Title: White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements #1)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release date: February 25th 2014
Summary: One kiss could be
the last. Seventeen-year-old
Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul,
she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no
one else possesses.
Raised among the
Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity
safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those
she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and
completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever.
Then she meets
Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla
knows she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when
that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considering Roth has no soul.
But when Layla
discovers she's the reason for the violent demon uprising, trusting Roth could
not only ruin her chances with Zayne… it could brand her a traitor to her
family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way ticket to the end of the world.
REVIEW
This book is a quick and light read,
but I didn't like it very much. I loved the Lux series very much,
mostly because contrary to a lot of YA urban fantasy, there wasn't any love
triangle, because the books had other things to focus on. Here, I don't know
where the plot was going, because there wasn't much that happened. I was
curious to read the second book, Stone Cold Touch, but it was even worst (Layla
was just wondering Roth or Zayne? All the time) and I ended up not
finishing it because of this.
I couldn't connect with Layla, the
main character. She was supposed to be the perfect girl and everything, but
guess what, perfection doesn't exist. If you try to do perfection, it's boring.
The two love interest were total clichés: the bad boy new in town and the
perfect I've-always-been-there-for-you guy. Roth was alright and I think
Armentrout did a great job at writing it, but I couldn't stand him for the part
of Stone Cold Touch I read. I hated literally EVERYTHING about this love
triangle. It seemed like this one was Roth's book, the next one will be Zayne's
and in the last she will FINALLY choose.
It was original to choose gargoyles
as the paranormal creatures, it really intrigued me from the beginning. But in
the end… They are just other nephilims. Nevertheless, it was really unrealistic
that the Wardens went public and no one seems to care. Really? Apart for the
Children of God church, everyone is okay with it. Moreover, if the Wardens came
out of the closet (haha), the demons could to, humans wouldn't be that shocked.
The end was quite unexpected (oh,
look, something good), but not enough that I want to finish this trilogy...
For me, this book was mostly a
compilation of clichés in YA. I'm starting to see a pattern in Armentrout's
books (like these guys who are ALL so hot because… reasons) and I have a
love/hate relationship with them. I loved the Lux series but Half-Blood was a
retelling of Vampire Academy. I also really liked Don't Look Back. I'm really
sad about this because I want so much to love her books.
Rating: 2.5/5
What do you think of JLA's books? Did you like this one?
What do you think of JLA's books? Did you like this one?
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