Hello there! So I'm working on getting back to blogging because I miss it terribly - I figured why not jump back into things with a book review!
So Obsidian is a book that has had a lot of buzz about it the past few months. Like seriously, every booktuber that I watch on YouTube had been reading/loving it. So naturally, for Christmas, I asked dear ol' Santa Claus to leave me this series under the tree, which he did - except for one of the books. If you've guessed it, it was this one. And now a quick story about my struggle to read this book.
My mother informed me that Santa "hadn't been able to get the first book in the Lux series because it was on back order". It wasn't like I was going to be able to read the rest of the series without this one, so I was willing to patiently wait. So I did. For, like, 3 months. So over the weekend I went to Barnes and Noble to ask about where the hell my book was, and they looked it up and told me PHYSICAL COPIES WERE NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE. AT ALL. And I even checked freaking Amazon at this point but the cheapest one I could buy was like $69, so I said no to that. Like I said in a previous post, I've been in a bit of a reading slump lately so I figured this would be the book to get me out of it. I wanted this book so badly that desire was practically burning through my veins. Cursing the universe for not having physical copies of Obsidian anywhere (which was odd because you can get the rest of the series???? Like what even???), I caved and bought it on my Kindle to read.
(Not that I don't love my Kindle - I just like having physical copies of books.)
Now for the actual review! This book was fun. I loved reading the dialogue between Daemon and Katy, Dee was adorable, and the whole concept of Luxen was fascinating. I knew this before I jumped into the book, but there were SO MANY Twilight parallels. So basically, this book is like Twilight's hotter, funnier, and more exciting sister. I thought the writing was clear and concise, if not a bit repetitive at times. The story was interesting and I was annoyed when it just ended. Like, I wanted more!
All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. If you're hesitant to pick this up because it's been compared to Twilight, please please PLEASE listen to me and read it! You'll enjoy yourself as you fall into the story and wish that Daemon was calling you Kitten instead of Katy. I'm picking up Onyx immediately and a review for that will probably come soon as well!!
Rating - 4.5/5 Stars
