Origin Review

Origin Review (The Lux #4)
By Jennifer L. Armentrout
INCLUDES SPOILERS FROM OBSIDIAN, ONYX, AND OPAL

Summary from Goodreads
Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

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.


All Katy can do is survive.


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?


Together, they can face anything. 


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?

My Review

So far, out of the first four Lux books that I've read, this one has been my favorite by far. So much happens in Origin and so much madness ensues. We end Opal with Katy being captured by Daedalus and the end of that book was so insane and heartbreaking on its own, and Daemon was crushed by her capture. This book picks up afters the events of breaking Beth out of Mount Whether. Daemon is obviously furious and heartbroken about Katy being taken and, as the reader, we know he's not just going to sit around and wait for her to be released. The events that occur are pure insanity and make for an extremely edge-of-your-seat read. I think that overall this is my favorite book in the series so far.

A new feature in this book is the addition of Daemon's point of view. I really enjoyed the new point of view, and I think this added a new depth to both the story and their romance. This addition was especially important in the beginning of the book when Daemon and Katy were completely separated from each other, and I hope this carries through to the next book because I think it will provide extremely important information based upon the ending of this book.

Another amazing thing about this book is Archer. I really liked Archer and I don't exactly know why. He was just the only one I semi-trusted while Katy was trapped. Archer was pretty mysterious throughout the book, which added some depth to his character and always kept me guessing to an extent. Luc's role was also more prominent in this book, which I liked. Luc always kind of freaked me out because he's a strange and super powerful kid who could probably kill me with the blink of an eye. At the same time, he intrigued me and I always wanted to know more about him and I would seriously hate making an enemy out of Luc.

The end of this book was absolute insanity. I don't want to give away too much, because, spoilers. What I can say is that I don't know if I've ever been as on the edge of my seat within the last 20-30 pages of a book than in this one. The entire book is absolutely incredible and really knows how to completely capture your attention.

Overall, I loved this book and I think it was the best in the series so far. I have Origin 5 out of 5 stars.