Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Series: Covenant #3
Published by Spencer Hill Press on November 6, 2012
Genres: Fantasy
Pages: 360
Format: ARC
Source: BEA
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"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...

The Covenant series is now officially one of my all time favorite young adult series. I honestly wasn’t sure Deity could be as awesome as Half Blood and Pure but I was (gladly) proven wrong. Deity is just as unputdownable as the first two books and the wait for Apollyon might just be the death of me.

Alex has really shaped up since the turmoil of Pure. She is back and better than ever. She is one of the most bad-ass heroines in YA these days and I adore that about her. She is such a strong character, even after everything she has gone through. There are a few times where she really does need someone to save her (and that someone may be a guy) but those times are balanced with all the times that she manages to save herself and even save others. She is the perfect balance of strong yet needy. She knows when she can’t handle something on her own and she is willing to ask for help. That’s the best part about her.

The boys are also back and better than ever. I mentioned in my Pure review that you get to see a different side of Aiden briefly in that book and you get to see more of his softer side in Deity. I was very pleased to find out more about his back story and what exactly happened to make him choose to be a Sentinel. He’s a much deeper guy than he originally appears to be and you really get to see that in Deity. As for Seth, I like him more than I did in Pure but I’m pretty sure I can’t be won over to his team at this point. All I can see is Alex with Aiden and I love them together. They have such a great relationship that is based on so much more than just desire. Seth is a very complex guy who has some demons of his own but he just does not seem right for Alex. I would however like him to get some sort of happy ending. Even though he royally pissed me off in Deity.

Things get really, really crazy in Deity. You have the Furies pissed off, you have the Gods getting pissed off, and then you just have some crazy people who want to take over the world. Well, maybe not the world (just yet) but it’s only a matter of time before that becomes their goal. I was really surprised by a lot of the things that happened in Deity. Sure there were hints that made me see some things coming but I was still supremely shocked. Nobody is completely trustworthy and a lot of people aren’t exactly who they say they are.

Overall, Deity is probably my favorite book in the Covenant series so far. Things just keep getting crazier and this series just keeps getting better. Fans of the first two books need to get a copy of this one as soon as possible.

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