Review: Opal

Title: Opal
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Series: Lux #3
Published: December 11th 2012
Rating: 5

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.

Opal is by far my favorite book in the Lux series so far! Jennifer L. Armentrout never ceases to amaze me with her compulsively lovable writing style. 

After the tragic ending of Onyx we get to see in full effect the aftermath of Adam's death and how that  disastrous event had a huge consequence on the dynamic of the groups we were use to seeing in Obsidian and Onyx.  Katy's and Dee's friendship is basically non-existent, Dee still holds a great deal of anger towards Katy, that at times annoyed me because Katy didn't kill Adam, right? I understood why Dee was angry I just felt it wasn't just at some periods. Dee now hangs out with Ash and Andrew, quite the contrast to the previous novels. Changes like that were seen throughout Opal. 

It was incredible to finally see Katy and Daemon in a relationship. Katy and Daemon take any moment they can together with the craziness surrounding them, they grew extremely close and there love for on another was very obvious. This YA couple I'am hands down jealous of, the intimacy both emotional and physical was a combination of sexy and adorable something that is really had to get right but Jennifer L. Armentrout knows the perfect balance. Katy and Daemon still have their heated conversations and Daemon's jerk side may appear now and then but it was nice to see not everything had changed.  

The infamous Blake returns bringing along with him trouble. In big fat capital letters! I've come to the conclusion that I don't like Blake and I never will. It always appeared that he was hiding something, always working an angle, and always generally being a creep. Watching Katy sleeping Exhibit A of the creepiness of Blake Saunders. STAY AWAY! The only thing that bugged me about Katy in Opal was that Blake continued to do weird things and she didn't tell Daemon! Girl that's what your boyfriend is meant for, you tell him when stuff like that goes down!  

And now onto the supposedly dead runaway Dawson! Dawson is not the same alien Daemon and Dee were use to. His quite and rarely speaks, his past torments him and the only thing he wants is to get his girlfriend Beth back to safety. This issue is the constant struggle in the novel and makes some of the characters push themselves and do things out of their normal to reach this goal. 

One of the things I admired most about Opal was the cliffhanger! I know, strange right? But it was heart-breaking, glass shattering and tear jerking kind of ending that I liked. These kinds of endings make you feel something. It was a cruel ending, just when you think that everything is going to plan for the characters... something shocking happens and the falling pieces of confusion are swept away and you see crystal clear who their real enemies are. 

Overall I have alot of feels for Opal. I just want Origin now! I need it now, okay? I have to know what happens next! And I'm sure when you read Opal you will feel the same way! Another spectacular read from Jennifer L. Armentrout, this author knows how to make my feels weep! 

-Taylor X