Warning: there
are SPOILERS in this review.
My rating: 6.5/10
Origin started off really strong, in my opinion and
unfortunately just got kind of meh towards the end, despite it being
increasingly more action-filled. The book starts off with Katy captured and Daemon
being on a warpath trying to find his way back to her. Daedalus is obviously
manipulating Katy and trying to get her on their side. And you know what? For a
hot second, I genuinely though that maybe Katy was going to be turned against
the Luxen and that the final fifth book would be about her and Daemon fighting
and then ending up in love again. Sadly, that exciting possibility didn’t
happen. But nevertheless, learning more about Daedalus, they’re creepy, twisted
ideas – especially in regards with trying to get Daemon and Katy to reproduce (ew!)
was still really exciting gripping.
The two of them
eventually find a way to escape and while their adventure becomes more quick-paced
and dangerous, I just thought that from this point onwards both Katy and Daemon’s
decisions were just plain stupid and immature. First off, they decide to get
married (?!). Katy is not even eighteen, case closed. I’m not even gonna
explain why that’s a bad idea, moving on.
And then second of
all, their absolutely fucking stupid decision at the end of the book
that gets not one but three of their friends killed made me so mad. I mean,
they basically just provoked an all-out war with Daedalus and don’t even feel
bad about it. Argh! I feel like them saying that they “had no other choice” is
just a really bad cop-out. They should have foreseen some consequences for
their idiotic actions. On the plus side, I totally called Beth being pregnant.
I don’t really have much
else to say about this other than I just hope that the fifth book will end up
being a bit better than this one.
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