading this book... some of them were the book and some were me and at the end of it all I cringed to have to review this book. I mean I don't have to review the book. I could just give it the star rating and let it be... yeah, no.

If you read the Goodreads description of the book we are already aware that Katy has moved to a small town in West Virginia and finds out that her neighbors, Daemon and Dee, are aliens.

First, I must say that I was really eager and excited to read this book because I was really looking for another alien book since reading I Am Number Four not to mention I really like this author and her writing style.

I was so disappointed...

Book issues:
1.The story was really slow. You don't find out that Daemon and Dee were aliens until after the second half of the book.

2.Katy and Daemon have this annoyingly frustrating love hate relationship which again was annoyingly frustrating because it never let up. I can understand it in the beginning but after they start getting close you would think that it would just ease up a bit. It didn't. Not even at the end when it was crystal clear what Daemon felt for Katy. He was basically playing with her head and she kept falling for it time after time.

3.Although I enjoyed Dee I felt that declaring Katy as her best friend was rather quick. She said it after like a week. It was hard to feel the bestie relationship develop that quickly but as the story unfolds you understand why she might bestie Katy so quickly.

3 1/2. Katy is smart. I mean she keeps telling Daemon and the other aliens as much all the time. At one point of the book she realizes that the bad guy is right outside the boutique she's in and that he is scoping her out. I mean she didn't even hesitate. She knew right away who it was but fails to mention it to Dee who was right there with her in the boutique! Ay Ay Ay...

4.If you've been reading my reviews as of late you already know of my growing annoyance with narrative repetition as well as the author not being consistent in her story... You know like writing a chunk of the story then writing another chunk from a different part of the book only to come back to the first one and not remember what she wrote. FOR EXAMPLE! Daemon comes over to Katy's house. She opens the door and goes on to notice that he's in sweats. Literally about a page after this Katy says Daemon is telling her something and puts his hands into his jean pockets. It's the same scene folks. He was still in the house telling Katy she had to work out and burn some energy. A page or so after that another reference to the jeans are made... UGH! Which leads me to...

5. Jennifer L. Armentrout is now a published author. She is whipping books out left and right. She has great potential! GET HER A GREAT EDITOR!!!! Sheesh! I hate it when stuff like repeated words and sentences slip by. I had several of these in my edition! GET HER A BETTER EDITOR SHE DESERVES ONE!

My issues:
1. MAN OH MAN!!! My brain kept wandering in and out of Twilight and Vampire Diaries(the tv show). Parts of the book just kept reminding me of these two. The similarities are there. I don't want to give away what parts because I rather leave it alone if it was just me.

2. My brain kept changing what these characters should look like. I'm sorry, I don't think the guy on the cover is hot and I just couldn't narrow down who he should look like. I couldn't narrow down Katy either... Oh and her momma... pfft she had no face.

Ugh! BUT those were MY ISSUES. Well maybe 1 not so much me because a lot of the story reminded me of the books/tv series I mentioned. Believe me I hate comparing books with one another but this nagged me heavily throughout the book so much so I couldn't shake it off.

SO it breaks my heart to rate this a just ok but it was. I liked the potential of the plot, the funny moments in the book, the steamy scenes, some really cool lines and how the author incorporates her own spirit into the books. Obsidian just didn't do it for me. From the looks of the reviews this book has received in the last 5 days or so, I know I am in the minority. Having read Half-Blood by this author I know it could have been better. I will continue to read the series and hope that it gets better. I will continue to support this author because she is pretty awesome in her own right and I really do want her to succeed.