Reviewed by Jordon on
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Half-Blood happens to be a book I liked; after I finished reading it.
Half-Blood is very much like the Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, I knew this before I started reading this book so this fact didn't really bother me. Except that I liked Vampire Academy way more for various reasons.
I found the first half of this book hard to read because I didn’t like Alex much, I thought she was annoying, self-centred, and acted like the world revolved around her. In fact as a reader I felt like the world did revolve around her, meaning that when she was in a bad situation I didn’t bother to worry for her because I knew she would end up okay and things would go her way… That’s saying something.
I found the description of the world lacking, it never really painted a picture in my mind so the surroundings always seemed to be blank when I tried to imagine them. The romance pre-empted its self, it was obvious Aidan liked Alex right from the start so I found the romance rather boring and too easy instead of exciting; although there were quite a few steamy scenes which are always fun to read. And I really just did not think the stakes were high enough for Alex, they were tragic stakes about her mum and all but I felt like there needed to be something else on the line, something that made her think about other people instead of just herself. Nearly every decision she made in this book was because she wanted to do it; she never thought how her actions would impact on other people. And that’s the main thing that annoyed me about this plot and annoyed me about her. She was very self-centred.
Although I did feel all of the above I also have to say that overall I enjoyed reading this book. It was fun, light, pulled me in and now I really want to read the next book. It’s odd that I find I still liked this book even though a lot of it annoyed me.
The ending of this book left me wondering what will happen in book two. I have to say that Seth is my favourite character, even though he acted like a stuck up ass for most of this book I still loved him more than everyone else. Mainly because he was honest about how he felt and I’m find him pretty interesting. And mysteriously sexy. Aidan’s a nice guy and all but I didn’t really connect with him, he felt like a bit of a mess (Hot mess?), and rather boring. So I have to say that by the end of this book I was totally gunning for Seth and Alex to get together!
Overall, there were a lot of things about Half-Blood that irked me. But I still somehow enjoyed it a lot for what it was; light, fun, cute, and interesting. I can’t wait to learn more about daimons, the gods and the Apollyon.
Miss J
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- 1 January, 2013: Finished reading
- 1 January, 2013: Reviewed