Half-Blood (Covenant, #1) in YA and Beyond

Feb 07, 2012 Lia Angelidou rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: first-in-a-series, read-in-2015, young-adult, fantasy, favorites, paranormal, mythology, owned

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How do I even begin to explain this book? I think nobody can question Jennifer's talent. Yes, I loved it and yes, I found similarities with VA and yes, I don't even mind because the actual story has nothing to do with VA. So if you're not a VA fan then you're going to like this book.

First, let me praise Jennifer's writting style. Not even once I got lost or consfused or tired. I found no plot holes and the story was evolving slowly and surely. Her hum Originally posted in Bookland@wordpress.

How do I even begin to explain this book? I think nobody can question Jennifer's talent. Yes, I loved it and yes, I found similarities with VA and yes, I don't even mind because the actual story has nothing to do with VA. So if you're not a VA fan then you're going to like this book.

First, let me praise Jennifer's writting style. Not even once I got lost or consfused or tired. I found no plot holes and the story was evolving slowly and surely. Her humour is always appreciated and admirable.

We were introduced to a brave, smart and strong half-blood, Alexandria or Alex, who had just lost her mother and was trying to survive. A great first impression. Alex was not a godess so of course she had weaknesses and her behavior was not the best. She was stubborn, rude and she never listened to her instructors and friends. Ok, that reminded me of all the annoying female characters I always judge and I admit that there were a couple of time that Alex pissed me off.
Alex fell in love with Aiden, her pure-blood trainer and of course that was forbidden. I was glad that she denied it and fought it at first and that it wasn't insta-love. Thank god for that! There was an enjoyable chemistry between the two of them and their scenes were intense and pleasing.

Aiden and Seth were the male leads. Aiden was the trainer and Seth was the fearsome Apollyon. Both of them were strong and respectable. They looked like they only cared about themselves but they were both caring and sensitive at some point. Especially Aiden who had a life similar to Alex and he felt like he should protect her. Well, if I had to compate them I would say that Seth was a selfish ashole on the outside and caring on the inside and Aiden was the mysterious, focused sentinel on the outside and a sensitive soul on the inside. I liked them both. Aiden grew on me immediately and Seth sent me the awe vibes since his entrance. Remarkable!

So, to end this review I will say that I am expecting the second book to be as exciting as this one and that I am already a fan of the series. ...more

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Jul 20, 2012 Pavithra Mahendran rated it it was ok

I had already read the numerous reviews for this book and found out that it was startlingly similar to Vampire Academy, but I still decided to give it a shot because frankly, I really enjoyed Vampire Academy. So, after much procrastination, I finally started reading it and from then on things went downhill. I couldn't get over how many similarities there were between Half-Blood Covenant and Vampire Academy, and believe me, there were a lot . In fact they were so freakishly alike that I have ...more

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Dec 20, 2011 diana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: my-favorite, beautiful-books

Half-Blood is seriously freakin' gorgeous! I devoured every bit of it and savored every moment! (And boy, don't you just love that cover?)

Let's start off with Half-blood's kick-ass heroine. Alexandria or as they often call her - Alex - is very determined, strong-willed and very impulsive. I loved her character and she's very likable. I loved reading the whole thing written from her point of view. She's got a lot on her plate and apparently, there's a lot more about herself others know about than ...more

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