Opposition: A Lux Review

 “And I’m in the process of getting ready to cut out your heart, bitch”

Opposition by Jennifer L Armentrout is the fifth and final book in the Lux series.

 THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR BOTH THE SERIES AND THIS BOOK!

The Luxen have arrived and Katy has no idea where Daemon is. Why hasn’t he come back? When they reunite Daemon is just as distant as when they first met. Daemon has to make a choice. Either stand with his kind or with those he loves. What will happen when he makes his choice?

So, this book was better than Origin and finished off the series well.

Here are my thoughts:

·         The Arum dining room scene with Lotho is probably in my top 3 favourite scenes of the entire series. Katy dominated this scene. In a room full of aliens, the human brought reason. Go figure. This is when she was at her strongest. She was able to take a situation which really didn’t benefit the Arum and made it about their survival. I love a shit talker.

 

·         I also loved the insight into the Arum and how they were humanised. We see how they aren’t that different from the Luxen. They’re both trying to survive, big hatred for humans and both think the others are scum. They also have a  similar male to female to male ratio which is why Hunter has such protective instincts over Serena.

 

·         Ethan and the human hating Luxens was an aspect that’s been building up to for a while. I think Ethan hates humans because a human brought him into the world and were also the reason, he had no childhood. It’s a bit extreme to want to eradicate the whole human race. Like take a breath and step back. He might well have eradicated the other origins, to cleanse the planet of the human race.

 

·         Luc is fucking terrifying in this book. Nancy must have been pretty embarrassed that she was under the thumb of an Origin she forcibly created. We now see the full extent of Luc’s power. He’s in the room where the big decisions are being made, eating Lunchables.

 

·         Which leads me to my final point, Nancy. She felt pretty one note to me. In terms of the ending, I wish she tried to shoot Katy sooner. It felt really rushed and kinda wrapped up her story so we weren’t left wondering. The story had come to a natural end and Usher was just jammed in there. Or have Luc have killed her at some point, that was after all his big goal.

 

So yeah, Opposition was a great way to end the series. I’d recommend this amazing series to any YA reader who likes fast paced, action heavy story lines.

 

            We aren’t done yet by the way. Oblivion waits patiently on my TBR.

 

 

The eye explained: I tried for a border line neon iris with a white pupil to represent the invading Luxen. The wooden structure and the torches around it are what I imagine the passageways of the arum city to look like. I also had to pay homage to Luke’s favourite snack, Lunchables.