Opposition (Lux, #5)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

[Angie]

Opposition isn't the greatest series finale, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it! It picks up immediately where that bizarre ending of Origin ended, but Daemon, Dee, and Dawson are gone, and the Luxen are no longer lighting up the sky. Something is wrong, very, very wrong, but no one knows what. But the silence doesn't last forever, and the Luxen start attacking humans all over the world and assimilating their DNA. Luckily (or not so luckily), they can sense that Katy is different and take her back to one of their headquarters, where she's faced with one of her worst nightmares: is Daemon siding with the invading Luxen?

The plot of Opposition takes place all over the country, as the characters move from one problem to another. They were constantly on the move, and something was always happening. There's the new Luxen taking over positions of power, the Origins working with them, the human government rendering entire cities obsolete to be rid of the Luxen, and then more personal matters. While there was so much going on, at times it was just a lot of traveling to get to where the action was. There weren't many surprises at all. One reveal was suppose to be a shock, but it was kind of a "so what?" moment for me, since it actually made things better rather than worse, but of course Katy and Daemon took it as the worst thing ever. Alright.

My favorite part of Opposition was the Arum! I totally started to switch to Team Arum after reading Obsession, but this Luxen invasion definitely cemented my position. Plus, Hunter! We get some more Hunter! That was so exciting! I don't want to give anything away, but I kept wondering how the Arum were finally going to play into all of this, and woah. They certainly know how to make an entrance! It was a bit disturbing, but it was a great way for all of this to end.

Of course there's a happy ending in Opposition. There's a super, duper cheesy epilogue, which I actually could have done without. I'm glad it was included, since it does wrap up some of the loose ends, but it did go on entirely too long. Overall though, I'm satisfied with this ending, and I'm sad that the series is over. I don't think I could ever get enough of Daemon and Katy. And Hunter!

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