Some I’m not sure if they’re good or bad. There is a lot of new discoveries, if you will, in Origin. It’s nice to be able to have that shock of discovering something new in each book of the series. In a lot of series that I’ve read, everything about the unknown (whether it’s a character, new species, world, contraption, etc.) is explained in the first book. (Yes, I’m sort of referencing Shrek right now.) It’s so fun to discover more about the species (Is that what you call the Luxen? Species? Race? Ethnicity? I don’t know.) as the story progresses. In every book, more and more is revealed about the Luxen and hybrids. All you need to know is that Archer is a pretty cool dude, but I’m not sure whether or not to trust him yet. I can’t say more than that or else I’m going to spoil something. Archer is the soldier that was assigned to Katy when she was captured. There are some new characters that join the mix, like Archer. While the previous books focused on figuring out what Katy was and fighting against Arums, Origin is more focused on the DOD. In the end of the third book, Katy is captured while the others escape from the Mount Weather mission. Because Daemon and Katy aren’t together in the beginning of this story, I was thankful that there were two different POVs. Every chapter or so, the story will switch between Katy and Daemon. This book (thankfully) is written in two different point of views (POVs). I guess I’m so used to all the main characters in YA literature surviving until the end that I wasn’t expecting anyone to die in this series. It’s a bit morbid, but it stuck with me throughout the whole book. Silence descended, and then Nancy said, “Well, that was disappointing.” Largent smacked into the door with a fleshy, wet thud, hitting it at the kind of speed jumping out of a fifty-story window would do. I moved to block the grisly sight, but it was too late. Kat screamed and then clasped her hands over her mouth. The soldier spun around and ran-and I mean he ran at full light speed-toward the door. My favorite quote in the whole entire book:

Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen? 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.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Goodreads page WARNING: There are spoilers from the first three books ( Obisidian, Onyx, and Opal) of this series in this review.ĭaemon will do anything to get Katy back.Īfter the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. His kiss…well, it made me.Īnd because of that, I knew it went both ways. That kiss broke me down and then rebuilt me.

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