The Lux Series

 I first picked up the Lux Series about two years ago, I flew through the first three books and for what ever reason I just decided to stop. So I figured it was about time I went back and finished what I had started.

The first three books for me, I would probably describe as a contemporary/ science-fiction cross over. Rather than focusing so much on the fact that there are aliens present in this book, this almost takes a back seat to everyday teenage problems, such as friendships and relationships. 

The first three books Obsidian, Onyx, and Opal are told through the perspective of Katy, a book vlogger/ blogger who has just moved with her mother to a small town where she quickly gets to know her new neighbours Dee and Daemon. I found that these books seemed to changed from everything happening at one time to nothing happening at all, there wasn't much of an inbetween. But for whatever reason though, this worked for the series and I didn't really dwell on it.

The final two books in the series are, however, when everything changes. Origin and Opposition are told from dual perspectives. With both Katy and Daemon narrating these final two books the world of the Lux expands exponentially. These books have probably got the best dual perspective I have ever read. No other book has created such clear distinctions between the two characters, showed different sides of both the main and minor characters and shaken the whole plot line up quite so dramatically. By doing this, Armentrout created a huge and complex amount of depth to all of her characters and I really wish that she had done this through the first three books as well.

Alongside this series is the book Shadows a prequel to the events of first book and told through a different POV again, Dee and Daemon's brother Dawson. While this book is not necessary for the series it does help to once again build on the complexity of the characters in this series.

And finally to top of this series is the book Oblivion the first three books condensed down to tell Daemon's POV. I was worried when I picked this up that it would be like every other book that I have read like this and simply tell the same story but from a different perspective, totally a waste of time. I couldn't have been more wrong. Reading the dual perspectives has nothing on this book. Reading Daemon's POV of events was enlightening to say the least, all of sudden you see more character flaws in character's that Katy didn't and in Katy herself. Character's that hadn't made much sense before suddenly did. This book really drove home the point of 'you can't understand a person until you walk in their shoes'.

While I don't consider these books to be great master pieces, I gave each of them 4 stars because I did ultimately really enjoy them. I did find that Armentrout is clearly an author more suited for New Adult books than YA as I did find that this reflects through her work and I found it quite obvious in some places of her writing. I'm really interested now to actually read a book of hers that is New Adult.