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The good: the author uses better pacing in this second book. The first was uneven, with short action segments bridging interminably long relationship building. This one is more even. Lots of action. Lots of character development during the action. All that is good. The story's stakes have been raised dramatically, too, and the ending is explosive.

A minor character complaint: Daemon is definitely not human. No human male could initiate the wild necking and petting sessions that he starts, and then stop of his own accord.... :)

And now the bad. In the acknowledgments, the author thanked a whole bevy of people for "reading the book before it got to the person with the red pen." None of those people, INCLUDING the one with the red pen, did their job. I can tolerate a certain number of typos in books, and of course for some ungodly reason YA fiction seems to suffer even more than other books as editing and proofreading get outsourced (or skipped entirely). But this book was--according to the author--proofed and/or edited. And yet there are missing words, extra words, misspelled words, and even entire sentences that make no sense, There are tense changes in the middle of sentences. I was thrown entirely out of passages time after time as I said "huh? What does THAT mean?"

Just a few examples (all from the Kindle copy):

***"That will never happened again."
***Reaching for the heavy door, it opened... (the door reached for the door? Anybody say "dangling participle"?)
***What was wrong me?
***"She was giving him the first degree" (it's THIRD degree....)
***He was in need of hair cut...
***Confliction tore through me... (is the author trying to coin a word? The Oxford English Dictionary does not recognize the existence of this one.)
***She bumped me with her hp (does this mean HIP, or is she referring to a computer?)
***"I think she'd gotten it when we went shopping." (The speaker must be ESL...I could forgive a German for that, but not a Brit or American).
***Daemon must've of put...
***He dropped my arm. (Then, in the next paragraph, he drops her arm again.)
***Discomforted, I... (I think she means "discomfited." "Discomfort" is a noun.)

These are just a few of the booboos that spread like pollen all over the story, and it greatly interfered with my enjoyment of the book. Doubtless the kids will keep snapping up the book, because most of them don't care whether a book is written correctly or not, and they're so used to chatspeak and misspellings that a few more won't kill them--but really, a writer, especially one whose main character fancies herself a writer as well, should do better.

The story itself was good enough that I will take the chance and purchase the third book in the series. But if it has also not been proofread, I'll stop there--the hours are too few in the day to spend them wondering what a (supposedly) English-speaking author really means.


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Onyx Lux Jennifer L Armentrout Books Reviews

*Some light spoilers*

The world reverses a little in Onyx. There are times when I’d like to slap Katy upside the head more than Daemon. Daemon’s attempts to woo Katy are so sweet. He does everything he can to show her that he truly wants to be with her.

Katy, to some extent, has justification for not believing his sincerity. His treatment of her up to this point was pretty ugly sometimes. Now they are supernaturally bound to one another and I can understand the inclination that his about face might be due to the development. However, she fights it way too hard. Then when Blake enters the picture, she uses him to enforce her somewhat skewed logic. The way she bounces back and forth between Daemon and Blake drove me crazy! This didn’t seem acceptable to me at all. Look at her jealousy of Daemon and Ash. How does she think she’s making these guys feel about each other?

Her absolute determination not to see the darker side of Blake is kind of ridiculous. She’s being deliberately obtuse. Daemon is established as one of the most powerful Luxen and he clearly has a way with her that Blake doesn’t (like helping her levitate the books), so why wouldn’t you choose to learn from him when he offers? Not dropping Blake after he throws a knife at her head was a little unbelievable. Her determination to be strong so she can be a help rather than a “responsibility” to Daemon seems unfounded as a reason not to train with him.

When she finally gives in and surrenders to her feeling for Daemon, I was so relieved. I wasn’t quite sure if I still liked her as a heroine. However, once she gave into her feelings for Daemon, she began to redeem herself and prove that she hadn’t completely lost her mind.

I’ll admit, of all the Lux books, Onyx was my least favorite. That’s not to say that I didn’t completely love it! Every character has to have their flaws and we simply see Katy’s magnified in this book instead of Daemon’s. These conflicts build strength into their relationship in the end. Despite my issues with Katy, this book has twists and turns and action that will kept me riveted.
I should have seen this coming. I should have seen this coming!! I’ve mentioned it before with Armentrout’s books how they’re very CW Network so really this shouldn’t have surprised me but alas…

Yes, a lot of people loved this book because a) it continues this cool world and b) Daemon isn’t such a jerk to Katy. Both are very valid reasons to love this book and I agree with them. What I have issue with is the endless drama. Some people love that type of thing but I just don’t happen to be one of those people. Just not my cup of tea.

If you enjoy a cool supernatural world with fast-paced books richly laced with romance then I honestly think you’d like this series because on that front they’re really really good. I personally hate too much romantic drama that straight up overtakes the plot and impulsive ill-equipped characters that don’t know when to quit so I will not be continuing this series but don’t let my frustrations stop you from giving it a try. There’s a huge fandom for these books so far be it from me to keep you from joining the joy.
The good the author uses better pacing in this second book. The first was uneven, with short action segments bridging interminably long relationship building. This one is more even. Lots of action. Lots of character development during the action. All that is good. The story's stakes have been raised dramatically, too, and the ending is explosive.

A minor character complaint Daemon is definitely not human. No human male could initiate the wild necking and petting sessions that he starts, and then stop of his own accord.... )

And now the bad. In the acknowledgments, the author thanked a whole bevy of people for "reading the book before it got to the person with the red pen." None of those people, INCLUDING the one with the red pen, did their job. I can tolerate a certain number of typos in books, and of course for some ungodly reason YA fiction seems to suffer even more than other books as editing and proofreading get outsourced (or skipped entirely). But this book was--according to the author--proofed and/or edited. And yet there are missing words, extra words, misspelled words, and even entire sentences that make no sense, There are tense changes in the middle of sentences. I was thrown entirely out of passages time after time as I said "huh? What does THAT mean?"

Just a few examples (all from the copy)

***"That will never happened again."
***Reaching for the heavy door, it opened... (the door reached for the door? Anybody say "dangling participle"?)
***What was wrong me?
***"She was giving him the first degree" (it's THIRD degree....)
***He was in need of hair cut...
***Confliction tore through me... (is the author trying to coin a word? The Oxford English Dictionary does not recognize the existence of this one.)
***She bumped me with her hp (does this mean HIP, or is she referring to a computer?)
***"I think she'd gotten it when we went shopping." (The speaker must be ESL...I could forgive a German for that, but not a Brit or American).
***Daemon must've of put...
***He dropped my arm. (Then, in the next paragraph, he drops her arm again.)
***Discomforted, I... (I think she means "discomfited." "Discomfort" is a noun.)

These are just a few of the booboos that spread like pollen all over the story, and it greatly interfered with my enjoyment of the book. Doubtless the kids will keep snapping up the book, because most of them don't care whether a book is written correctly or not, and they're so used to chatspeak and misspellings that a few more won't kill them--but really, a writer, especially one whose main character fancies herself a writer as well, should do better.

The story itself was good enough that I will take the chance and purchase the third book in the series. But if it has also not been proofread, I'll stop there--the hours are too few in the day to spend them wondering what a (supposedly) English-speaking author really means.