Title: Stone Cold Touch
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Series: The Dark Elements #2
Pages: 447
My Rating: ❤❤❤❤❤
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
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
In this installment, our characters are dealing with the same concepts that
they have been, plus a few new ones; however, everything is ramped up even
more! The way Armentrout had me feeling all the characters' feelings had me so
emotionally invested in what was occurring. Usually, when there is a bit of a
love triangle involved, I know exactly who I like best. But, with me feeling
all of these feelings I found myself in the same predicament as Layla, not
knowing who is the ultimate endgame. At times I'd find myself totally rooting
for our resident wickedly terrific demon, while others I'd be swooning over
the caring protective warden. Seriously, what's a girl to do?
Not only was I caught up in the little love triangle we had going on, but I
was wrapped up in Layla's own conflict about who she is and what she is
capable of. The problem is, Layla has no idea what she is capable of...no one
really does. She feels so alone and like she doesn't belong anywhere, and it
is truly heartbreaking. Her DNA doesn't make her evil, and I refuse to believe
that she is evil.
So, we had all this emotional conflict going on in addition to some craziness
and mystery. Strange things were happening in D.C....like demonically strange.
Literally, so much was happening, and I was all about it! There were twists,
intrigue, and deception! I totally called one of the twists and was still
shocked when it happened, it was that crazily good! Holy cow! I absolutely
cannot wait to start the next one after all this amazing goodness!
"You think you're cute?"
"Nah, I think I'm sexy." The smirk spread, but it didn't reach his cool ocher eyes. "And I also think I'm hilarious."
"I busied myself picking out a pen from my horde, settling on a purple one that looked as though it had taken a bath in glitter...or with Ke$ha."
"But how? Have you been wandering around kissing people? Because if so, I'm pretty pissed off that I wasn't included in that."