Reviews by Tag: aliens

Teen Review
Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Oblivion

By Jennifer L. Armentrout
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Taylor E.
Oct 21, 2021

As a rewrite of Obsidian, I expected Oblivion to fall flat or be a copy, but Jennifer L. Armentrout’s writing truly made this addition as spectacular as its predecessors. Oblivion is a new version of the first book of the Lux series, Obsidian, but from Daemon’s perspective instead of Katy’s.

Teen Review
Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Opposition

By Jennifer L. Armentrout
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Taylor E.
Oct 21, 2021

Opposition is the fifth and final book in Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Lux series. This book begins right where Origin left off; Katy, Beth, Luc, and Archer are separated from the Black siblings after a group of Luxen arrive on Earth. This book will determine how far Daemon and his siblings will go to protect the people they love.

Teen Review
Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Onyx

By Jennifer L. Armentrout
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Taylor E.
Oct 6, 2021

Onyx, the second book in Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Lux series, was absolutely amazing. After being healed by Daemon, Katy becomes a Luxen mutant and must learn to manage her powers, but the Department of Defense is suspicious. As Katy and the others try to stay under the DoD’s radar, they will discover what the Department has been hiding.

Teen Review
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Obsidian

By Jennifer L. Armentrout
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Taylor E.
Oct 6, 2021

Obsidian, the first book in Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Lux series, was shamefully addicting. This book fits the typical YA paranormal romance plotline, but I couldn’t put it down. Katy, a typical girl next door character, moves to the middle of nowhere in West Virginia, where her neighbors, Daemon and Dee Black, are aliens. Forming a relationship with the Blacks places Katy in the middle of a timeless rivalry between the Luxen and their evil alien counterparts, the Arum.

Teen Review
Ender's Game movie

Ender's Game

Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Emma D.
Jul 6, 2021

Ender’s Game is a Science Fiction movie which tells the story of a boy named Ender Wiggen. This futuristic film takes place years after aliens invaded Earth almost causing the end of the world. In order to be better prepared to take on the aliens, the government created a battle school for brilliant children to learn how to fight, fly fighter jets, and take down the aliens. Ender Wiggen is one of the most brilliant kids in this program.

Teen Review
Abstract moody clouds surround a distant city skyline.

The Sound of Stars

By Alechia Dow
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Alex O.
Mar 14, 2021

I was so into this book I wanted more after I finished it. All of the plot twists and thickenings kept me intrigued and enveloped thought the novel. I really love all of the character development in the book as well, it added so much more depth than I realized looking back.

Teen Review
Book Cover: Last Pick: Born to Run: Comic book style illustrated cover with a girl running towards. She is in a blue space suit and has asymmetrical blue hair.

Born to Run

By Jason Walz
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Eva B.
Mar 4, 2021

        I didn't read the first book, but Last Pick: Born to Run was gripping and beautiful. It checked all of my boxes: murderous aliens (and more importantly, a not-so-murderous one), people banding together to find hope in the dark times, empathy, and, well, two friends falling in love. I was disappointed that it ended.

Staff Review

The Fifth Wave

By Rick Yancey

Rated by Jennifer R.
Apr 17, 2015

On a day like any other day, the Others arrived. Their mothership lit up the sky and the human race was forever changed. The Others came in waves taking away electricity, bringing upon the world a plague, sending out evil drones to take care of the survivors, and now, they have taken on the form of humans. The idea of trust (or lack thereof) and the depths that humans will sink to survive are constantly replayed over and over through the actions of the multiple protagonists that Yancey introduces in the story.

Staff Review

Grasshopper Jungle

By Andrew Smith
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Kate M.
Jun 6, 2014

Behold the history of the end of the world - by Austin Szerba. The end of the world does not start with a bang or a bomb, or an ultimatum from outer space. It begins (and ends) in Ealing, Iowa, in Grasshopper Jungle, the parking lot behind the strip mall containing a pizza place, the liqueur store and the second-hand store. It begins when Austin and his best friend Robby (who is is pretty sure he is in love with) are bullied by the local small-town thugs who will never amount to anything (because they are not bright enough too and because they will shortly die).

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