After hearing some awesome things about this new series by Jennifer Armentrout, I decided to give this a go. Especially since this prequel is a freebie on the publisher's website. So why not!

Right off the bat, I can see the heavy similarities between this world and the Vampire Academy world. Alex is like Rose in a lot of ways. She's strong, sassy and sarcastic (my three favorite S's for heroines). The dynamics of the pure-bloods, half-bloods, and daimons is also very much like the moroi, dhampirs, and strigoi. Pretty much you could switch out the vampires in VA for demigods and you've got Covenant!

But that's not necessarily a bad thing. We also have some big differences so I don't think she's necessarily copying VA, but for me personally the similarities are actually a good thing. I miss VA a lot so this could very well help to fill that little hole for me.

Onto the story. Basically Alex is a half-blood. Her and her mom are on the run from the Covenant, and have been for about three years. Alex isn't quite sure why they're on the run because her mom hasn't told her, but she goes along with it. So they've been living in the human world for all this time. But their past is about to come back to haunt them when a daimon (a rogue pure-blood who sucks the life out of pure-bloods and sometimes half-bloods) finds them.

Really enjoyed this. Action packed for such a small little package. Alex's personality is fantastic. I'm a sucker for a chick who's sarcastic and she's that for sure. I will definitely have to move on to Half-Blood asap because I need to know what's going to happen!

Favorite Quote:

"Whatever! Go save a dolphin or something!"

He whirled around. "It's a whale, Alex, a whale! That's what I'm interested in saving."

I threw up my arms. "What's wrong with saving dolphins?"