Showing posts with label lux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lux. Show all posts

WAITING ON WEDNESDAY #34 Lux (The Nocte Trilogy #3) by Courtney Cole

Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 2:34 PM
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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine and is where we can talk about books we are looking forward to being released.

Title: Lux 
Author: Courtney Cole
Expected publication: May 2015

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LET THERE BE LIGHT.


My name is Calla Price and I’m broken.

My pieces are all around me, floating on the wind, even as I desperately try to grasp them.

Who is dead? Alive? Insane?
What is the truth?
I don’t know.

I do know this: The darkness is strangling me. With every breath, I choke on another lie.

My mind has protected me, but that shield will soon be lowered.

All will be revealed.
Every answer to every question.

It’s all been leading to this.

Don’t be afraid.
Be terrified.
What are you waiting on Wednesday??? 
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Sofia T.

STACKING THE SHELVES #5

Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2014 4:21 PM
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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews. It gives us a chance to share with readers what we bought, borrowed, swapped, won or got for review each week.

This week I read:

Click on cover for Goodreads link:



So I was really sad to read Opposition, since it was the last book in the series, but the end ROCKED! The series was amazing... 

And yeah! This week I only read two books (both by Jennifer Armentrout) and that's because I've been marathoning...


All I can say is: I can't believe M. is the benefactor

What did you read/do this week???
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Sofia T.

Release Day Launch + Giveaway: Opposition (Lux #5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 12:29 PM
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   Opposition RDL Banner

We are ridiculously excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for Jennifer L. Armentrout's OPPOSITION! OPPOSITION is a young adult Paranormal Romance being published by Entangled Teen and the fifth book in her LUX Series!

  Opposition Cover

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | IndieBound | Others via Entangled

About OPPOSITION: 

 Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came. She can't believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all. Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal. 

 They must team with an unlikely enemy if there is any chance of surviving the invasion. But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything— even what they cherish most—to ensure the survival of their friends…and mankind. War has come to Earth. And no matter the outcome, the future will never be the same for those left standing.

EXCERPT

 Katy
I still stared at Daemon, completely aware that everyone else except him was watching me. Closely. But why wouldn’t he look at me? A razor-sharp panic clawed at my insides. No. Thiscouldn’t be happening. No way.
My body was moving before I even knew what I was doing. From the corner of my eye, I saw Dee shake her head and one of the Luxen males step forward, but I was propelled by an inherent need to prove that my worst fears were not coming true. 
After all, he’d healed me, but then I thought of what Dee had said, of how Dee had behaved with me. What if Daemon was like her? Turned into something so foreign and cold? He would’ve healed me just to make sure he was okay. I still didn’t stop.
 Please, I thought over and over again. Please. Please. Please. On shaky legs, I crossed the long room, and even thoughDaemon hadn’t seemed to even acknowledge my existence, I walked right up to him, my hands trembling as I placed them on his chest.
 “Daemon?” I whispered, voice thick. His head whipped around, and he was suddenly staring down at me. Our gazes collided once more, and for a second I saw something so raw, so painful in those beautiful eyes. And then his large hands wrapped around my upper arms. The contact seared through the shirt I wore, branding my skin, and I thought—I expected—that he would pull me against him, that he would embrace me, and even though nothing would be all right, it would be better. Daemon’s hands spasmed around my arms, and I sucked in an unsteady breath. 
His eyes flashed an intense green as he physically lifted me away from him, setting me back down a good foot back. I stared at him, something deep in my chest cracking. “Daemon?” He said nothing as he let go, one finger at a time, it seemed, and his hands slid off my arms. He stepped back, returning his attention to the man behind the desk. “So . . . awkward,” murmured the redhead, smirking. I was rooted to the spot in which I stood, the sting of rejection burning through my skin, shredding my insides like I was nothing more than papier-mâché. 
“I think someone was expecting more of a reunion,” the Luxen male behind the desk said, his voice ringing with amusement. “What do you think, Daemon?” One shoulder rose in a negligent shrug. “I don’t think anything.” My mouth opened, but there were no words. His voice, his tone, wasn’t like his sister’s, but like it had been when we first met. He used to speak to me with barely leashed annoyance, where a thin veil of tolerance dripped from every word.The rift in my chest deepened.
For the hundredth time since the Luxen arrived, SergeantDasher’s warning came back to me. 
What side would Daemon and his family stand on? A shudder worked its way down my spine. I wrapped my arms around myself, unable to truly process what had just happened. “And you?” the man asked. When no one answered, he tried again. “Katy?” I was forced to look at him, and I wanted to shrink back from his stare. “What?” I was beyond caring that my voice broke on that one word. The man smiled as he walked around the desk. 
My gaze flickered over to Daemon as he shifted, drawing the attention of the beautiful redhead. “Were you expecting a more personal greeting?” he asked. “Perhaps something more intimate?” I had no idea how to answer. I felt like I’d fallen into the rabbit hole, and warnings were firing off left and right. Something primal inside me recognized that I was surrounded by predators.

Don't miss the books that started it all...
  LUX Special edition cover  

LUX: BEGINNINGS...

&

LUX: CONSEQUENCES...

About Jennifer L. Armentrout

Author Photo # 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
 

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LUX Giveaway

We will be giving away a Lux Series Basket with Lux themed jewelry, a signed set of the Lux Series and a $50 gift card to a retailer of the winner’s choice (Amazon, Barnes&Noble, or Indiebound).

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Sofia T.

Review: Origin (Lux #4) By Jennifer L. Armentrout & Title Reveal

Posted on Thursday, August 29, 2013 12:49 AM
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Origin (Lux #4)

By Jennifer L. Armentrout

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Fav Quote:

"There’re one hundred and sixty-eight hours in a week. Around eighty-seven hundred and then some hours in a year, and you know what?”

“What?”

“I want to spend every second, every minute, every hour with you.” Part of me couldn’t believe something that cheesy had come out of my mouth, but it was also so beautifully true. “I want a year’s worth of seconds and minutes with you. I want a decade’s worth of hours, so many that I can’t add them up.”


This book is freaking UNBELIEVABLE (in a very good way) !

Origin starts where Opal left things. After being captured, the only thing Kat can do is survive. But, serviving isn't as easy as one would have thought in her case. Especially, when your every action is watched...

Daemon is on a mission! He's determined to save Kat or die trying. With a crazy plan in mind, Daemon is ready to take out the world, just to see her again. But going after Kat entails endangering Dee, Dawson, Bethany and even himself.

"Did you think you could stop me?” Power shot from me, smacking into the door behind Dawson, blowing it off the hinges and into the house. “I’ll burn the world down to save her.”
He thought he was ready for what awaited him at Area 51 (the place where they are currently "staying", aka being held, as "guests" ) but he couldn't be more wrong. Kat and Daemon are about to "find" things that could kill all of them...

"Is she truly worth this?”

"Yes, she is worth everything.”

I never understood what the title "represented" but after reading Oringin I'm fully aware. This book helds so many surprises and has so any twists, that you're sure (or think you are) about something happening but turns out to be exactly the opposite.

Origin has dual POVs, alternating between Kat and Daemon respectively. I really liked that, because for the first time in the series we got to see the real Daemon behind all his "façade". Yeah, his jokes are funny and his arrogance completely sexy but I loved the man behind all this. He has always been funny, protective, arrogant, super strong and all that but I never knew he had his own fears/weaknesses.

“I was terrified the whole time they had you and I didn’t know where you were. I was scared out of my mind that I would never see you again or get to hold you. And when I did see you? I was afraid I’d never hear you laugh again or see your beautiful smile. So, yeah, I lied. I was terrified. I’m still lying.”

Furthermore, I loved that we got to see more of Luc and Paris (it's so difficult mentioning him) who were absofuckinglutely AMAZING, we met a new character Archer (dyinggggggggg) who was the embodiment of perfection and believe it or not Dee, Dawson, Bethany, Ash, Andrew and Matthew played a HUGE role in this book. I did't want to mention this one but... we get to see Blake too. Just let me tell you that I still cannot conceive all the things that happened (I think I'm denial).

All in all, I can't say how much I loved this book and I absolutely recommend it. This this book is a cliffhanger has not a HEA (ok, not for all), the next book isn't coming out until next year. You have being warned!!!

If you really want to understand how far things are getting in this book, just look at the cover! I think that says much about what's occuring in this book.

Last but not least, the title of the fifth and last book (SO SOOOOOOOO SAD ABOUT THAT) has been revealed:



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Opposition will release Summer 2014 from Entangled Teen.

There will be no ARCs of this title as it is the last title in the series and there will be limited teasers from this book, but I do have a sneak peek at the opening page. For those who have not read Origin, this really isn’t too spoilery, but you will probably be crazily confused by it.

Sneak Peek Starts Below:

Katy

I always had this plan for the off chance I was around for the end of the world. I’d climb up on my roof top, turn up the radio, blast R.E.M.’s It’s The End of The World, and watch it all go down from my lofty perch.

Except real life rarely turned out that cool.

And it was really happening—it was the end of the world as we knew it, and I sure as hell didn’t feel fine.

Everything had changed and we had been the catalyst for it all.

End of Sneak Peek.

Synopsis (of Origin)

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?
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Sofia T.
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