[Book Review] The Brightest Night by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Summary

The thrills, drama, and intrigue continue in the third installment of the Origin series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout.

He is the darkest star.
You are the burning shadow.
And together, you will bring about the brightest night.

Less than a year ago, Evelyn Dasher was a normal girl, living an unremarkable life.

Now, she’s on the run, under the protection of the beautiful, deadly inhuman Luc. She’s been betrayed by those who were closest to her. And she’s learned truths about herself that she never saw coming–things she once knew, and was made to forget. Truths with devastating consequences. She’s caught in the eye of the storm.

She is the eye of the storm

Book Facts

Published: October 2020
Length: 512
Genre: Paranormal, Romance
Format: e-Arc

✨ I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ✨

Review

Crap on a cracker! This book! It made me laugh and smile and feel all the nice feels and then brutely ripped by my still-beating heart from my chest. Why Jen? Why?

Luc and Evie are still reeling from the major bombshell dropped at the end of the last book. Jason Dasher is alive and well. Now they must navigate Evie’s newly unlocked powers in hopes to control them, but with more and more secrets coming to light this is no walk in the park.

The story picks back up right where book 2 ended and from there gets more and more awesome, lots of familiar faces pop up, it’s part of what made reading this book such a joy. There are so many twists that I didn’t see coming and then ending…. well I’m still not over it. I love how JLA takes everything you think you know and then turns it on its head – truly great writing.

Loved the character development from Evie in the book, she really grows and starts owning who she is and accepting what she is, its fantastic to see how far she has come. Luc and Evie together are just magic, I thoroughly enjoyed all their banter as well as the tender emotional moments they share. Also, Luc’s snark is on point as per usual – any time he disagrees with someone it’s just super entertaining.

In a nutshell…

An absolute must read – just be prepared to expect anything.

My Rating: 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

About the Author

#1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Border Jack Apollo. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications.  Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was an Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that feature over a hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more.