Series: Covenant, Prequel
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Format: Paperback
Published: 6th May 2011
Number of Pages: 86
Book: Gift (My Family Is Awesome)
Genre:
Paranormal, Mythology, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Thriller, Suspense, Action-Adventure, Greek Myths, YA
Recommended
Age: 14+
Contains: Violence, Death, Swearing, Alcohol References
No Drug References
Author's
Blog: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Love in my world usually ended up with
someone hearing “I smite thee!” as she was cursed to be some lame flower for
the rest of her life.
For
three years, Alexandria has lived among mortals – pretending to be like them
and trying to forget the duty she’d been trained to fulfil as a child of a
mortal and a demigod. At seventeen,
she’s pretty much accepted that she’s a freak by mortal standards… and that
she’ll never be prepared for that duty.
According
to her mother, that’s a good thing.
But
as every descendant of the gods know, fate has a way of rearing her ugly
head. A horrifying attack forces Alex to
flee Miami and try to find her way back to the very place her mother had warned
her she should never return – the Covenant.
Every step that brings her closer to safety is one more step toward
death…. Because she’s being hunted by the very creatures she’d once trained to
kill.
The
daimons have found her.
Review:
“It wasn't like I could tell
him anything. I could see me now. Guess what? You ever watch Clash
of the Titans or read any Greek fables?
Well, those gods are real and yeah, I’m sort of a descendant of them.
Kind of like the stepchild no one wants to claim. Oh, and I hadn't
even been around mortals until three years ago. Can we still be friends?
Not going to happen…”
The Hematoi are the pure-blood descendants
of demigods. They have superiority issues. Kind of understandably.
They have godlike powers.
The half-bloods are half Hematoi, half
human. They have no powers and only two possible options.
The first is to be sent to the Masters:
basically, they'll be servants for the Hematoi. Joy.
The second is the Covenant, where they're
trained to be Sentinels and to kill daimons.
Half-blood Alexandria chose the daimons
route.
Until she didn't. Until her mother
dragged her out of the Covenant without any kind of explanation.
She's been living in the mortal world for
three years now, trying to be normal and fit in. She sucks at it. She beats some kids up
and gets dumped. Lame.
Little does she know that's the best part
of her week.
Suddenly she's alone and on the run, hunted
by daimons, the beings she was once trained to kill.
With nowhere else for her to go, Alex has
only one choice. She has to return to the place she fled from, without
knowing why she had to leave and whether returning is any safer than staying
away...
Those of you who follow my blog may know
that I am the biggest Jennifer Armentrout fan on earth. So I've been
absolutely desperate to get stuck into her Covenant
series for soooo long! When I got the series for my birthday I did a
crazy happy dance all over the place. And then I stopped and picked Daimon right up. I loved it.
Like seriously freaking loved it. Jennifer is a book goddess – her
books are always freaking amazing and always completely addictive. Daimon, whilst only a novella, was no
different. It was brilliant – a read-in-one-go little novella. It
also left me totally desperate for Half-Blood
– thank gods I have it!
And Alex was brilliant – so totally
kickass! She was a mixture of all my favourite book heroines: tough,
vulnerable, funny, sarcastic, witty, brave, loyal, stubborn, kinda violent, in
love with totally the wrong guy. She made me laugh and then I hurt right
along with her. I can't wait to read more about Alex!
And Aiden, from what I've seen from the Half-Blood extract, anyway: Yum.
All I'm gonna say. I think that says enough.
But this world: loved it! I know it's
often been compared to Vampire Academy,
and sure there are similarities. You have the magic 'pure bloods' and the
'half-bloods' that serve and protect them. There's a school where the
half-bloods train to kill. The only other option for them is less than
desirable. There are the 'bad guys' that they could turn into – sorta
similar to Strigoi. One of the half-bloods on the run – a sarcastic and impulsive
half-blood. So, yeah. Similarities. But also just as many
differences. There are gods – awesome. These pure-bloods fight –
awesome. The magic is different – and awesome. And so on and so on.
Basically everything was awesome – too awesome, really, for the word
awesome. It really combined some of the most brilliant aspects of two of
my favourite series: Vampire Academy
and Percy Jackson. We had the
Greek gods and their demigod descendants along with Hematoi, half-bloods,
daimons and the Covenant. I just loved this world to freaking pieces!
Daimon is only like sixty-something pages long but a hell of a lot
happens in these few chapters. More than enough to leave a girl chomping
at the bit for more! It was all very fast-paced, but not so much that
anything was taken away from the world-building. And already I'm having a
sneaking suspicion that I'm desperate to learn more about - like right now!
And the writing, as ever with Jennifer, was amazing. I really got a
feel of Alex and was laughing along with her and then feeling my heart break a
little bit (a lot, really...). I've already fallen for Alex. I'm
starting to fall (hard) for Aiden, even from hints throughout the novella and
from that one-chapter extract of Half-Blood
from the back of the novella. I'm more than one-hundred-percent in love
with this world.
So this all leads down to two closing
statements:
One: Read Daimon. It's awesome. I loved it so much. I don't
care if you're worried it's too like VA – it's just too good to care!
Even from this little novella I can tell this. It's official Armentrout.
That is, absa-freaking-amazing.
Two: Where'd I put my copy of Half-Blood? I need it right right
now. Gimme. *grabby hands* I need more right now now now.
I have titanium and I will use
it if you don't give me my book. And if you guys don't read this series.
And I'm totally giving all of you deadly serious looks right now.
Don't make me set a daimon or something on
you. Not sure how I'd do it, but I'd find a way. And that's a
promise.
Star Rating:
4 Out of 5
4 Out of 5
Read this
book if you liked:
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
Anti-Goddess by Kendare Blake
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
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Happy Reading
Megan
4 comments:
This is one of my favorite series, I absolutely love it. Although there are similarities to VA, as the series goes on, it gets less and less. I can't wait until Sentinel, but I'm sad it's going to be over! ~Pam
Pam: I am in love with this series. I can't get enough of it!! I'm already on Apollyon - sooo good!! :D :D
Pam: I am in love with this series. I can't get enough of it!! I'm already on Apollyon - sooo good!! :D :D
Daimon really reminded me of a mix between Percy Jackson and Vampire Academy! Fans of both are really going to love it. Move over Rose Hathaway, Alex is coming to town!
Mariz
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