Half-Blood (Covenant, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Jan 31, 2013 Anita Reads rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, pnr-uf, kindle, read-2015

This was a really difficult book to rate for me. I'm still not sure this is the right rating, but I did enjoy the book.
First, I loved Vampire Academy (the whole series), so when I started reading this I definitely noticed all the similarities between these 2 books. Let me start with a short recap of the story.

We meet Alexandria (Alex), who has been living out of the Covenant for a couple of years now, since her mother abrubtly fled from there. Then one day, her mother is brutally attacked by a g This was a really difficult book to rate for me. I'm still not sure this is the right rating, but I did enjoy the book.
First, I loved Vampire Academy (the whole series), so when I started reading this I definitely noticed all the similarities between these 2 books. Let me start with a short recap of the story.

We meet Alexandria (Alex), who has been living out of the Covenant for a couple of years now, since her mother abrubtly fled from there. Then one day, her mother is brutally attacked by a group of Daimons. Daimons are evil creatures that live off draining half-bloods and pure-bloods. The pure bloods have been known to be the only one that can be changed into Daimons. Alex manages to escape that night, but we get into the story when Alex is under a new attack, this time Alex is saved by some sentinels, within that group is Aiden a pure-blood sentinel. They take her back to the Covenant, where she's close to be thrown into being a servant in stead of the Sentinel she's always wanted to become. Luckily Aiden and a few other pure blood sentinels speaks her case, and Aiden offer to train her so she can get back on track over the summer. While they're training and getting to know one another a love for each other is slowly blooming, but they can't do anything about it, as love between a half- and a pure-blood is forbidden. After a while Alex discovers that her mother didn't die that fateful night, but was turned into a Daimon, so Alex is determined to kill her mother. She also meets Seth an Apollyon, a half-blood that has control of all elements, and find that she's not so ordinary herself.

With all the similarities, especially in the beginning, I had so much trouble not thinking about Vampire Academy. I do however see where these two stories are different, and I did enjoy the story. I also think that I like Alex better than Rose as a main character. I liked that there wasn't a Lissa in this book. I really never liked her in Vampire Academy. I liked Alex' friendship with Caleb. He was a great friend. Seth the Apollyon got on my nerves a lot, but I am intrigued to know what will happen in the next books with his and Alex' connection.
Aiden was cool and cute, and a great guy. I hope for Alex' sake that everything will work out for them in the coming books. ...more

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