Obsidian

Listen, we all need guilty pleasures. And this hit my early 00s Roswell Loving Heart. Is it super original? Yes and mostly no. I mean I could name a dozen books that follow a similar formula and similar High School Trope. And It's got the whole biting her lip and him brushing his hair out of his dazzling emerald eyes thing. But did I love it like I was still 17 myself squealing along? Oh, you bet your ass I did.

And frankly, those are the tropes we show up for aren't they? With romance whether YA or Adult I expect certain things from those stories and I love authors that are somewhat formulaic in their style for my go-to-I-don't-want-to-think-about-what-to-read-I-just-want-to-have-fun type books. This series is one I will continue. And you get what you expect to get. The angst, the drama, the scary life or death circumstances of everything. It's all there.

And I wanted to hate these books, to be honest. I wanted to snub my nose at another Twilight-esque book. But I actually really like them. And I found the storyline and the relationship actually pretty good. He isn't a stalker for instance!

The bottom line they are fun and relaxing. This kind of easy read is and always will be my guilty pleasure whether the YA version or the Adult Romance version.

And mentioning the Adult Romance if you like these books and are of Adult age I HIGHLY recommend Gini Koch's “Kitty” Katt Series. Yeah, the main character/narrator even has the same name. They are also Alien Romance just the adult action thriller kind!