Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L Armentrout

Stone Cold Touch (The Dark Elements, #2)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Every touch has its price

Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life–no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who's pretty sure things can't get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss. The Warden clan that has always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets. And she can barely think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no one else could.

But sometimes rock bottom is only the beginning. Because suddenly Layla's powers begin to evolve, and she's offered a tantalizing taste of what has always been forbidden. Then, when she least expects it, Roth returns, bringing news that could change her world forever. She's finally getting what she always wanted, but with hell literally breaking loose and the body count adding up, the price may be higher than Layla is willing to pay….

Reviewed by Angie on

4 of 5 stars

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Stone Cold Touch was a fabulous sequel! It picks up a few weeks later and Layla is still mourning Roth. Then her ability to see auras disappears, students and teachers are acting strange, and an unknown Warden tries to kill her! What in the world is going on?! Of course, Roth isn’t really gone, and he appears and wants to team up with Layla and Zayne to figure out whatever is happening.

Let’s talk about this love triangle. Stone Cold Touch really ups the tension! Layla and Zayne are getting closer in Roth’s absence, but then his appearance makes things totally awkward. He does have the cliche “I didn’t really like you” speech, but we all know he’s lying, but why? I’m firmly on his team though. I kind of fluctuated to Zayne for a moment, because I think the fact that they can’t kiss is awesome. It’s very Pushing Daisies. But then I figured there would have to be a magical way for them to get to kissing, and that would be kind of annoying. So back to Roth, Prince of Hell! Plus he has awesome tattoos and a tongue stud.

As for the plot, Stone Cold Touch had me hooked from the beginning! I 100% hate Abott and his lying, hypocritical nonsense! He’s been telling Layla for years that she’s more Warden than demon, even though he likes to use her demon powers for his benefit. But the moment something goes wrong, of course it must be Layla! She’s a demon! She’s evil! She’s out to kill them all! Dude, chill! No one knows what the heck is happening, and yes it looks bad for Layla. And honestly, I believed she was doing this stuff without knowing for a moment. It’s all just so weird and twisted! Although I did kind of figure out one of the twists at the end.

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