Deity(Covenant 3)Publisher: Spencer Hill Press, 2012Genre: YA MythologyOverview
Alexandria isn't sure she's going to make it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she's a goner... and so is Aiden.
If that's not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome.
But as her birthday draws near, her entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she's caught between love and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath, lives will be irrevocably changed... and destroyed.
Those left standing will discover if love is truly greater than Fate...
Alexandria’s eighteen birthday is
getting closer, and she’s so not ready to become the Apollyon. To make matters
worse, every time she and Seth train another mark appears on her body, bringing
her closer to her Awakening. If that’s not enough, the Order of Thanatos is out
to kill her and at any moment the Council might discover what she did in the
Catskills. Troubles come to an all-time high when a revolution springs in their
midst and the gods start walking among them.
Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Deity
comes full of action, intrigue, and much swoon inducing romance. The Covenant
series keeps getting better and better.
Alexandria is trying to deal with the
fact that she will turn into an Apollyon soon. She puts on a brave face, when
the fact is that she’s scared. Then a note comes with news that leave her
reeling. For a moment a worried that Alex was still going to be the hardheaded,
impulsive girl who rushes into things. But she’s grown, and though she still
has the impulse to charge into battle, she realizes she has to stop and think
first. Of course, a warning from Aiden it’s all it takes to calm her down.
The romance in this book made the
pages sizzle with tension. After a deadly close call, Aiden realizes there’s no
way he can live without Alex. There’s really no turning back when he finally
admits her love for her. Then there’s Seth… OMG, Seth is really such a douchenozzle.
I can’t believe I fell for him in Pure. But like Alex, I still think
there’s something worth saving.
The Covenant series has just won top
shelf honor on my bookshelf. It’s the twists and turns in the story that keep
it moving, and the characters that stand out and shout out of those pages. Of
course, it’s a Jennifer L. Armentrout novel so you can expect no less.
Favorite Quotes:
~Aiden’s
Fear~
“I thought you said I was afraid of nothing once,” he threw back.
“I did.”
Aiden shifted slightly and his thumb
caressed the curve of my cheek. “I’m afraid of something.”
“What?” I whispered.
He drew in a deep, shuddering breath.
“I’m afraid of never being allowed to feel what I do.”
~The
Apollyon vs A God~
“You want to fight me now, in your
true form?”
“I will fight you in any form, you
little punk-ass brat.”
Seth laughed. “You can’t kill me.”
“But I can beat the living snot out of you.”
