Deity by: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Goodreads Synopsis:
"History is on repeat, and things
didn't go so well the last time. "
Alexandria isn't sure she's going to make
it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical
order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the
Catskills, she's a goner... and so is Aiden.
If that's not freaky enough, whenever
Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code
word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another
mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of
schedule. Awesome.
But as her birthday draws near, her
entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she's caught between love
and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since
the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath,
lives will be irrevocably changed... and destroyed.
Those left standing will discover if love
is truly greater than Fate...
Review:
After reading other reviews of Deity, I
suspected I would love it. And of course I did. Deity had the best of
everything I could ever want in a book: amazing plot, an air of mystery, and a
super sexy romance!
Deity starts about a week after the
shocking events at the Catskills Covenant in New York. Alex is still recovering
from facing the Furies, and she is avoiding basically everyone she knows by
holing herself in her room. Seth is continuing her training, both mentally and
physically, and Aiden is her crutch through all of her trials and tribulations.
But after a horribly shocking change of events and supposed allies, Alex is
found in the crosshairs of a battle between gods, the Hematoi, and mere innocent
mortals. As if this is not enough to handle, every day she is one step closer
to her Awakening, which will turn Seth into a god-killer. How can she know who
she can trust?
One might think, even after three
books, that I would tire of Alex’s badassness and snarkiness. Well, absolutely
not. Alex is equally as amazing as in the past books, but her attitude and
personality show effects of everything she has been through. She tries to
handle the craziness of her inner emotions by herself because she thinks that
doing otherwise would show weakness. Well she obviously just needs someone to
understand what she’s going through without her explicitly saying.
Enter Aiden. They mesh so well together
it is as if they are one soul divided into two bodies. Aiden understands Alex
much better than anyone, even Alex, does. It’s like his brain is automatically
tuned to Alex. In this book, I felt the love he feels for her resonating off of
every page. I feel bad for doubting Aiden’s feelings for even one tiny second
because I absolutely adore Aiden!
Seth. Seth Seth Seth. All I can say is
that I think you are redeemable. I cling to that hope. LEON! I love him.
Seriously. So much. Well-played JLA. Well-played. Surprisingly, I hate
Lucian but love Marcus! Who knew that this day would come? Deacon is
still a favorite love of mine. He is so dang precious.
So. About the romance. AMAZING!
Honestly, this is one of my favorite YA romances ever. I adore the mythology so
much as well, and I super love the newfound emergence of gods in this book! Every
plot curve ball that was thrown at me kept me reading to the end and scrambling
to find Elixir, the novella in Aiden’s (I know. Swoon. Right?) POV. It
slightly satiated the need for Apollyon. But only slightly. I still want it so
bad!
While I wait as patiently as I can for
April 9th, I’m going to reread the Lux series by Jennifer. If you
love JLA and want a surprising take on aliens, I’d highly recommend
doing the same.
It was very hard to find my
favorite quote because there are so many that will make you swoon, but I did
the best I could!
Favorite Swoon-worthy Quote: His hands moved down my arms to my hips. He tugged me forward, and
the softest part of me pressed against his hardness. Our mouths didn’t touch,
but the rest of our bodies did. Neither of us moved. There was something primal
in Aiden’s gave, wholly possessive. I shivered – the good kind of shiver. All I
could think about was how good, how right his body felt pressed against mine. I
cupped his face and then slid my fingers through his hair, amazed that the
intensity of what I was feeling was strong than any bond with Seth. Delicious
sensation rolled through me as his hands tightened around my hips, and when he
rocked against me, the way his hands trembled and the powerful way his body
coiled completely undid me.
There are way more! ;)
Rating: 5/5 Tar
Heels!
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