Review | Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

 

Disclaimer:  As a review of the 3rd book in a series, this review is bound to be spoilery.  So, please, if you have not read the rest of The Covenant Series, you may want to stop reading.  Then, I recommend going immediately to Amazon or Barnes and Noble or some other legitimate resource for book buying and picking up your very own copies of Half-blood, Pure and maybe even the prequel novella Daimon.  Read them right away and come back to read this.  😉  Ok, you’ve been warned…ON WITH THE REVIEW!

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Ok, let me preface this review by saying I really enjoyed Half-blood.  I thought it was a decent start to a series.  I was intrigued and wanted to know more.  Then I read Pure and I was buying into this series even more.  I thought, “Yeah, I’ll probably stick around to see what happens.”  Then I was blessed, and I  mean BLESSED, with an ARC of Deity…Holy heavens, mind = blown.  I could not in any way, ever…EVAH, not finish this series.  I’ve been sucked in completely and totally by the world, characters and plot-lines.  Jennifer L. Armentrout was already one of my favorite authors and now…oh sheesh, enough of the fangirliness…

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So, what did I love about this book?  Well, first of all the plot.  Even though it’s the 3rd book and Jennifer has built her world and her characters are developed for the most part, she is not done revealing new tidbits and plot arcs.  She continues to throw in unexpected surprises and completely incredible new questions.  Sometimes series that continue on past 2 or 3 books can feel forced or dragged out.  The Covenant Series is definitely not in this category.  Jennifer’s pacing and development is completely perfect.  Just enough is revealed to keep you hooked and just enough mystery is revealed to give a relatively resolved ending.  However, she also throws in enough new questions and new problems to keep you intrigued and needing more.   The ending of Deity in particular left me reeling.  I NEEDED more, immediately.  Sorry, it’s true.  The end was pure torture…and I loved every word.

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I also loved the characters in this installment even more than I did previously.

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To be honest, Alex annoyed me in Half-Blood.  She was immature and impetuous.  Rarely, if ever, did she think of the consequences of her actions for herself and those around her.  In Pure she had grown some and by the end I truly started to like her.  But in Deity, she really starts to come into her own.  I fell in love with her character and where Jennifer is taking her.  She’s new and different yet still the same spunky, somewhat impetuous Alex.  

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Then there’s Seth.  I have never fully known what to do with that boy.  Part of me wants to love him and see him change for Alex.  I love redemption stories and I felt like perhaps his could be one.   In my heart though, I’ve always thought that Alex belongs with Aiden.  So, I’ve been torn and am still torn over Seth.  The development Jennifer brings to his character is beautifully done.   She continues to present him as a sympathetic character throughout keeping you unsettled about him and wondering where his chips will fall.  Love it.

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Aiden.  Sigh…Aiden.  To be completely transparent, Aiden is the reason I continued reading after Half-Blood.  I had to know what would happen between him and Alex.  I needed to know if he and Deacon would work through all of their brotherly woes.  I wanted to see him happy and fulfilled.  I wanted to see if Alex would ever grow up enough to be truly worthy of his selflessness and love.  His position in the world of the series puts him in a place where he could be extremely selfish and entitled, yet he is the antithesis of these qualities.  Some have argued that Aiden is boring and lackluster when compared with Seth.  In Deity, let’s just say we see a very different side of Aiden and he is not left wanting in the interesting department.

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Leon.    I have no words.  Just read it.  You’ll understand.

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I loved what Jennifer did with Lucian and Marcus.  So much could be said here but it would all be spoilery so I’ll refrain, but it’s perfect.  She did everything I hoped she would with these very vital characters and thus developed Alex as well.  Perfect.  Perfect.  Perfect.

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The romantic development was incredible, believable and made my heart happy.  I don’t want to be too spoilery so I won’t go into much detail but I am very satisfied with what happened there.  It didn’t seem forced or in any way inconceivable.

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Another thing that really added that extra something to Deity and series as a whole was the very strong theme of hope and redemption.  As you can see from the synopsis there will be a game-changing event(s) and choices will be made.  Lines will be drawn.  Throughout it all though, there is hope.  There is that dream of redemption.  It’s gorgeously done and woven in seamlessly.

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Overall, Deity is a rollercoaster ride of emotion.  It is a thrilling and enthralling romance full of adventure, surprises and hope.  It will leave you begging for more.  As always, well done, Jennifer.  So excited for more!

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Happy Reading!