Title: Daimon
Series: Covenant #0.5
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Publication date: October 18th 2011
Source: I own a copy.
From Goodreads:
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 already knew this story was a prequel to the series and so expected it to be more of a taster than a full tale. However, I am slightly bummed that I was well and truly left hanging. I haven’t read the teaser for ‘Half-Blood’ that’s tucked into the end because I’ll be reading on and would rather wait for the story in its entirety, but I’m assuming (or hoping) the 1st novel in the series will lead on where this one has left off. Although I found some parts to drag or be a little long-winded, this was a good introduction to the character and what’s to come and I’m sure having read it will help me in understanding the different casts. I’m not going to rate it, however–it’s too difficult to rate something that reads as incomplete.
How about you guys? Read it? Loved it?
Don’t forget to call back tomorrow for my thoughts on Half Blood.
