Covenant (3) - Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Next part: Deity (in German Dämonentochter Verführerische Nähe). I read it in English where it contained 330 pages. Originally published 2012.
Alex is preparing for something she doesn't want - and which Seth is trying to reach as quickly as possible: Her Awakening. But not only Seth thinks marking Alex is a good idea: her stepfather does everything in his power to help change the world: Through two Apollyons. While other Pure's and Half's try to kill Alex, Lucian is on her and Seth's side - or so it seems. But Alex doesn't want to trust her stepfather, not to mention loose herself. What a good thing she has divine help.
First of all: Apollo rocks!
Second: Seth doesn't.
Third: I'm officially team Aiden (even though I still like Seth. A little. Very little).
But seriously? What Seth did was so not cool! That's nearly rape! Okay, she liked it in the end, but that wasn't her choice nor her hormons: She was terrified and he sucked her powers dry against her explicit wishes. And he marked her! Poor girl!
And then, he went and taunted her and Aiden with it. Seriously?!
Aiden is so gorgeous, by the way. I love how he attacks Seth in a knee-jerk reflex, I love how he takes care of Alex in any possible way – and I adore their relationship in general. It’s great he finally came around.
The necklace thing was so, so cute! Really!
I totally get why he did that. He reminds a little of Edward from Twilight – but he’s more honest, brutal and let’s Alex make her own decisions instead of forcing something on her. Sure, he broke up with her. Which still sucks. But Edward broke up with her because he thought her incapable of making the right decision for herself. And he just left her to fend for herself, even though he knew about the werewolves her family was friends with. It’s disrespectful and stupid. Aiden’s situation was a whole lot different: It’s not that he doesn’t trust Alex, it’s that he doesn’t trust himself. He knows that he’d protect Alex to the death – which would ultimately lead to a grave for both of them. And he did stay around to be there for her and to protect her. And now he finally came around. That's really, really good, I'd wondered when this would happen.
I like the way the prophecy fulfilled itself – and what was actually behind the Breeding Order. And, like I said, Apollo rocks – even though he was obvious. But t explains a lot about a certain someone's timing...
The humour is wonderful, the ideas originally, the content and the style are great as always. And the cliffhanger at the end is so, so mean. Seriously, I had to wait like, a week until I was home and could read on.
Do you have any idea how long a week can be when you’re in the middle of a JLA-series?! That’s pure torture!
In brief:
I give it stars for humour, ideas, content, style and characters.
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