I’ve been interested in reading something by Jennifer L. Armentrout for quite a while, and I was fortunate enough to be approved for an ARC of Storm and Fury (thank you Netgalley). I later found out that it’s in a world that is already pre-established, but it’s readable anyway. This is the first book in The Harbinger series, and I really enjoyed it.
Trinity is special. How special? She has her own guardian assigned to her. She lives on a compound in modern-day West Virginia with gargoyles known as Wardens. She’s not exactly human, even though most of the wardens she lives with thinks she is. Even though she’s special, she feels like an outsider a lot of the time. While everyone around her is free to live their lives and find love, Trinity lives with people that aren’t really allowed to fraternize with her.
Except one day, she meets Zayne. He’s gorgeous, and even though he’s a warden too, there’s something different about him. Zayne arrives at her compound with a group visiting from Washington, D.C. After Trinity’s compound is attacked, she has to work with him to make things right. Will sparks end up flying? You’ll just have to read the book!
There was a lot to enjoy about this book. For one thing, I love the main character, Trinity. She’s this badass warrior, but she’s unsure of herself. She second guesses herself around Zayne. She’s nosy. And she has an eye condition that causes her to trip over things a lot (Ms. Armentrout stated in the acknowledgements that she has this eye condition). I couldn’t help but like her and want good things for her.
In this world, like the real world, things aren’t always black and white. Not everybody is 100% good, and not everybody is 100% bad. I liked that.
While reading this book, there were always questions that needed to be answered. Who was Trinity’s father? Who are behind the attacks? Plus, there’s a big twist at the end which I wasn’t expecting.
If you’ve read The Dark Elements series (which I haven’t) then you’ll probably know some of the backstory which eventually Trinity learns, and you’ll see some familiar characters. Since I haven’t read this series yet, it was all new to me.
Overall, I loved this series and plan on reading more books by this author. Obsidian is on my summer TBR, and when the second book in this series comes out, I plan to read it as well.