The Brightest Night by Jennifer L. Armentrout
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Well, this is going to get uncomfortable.
The Brightest Night is the third installment to Jennifer L. Armentrout’s, Origin series.
Since this is the third book, some minor spoilers may lay ahead.
First off, the rating for this book currently is off the charts, so please do not let the fact that I did not enjoy this one, sway you from picking it up if you have been loving the Origin series.
I too, had been loving the series, but this felt like something completely different. I feel like I read the wrong book, and with that cover, who knows!? Maybe I did.
For me, this was incredibly boring. Gone was the witty banter, the high body count, the twists and reveals.
Now that Luc and Evie are together, I found their relationship completely insufferable.
60% of this book was them professing their love, their feelings, their attraction, their obsession. You are a gift, you are the greatest, you are amazing, how can a creature as perfect as you exist, I love you, I can’t live without you, I will die for you, have I mentioned I love you?
30% was talking about other topics, mainly babies, making babies, giving birth to babies, raising babies and, oh yeah, Evie’s powers.
10% was engaging plot.
Unfortunately, I had to push myself the entire way through to complete this. I was so relieved when it was finally over, and with it, my commitment to this series.
Obviously, Armentrout is a widely talented and successful writer, this one was just an absolute miss for me.
Thank you so much to the publisher, Tor Teen, for providing me with a copy of this to read and review. As always I appreciate the opportunity.
There’s a Reader for every book, and a book for every Reader, sadly this one just wasn’t for me.