The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. ArmentroutMy rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars
Seventeen year old Evie Dasher has an ordinary life….well as ordinary as life can be after Earth has been involved in an alien war and people are not what they seem. Are they human, Luxen or something else? On a night out, the club Evie is at is raided and everything changes for her. Swept into a world she thought she new, Evie will have to figure out who her friends and enemies are pretty quick to survive what is coming.
The Darkest Star was a slow burn read, meaning that you get to know the characters a little bit more and are reintroduced to Luc and some of the other characters from previous books. Evie is the main protagonist in this book and she is really quite ordinary; ordinary in style, language and interests but I definitely think that is part of her appeal and makes her more believable. Her relationship with Luc is a slow starting one and you see their relationship develop as they spend more time together and truths come out. Luc on the other hand comes across as mysterious, sometimes dark and utterly handsome. He definitely gives Evie a lot to think about. What is also good to note is that JLA has made Luc a really likeable yet often flawed character…he isn’t perfect and that is refreshing when it comes to reading YA novels. He hasn’t always made the right choices and he owns that.
This book is action packed with a hint of witty banter and snarky comments throughout and enough of a back-story that you wouldn’t have to have read previous series to understand what is going on. There are also some true teen dramas such as falling in love, bullies and angst which I think added a real life, everyday touch to the story.
There isn’t a cliff-hanger per say but you are definitely left with questions that can only be answered in the second book. A must read for YA/NA Paranormal fans.
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