Skip to content

Obsidian

Obsidian

Paranormal RomanceRomance
Pages
292
Published
2011
Language
English

Synopsis

Katy Swartz expected her move to West Virginia to be a total bore until she met her arrogant but undeniably attractive neighbor, Daemon Black. After a sudden attack reveals Daemon can control time, Katy learns he is actually an alien whose presence has put her in the crosshairs of intergalactic enemies. Now she must stay close to the one person she can't stand just to survive the target on her back.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

FunnyTenseAdventurous
Enemies to LoversSecret IdentityForced ProximityComing of AgeFirst Contact

Genres

Paranormal Romance Romance Romantasy Science Fiction Young Adult

About the author

J
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Jennifer L. Armentrout is an American novelist, born on 11 June 1980 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She writes young adult and adult paranormal romance, fantasy and science fiction under her own name, and publishes adult and new adult contemporary romance under the pen name J. Lynn. Her series include Covenant, the Lux sequence beginning with Obsidian (2011) and its Origin spin-off, The Dark Elements, the Wicked trilogy, the de Vincent novels, The Harbinger, and the Blood and Ash and Flesh and F...

Characters

Katy SwartzProtagonist

Book blogger who moves from Florida to a small West Virginia town and becomes entangled with her alien neighbor.

Daemon BlackProtagonist
BaruckAntagonist

An Arum, the alien enemies of the Luxen, whose pursuit of Daemon and his family drives the book's central threat.

Dee BlackSupporting
Andrew ThompsonSupporting
All characters in Obsidian

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Obsidian part of a series?

    Yes. Obsidian is the first book in Jennifer L. Armentrout's Lux series, followed by Onyx, Opal, Origin, and Opposition (with the novella Shadows as a prequel).

  • What genre is Obsidian?

    Obsidian is a young adult paranormal romance with science fiction elements, blending an enemies-to-lovers romance with an alien-invasion storyline.

Read all 7 reviews