Half-Blood (Covenant, #1) in The Wide Web of Friends in YA Books

Mar 04, 2012 Booknut 101 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: knight-in-shining-armour, books-i-love-dearly, ethics-and-society, can-t-get-enough-of, mythology, strong-and-kickass-heroines, favorites, heartbreak-and-loss, people-with-powers

Re-read 30/9/13:

Re-reading this book was like visiting an old friend with a great sense of humour! I fell in love with this series all over again from the very first page - the tale of Alex, the kickass halfblood heroine, and her journey, one that I will never, ever tire of :)

Original Review

"It was him - Aiden St.Delphi."

As soon as I read that I was all like, "Oooooh yeah. She's got it baaaaaad." But then I read about how pures and halfs can't be together and I was all:

Shit. Is. Going. To. G ...more

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Oct 14, 2017 Szidonia rated it really liked it

Shelves: will-read-asap

I do admit that its similar to a degree to VA but it has its own attractions and interesting twists and story points, so I really enjoyed it.

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Feb 20, 2014 Angele | adominiquereads rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ebooks, mythology, young-adult, r-opposites-attract, r-forbidden-romance, teacher-professor

I just really couldn't help but think of this as a Vampire Academy and Percy Jackson mashed together. Lol. There were a lot of similarities in Vampire Academy and Frostbite, but because of the mythology thing, it's actually much better than I expected. And Alex is just a freaking bad-ass! She's so much like Rose, but she was this really quirky personality that I love! And of course, Aiden is a god. Seth's persona is swoon-worthy.

I'll be starting the second book already! I'm definitely going to b ...more

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Jul 25, 2012 Rachel (aka Ms4Tune) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, romance, fantasy, series-read, urban-fantasy, favourites, bought, 2014, an-ebook

'Never in my life had I met someone so patient and tolerant of me. Gods know I'm annoying as hell, but Aiden treated me as if I were his equal.' Loc 1549

My review can also be found HERE

I picked up Half-Blood after joining Chapter 5 Book Club as it was their group read choice for November 2014. Many of my goodreads friends loved this book but others had complained about its parallels to Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead so I went into this with a cautious view.

At first I was a little astonis 'Never in my life had I met someone so patient and tolerant of me. Gods know I'm annoying as hell, but Aiden treated me as if I were his equal.' Loc 1549

My review can also be found HERE

I picked up Half-Blood after joining Chapter 5 Book Club as it was their group read choice for November 2014. Many of my goodreads friends loved this book but others had complained about its parallels to Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead so I went into this with a cautious view.

At first I was a little astonished by how similar it was to Vampire Academy. It had a race of supernatural beings (with a stupidly long foreign name) that felt they were superior to their Half-blood relatives let alone the humans they lived alongside. It had a main character that had run away from the safety provided to people with supernatural abilities, who was captured within the first few pages and who was brought ‘Home’ by a hot warrior guy who she blatantly fancied but was forbidden to ever have a thing with due to rules set up about relationships between races.

Yes this had alarm-bells ringing in my head as everything seemed so familiar but in the end the differences in the story overcame the similarities and kept me reading. While VA was about a form of Vampire race, Half-Blood was about the off-spring of Greek Gods, while VA felt more set in a school environment, Half-Blood felt more like a training facility, and while Rose fell for the stern and Russian military beast that was the hotty Dimitri, Alex fell for the kind, quiet and gentle (yet still strong) Aiden. The similarities end around 35% and the rest of the story was great! I loved the whole mother-daughter aspect and I loved that you couldn’t figure out who to trust… I’m still not sure!

I wasn’t totally taken with Alex to start with as I found her soooo whiney! I couldn’t understand how she could be so scared of becoming a brainless slave one minute and then the next minute do ridiculously stupid things that she knew would leave her uncle with no choice but to send her into service. It was infuriating.

But I loved Aiden and I eventually started to like Alex and the way they interacted with each other. I also love Seth. I can see a stupid love-triangle coming later in the series but I don’t care cos it makes sense. She’s destined to be with Seth but her heart loves Aiden… This is like Vampire Diaries all over again!!! I don’t know whether I want her to fight her destiny or not lol.

In the end, I just want to say, Yes, I loved Vampire Academy but I also love Half-Blood and I will definitely read the rest of the series. ...more

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May 16, 2012 .:Alexis:.➳ we❥live❥and❥breathe❥words rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, kick-ass-heroin, amazing-covers, favorites, favorite-boy-characters, romance, strong-female-character, hilarious, flawless, favorite-female-characters

what, what! I finished this book in a day!!!
I AM OH SO IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK!!

Jennifer, Jennifer, Jennifer...YOU DID IT AGAIN!!

I know this series is going to be one hell of a ride!!!

....btw... Aiden & Seth....yum

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Nov 01, 2011 Ellie rated it it was amazing

This book was amazing! I didn't expect it to be enjoyable at first, but i'm glad i thoroughly liked it.

Alexandria/Alex is a half-blood, and her mother pulled her out of the Covenant to protect her from a dangerous future. When things get out of hand, and thinking that her mother had died, she battles daimons on her own until the Sentinels managed to rescue her. Speaking of Sentinels, OH MY AIDEN. There are no words to describe how freaking excited i got every time the story shifts to him. His r ...more

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Apr 20, 2012 T.J. Dell rated it it was amazing

love love love. Armentrout sure knows how to pull my heart strings. I sucked up everthing available for this series in three days and now I am left waiting less than patiently for Deity.... still waiting :)

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Nov 13, 2012 Maira rated it it was amazing

Shelves: awesome-ya, ya-must-read, awesome-ya-must-read-funny-wit, books-that-remain-forever

i have never read a book this joyful. it was like reading another version of vampire academy all over agin but this one with a lot motr action, thrilling story and an awesome mythology.
the writer did an excellent job in creating the story and carrying it. the main character Aaiden was AWESOME. his expression, his EYE's (best features) were explained very very earnestly. i loves the whole n0-shit attitude of Alex and i just siply loved her. :P

this is an epic book to say the least and i truely en ...more

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