This is one of the few series' by Jennifer Armentrout that I hadn't really started. I went in with really low expectations considering how much I disliked Bitter Sweet Love (see my review here. ) I'm glad I decided to carry on because I ended up really liking this first installment of the Dark Elements series. Was this pretty formulaic? Abso-freaking-lutely. Do I care? Nope. 
 White Hot Kiss has all the elements that I love about Jennifer Armentrout's books. There's a genuinely likeable female protagonist, an interesting new world the story takes place in, and kissing... pretty good stuff for YA. Speaking of the kissing, I really enjoyed that in any of the sexual (there's more than just kissing but no sex and for the sake of brevity I will call everything else that goes down "sexual") encounters the boy always respected the girl's no. It was awesome to see actual respect in a sexual relationship and not just the boy pressuring for sex. 
 Layla was pretty likeable. I enjoyed being in her head. I just related to all her teenage angst. Like, I could remember having so many of the same feelings and I have to admit, I got teary eyed at moments. Jennifer Armentrout knows how to milk my tear ducts and I love it! It means I'm actually invested in the story and the characters enough that I'm either feeling genuinely sympathetic or empathetic to their story. As for the boys... Zayne had a whole sweet older brother vibe going on. Yes, there are hints of attraction there but I always got more of a brotherly vibe than a sexy one. Roth on the other hand, was the dark prince in shining armor and definitely had the heat in his relationship with Layla. Speaking of which... Sadly, there is going to be one hell of a love triangle involved here. Sigh... I do get annoyed with those. But for the sake of it I'm going to say I'm team Roth for many reasons besides my affinity for dark princes. Zanye is nice and all and that would indeed be an interesting romantic arc but I'm just not getting the heat between them. 
 I will definitely finish off this series. Can't believe I didn't pick it up sooner. I'll leave this review with a fun quote from Roth: 
 "See, I was raised in Hell. You could say I'm socially awkward."