![]() ![]() ![]() It was an enjoyable book, but I think I was hoping for better. It just didn’t wow me and I wasn’t Z0MG SOOO EXCITED to be reading it. But for me, I think this book was missing the x-factor. It had a really interesting story, I love the whole half blood/pure/Apollyon thing, I like the training and kickass Covenant bit, and the romance was pretty cool. Everyone always compares these books but I can’t since I haven’t read VA. I guess it might be worth noting right off the bat that I have not read Vampire Academy. 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. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem-staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. ![]() Half-bloods only have two options: become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures. Children of Hematoi and mortals-well, not so much. The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi-pure-bloods-have godlike powers. Published by: Spencer Hill Press on September 20, 2011 ![]()
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