So a couple days ago I read Daimon and Half-Blood by
Jennifer L. Armentrout and then I got sucked into a couple books I’m reviewing
for Netgalley and on Pulseit. Reading I’m telling you in an addiction. It’s so
bad even my college professors have given up trying to get me to quit reading
during classes and on breaks. However, I do have a 4.0 which leaves them little
room to talk. After all I am the one that’s paying an arm and a leg. I listen
when I need too and read the remaining time. I am halfway done with my 5th
book for this week and my to-read stack is only growing bigger.
Onto the point of this post, my review for Daimon: a prequel
to Half-Blood.
Daimon
By Jennifer L.Armentrout
Book Synopsis
"Love in my world usually ended up with someone hearing
'I smite thee ' as she was cursed to be some lame flower for the rest of her
life." 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.
My Review
I downloaded this book onto my kindle in order to see if I
would want to read the actual series. Daimon
was a great peek into the world of Alexandria Andros and the Hematois.
Hematois are the result of Gods having children with mortals and the
Half-bloods spawn from a Hematois having a child with a mortal. Alex
(Alexandria) is a half-blood, her mother a powerful Hematoi and Daimon introduces Alex’s story in Miami,
three years after her mother forced her to leave their world behind without so
much as an explanation.
Immediately after starting the book, Armentrout had me
hooked with her witty dialogue, fast plot and a pretty badass heroine. The
story she weaves about the Gods and their relationship with the Hematoi’s and
Half-blood’s is intoxicating.
Usually prequels are just a hint at what’s to
come, but in sixty five pages Daimon had
me hooked and downloading Half-blood within seconds. The cliff-hanger at the
end made my heart fall out of my chest and I HAD to know what happened next.
This book is an amazing prequel that promises a fantastic
series. If you enjoy books with edgy and entertaining writing accompanied by an
awesome heroine, then I’d recommend this book to you. If Daimon is any reflection on the rest of the series, then Jennifer
L. Armentrout promises to bring us more badass characters, amazing writing and
plot lines that will keep you on your feet until the very last page.
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