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'Onyx' by Jennifer L Armentrout book review




Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13047090-onyx?ac=1
My rating:  3/5




Still not exactly sure how I feel about this book series.
Whereas this one is pretty different from Twilight and didn't give me those feels at all,unlike the first one,I must admit I still enjoyed it quite a bit,so the Twilight element being why I enjoyed the first one is out of the way.
There were,however,quite a few things that I found a bit off.The first half or so of the book was a bit slow and (and I am sorry to admit that and use that word) dull,boring.The romance was still a bit off for me and I just found the entire transformation of the male character a bit rushed.I honestly didn't appreciate that love triangle forming early on and was close to wanting to give up on hope for this simply because of that,but,happily,JLA gave up on that pretty soon,so my hopes were back on.I also disliked the way some of the characters were ignored.I really wanted to see more Dee in this book and just found it a bit frustrating how little mentions of her were.I was also pretty mad at the colateral damage in this book,I honestly think that that one big casualty could've been avoided,but still.
There were obviously some good things as well.Even though,as I mentioned,I found the romance pretty dull and frustrating for a bit,I really did like the story line and the plot,the action was simply outstanding,if you ask me.I still have a lot of love for Kat as a main character,I must admit.I found her so relatable for most of the time,I love her love for books and blogging and that entire element of her life made it so easy to relate to her (enough to balance the not being able to relate to her because of the entire paranormal element of things,if you know what I mean).I adored that.I also found the last 4 chapters or so utterly outstanding,so that was a great way to end things and I have to admit that the ending itself left me craving for some more.
All in all,this was,once more,a very enjoyable book and I will probably keep on reading this series.

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