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Rating: really liked it
UPDATE: $2.99 Kindle US today 12/27/20
OMG!!
I love this book soooo much!! I already have the hardback preordered!
Trinity is something very special and she’s living with the gargoyles so they can keep her safe and hidden. Misha is bonded to her as her guardian/protector.
Some bad things start happening and another clan comes for a visit to ask for help. There is something out there killing the Wardens/Gargoyles and demons.
Zayne is with the group that comes to visit and try to figure things out. Zayne, swoon! Anyhoo!
As we know always happens, the person you’re hiding gets found out and is in trouble. But no one knows what kind of hell Trinity is going to bring down on everyone when they capture Misha.
I’m not going into spoilers, I just want to say this book was freaking awesome with some bad ass characters. And even though Trinity is the ultimate, she has a disability so kudos for that being incorporated into the book.
Trinity also has a funny sidekick type friend named Peanut that if you don’t love, there is something wrong with you!!
I can’t freaking wait for the next book!!
**Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for giving me a digital copy to review with my own opinion.**
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Rating: really liked it
**4.5-stars**Demons and Gargoyles and Chosen Ones...
18-year-old, Trinity Marrow, has a special gift; she can commune with spirits.
This is far from her only gift however, there is a lot that makes Trinity a special girl.
Due to her unique nature, she has been hidden away from the world, residing at an isolated compound with Wardens protecting her. What are the Wardens, you may ask?
They are a group of gargoyle shape-shifters protecting mankind from demons.
Trinity spends her days wandering around the compound and training with her Warden protector, Misha.
She also spends a lot of time with her chatty, ghost sidekick, Peanut, who happens to be stuck in the 1980s.
His cultural references gave me life!
When a group of Wardens from another clan arrive with news of vicious attacks occuring outside the compound, attacks killing demons and Wardens alike, Trinity finally has something interesting to focus on.
Whilst spying on an official meeting, Trin gets caught by a member of the outside clan, Zayne, the most beautiful gargoyle to ever live.
When events occur that force Trinity and Zayne to leave the compound together, we all know where it's going.
It's Jennifer L. Armentrout, y'all!
I really enjoyed this one and am totally kicking myself for putting it off for so long. It started a little slow for me, but as soon as Trinity met Zayne, I was hooked.
There is a ton of action in here, some great fight scenes, humor, shocking revelations and a little bit of steam!
This story still has so much room to grow. It left off in a superb spot for a sequel. I don't know how many books are planned to be part of
The Harbinger series, but you better believe, I want a front row seat for all of them!!!
Highly recommend for people looking to start a new YA Fantasy series with a touch of romance.
Thank you so much, Harlequin TEEN, for providing me with a copy of this beauty to read and review! I appreciate it.
Rating: really liked it
thank goodness for JLA, is all im saying, because her stories give me life.
and this is the second time where im pretty sure ive enjoyed the spin-off book more than the original series, so i dont think its an isolated incident. it could be because the spin-offs have been released nearly a decade after the original series, so JLA has really come into her writing, or i just happen to prefer the minor characters, who knows? but im not complaining!
i will say, i wasnt really a fan of zayne before, but man. he has grown on my so much. i really, really liked him in this. i could empathise with his grief and struggles. i knew what was going to happen between him and trinity, i could see it coming a mile away, but it still got me really excited to see how the story will play out and what will happen next!
β 4 stars
Rating: really liked it
Aaannd the award goes to... Storm & Fury! For making me hate, or better, not care a single bit about Zayne, one of my favorite characters from the Dark Elements series, and for downgrading Jennifer from my favorite authors list.
Did this even need to be 500 pages long? It could have been easily only 300 pages and it would have been way more entertaining and fast-paced. It’s not like those 200 pages were needed to develop the relationship between Zayne and Trinity, as soon as they set eyes on each other... boom!
It’s insta-love, baby. (view spoiler)
[Which was made worse by the big revelation at the end that the two were always destined to be together. I freaking hate the soulmate trope, damn it. It’s so overused and easy to throw in. (hide spoiler)]Seriously, this was so boring, nothing happens except for very short bursts that are over before you can realize that something’s finally moving.Zayne was the most disappointing for me, though.
I was so excited to see him finally get something good after the treatment he received in the last book of the previous trilogy, but he has no personality at all now? And he turned into the usual brooding hot-and-cold type? He comes out of his room in just a towel and then expects Trinity not to stare. That was completely ridiculous. He was the total opposite of how he was in the trilogy. Which makes me say:
can you stop writing spin-offs with the same characters, Jennifer? I swear, NONE of them work. I prefer reading something about new characters instead of continuously getting angry after noticing that I can recognize characters only because they have the same name as before. The only character I still like is Roth, and that’s saying a lot. He was the best of the bunch, he had a personality and he made me laugh sometimes, at least. Peanut wasn’t bad as well, though he’s the usual stereotypical sidekick you can find in every JLA book. I liked that he met someone outside of the group that can see ghosts, and I’m sure that she’s going to have some interesting part in this story in the next books.
Too bad I won’t be there to witness it. *sarcasm mode on*Trinity was the blandest main character ever, I don’t even understand how I went from loving her when I was reading this book’s snippets on Instagram to not caring about her in the least once I read from her perspective.
Her only purpose is to find the love of her life, so as soon as she meets Zayne she throws herself at him and calls it “love”. There was a point where she says that she never cries, she hasn’t even cried when her mom died, but she is about to cry because Zayne loves someone else? I thought you cared about your mom more than a guy you just met one or two weeks ago??
She was cringey and immature in her monologues, but I admit Zayne joins her in that when they banter.
Their cheesy dialogue gave me second-hand embarrassment. But that’s not all, Trinity is also so nosy it’s hard to stand. The moment she realizes something’s not right between Layla and Zayne, she immediately throws herself into the argument when she doesn’t even know the story behind it. Mind your own business, you idiot.
If the majority of the book is slow and boring, the ending is so fast you don’t even enjoy having finally gotten to the point you were waiting 470 pages for. (view spoiler)
[Plus, I found that the Misha plot twist had no build-up or foreshadowing. He suddenly turns evil and we are expected to believe that without blinking? I guess I could have believed it if the reasons behind his actions had been explored more, but nope. It’s over in two pages with the old boring Evil Monologue™.
The soulmate thing I’ve already talked about but it still annoys me to no end. (hide spoiler)] I’m probably more cynical and critical now than when I read and loved other JLA books, but honestly it’s like
her newer stories are more and more watered down versions of her old stuff and I’m sick of reading books that have no dedication behind them.******
I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I CAN’T.
THE SNIPPETS ARE AMAZING AND I ALREADY LOVE THE NEW MAIN CHARACTER. ALSO FINALLY ZAYNE CAN GET HIS HAPPY ENDING AND I AM SO READY FOR THAT!
Fingers crossed for the cover. Please please please don’t be corny.
Rating: really liked it
I've always wondered how it was that Jennifer L. Armentrout wrote so many books. I have yet another ARC of hers waiting to be read this year. The woman seriously publishes like three books per year, meanwhile, I've had the same novel idea in my head for four years now and I still haven't finished writing it!But oh well, let's get to the review!!
As always, I have no idea how I felt about this book. I think that's a trend for me at this point. Did I love it? Was it ok and nothing more? Was it predictable and a bit cliche?
Maybe.
All I know is that I was extremely entertained throughout all 500+ pages of it.
Jeniffer L. Armentrout has an amazing talent for writing wonderfully addicting books. She makes such fun and likable characters that I just can't help but want to read more about. And here she's done it again with Storm and Fury. I loved Trinity. She was such a fun and badass character. I also loved Zayne. He's too cute! He didn't have a bad boy complex as we see most boys in this genre of fiction have. He was a decent human being (or Warden, technically) from the start. He was charming and funny and I loved his banter with Trinity.
No one will ever top Katy and Daemon from Armentrout's Lux series, but I am totally here for this ship!
That said, the book was very romance focused. A little too much at times where there were clearly other, more important issues to worry about and sometimes I wanted to roll my eyes at it all. At the same time, I was nothing if not totally there for it, cheering them on.
And still, I had many other problems with this book.
My first issue is that this book is 500+ pages long! There was literally no need for that. The plot didn't actually get going until almost halfway through the book. This is conflicting because I spent the first half of the novel wondering when the heck the main plot was going to kick in. And yet, I was flying through it, only noticing I was halfway through after taking a step back and looking at the percentage on my Kindle. I barely felt the 500 pages go by. I read most of this one sitting!
My other issue is that this book is a bit cliche. Having read some of Jennifer's books, I pretty much knew what was coming. I feel like there is a formula to her works. A formula I love, mind you, but a formula I could see coming. I called every single thing that happened in this book, down to the big reveal at the end, by like chapter nine.
All of that said, I really liked this book. I liked it and I need the sequel in my hands right now because I can't wait a whole year to know what comes next and to see where Trinity and Zayne's relationship is going. Although, if I'm honest, I could probably predict that too. I've seen some people comparing it to Cassandra Clare's works, and maybe that's a good comparison. But hey, Cassandra's works are famous for a reason. They are just so gosh darn entertaining!
Overall, I really liked this book. It was fun an entertaining and I want the sequel to come out already. If you like Cassandra Clare books and other urban fantasy/ supernatural romance types of novels, then I totally recommend this one. If you don't like them, then maybe this ain't for you cause you're not gonna get anything different.
I also really appreciated the fact that the main character has a disability. Trinity has retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable, progressive genetic disorder that impacts your eyesight, leading you to possible blindness. It's a disease that Jeniffer herself suffers from. I think it was definitely interesting to see the world from the eyes of a character who can barely literally see the world. And to have it be written by someone who also suffers from it makes it all the more special and impactful.
Also, this is a spinoff from Jennifer's new adult series, The Dark Elements. I haven't read that series yet, but now I definitely want to. Have any of you read it? Do you think I should? I think it would definitely add some needed background info to this world but I'm unsure. I'm don't exactly love new adult romance. Also, my TBR is already wild enough without adding this to it.
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Rating: really liked it
Outstanding,Epic and simply fabulous read!!! What a captivating story with truly awesome characters!! I loved trinity!! She was bold,impulsive,smart and a strong heroine who is living with a eye disease called RP that is taking more and more of her vision and will eventually leave her blind,but you wouldn't know it!!! She lives everyday fully with so much passion and doesn't let it define her. This little chic has the soul of a fighter and when it comes to those she loves and cares about she's a lioness!! And Zayne Mr. Brooding Hot Gargoyle Man- Boy as ghostly peanut describes him is a hot sexy dream!!! I Friggin love gargoyles and this one sounds so yummie ,I love everything about him!!! And bad boy Prince of hell Roth is a snarky loveable demon who I can't get enough of and Cayman also a demon and roth's right-hand man is a riot too! And a shout out to one of roth's familiar's bambi the snake !!! I don't like snakes,but she was pretty damn cool !! Jennifer is one hell of a storyteller and I book marked so many friggin pages and did so much talking to myself as if I was part of the story!! Thats how good it was!! I knew trinity's dad was a bad ass whoever he was,but when it was revealed I about shit myself!!! A friggin archangel broke the rules and mated with a human woman!!!! I will tell you what angels are always depicted as sweet and kind,but trinity's father sure as hell wasnt!!! I can see why zayne told roth to leave before he showed up,he is a massive prick!! Can't wait to read more of zayne and trinity's story,I got a feeling the best is yet to come!! What girl could resist this good looking gargoyle warden,I know I couldnt!! And I all most forgot about baby izzy!!! What a sweet little gargoyle child with her little wings and hugs!!! I love this pudding eating little girl she's so precious!!
Until next time Luv'sππ
Rating: really liked it
“I’m guessing the sky is full of stars?”
“It is, but the only ones that matter are the ones you see.”
This was
SO GOOD. It’s either been
too long since I’ve read a JLA book or she’s
seriously improved as an author. Idk which it is. Maybe it’s both.
I'd like to mention that the MC,
Trinity,
like JLA herself, has a
degenerative eye condition that will most likely result in blindness, and I really liked seeing how she compensated for it. She didn't whinge and complain about the hand she was given, but took it in stride and found a way to exist without depending upon her eyesight. I love seeing disabilities portrayed like this. It's not seen as a flaw or weakness, and nor do they magically get better, but instead, they learn how to live with it. Representation like this is
SO IMPORTANT.
This is a spinoff of the
Dark Elements series, which I haven’t read yet, so I don’t know how it compares. But it definitely
stood on its own. There's also enough world-building that you don't feel like you're missing out on anything.
The book gave me major
The Mortal Instruments vibes. It has
angels and
demons and
gargoyles and
ghosts. I loved it all (especially
Peanut the ghost), but the twist broke my heart. I just love
Trinity and
Zayne SO MUCH. <3
The Dark Artifices-esque solution basically made me want to
SCREAM IN FRUSTRATION though!
WHYYY?!?!
I
need book two
NOW.
Rating: really liked it
“I’m guessing the sky is full of stars?” “It is, but the only ones that matter are the ones you see.” You guys this book , this book is actually so goodd In my opinion it just has everything a book needs to make it good. First of all it has a great worldbuilding and a cool magic system , it has a very fast paced plot but not to fast that the story loses its depht because their is also a lot of depht in this story and in its charracters and the fast pacing of the plot did not overshadow that [as i sometimes feel like does happen with fast paced books ] however not the case her. The plot is also very puzzle ish and there are a lot of deatails that we dont figure out right away wich makes you want to keep reading because you just need to know things , it has great charracters that really have their own personality but also deal with stuff and struggle , an amazing romance full of tension but also full of banter wich i love [ best combination ] and there was a lot of sass in this book wich i also loved. I just did not have a thing that i did not enjoy or felt missing etc.
where is the story about The story is about Trinity a 18 year old girl who is able to comminucate with spirits and ghost. Ghost are dead people who havent moved on to the other side , this is where she helps them with and spirits are people who are dead and passed on too the light but come back to earth to watch over their loved once or bring a message. trinity lives in a warden comminuty where she came with her mother who is now dead because of reasons we dont know yet [ AND WANT TO FOGURE OUT ] wardens are protectors of the human world against the demons. So yes there are also deoms from hell who come to earth wich we dont want and it is the job of wardens to keep them calm. Trinity lives in this comunity but we dont know why , she is special because of her abilitys but she has another ability that we dont know that needs to be protected at all costst and where no one can know of [ AND AGAIN PUZZLE VIBES WE WANT TO KNOW ] and then one day demon attacks start happening and it goes baaaaaaad. + she meets a very sexy mysterious full of sarcasm warden of DC who is visiting the comminuty and they get well involved '' wink''
Charracter talk Trinity Trinity is the main charracter in this book and i really enjoyed her charracter. At first you see a girl that has a lot of sass and sarcasm and doesnt back down from anything , who is passionate and who is straight forward with her opinions but not in a bad way but then we also discover that she suffers from a phsyical eye illness wich she struggels with wich makes her vision go away , but the thing is that doctors dont know when she will be totally blind so there is a lot of unknown there. Seeing her deal with this makes her charracter real and gives the depht i always love in charracters. She kept going and made the best of it even tho she suffered sometimes , she had her bad moments and panic and sadness about it but she kept going because like she says '' i will not know when it will be gone and i cant do anything about it so i just have t keep going '' definitly have a lot of respect for her charracter and i loveee her sass and straight forwardness + she is very brave. She also struggels with feeling alone in the community she lives in and being scared of the future and being alone in her future because she can never be loved because of the thing she is , people tell her.
Also she can see ghost and spiritis and we have this amazing funny as hell sidekick Peanut who is a ghost that doesnt want to move on and satys with trinity as her side kick. and aaah he is so funny lmao.
Zayne Ugh Zayne , i swoon over him. Zayne is a warden from Dc and visits the community Trinity lives in and he is very mysterious , we are slowly getting hints about his past and his backstory and we just want to keep knowing more, Zayne is kind , mysterious , funny as hell aaaah such a sassy filled ith sarcasm charracter and he sees the world and the duty of wardens differently , he has resistance against killign all demons because some are good in his opinion and troughout the book we see those good demons who are also funny aswell and so loveable. And aah i just love this guy somuch , + the way he supports Trinity melts my heart. What a caring soul this person is. Protect him at all costst please.
I also loved all the side charracters and the way they struggle and are funny aswell. I loved them all and none of them feel flat , they are all so well worked out.
Romancee I love the romance somuch , it is attraction at first sight but definitly not insta love [ yay ] it grows really slow but really strong and full of tension and banter and i love it somuch , iwas craving their scenes. + steamy scenes are also involved wich i always love in books , guilty pleasure sorry not sorry and they where so well done. I just really loved the romance and that both Trinity and Zayne struggle with things and how they are their for eachother especially the midnight talks till they fell asleep because Zaytne knew Trinity was scared to fall asleep alone it melts my heart. Their relationship is truly so beautiful and beautifully build up at a great pacing.
Other random things i loved - The scenes about the stars
- Zayne and Trinity slowly starting to open up to eachother
- Peanut being a pervert so zayne lmao hahaha
- the father figures that Thiery and Mattew are to Trinity <3 the hug that Mattew gave Trinity at the end warmed my heart
- The demon king that is a friend of Zayne who is so funny i cant lol
- the rep of a phsyical disease and how that also impacts you mentally
so overall this book is just really amazing , it has it all and i loved every second of it and just wanted to keep reading, Sequel here i comeeeee :)))
Rating: really liked it
5/5 Stars"You want to be wanted, and there's nothing wrong with that, Trin. Not at all."Storm and Fury is the first installment in The Dark Elements spin-off series. The story follows eighteen-year-old Trinity Marrow who has the ability to communicate with ghost and spirits. Her unique gift is a secret so dangerous that she's been in hiding for years in an isolated compound guarded by Wardens, who are gargoyle shapeshifters that protect humankind from demons. If demons or other Wardens were to discover the truth about Trinity, they'll stop to nothing to devour her, flesh and bone, to enhance their powers. Trinity dreams for some freedom outside the compound but didn't seem possible until she collides into Zayne, who is the most annoying and fascinating person she's ever met. But Zayne has secrets of his own that will upend her world yet again.
β€· I love love love Jennifer L. Armentrout's fantasy books! The world building and her characters are always so well-written and perfect! I was a big fan of The Dark Elements series and was super excited when I came across this book last year! AND a MASSIVE THANK YOU to whoever created the is cover, it's so beautiful!
β€· I really enjoyed Trinity as a character! Complete badass, strong, and unique! She also suffers from a degenerative disease that will lead to blindness. Which made her character more admirable as it didn't limit her strength and courage!
β€· The thing I really liked about Zayne's character is that he isn't the typical YA male. That he's honest, loyal and gentlemanly. Also isn't a complete jerk towards the female protagonist and uses his unfortunate past as an excuse, but like damn, this boy deserves some loving!
β€· I LIVED for the banter and flirting between Trinity and Zayne! They were so entertaining! Even though it was somewhat of an instant connection between the two, there was still a lot of development!
β€· Peanut was one of my favorites within the book! He was one of Trinity's closest friends who also happens to be a ghost. I loved how this character brought humour into every scene he was in, no matter how serious it was!
β€· LOVED the character cameos from the other books! Hope we get more of them in the future books!
β€· Can't wait for the next book! Especially how it ended between Trinity and Zayne which will lead to one of my favorite tropes!!!!
"Isn't that evil's greatest achievement?""It often hides itself in innocence."This book was awesome! Could not put down! I would recommend reading The Dark Elements series first before this one as it would make a bit more sense! This has been a fun, action-filled and heartbreaking, yet heartwarming read!
Thank you, NetGalley and Harlequin Australia, for sending me an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review! :)
Rating: really liked it
Angels and Demons — and Gargoyles?
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The heroine: Trinity - she is a human that lives in a community of wardens (Gargoyle shifters who protect humanity from demons). That is unusual in itself since most humans don’t know that wardens and demons exist, much less live with them. However, they are protecting Trinity because of who she is and what she can do. One of the things she can do is see and talk to ghosts.
The Hero(es): Zayne - he is a warden from a clan in Washington, D.C. and is the son of the leader of the clan who recently died. He has a lot of secrets but is fascinated by Trinity from the first time he sees her.
The Story: Trinity is losing her sight and someday soon might be completely blind, but she is a badass female who trained with her bonded warden Misha since she was young. She is better than most wardens at throwing knives despite her failing vision.
This book was fantastic and the narration was great. The world building was exceptional. I loved all of the supporting characters. There was Misha who grew up with Trinity and is bonded to her as her guardian, Peanut who is a ghost that Trinity met when she was very young and follows her, Layla the half demon half warden that grew up with Zayne, Roth the demon that is a crown prince of Hell and more.
I especially loved peanut who died in the mid 1980’s and comes in with the funniest lines of the book which are made even funnier by the fact that Trinity is the only one that can see or hear him. He is definitely stuck in the 80’s and is great comic relief. I am moving on to Rage and Ruin right away!
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Rating: really liked it
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WOW! It has been a while since I’ve read a JLA book and it was so amazing to revisit her books and this world. This is the first book in this series a spinoff from the Dark Elements series. I read and loved that series, but I don’t believe you need to read it to enjoy this book. This book was packed full of action, romance, Snark, and steam. Trinity the female protagonist was smart, sassy, strong, and savvy. The male protagonist Zane was well HOT... OK well he might’ve had some other things going for him as well but best of all he was not a stereotypical bad boy. Now if you read the previous series you’re probably wondering is this THE Zane? The answer is yes, yes it is! And I sure am hoping this time he gets the girl. There are so many characters from the previous stories that make appearances and that was a lot of fun. A special shout out goes to Bambi the snake familiar. We also spend quite a bit of time with Layla and Roth as well. What I think JLA did so brilliantly with these characters is she introduced them just enough to remind readers of the previous series as to who they were and for those who did not read the previous series to truly understand.
Gargoyles, angels, demons, and witches. Stellar characters, exceptional world building, and steamy romance. What more could you want from a young adult fantasy? I think what I like
Rating: really liked it
Although I am not a fan of insta-love and teen romance, this story/world was extremely well written!
Even though this was the start of a spin off series I have not read, I was truly invested in the characters and their lives. The conclusion was action packed and one of the most surprising I've read in the YA fantasy genre. Due to a few isolated erotic scenes, I recommend for YA readers, 14+.
*Thanks to Netgalley and publishers for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Rating: really liked it
Off to book #2 because I need more!! π
Rating: really liked it
Life's too short for books that bore you to tears.
And that's that on that.
Rating: really liked it
4.35 βοΈ
4.25 and 4.5 didn’t feel right, so here we are at 4.35.
I thoroughly enjoyed it! Storm and Fury’s the first YA fantasy novel I picked up and kept at lately, and I’m just so happy to be back in the world of angels and demons and gargoyles.
The book read pretty fast, though it is pretty lengthy. The hardcover stands at 504 pages, but I only found a few of the chapters average. Overall, the book read great! I don’t know if it’s my specific copy or if this is throughout the latest round of published copies, but I found quite a bit of grammatical errors in mine, which contributed to the lower rating, though really not by much.
Some parts of the dialogue fell flat to me, which I don’t remember if I felt the same way with the Dark Elements series because I ended up giving two out of the three books 5 stars.
Storm and Fury is still really great! Immersive and has quite a bit of romance sparked throughout, even though it was somewhat slow burn. There’s a lot of build up and tons of banter which DUHHHH, cue the grinning.
ALSOOOO?! This is YA. 14+ is the age I saw on Google, BUT there was a surprising bit of very low-level spice. Not even really worth a spice rating, but for a YA book, I was kind of shook to see it in here. Suggestive, but not detailed. Not outright written and more fade-to-black, but still surprised to have read that part, small as it was.
I LOVEEEEE Trinity and Zayne. I don’t know yet if I love them more than Layla and Roth, but definitely rooting for them.
LAYLA AND ROTH ALSO MAKE AN APPEARANCE HERE!! AND BAMBIIIIIII. The familiars, cmonnnn π
