Review: Pure

Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Publication Date: April 3rd 2012
Pages: 329
Source: Library
Genre: Paranormal, Romance
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There is need. And then there is Fate...

Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome--especially when Alexandria's "other half" is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom--so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do--and sacrifice--for her.

When daimons infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies--lesser gods determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that includes the Apollyon... and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing Alex into servitude... or killing her.

When the gods are involved, some decisions can never, ever be undone.

This review should only be read by those who have read the first book, Half-blood.

After my extreme love of Half-blood (The fist book in this series) had been discovered I scrambled to get a copy of Pure, it's sequel as fast as I possibly could. Pure, in comparison to Half-Blood was just as addicting and loveable but with a slower, not as intense pace as the first book.

Like in the first book the characters were amazing and extremely well written. Alex still has a very rebellious and  hilarious personality and is over the top brave about everything she does. Aidan. Oh Aidan. I told myself going into this book if Alex and Aidan didn't kiss at lest once... I have no idea what would happen. I really really like the forbidden romance in this series. It seems so much different than it does in other forbidden romance books; this romance seems like a very real relationship. In Pure there is a lot more of Seth than there was in Half-Blood. I like that we got to learn a lot more about Seth in this book and people who are Team Seth I have a feeling will like this one a little more. There is much less action in this book then there was in the first. In the first there was a strong focus on training Alex, and now that she is more caught up this book focuses a bit more on the emotional side right before the very action packed end.

I really enjoy this series and I am very excited to get my hands on the 3rd in the series later this year!

Review: Half-Blood

Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Publication Date: September 18th 2011
Pages: 281
Source: Bought Ebook
Genre: Paranormal, Romance
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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.

Half-blood is by far one of my favorite books of all time. Half-blood combines action, paranormal aspects, and a fiery forbidden love into an amazing story that I could not put down. Half-Blood is about a half-blood girl named Alex, who begins the book trying to kill daemons who have been trailing her since her mother had been killed by one daemon. After been away from the covenant for about three years Alex is taken back by the daemon hunters that rescued her, back to the covenant to face the world she left behind as she has only a summer to cover three years worth of what she missed- with a super super hot, untouchable Pure-blood daemon hunter of course.

Alex is absolutely one of the funniest, craziest, bravest, and absolutely the most awesome character I have ever read about. Alex begins the story with so much going on in her life that she has to deal with but somehow, though out the story she is able to remain strong and remain an absolutely amazing character with such a fun personality that I can't help but adore. Another major character in the story is the completely smoking hot Aidan, the daemon hunter who volunteers to help Alex catch up over the summer. I can't really say much with out ruining the book, but in so many ways how has some of the very same strength that Alex does and with that they are able to help each other figure out everything that is going on in their lives.

The story was overall written very, very well with a very interesting plot and characters I loved to pieces. The end was leaving me wanting more and I rushed to get the second book so I could eat it up as well!