I hadn't really intended on doing a review on this series, but I haven't finished anything to review yet 😅. So, here we go with another of JLA's series because apparently I am OBSESSED!
I'm going to review the series as a whole because, well, it's easier for me to think of it that way, so be aware that this will have spoilers throughout in case you haven't read the series.
I'm also going to preface this by saying that I read the Titan series first and absolutely am loving it so far, so I was very apprehensive about reading this series. I loved the characters so much that I was afraid of what I would think of them when I read them in a different story. I'm glad to say that I was very happy with the Covenant series and I'm totally glad I read it. It made me have to go back and read the Titan series again, but who doesn't love a little reread anyway, am I right?
Okay, so the main character, Alex, is seventeen at the start of this book and this link here explains a little bit about the world she is born into and trying to escape along with her mother. Unfortunately for her, she gets dragged back and finds out she is an important part in a plot to basically take over the world. It gets a little dicey there for a bit.
Book #1 we get kind of a run down of what the Covenant is like. We find out what half bloods are and what pure bloods are and we find out that they are not supposed to commingle. We also find out that there is a sort of prejudice against half bloods. They are considered to be inferior to pures and therefore only have two paths that they can take in life. They can either be Sentinels and protect the Covenant, or they can go into a life of servitude.We get some background info on the characters that are going to be prominent in the series.
A lot of people had problems with this book in particular and drew parallels between it and the Vampire Academy series. It has been a while since I've read the VA series, but I didn't really see it that way. Yes, there were some similarities between the two, but there were enough differences in it that I honestly wouldn't have even seen it until someone else pointed it out. Besides that, once you get to the other books in the series, I don't really see the similarities.
Books two and on kind of give you more adventure and crazy. We learn about the link between Alex and Seth (the First Apollyon of his generation). Seth's character was actually my favorite even though he ended up being evil. He was cocky and a jerk most of the time and he did some terrible things to everyone. He was unpredictable and I like that in a character. It keeps the reader on their toes. He also redeems himself in the end of the series by turning over power to Alex and helping her to destroy the people he had been working for at the beginning of the series.
I did like Aidan's character in that he stuck up for the rights of the halfbloods and was willing to do things other purebloods wouldn't do. He lost some points, though when he let Alex walk away from him and when he tried to save Alex by getting away from her.
So, there were three main themes that I really wanted to point out as I wrap up this review. The first one being gender equality among the halfbloods. While the female pures are mostly there to have pure babies and submit to their husbands there are a few who are in powerful positions, but the main equality among gender that you see is among the halfs. The female and male halfbloods are treated equally in that they are all trained the same, they all get access to the same weapons, and they all have the same opportunities as far as career.
The second theme was social inequality. The inequality between the halfs and pures represents a sommon theme seen among literature recently. Socio-economically speaking, halfs are never going to be in a position where they are able to own the type of property that the pures do.They will always only ever have the two options open to them career wise (or will they?).
The third theme gets touched on a little bit throughout and isn't super prominent. Alex, having been tagged by daimons, has scars on her arms and shoulders from being fed on. That is a topic of discomfort for her and she is always trying to cover them up. Later in the series, she is brutalized by Ares, the god of war, and bears the scars of his torture after being healed by Apollo. Her scars make her uncomfortable and she tries to hide them despite the fact that they cover the majority of her body at that point.
This series is very much a love story, but it is also great if you like mythology and action. I enjoyed this series quite a bit and can't wait to read the rest of the Titan series.
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