Hence Blake. I hate him. Katy's attitude towards him throughout the entire book is so weird. Why does she cling to him even when she knows he is a psycho? He threw a knife at her HEAD. But sure lets go ahead and continue training... so he can abandon her with an Arum. Yeah, what a stellar guy. Clearly he has his own agenda. He was always a bit too perfect from the beginning but no, he seems so "normal". Please. She had Daemon. Why would you want normal? And speaking of Daemon, why wouldn't he offer to train her? Makes sense as her lack of control could seriously expose him, Dee, any of the other Luxen. Why doesn't that ever cross his mind? And trying to use the excuse that he doesn't want her to get hurt just isn't good enough. The risk of exposure is too great. She would obviously need training to control her outbursts of power. None of these choices make sense for either Katy or Daemon (especially not Daemon).And poor Dee, Lesa, and Carissa have to suffer! And Daemon and Katy as well since they spend a lot of the book angry with each other over Blake. Such a simple solution, get rid of Blake.
Whatever. We do learn a lot and Katy is pretty awesome with her skills. Plus Dawson is alive, Bethany is slightly broken but still with it enough to warn about a bigger problem than the DOD or even Deadalus (or at least that was the impression I got). What are they planning?? Interesting to find out. The worst thing about this book is that Adam dies. So unnecessary. And how was Blake that strong?? Aren't powers tied to how strong the Luxen was that mutated you? Wasn't the Luxen that mutated Blake pretty young at the time he mutated Blake? So do a hybrid's powers grow as the Luxen grows? I am sure we will find out more eventually.
I can't even talk about Will. Arrogant, rude, jerk. Using her mom just to watch Katy is lower than low. Ugghh he is so creepy. How does her mom not notice this?? Yucky, yucky person. I understand why he would want to be mutated but why does he want the bond with Daemon? Does he really not understand how this works? Probably not, half-assing things like usual. And HOW COULD HE TURN IN DAWSON AND BETHANY?????? SHE WAS HIS NIECE!!!!!! Horrible person. Then again, he was able to listen to Katy scream for hours while being held in that cage and waiting for Daemon. So clearly he is awful.
Their whole misconception about the DOD is so strange too. How is it possible that the DOD wouldn't know about the Luxen's powers? If they were killing off Luxen that were asking too many questions or not assimilating well, why wouldn't those Luxen have defended themselves? And exposed all the Luxen powers? No one thought of this before?
One little hiccup I noticed. Daemon tests out the bond between him and Katy by changing into his Light form and communicating with her by thought. Apparently he should not have been able to do that. However doesn't he do it right after he tells her about the Luxen in Obsidian and acts like it is normal? So which is it? I am guessing he either shouldn't have been able to in the first book OR they were already starting to bond because he had healed her (a little when that first Arum attacked her). Though why that would allow them to share thoughts but not do anything else, I have no idea.
Also Daemon mentions that they moved around a lot and included New York in that. So there must be some beta quartz in New York or something else to throw off the Arum. Seems like this beta quartz is somewhat common.
Don't get me wrong, I did like the book overall. I just wish the characters didn't seem to deviate so much from how it seems they should have reacted, based on the first book. I get that she was probably trying to show how people can change depending on the circumstances, and I do agree. I don't see why Daemon would change in this way as it goes against his protective nature so much. What is the bigger threat? Exposure. So teach Katy how to control herself or she will find someone who will. And why couldn't they tell Dee? I get that the knowledge would be dangerous but still, it's Dee. She should know. She could have helped, much more so than Blake but also more than Daemon. AND Daemon was a better teacher than Blake! Katy always understood and had better control when Daemon explained so why would Daemon not demand to train her? Or practice with her when Blake wasn't around? That would have made Blake go away faster. That whole sequence just makes no sense. If Daemon had been more open to training Katy, they probably would have found out about Blake being related to Agent Vaughn sooner. And if Daemon wasn't such a hot head over the whole Blake issue, Katy would have told him of her suspicions as soon as she found out and possibly prevented Adam's death. I agree with Katy for not telling Daemon but I do think he needed to know... just his personality makes it difficult to tell him things like that... which is frustrating. And not a trust issue as he seems to think. Okay enough ranting.
Likes: Katy's powers, Dawson is alive, Dee and Adam are finally happy together, Katy and Daemon are finally happy together, Daemon putting up the Christmas tree with Katy and Thanksgiving dinner, Daemon never remembering Blake's name, Bethany, killing Officer Vaughn, the combined thing Katy and Daemon do at the end, covert missions
Dislikes: Adam's death, Will, Blake, onyx mixed with gemstones, torture, DOD, Nancy Husher, Daemon being dumb and a hot head, Katy being dumber.
Stars: 3.5/5
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