Origin Review

I’ll burn the world for her

Origin is the fourth book in the Lux series by Jennifer L Armentrout.

WARNING! This review contains spoilers for this book as well the series.

Origin takes off from the ending of Opal where Katy has been captured by Daedalus. She is left in the hands of Sergeant Dasher and Nancy Usher. They feed her full of information and Katy can’t tell the truth from the lies. Daemon is desperate to get her back, but how far will he go?

I loved how the book was told from the perspective of both Daemon and Katy. We get to know what they are hiding from each other and how they both truly feel, not just Katy. The pair have completely separate journeys in the beginning and whilst just having  Katy’s point of view may have had more suspense, Daemon’s view is crucial to the plot.

My favourite part of this book was learning about the Origins and how they’re trained. It tells us why Luc is so feared and how Daedalus won’t touch him. Not only does he have these insane powers but he also appears to not have been successfully molded as say Archer was supposedly. I think they’re gonna ply a big part in Opposition (I don’t really remember what exactly goes down).

The glimpse into the Luxen community was also really surprising. I get the holding cell/ panic room is necessary. It just very much reminds me of Daedalus and how they assimilate the Luxens, establishing if they’re safe to release into society. Still though it was interesting to get a little bit of insight into the Luxen community pre-war.

Which leads me to Daemon, THIS BOY HAS NO PHYSICAL KRYPTONITE! Holding cell for Luxens made by Luxens? Breaks out of it. Guess who’s the perfect chosen one for Origin babies? This guy! I just feel like he’s been painted as a god. I love how he’s so deeply in love with Katy but its almost becoming his defining characteristic.

I also found the writing style to be a bit more flowery in this book compared to the others. Like there were lines that just felt rambly and unnecessary.

Awesomeness shoutouts go to:

The analogy that describes big bad Daemon as a hedgehog.

Katy not forgetting about her mom. Also, Dee for not abandoning Katy’s mom in her time of need.

Dawson finally showing his emotions and pain by killing Matthew for what he did to Dawson, Katy, Daemon and Beth.

This was probably my least favourite book in the series just because of Daemon’s indestructability and the rambling in places. It doesn’t take away too much from the series and I still enjoyed reading it.

Fanart explained: the alien is how I imagined the doll looked that Daemon gave Kat. The purple eye is for the origin who are set up to be a big part of book 5. The syringe in the back is the drug that Daedalus are working on. The teeny A51 was a nod to area 51.