Book Review #8
Half-Blood...Pure...Deity...Apollyon
Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi pure bloods have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals--well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options: become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures. Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden. Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem--staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. If she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. And that would kind of suck.
-Goodreads Summary
That was the summary for the first book.
I feel as if we must take a moment to thank Jennifer Armentrout for her brilliance...
Moment over. Time to fangirl.
It was a successful week. 4 books, 4 days, 1 review. And they were all good books, too. I spent most of the week squealing and gasping and giggling like a crazy person. These books draw you in and make you completely forget about the world around you. The writing was good, the characters were very real, and the world she created was exciting and different.
My absolute favorite thing about these books had to be the rocking heroine. Alex, the main character, was witty, sarcastic, passionate, and a great pair of eyes to see the books' world through. The series was heavily tied to the romance genre, but Jennifer Armentrout did a really great job balancing a believable relationship and an interesting plot line with twists and turns and action all in one story.
Now let's talk about Aiden. My reaction whenever thinking about him: *dreamy sigh*
Aiden seems a little reserved at first, but throughout the story I totally warmed up to him. He developed, like any well written character should, into an extremely entertaining element to the story. Jennifer Armentrout is really good at creating the perfect male specimens. He had an emotional side, an adorably jealous side, and he even had his imperfections. All of that added up to a brand new book boyfriend.
An important side note: there's one more book to the series that I will soon make a post about, but thought that it deserved its own.
Read the book and you'll understand. Then you will obviously agree.
-Sarah Elisabeth
Enwhay ethay orldway opsstay inningspay... E'reway illstay eadingray.
(When the world stops spinning... We're still reading)
(When the world stops spinning... We're still reading)
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