White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements Trilogy) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Picture adapted from Jennifer L. Armentrout's official website.

It'd been forever since I've met another favourite paranormal YA book. (The Infernal Devices excluded, the series is beyond classification.) I heard nothing but good things about the author, Jennifer L. Armentrout and of course I have to go check out her books. Much dismay, I am currently still stuck at Onyx, the 2nd book of the Lux series. To be honest, I did enjoy Obsidian but the second book just bores me in the middle part. However, I will try to read through it, maybe I would change my mind after I finish it.

Back to White Hot Kiss. When I first heard of this book from Sasha (Youtube channel: abookutopia), I've been wanting to get my hands on it. I just didn't have time. (even now, classic excuse but it's an excuse) Then, one fine day, in the midst of my finals, I just had to make myself even busier with finals and I start this book. Here goes the classic tragic of me getting so hooked to this book I couldn't put it down until I finished it. I mean, demons and gargoyles? I'm so interested.

Goodreads synopsis: One kiss could be the last. Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses. Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever. Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considering Roth has no soul. But when Layla discovers she's the reason for the violent demon uprising, trusting Roth could not only ruin her chances with Zayne…it could brand her a traitor to her family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way ticket to the end of the world.

The writings was the usual-typical YA style, if you know what I mean. However, usually I would pay more attention to the storyline first, later the writings. But I still have to address this issue. Only when the writings is so tremendously bombastic that I couldn't ignore it but to make notes for it.

The story. It was amazingly fresh. I've never came across with a paranormal book about gargoyles. More to that, the gargoyles are hunting demons to send them back to hell. Additionally, our heroine, Layla is a half Warden and half demon. Warden is a much better name for Gargoyles, I see. Adding to the mess, she's having a not-yet-DTR relationship with this spicy-hot demon, Roth. God, gargoyles are cool enough, the author has to add another swoon-worthy hot demon. How can anyone resist? The story. (back to the point)

I was thinking through this and I cut off one star from Goodreads. 

To be honest, I was speeding through the book I did not make any notes.

I'm torturing my mind and my readers.

There was one part in the middle of the story you will be spoilt. YES, that part ________. I wasn't really thinking through when I read it because I thought it's a series, maybe it'll happen in the later books but NO. It kills that all the flashbacks keep coming back. It's really crucial for me to start writing a review after I read a book. Memory starts to deteriorate. & needless to say, this book gives a cliffhanger, a mild one. When you read the second book's synopsis on Goodreads, you'll know what's going on. (My advice: don't read it)

Roth. Roth is like Patch from Hush Hush, Daniel from Fallen (Daniel is too good to be in this category), Will from TDI (no, the series cannot be classified under anything, it has its own genre of awesomeness), Adrian from Bloodlines and Stefan from Vampire Diaries. I think I know why I really enjoyed this book. It's Roth. Definitely. His tattoo. His smirks. Oh God.

I notice that this is the most un-proper review I've ever written. Roth- The books is too good. Just. Go. Read. It.

I'm a huge fan of paranormal series, actually.
Summer

I've convinced you: White Hot Kiss