Obsidian

Starting over sucks.
When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring.... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.
And then he opened his mouth.
Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something...unexpected happens.
The hot alien living next door marks me.
You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.
If I don't kill him first, that is.

source: www.goodreads.com

This was the funniest book I've read in quite some time. Daemon, the male lead is sarcastic, ironic, funny, arrogant and a complete jerk sometimes. He's also nice and caring when the need arises. Also... he's an alien. :D PLOT TWIST! Yeah, it was really something to read about aliens. I think I've read about dozens of things as main characters (werewolves, vampires, ghosts, elves, banshees, witches, kitsune, and so on) but this is the first time I've read about aliens (and I don't mean here stories about UFO's and shit).
The female lead, Katy, moves with her mom to a backwater town where she meets her neighbor, Daemon and his sister, Dee. Dee and Katy become fast friends even if Dee's brother doesn't approve of this. In fact, Daemon tries to be as obnoxious as possible to drive Katy away. But underneath it all, there is romance, and while they fight and argue almost throughout the book, Katy and Daemon are so obviously attracted to each other that is kinda of annoying to see Daemon fight his urges to kiss and touch her.
Funny thing about this book: there are countless times where the author makes fun of the Twilight series. Now, I own and read the Twilight books and when I read them (I think I was seventeen) those book seemed perfectly ok. I was 17 with the need to read everything and like most things. So, while I occasionally make fun of some stuff, I also prefer to think myself capable of seeing both parts of the coin. I read those books and at the time liked them. Would I read them now? Probably not. Would I like them? Again, probably not. But J. Armentrout makes fun of those books while incorporating some similar stuff in hers so, it seems kinda ironic. I mean, Eddie sparkles, Daemon is a being of light. Similar. There are several instances where one character watches the other sleep. Kinda ironic you see?
Don't get me wrong, this is a GOOD book, among those I like. But it has some stuff in it that rubbed me the wrong way.
Either way, I recommend it (especially because of the half-naked scenes:P).


Here is a list of books written by the same author (Jennifer Armentrout):
 J.A. Booklist
I've only read Obsidian, Half-Blood and Daimon from that list but I'm catching up.