My review of Half-Blood (Covenant, #1) 
 Hello, Alex The Badass Apollyon. 'Bout effing time. I can only hope she remains badass in the final book. I think there might have been more action in this one book than in all the others combined. It was a really nice break. There was even a twist that I hadn't anticipated. Loved the ending and I can't wait to see how this all wraps up. In the meantime, I am looking forward to reading something other than this series. I talk about this book and others on my YouTube channel, here: http://bit.ly/RN2j5n 
 *There are a few typos in this book. 
 My Spoilery Thoughts: (view spoiler)[I think the first part of this book has been the most interesting first half of any book in this series. I liked seeing Evil Alex. She was super interesting and a good break from the usual Weak Alex. 
 I've basically given up any hope I had for Seth. I don't think he'll get to be the Seth that I wanted. Oh well, I've embraced Team Aiden now anyway lol. 
 I'm still tuning out a lot. I'm missing whole paragraphs cuz I'm just not interested in Alex's inner dialogue. I don't go back and read them either, I just move on. 
 Also, I'm reading this book a lot slower than I did the others. I think I'm officially worn out on this series. Kinda glad that the last book isn't out yet and I can move on to something else. It does say something about this series though that I've read this much and I'm only just now really getting sick of it. 
 Ok, everything written above (in this spoiler section) had been written while I was reading the book. Everything from here on out is written AFTER finishing the book. 
 My thoughts pretty much remain the same as what I said above. I loved the ending. It was intense and I'm so glad that Alex didn't break. I know she wanted to die, but she didn't voice it and she protected the people she loved. As far as I'm concerned she was not a victim in this. She was a strong, a hero. I hated her guilt afterwards for wanting to die. I felt like that almost cheapened what she'd done. Hoping there won't be more of that nonsense in the next book. 
 I expect Seth to change after this. If he still wants to follow Ares after this, then I'll be very disappointed. It'll destroy any hope I had for him just to be redeemed in some small way. 
 I didn't expect Romvi to be Ares. I figured it out before Alex did, but only by a few pages. That really impressed me because this series hasn't been very good at surprising me. (hide spoiler)] 
 Recommended 
 Yes/No Checklist 
 Sex: Yes 
 Gore: Yes 
 Rape: No 
 Magic: Yes 
 Drugs: No 
 Star Categories 
 Romance: 4 Stars 
 Action: 5 Stars 
 Pacing: 4 Stars 
 Writing: 4 Stars 
 Plot: 4 Stars 
 Overall: 4 Stars 
 Protagonist Meter 
 Damsel--------*--Badass 
 For once Alex was more like what I expected from an Apollyon.