Deity (Covenant, 3)

Steph's Rating: 5 stars Dani's Rating: 5 stars Overall Rating: 5 starsSteph's review: *small spoilers for Half-Blood and Pure*I've been fretting for weeks on how to start this review. I read it pretty much right after it came out at the start of November, but I have just been pushing back the review because I am, no joke, absolutely speechless from it. I couldn't produce a single coherent thought to write down! Now, after several weeks of rereading and deep mental processing, I can say that Deity is definitely the best JLA book I have ever read, and that is saying something, because as far as Dani and I are concerned, pretty much every JLA book is a 5 star read. Deity left my heart pounding and aching for more of the Covenant Series.There is just so much I want to say about this book, and this review could probably continue for a few miles long, but I want to keep this as spoiler free as possible (TRUST ME. You do not want major spoilers for this Deity!!!).This books picks up right where Pure left off. Alex and the gang have returned from the New York Council after the massive daimon attack. Right from the first chapter, very typical of JLA, there are already plot twists working themselves. Oh, you thought Pure and Half-Blood were bad with the twists and turns? I know I've mentioned before that Pure had lots of twists, but just wait until you read Deity. This book is full of them cover to cover, and I actually didn't expect any of them this time! I swear I was gaping at the pages the entire time I read this! It is just so fast paced, and I had to stop and put the book on several occasions to process the events that just happened. I think the true plot of the Covenant series is really starting to broaden in Deity, and JLA really just dumps a load of information (good, extremely interesting and important info :)) into your head.There is so much character development in Deity. Our Alex baby really starts grows up in this book. Maybe it's all of the stress taking a toll on her, but she is now starting to think things through. Her actions are now done with what she believes is best for everyone she loves, rather than more selfish reasons that we see in Half-Blood. Sometimes her decisions weren't the best for herself, but they were best for the people around her.I think I need to bold this: As of Deity, I have officially converted from Team Seth to Team Aiden. I'd like to think Dani agrees.***See below for Dani's official position. In the books before, I thought Aiden was kind of a douche since he was pretty much leading Alex on all the time and then just kicking her to the curb, saying things like "Oh I would destroy your life if we were together! But BY THE WAY I really like you! But we just can't be together!" But now, I take back every bad thing I have ever said about Aiden, because he just MANS UP and goes for the gold in Deity. He is just so sweet and protective and supportive in this book, and his and Alex's relationship is now going in a completely new direction *squeals!!!*. Did I mention he's sexy as heck???And then there is our new third wheel in the love triangle...Seth...*sighs*. I don't really want to say anything about Seth because I know anything I say would mean a giant rant with a giant spoiler somewhere in there. You will just need to read Deity for yourselves to understand what I mean. No matter what happens, I will always have hope for Seth, but I don't think he will ever win me back to his "Team".There are lots of new characters introduced in Deity too "hint, hint" :), and I just won't be able to get to all of them in this review. Even the recurring characters are changing so much, some for better and some for worse, like Deacon, Marcus, Lucian, Luke, etc. You name the character--they've changed.Overall, Deity has just left me breathless and shocked. Honestly, no review can do it the full justice it deserves. I am craving Apollyon badly already, and I really do not know how I am going to survive the 5-month wait until April. The wait for Deity was bad enough, but the fricken super cliff-hanger ending of Deity has me screaming my head off for more! I really wish I could just hibernate through the winter and wake up to find that it's April. I would give up 5 months of my life, just to read Apollyon now. I need it that bad.I recommend Deity to everybody. If you have not started the Covenant series, I suggest you stop whatever you are doing, sit down, and start reading it. Deity was definitely worth the wait, and I can't wait to see what happens in Apollyon!****Dani was Team Seth in Half-Blood and Pure, but after having read Deity, Dani is considering converting to Team Aiden. But, Dani still has hope for Seth to return to his normal arrogant, infuriating, sexy, and amazing self. All she is saying that Seth has a rather large personality change in Deity...--Steph and Dani @ A Walk on Words

WAY better than book two! I’ll be honest—I was hesitant to keep going with this series after the last installment, but I’m so glad I did. This book is a complete game-changer: it’s action-packed, full of betrayals, shifting alliances, steamy romance developments, and major reveals that finally start pulling everything together.As the Gods and Goddesses step more fully into the spotlight, the stakes skyrocket—and so do the questions. The Hades storyline? Prepare yourself. If you’ve ever lost someone you love, it will wreck you. Ugly cry level: unlocked.That said, the pacing slows a bit toward the end, but it builds up to a massive moment: the FMC finally chooses her person, and what follows is pure, delicious chaos.This book brought the series back to life for me. Buckle up.

First off I have to say ..... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! That ending! How in the world am I going to be able to wait six months for the next book? I think a little part of me died inside when I read that final paragraph. What a cliffhanger!I have to admit that my love for the Covenant series has been slow in developing. I was not a huge fan of the first book, only handing it three stars, but I continued reading because I do enjoy Jennifer Armentrout's writing. I got a bit more hooked after reading Pure, and with Deity Jen reeled me right in. I am totally and completely obsessed. I LOVED this book. So. So. Much.What did I love?I loved the characters. Alex is still tough as nails, but she has just enough vulnerability to make her fascinating as a main character. She can take down the nastiest of Daimons but still feel unsure of her role in this crazy world she is part of. She has exactly the right mix of confidence and insecurity to make her seem real ... or at least as real as a future Apollyon would seem. Aiden. Oh how I love Aiden! It has been evident since the first book of this series that he is madly in love with Alex but holds off revealing his true feelings for her in order to protect her from a life of involuntary servitude. Of course, Alex doesn't seem to see this, so it keeps things interesting. Aiden is wise and strong and loyal, and in this book some of his walls come down so that I even got to see a playful and cute side to him. He also has a vulnerability that is really explored in this book, and that gives even more layers to his character. Seth is so interesting to me, especially after the events of this book. I don't want to give anything away, so I will only say that there is still a lot to explore about exactly who Seth is. I choose to believe the best, but there are definitely lots and lots and lots of layers to who he is. I go from loving him to hating him to pitying him to fearing him. Very well written. And then there are the secondary characters ... Lea, Deacon, Luke, Marcus, Lucian, and Leon. And Leon. Oh Leon. I seriously fell in love with him in this book, so much so that I wanted to reread the previous books to see exactly how his character interacted with the others in it. The secondary characters are just as layered as the main characters, and that takes some skill as a writer to pull that off.I also loved the plot. My criticism of the first book in this series was that it seemed like a total knockoff of the Vampire Academy novels. Well, that is not the case any longer. Not one bit. This book has gone on to find its very own soul, and I adore it. There are themes dealing with the struggle between fate and our own choices. There is a desire to fight against a system that does not allow many of the members of the society to make their own life choices. And is it even worth the fight to change eons of years of tradition? And then, is it worth it to fight the system if the fight takes away your morality and goodness? Do you submit to what is meant to be, or do you fight to take what you desire most? All of these themes are explored in this novel, and although the answers are getting closer, there is still a lot of room for figuring out exactly how to get that done.Without spoiling anything, I was happy to see that the love triangle seems to be gone. I'm never a big fan of love triangles. For goodness sake, make a decision and move on. I know that there will be some fans of this series who will not exactly jump for joy when they see how this is resolved. At least it isn't a cheesy resolution, a la Breaking Dawn. This resolution actually is complicated and difficult to pull off. But even though the triangle seems to not exist any more, I have to say, there are still lots of things to resolve. And, holy cow, after that ending I know that things are going to get crazy in the next book. I'm not sure how my heart is going to hold out until this gets resolved. And it will get resolved, right Jen? Right? Please let this get resolved.So this is another amazing Jennifer Armentrout book. It seriously might be my favorite of all of her books I have read. For her to create a novel that turns my previously lukewarm response to this series so completely is masterful. Loved it! Five gigantic stars!