"Daimon" (Covenant, #0.5)
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Genre:
Fantasy/Mythology
Reading Grade: Young
Adult (short story)
Publishing Type:
traditional
Publication Date: May
10, 2011
Source: free from the
publisher's website
Age Rating: 14+
For three years,
Alexandria has lived among mortals—pretending to be like them and
trying to forget the duty she'd been trained to fulfill as a child of
a mortal and a demigod. At seventeen, she's pretty much accepted that
she's a freak by mortal standards... and that she'll never be
prepared for that duty. According to her mother, that’s a good
thing.
But as every descendant of the gods knows, Fate has a way of rearing her ugly head. A horrifying attack forces Alex to flee Miami and try to find her way back to the very place her mother had warned her she should never return—the Covenant. Every step that brings her closer to safety is one more step toward death… because she's being hunted by the very creatures she'd once trained to kill. The daimons have found her.
But as every descendant of the gods knows, Fate has a way of rearing her ugly head. A horrifying attack forces Alex to flee Miami and try to find her way back to the very place her mother had warned her she should never return—the Covenant. Every step that brings her closer to safety is one more step toward death… because she's being hunted by the very creatures she'd once trained to kill. The daimons have found her.
My Review
This is a short story
introduction to the first novel of the series, Half-Blood
(Covenant, #1). It ends leading directly into the first chapter
of the first novel, so it really doesn't end, per se. But, I think it
does a good job of illustrating what the series is about and what the
author has to offer. I felt the writing was good and the descriptions
very emotional and realistic. I felt bad for the main character Alex
when she had to go on the run all by herself. She came off
convincingly traumatized by her experiences.
But, I just didn't
really like her much. What few characters there were, none were
particularly interesting to me. Alex seemed to me too much the cliché
teenage girl who had a sarcastic thought every time something
happened that she wasn't happy with. I suppose that's realistic,
since she is a teenager, but it's been done too many times
before. There wasn't anything new in this story that I hadn't seen
done before plenty of times already.
I think a lot of
readers who love stories about Greek mythology and demons, or
demon-like creatures that are genuinely scary and murderous could
really like this series. I simply found it not the finest cup of my
tea, despite the good writing.
My score: 3 stars
out of 5.
The Prequel to Half-Blood is action packed, delivers the perfect sarcastic witty punch that you're craving and doesn't stop giving it to you. It hits you hard and keeps on delivering, pitch perfect, fast-paced, pages turning until the last one and you're left wanting more. There is so much gripping tension within these few pages of the novella, that it reads like it's straight out of the actual novel itself, Half-Blood. It is fantastic and Daimon: The Prequel To Half-Blood possesses a uniqueness that most other novella's doesn't, which is definitely a breath of fresh air in the pool of most young adult paranormal novels.
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