Sentinel: The Fifth Covenant Novel (Covenant, #5)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

"It's a beautiful day for a war. As the mortal world slowly slips into chaos of the godly kind, Alexandria Andros must overcome a stunning defeat that has left her shaken and in doubt of their ability to end this war once and for all. And with all the obstacles between Alex and her happily-ever-after with the swoonworthy Aiden St. Delphi, they must now trust a deadly foe as they travel deep into the Underworld to release one of the most dangerous gods of all time. In the stunning, action-packed climax to the bestselling Covenant Series, Alex must face a terrible choice: the destruction of everything and everyone she holds dear... or the end of herself."-- Page [4] of cover.

• ISBN10: 1937053482
• ISBN13: 9781937053482
• Publish Date: 1 November 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Spencer Hill Press
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[alindstadtcorbeax]

Star Rating: —> 4.5-5 Stars

I DON'T EVEN HAVE WORDS FOR HOW ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE THIS FREAKIN' SERIES WAS... HOW FANTASTIC THIS FINALE WASSSSSSS!!!

PERFECTION.

i don't want this series to be over

[Vicki]

4.5 stars

[whisperingchapters]

Oh my gods! This book was so perfect and so action-packed and intense! I think I'm having a hangover now because I need more!

I got this series thanks to my fiance as an early birthday present on July 2014. I read Daimon and Half-Blood the same day. I don’t know why I kept pushing back the other books. This year, I decided to start it off with the Covenant series and I finally but sadly, finished it. I really didn’t want this series to end. At times, I did wanted it to end but then…it just…ugh, no words, guys.

I’m going to start off with Alex. I admire Alex! She is so strong and brave and STRONG! I don’t think I would have survived everything she went through. Every step back, she would push forward, would push herself to do better until she did it. I must say I got annoyed with her a few times during the series but Alex is definitely one of my favorite heroines. She is bad-ass and she killed it!

Let’s continue with Aiden. This series is the first series I read that I am not a fan of the MC’s boyfriend or special friend. I was rooting for Seth! Let me give you my reasons. While Aiden was kind of “forbidden”, I couldn’t totally grasp the idea of it and I love forbidden love, so this is saying a lot. He would make Alex suffer more than make her happy, in my opinion, which blew my chances with him. I know it’s forbidden but if he loves her as he says he does, why didn’t he try until later on? Why wait when the love of your life is right there and with everything going on could die some day? This is why I wasn’t a fan of Aiden, among other things that I can’t remember right now.

Let’s go with Seth. My lovely, hot, annoying, jerk, a**hole, arrogant, gorgeous, handsome, cocky Seth. Seth is f*cking perfection! I LOVE HIM! I know a lot of you hated him but I couldn’t! I really love him a lot! There was a time (maybe 5 minutes) in Deity that I disliked him but my love for him stayed strong and faithful. His arrogance fit so perfectly with his cockiness and his beauty, it was impossible to not love him. He was the one that led me to continue on with the series and I really wanted more of him and I am SO FREAKING GLAD that JLA decided to write The Return. I get to have more sexy time with Seth. While he was all of the adjectives I mentioned above, he was also caring and he soon learned to be himself and fight back because of Alex.

Another thing many of you didn’t like is that he “cheated” on Alex…. I didn’t feel that from the book. They weren’t dating (I wish they were) so he was free to do whatever he felt like. Alex and Seth only had their connection of Apollyons and yes, they had feelings because of the connection but they never really pursued their feelings.

SENTINEL was filled with betrayal, love, angst, thrill, action, and the most of them all, sadness. Sentinel had my heart racing most of the time (99.99%) and I would feel chest pains at times because of its intensity. This book brought so many emotions that I can’t even continue to describe because there were so many!!! Each character of this series has taken a piece of my heart with them. They all mean so much to me because each one of them played a huge part in the series and I can’t believe I’m parting from them :'(

[Kelly]

http://www.divabooknerd.com/2013/12/sentinel-by-jennifer-l-armentrout.html
Sentinel is the final book in the Covenant series, and sadly it didn't deliver. It wasn't that it was terribly written or the storyline horrific, but I could have been mistaken that I've read this all before. A more significant battle, but the same players and same scenarios with the same over explained descriptions. The series begun so promising, but each book has become more sexually charged, so that Sentinel is now foremost a horned up kiss fest with a touch of the paranormal fantasy. Blink and you'll almost miss it. Alex was once a tough, sassy chick with attitude and a killer fighter, now she just seems as thought she's just smartassed and sexed up. The intimate scenes felt like fillers and I needed more action, more killing and the humour has completely vanished. It seems the quickest way to kill a series, is to allow the main character to fall in love with a impossibly handsome young guy with no personality, liquid silver eyes and to get it on. I wanted to love it, but I just couldn't.

And Seth? Oh Seth.

[reveriesociety_]

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I am so happy and sad I think I will explode.
I just finished reading the book and it's the second one since the Iron Fey series that made me cry. Why? Because it's over.

This was an amazingstory and will never forget it. :)

[Cocktails and Books]

What can I say but wow! Jennifer Armentrout knocked it out of the park with the final installment of the Covenant series. Alex has been one of the best heroines of any book series that I have read. You root for her from the beginnning of book 1 and feel invested in her story.

Alex is rattled at the beginning of this book after her fight with Ares and not sure if she can be the god killer Apollyon everyone needs her to be. She is remarkably tough and brave and isn't afraid of making hard decisions. She is a true fighter all the way to the end.

I have to say the ending surprised me quite a bit. It wasn't what I expected but actually couldn't have been better. I think Jennifer Armentrout found a way to make everyone happy which is hard to do for an author with such devout readers!

Aidan was his normal swoon worthy self. He couldn't possibly love Alex more and would do anything to protect her. The scenes between Aidan and Alex were electric and I read a few of them over and over again.

I felt like this book was a redemption story for Seth. I actually loved his character and was angry at him in the past two books. It was nice to see that everything Alex felt for Seth wasn't a lie.

The killer about these books is the action. It never stops. It is hard to take a rest while reading this series and Sentinel didn't hold back.

I have to say that I am hoping Jennifer Armentrout's acknowledgements at the end that includes this, "This may be it for Alex, but you know....stories never really, truly end," is a hint at more to come from this world!

Reviewed by Candace for Cocktails and Books

[littleread1]

ALL THE FEELS!

This review will make a little more sense if I set up the scene for you ... I have been anticipating this book for months. After the way the series was heading I knew Armentrout would have me by the short-hairs with this book from start to finish. So the day after the release I find myself on an airplane, traveling for work, so I save it for the flight. I am not a nervous traveler by any means but I knew no matter what was going on, or what I was flying into (work wise, it was not a fun trip) that this at least would be able to hold my attention and distract me.

So, there I was on my flight, attempting, not all that successfully, to not bawl my eyes out. Pretty much from the start. I've never been on "Team Seth" but after everything that happens in this book, I am certainly now on "Team Seth deserves his own happy ending" - which when I saw he is getting his own spin off series, just about made my life. But my main focus, as it has been since the beginning, is on Alex, and her relationship with Aiden.

Oh Aiden ... you are perfect. And you don't even realize it. The things you have had to go through and still have to go through to be with Alex, well, let's just say no one will ever doubt your commitment to her. I mean ... nope. Not going to ruin anything. I will however say it is one of the most epic romances to grace the mythologies.

I might have just been PMS'ing, but Sentinel had me riding an emotional roller coaster to rival all other coasters, and the big stomach dropping hill was near the end. I thought I was going to die. At one point I just sat there, staring at the words, and even flipped back a few pages to re-read that particular section wondering if indeed, that just happened. It had. I was not hallucinating and even now, just thinking about THAT PART I tear up a little.

This is a great finale to a wonderful YA series. A good book leaves you satisfied, a great book leaves you satisfied, but still wanting a little more, and sometimes wondering how the characters are doing after the end of the story. Like, what are they doing now? How have they handled the news about ... ? Do they all know about ... ?

[Romance Schmomance]

I am extremely happy with the ending, I can't believe it's over ... review to come.