The Hematoi descend from
the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two
Hematoi-pure-bloods-have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and
mortals-well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options: become
trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the
homes of the pures. Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her
life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up
slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the
Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially
rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden.
Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden.
But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem--staying alive long
enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. If she fails
in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being
turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. And that would kind of
suck.
~Sounds awesome right?! Well it is!~
Some reviews ruined the book for me! Which sucks! A lot of
the reviews mentioned the similarities between this book and Vampire Academy,
and whenever I read the book I would instantly think oh! So here’s a little
list:
THE RACE:
PURE-BLOOD- the same thing like MOROI (they even have the ability
to control elements)
Sex with humans and pure bloods to create the other race=
HALF-BLOODs,
DAIMONS pretty much STRIGOI
HALF-BLOODS pretty much the same thing as DHAMPIRS
CHARACTERS:
Alex= Rose …..Alexandria and wanting to be called Alex-
Rosemarie wanting to be called Rose.
Aiden= Dimitri
Caleb= Mason
Seth= Adrian
Lea= Mia.
OTHER SIMILARITIES:
School/ training camp away from humans and everyone else,
The school rules,
Half-Bloods protecting Pure-Bloods and destroying the
Daimons.
Alex running away from the school.
I can see how loads of people are saying that this book is a
lot like VA- but I don’t really see it as a bad thing, I loved VA and this book
was pretty awesome as well. At the very
start it felt like I was stuck in one of the Vampire Academy books but someone
messed about with the names and terms. Even though I felt like that it wasn’t a
bad thing not in my eyes- for me it was like I was visiting St. Vladimir’s
Academy.
The first half was pretty much Vampire Academy retold, and
I’m so so glad that it got better halfway through; it gradually got its own
series that took on its own world.
The characters were really awesome! Especially Caleb I loved
him I even love his name, he was funny, charming, and loyal to Alex throughout
the story which was just so cute. And OH MY GAWD! Is Aiden hot, and there’s a
little love triangle going on there with
Seth as well! I really loved Seth (I
love Aiden, but Seth was just the badass version of him)
Okay so I don’t like Alex, she’s pretty awesome but I think
she was *trying* to be too much like Rose-
being sarcastic, funny, stubborn and brave. THE SAME AS ROSE! She was a
good character as the narrator and everything but it was just too in your face.
I wish that she was a bit more down to earth- that would have made a massive
difference for me. I also could not get
into her head! The story was realistic (as much as a daimon killing book can be
with crazy non-human characters) it was just as if I were watching it happen
before me and not being actually part of it. Which sucked!
The thing I loved best about this book was how forbidden it was- it wasn’t just the
danger of dying or being turned into a daimon. Being together was just as if
not more dangerous and risky the obstacles Alex had to face.
With the rule saying “No relationships between Half-Bloods
and Pure-Bloods what’s so ever!” It made the book so much more interesting, it wasn’t
just about killing, the school and everything else but there was also a forbidden rule! ONE THAT MUST BE BROKEN!
The ending was the most powerful part of the book, all of
Alex’s emotions were building up inside of her and at the very end it all
explodes all over the place. If the book had a different ending I would never
have liked it as much!
Kissed~ It was just a second of being Bitten! And oh boy it would have been yummy!~
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