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Obsidian Eyes (2014)

by A.W. Exley(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1620075032 (ISBN13: 9781620075036)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Curiosity Quills Press

review 1: A sweet, lovely, and action packed YA romance, Obsidian Eyes was a fantastic read. I absolutely loved this book! It was full of secrets, romance, thrills, and I loved every bit of it.Allie was a lovely heroine. She was a total badass. She was strong, clever, and could fight like nobody's business. There was more to her than it seems at first glance, with all the secrets she keeps. I really liked her. She was a wonderful character.Jared was the love interest and he was amazing. With how strong-willed Allie was, she needed someone that could be her match and Jared definitely managed to do just that. He was very clever, could match Allie in a fight, and was so sweet when he wanted to be. He had his own secrets and he was a force to be reckoned with when he was determined. I a... morebsolutely adored him. He was perfect.The romance was lovely. Allie and Jared were great together. As I said, they had met their match in each other and they made one hell of an unstoppable team. I thought they were a wonderful couple.The plot was fast paced and I was hooked the entire way through. There were plenty of secrets and thrills to keep me on the edge of my seat. My only two problems with the book were: 1) the language often slipped to modern and it jarred me out of the historical setting; and 2) near the end, things got a bit scattered and I was lost for a couple of chapters before everything was set back on track. Both were just small annoyances, so they didn't affect my enjoyment of the book very much. I still really enjoyed the story and the ending has me excited to find out what happens next. Can't wait to read book 2!Obsidian Eyes was a fantastic YA steampunk romance. I loved this book! It was romantic, thrilling, and full of secrets. I enjoyed every minute of the story. YA lovers, this is a book you don't want to miss.*I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review
review 2: This book was part of a blog tour so check by my blog and. The rest of the stops at I just want to say something and get it out of the way before I start this review. I freaking LOVED Pbsidian Eyes. *flails* #thefeels all that good stuff you would usually put in a tweet to express your inexplicable love for a book. Anyway, as you may know, I sign up for A LOT of blog tours, and sometimes life gets in the way, and I'm not able to read and review the book by my date, or I don't like it enough to give it a rating if 3 stars or above. I had actually pondered telling Giselle (Xpresso Book Tours coordinator) that I couldn't participate in this tour. I am sure as heck glad I didn't do that now.How about u let you in on a little secret? I have never read a steampunk book before. When I was asked what steampunk meant, I had absolutely no clue as to what to tell say. The urban dictionary says it's "A sub genre of speculative fiction usually set in an anachronistic Victorian setting, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror"Anyway, part of my love for this book is dedicated to the fact that I had never read anything even remotely like this. Yes, there has been the occasionally urban fantasy that's setting was weird, a historical fiction with advance technology, and so forth. But I have never read ANYTHING like Obsidian Eyes. One of the largest aspects of this book that I enjoyed were the quotes. I think we all know by now that quotes can make or break the rating and my overall opinion of a book. Obsidian Eyes's unique writing style and voice was presented from the very first sentence, and I knew I was in for a treat. You know how I usually have maybe 10 highlights in an e-Copy, a few annotations, etc? I kid you not, I had more than 3 dozen quote highlights alone for this book. Exley's writing was so poetic and euphonium without being the kind of language stuffy English professors use. It's artistic, and beautiful, yet humorous and thrilling. Jared and Allie's romance is one of the most well crafted I have seen in a long time. There was insta-attraction, but because of boundaries, rules, and more that stood between them, their romantic involvement had to slowly develop and brew. Jared was #swoonworthy and my new book boyfriend. It is so easy to have a first impression of him. Read two sentences and you think you know exactly who he is. On the contrary, it takes time to get to know the layered person he is. You think he is an arrogant, intelligent, Multi-skilled, talented.....you understand my point. But both Allie and the readers find out that he is so much more. Allie definitely held onto her self-respect and didn't go running into his arms like some helpless girl that needs a man to protect her (if anything! she would be protecting the man). She was conscious of her actions, decisions, and thoughts, and was aware that Jared could easily play and break her. Yet, she didn't submit to him, and they were evenly matched in all controllable aspects. When Exley wrote the scenes between the two, the passion they had for each other resonates off of the page. They were strangely erotic, without being graphic in the slightest. The premise of this book was extraordinary. Exley weaves in the conflicts of upper and lower social classes, underground organizations, 20th century women being strong and independent, ancient Egypt, and much more. There were the guilds consisting of the Runners, Whisperers, Grim Repaers, and Skin Dancers that all have a role to play in this world that is so familiar, yet different compared to our own. There is advanced machinery playing key roles in the plots fuel. There's this.....There's that. An endless amount of threads that make up the tapestry of this truly fantastic novel. I only had two issues with the entire story. The first, was how unfulfilled I felt at the ending. It was obvious that there would be a sequel (that I have to wait over a year for!), but almsot everything had fallen in to place. The second, was that Allie's best friend, Eloise didn't get the attention of the guy she liked. I know the entire time, I've been saying how independent and strong Allie was, and how she didn't need a man, but Eloise was so lovestruck for Zeb that I was dissapointed when they didn't end up together in the end of book one. Conclusion: This was one of the best books I have read in 2014. The writing was crafted like slowly churned butter, the romance was like swordplay, the premise was original, and the story itself was phrenomenal. less

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