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 only thing I can say after reading Deity is...OMG! No seriously, if you've read the book then you know what I'm talking about. The ending was so AJKGHTUOYLPMV! Alright then! Now I'm going to try to suppress my emotions and write a coherent review.
Deity, like all other JLA books was amazing! We come back to a kick-ass, sarcastic and funny protagonist and a world of greek myths and mystery. Deity picks up right where Pure left off. Alex's awakening is just months away and she's dealing with the fact that she killed a pure. The Order is also trying to kill Alex in order to prevent the Apollyon from from becoming God Killer. And Seth has turned completely evil (this is not a spoiler because it says in the premise 'One has been lieing to her since the beginning' and anyone with a brain can figure out it has to be Seth). So there was a lot of intrigue and the second have of the book was filled with action. I liked Deity, I really did. There were some funny scenes, some sweet ones and some that were downright creepy but I felt that it wasn't as good as Pure or Halfblood. I'll sum up the reasons below.
- I felt that there was just too much making out in the book. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the steamy scenes JLA creates, but it's better if these hot scenes come as unexpected treats rather then regular meals. It gets really annoying when the characters are making out a dozen times in each chapter. I felt that Alex was always making out with Seth, then making out with Aiden, then Seth and then Aiden, well you get what I mean. Instead I would've loved to see more of Deacon, Luke and Lea.
- Alex appeared just so confused and helpless in this book. There's no scene where Alex gets into an awesome fight and kicks bad guy ass. She doesn't trust Seth yet she keeps defending him. She knows he's been lying to her, and everyone is warning her to stay away from him but she ignores all their warnings and goes ahead anyways! And look where that gets her! She completely forgets Grandma Piperi's prophecy and it's basically her actions that lead to all the destruction.
- I was also pretty annoyed by the repetition in the book. I mean the colour of Aiden's eyes was mentioned....let's see, twice a dozen times! One moment they're liquid silver and the next they're thunderous grey. I kept losing track of what colour his eyes are suppose to be. There's also the constant mention of how tough Alex is, how gentle Aiden is with her, how Seth can be both vulnerable and charming etc.
I realize I'm hunting out minor flaws in the book, and these things might not even seem like flaws to many people but they just really irked me. BUT they do not change the fact that they cliff hanger ending left me all ADHEBTUC and need the next book now!
