Blog Tour: Half-Blood by Jennifer Armentrout

Hi everyone and welcome to the last day of the Half-Blood blog tour!!  Today I have a guest post from Jennifer on how to know that a Daimon is after you. Enjoy!

5 Ways you know a daimon is after you

1.There is an extraordinarily good-looking man or woman dressed exceptionally well. So much so that you think you’ve stumbled upon a model runway show. Heck, most models probably are daimons. Just stay away from them

2.There is a bunch of people dressed all in black shadowing the extraordinarily good-looking male or female. And those people look kind of scary. Scary as in you’re pretty sure their packing some sort of weapon.

3.The really hot guy or girl sniffs you to see you if you have any aether in you. Actually, if anyone, mortal or not, sniffs you, run away. Fast.

4.You’re pretty sure you saw the person light a cigarette without any lighter. Or they moved something without touching. You’re eyes aren’t betraying you. They’re daimons.

5.They are chasing you. Daimons like to mess with mortals out boredom. If a really hot dude is chasing you, it’s probably because he likes the sound of your scream. Don’t bother running at this point. They will catch you anyway.

Thanks for the fun and informative post, Jennifer!! I have to say my three favorite things about Half-Blood are:

1. SETH- I know most people are all about the other guy but I just don't like him.  I can't really put my finger on why but Seth just grabbed me for some reason while that Other Guy (I think his name is Aidan or something.... ) he just annoys me.  You will find Seth on my Book Boyfriends page.  I look forward to MORE SETH in Pure!
2. The COVER- I LOVE this cover.  Really.  A lot.  I love purple and the cover is just beautiful, it almost makes me cry to put it on my bookshelf where people can't fully appreciate it.
3. Alex's Friends-  They are all really interesting characters whose relationships with Alex change over the course of the book.  I love a good supporting character because it's like the Beatles always said: We get by with a little help from our friends.  No matter how kick butt we are-we all need friends.

You can find my review of Half-Blood HERE.  You can find out more about Jennifer Armentrout and her work on her blog, Facebook, and on Twitter.  You can also click here to find the Covenant Series on Goodreads.  Or you can click here to find ALL of Jennifer's work on Goodreads! You can also click on either the tour graphic at the top of this post or on the link to Books Complete Me on the schedule below to find the Official Tour Page!  Thanks much to Jennifer for doing the tour and to Cindy at Books Complete Me for organizing!


Schedule:

Monday, the 17th:
Books With Bite – Review
Leigh Fallon – 10 Things to Love About Half-Blood

Tuesday, the 18th:
Books Complete Me – Guest Post
Katie’s Book Blog – Review

Wednesday, the 19th:
Reading Lark – Review
Stuck in Books – Guest Post

Thursday, the 20th:
Once Upon a Twilight – Guest Post
Page Turners Blog – Review

Friday, the 21st:
Amethyst Daydreams – Guest Post
Books Over Boys – Review

Half-Blood (Covenant #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Tomorrow Amethyst Daydreams is a stop on the Half-Blood by Jennifer Armentrout blog tour.  I hope you'll stop back tomorrow for Jennifer's guest post but today I have my review of Half-Blood, one of this year's YA Debut releases.  Here is the Goodreads blurb:

The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi-pure-bloods-have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals-well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options: become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures.Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden.Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem--staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. If she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. And that would kind of suck.

I really enjoyed this book.  I didn't love it to bits but I think that is because I don't really care for the leading man.  A good leading man can sell just about anything- just look at the Old Spice commercials.  Don't get me wrong, TONS of girls love Aidan St. Delphi.  I just don't dig him.  I can't even put my figure on why I don't love him to bits.  It's strange.  However, I do absolutely LOVE Seth.  Seth is totally my guy.  He's bad ass and tough but he also has these little moments where you almost think that he might have a heart.  I love it.  He's a super cool character.  He's my favorite character in the book.  Really, I think everyone should read this book and see how they like it.  I honestly think my love for Seth kinda messes with my love for the book.  I'm really very excited for the next book, Pure, which I hope will have more Seth in it!  Yay for Team Seth!  I also really enjoyed Alex's friends, they are an interesting cast of characters.  The cover of this book is just gorgeous.  Even with my dislike of Aidan, there are SO many reasons why this book is a must read.  The premise is new and different and interesting- it is like nothing you have read before.  This book is relatively clean and the violence is not terribly graphic.  I would say it is suitable for readers 14 and older.

You can find out more about Jennifer Armentrout and her books on her blog, Facebook or Twitter.  Half_Blood will be released on October 18th and it's sequel Pure will be out next fall.  You can find all of Jennifer's works on Goodreads.  Remember to check out the Half-Blood Blog Tour!!

Half Blood earns 3 Fairies from me due to Alex and I being incompatible and the serious need for MORE SETH!