Sweet baby aliens! Daemon says it's ON.

My friends, I have the pleasure of once again showing off another cover in the cracktastic Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. This is not, I'm afraid, the last in the series, though I think I'd feel better if it was (my methods to take on the anxiety are just NOT HAPPENING). BUT. It looks spicy. When you look at this, what do you see?



Besides the obvious sex appeal, with the hair and the chest and the wide-open leather jacket... I see a very angry hot alien about to blow shit up. Everywhere. With no remorse. I fear for those who would be foolish enough to take on Daemon post-YOUKNOWWHAT. This cover says to me, go up against my fierce eyes and all my muscles I DARE YOU, but I warn you: you will die.

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

Uh, yeah. We know. It's all over the scorched earth and blazing buildings.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

Are we really calling that raid successful? Really? Because, yeah, the objective was met, but a man (or in this case woman) on the team was lost. Not my definition of success. Taking out anyone standing in Daemon's way? I'm down for that. Shoot, I'll hold his new leather jacket. Burning down the world? Er, I might be a little worried about that one, you know, 'cause we're all part of the world and stuff and would not benefit from it's destruction. But if we're all bunking at Daemon's for the duration, I'm game. Exposing the alien race? Not so sure that's a good idea. I mean, just think of all the bibles and Welcome to Earf signs there'd be *shudders*.

All Katy can do is survive.

Oh, come on, girlfriend, it can't be that bad. You were only kidnapped by nasty aliens and nastier people who want to use all the aliens and are all very maniacal and can cause you near-insurmountable pain... Oh, wait.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Katy, sweetie, they just want you to think that they're not completely batshit. It's part of their process. They make you think all they want to do is hold hands and sing kumbaya and THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU. Then when you get out you're going to question everything you believed to be true and I'm going to be really pissed off. I better not have just guessed the plot line.

Together, they can face anything.

Eh, I thought so. But after the ending of the last book, I think I need some convincing to be sure. Maybe with more sexytimes?

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on? And will they even be together?

The last thing we need right now is a masked villain. And, honestly, who can it be that hasn't been suspected or accused already? Maybe... KATY'S MOM. That lady is suspect. Working all those late nights, probably pretending to be a nurse. I wouldn't be surprised. Or that one alien guy that barely gets any page time. Or... I don't know, the possibilities are literally all over the place. WHO COULD IT BE? Armentrout is a sneaky byotch.

Will they even be together? Uh, they had better be after all the crap we fans have been put through. I would not appreciate a spontaneous breakup right now.

Release date is August 27th. WHAAAA? I don't want to wait that long. *wails*

STOP TORTURING US.

Paperback / 400 pgs / Aug 27th 2013 / Entangled Teen / Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble

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Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout Book Trailer Reveal - SHIRTLESS ALIENS IN MY HOUSE!

Ya'll remember when I did the cover reveal for Jennifer Armentrout's sexytastic alien series installment number three called Opal, no? I'd come out of my hidey-hole with as much enthusiasm as Squidward copping an attitude after numerous Spongebob Interruptions... Oh, BALLS, I'm supposed to insert a joke here. That wasn't very funny was it? Hate to drop this on you like a toilet seat, but I'm tapped out of me comedy gold at the moment. I could use this super awesome trailer as an excuse for the brain meltdown, but I won't. Overly much.

OPAL by Jennifer L. Armentrout Cover Reveal

There are only a few things that would make me come out of doing nothing hiding and replaying Ocarina of Time whilst drinking too much Crush and ignoring my homework after pondering the meaning of life for an hour mysterious seclusion stuff. Dark chocolate, a million dollars, aliens, free things, groundbreaking news, tall aliens, something the CW 11 did, THE NEW HOBBIT TRAILER, green-eyed aliens, and aliens. Basically, I was offered an obscene amount of money to do what I'm about to do and...

Alright, you got me. Aliens. It's aliens, okay?

Ya'll, I'm one of the bloggers bestowed with the honor of revealing to you the third book in one of the hottest, alien-fab series around. Obsidian started it all and Onyx cranked up the sexy until it began to border painfully instead of deliciously unbearable. Well, ladies and Westley, the Lux goodness is continuing for another installment. Take a look:

No one is like Daemon Black.

When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.

But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.

After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.

Together we’re stronger... and they know it.

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Review: Obsidian: A Lux Novel

Obsidian: A Lux Novel

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Release Date: December 6, 2011
Publisher: Entangled
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Source: Gifted/Own
Rating: Perfect Bed Partner

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About the Book:

Starting over sucks.

When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring…. until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something…unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.

If I don’t kill him first, that is.

I stared at the pile of boxes in my new bedroom, wishing the Internet had been hooked up. Not being able to do anything with my review blog since moving here was like missing an arm or a leg...

Jennifer Armentrout has dived into the sparkling pool of Young Adult Fiction and, by her creative hands, has created spectacular ripples with her latest releases, Half-Blood and Obsidian. It's so very difficult to resist the allure of the hype that is buzzing over her books. And I'm so grateful that I didn't waste too much time trying to and that I succumbed relatively early. Katy - spunky teen, fellow book lover, and resident book blogger - wants to remain okay with moving to Middle of Nowhere, West Virginia just before her last year in high school, leaving behind all that she's known and everything her late father loved in good ol' Florida. Since her father's death, Kat has done her best to refrain from causing troubles for her mother and has been succeeding, leading an average, normal, safe life. But stopping next door for directions to the nearest grocery store and meeting a devastatingly handsome, yet brutally rude guy brings the unexpected and the supernatural right to her still untarnished doorstep.

Between being verbally attacked by the sexy, standoffish Daemon and being ambushed by the bubbly, ingenuous Dee, the Black twins leave Kat with her head spinning. Who are the Blacks and why is Daemon so intent on pushing Kat away from a fast-forming, though premature friendship with his exuberant and oh-so-lovable sister? Fending off Dee would be a remarkable feat because she has such an attractive personality. A shade wide-eyed and adorably friendly, Dee is a sweet, lonely girl earnestly looking for a "normal" companion. She finds that in Kat and their ensuing bestfriendship is cute and fun, a necessary relief from the sexual tension humming in the air and the distressing, suspicious murders of young girls in what's supposed to be a plain, boring town (isn't that always the way? :P).

Enjoyable to read, the paranormal element and mystery unfolds in perfect proportions. But what really turned me on to the book, and what has stuck with me during the few days after I finished it, is the exciting relationship connecting two characters who simultaneously hate and delight in each other. The best part of a love/hate romance? A sarcastic or teasing comment can snowball into an avalanche of Sexy Times that are sure to catapult your blood pressure to soaring heights. Kat and Daemon don't get along under regular circumstances, but when the quiet and the dazzling night wrap them in a warm embrace, and it's just them and no one else, there's a spark that kindles swiftly and passionately and sweeps the two together until we're all breathless.

There's an addictive quality to Armentrout's writing, an unidentifiable something that's present and gifts us with a spicy, intense page-turner that I blew through in a matter of hours. Waiting only 6 months for Onyx shouldn't be too terrible...

Hopefully.
Maybe.

I wished I had something clever to say, maybe even a little flirty, but his intense stare sent any coherent thought scattering.
Confusion flashed in his eyes as he leaned forward, his lips parting slightly. "I think I understand now."
"Understand what?" I whispered.
"I like to watch you blush." His voice barely above a murmur as his thumb traced circles on my cheek.
He lowered his head, resting his forehead against mine. We sat like that, the two of us, caught in something that hadn't been there before.(61-62)

"I checked out your blog."
Oh. Dear. Baby. Jesus. How did he find it? Wait. More importantly was the fact that he had found it. Was my blog now Googleable? The was awesomesauce with an extra heaping of sauce. "Stalking me again, I see. Do I need to get a restraining order?"
"In your dreams, Kitten." He smirked. "Oh, wait, I'm already starring in those, aren't I?"
I rolled my eyes. "Nightmares, Daemon. Nightmares." (97)