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prashiie's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“I wasn't weak. I'd never been a quitter before. I was born to be the ultimate warrior. So if anyone could walk out of this situation unscathed, it should be me.”
This book switches back to Alex’s POV and it illuminates her internal struggle after becoming the Apollyon and connecting with Seth. Her connection with Seth cringed me out so much, especially when she refers to him as ‘my Seth’. But even when all hope seems to be lost, Aiden fully believes his love and trust will bring her back to him. They still have to find ways to break the connection with Seth. Their quest brings them to the Underworld, a very interesting place. The gods being on edge definitely doesn’t make all of this easier. Apollo also seems to be holding back some very important information.
What mainly stood out was that Alex seems to be more mature and her relationship with her uncle changed. They seem to finally understand each other and start showing that as well. He even calls her Alex! Very wholesome.
An emotional rollercoaster is how I would describe this book. I also liked learning more about Greek mythology. The Supernatural references were also a nice addition! I think it’s one of the better books in this series. And the ending, damn! The god plotting against them has no mercy. No wonder why Seth is like this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, Blood, Death, War, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
rinku's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
While reading Apollyon, I made a note that I don’t have much to say about it and that I’m still invested in the story and the characters. After finishing the book though, I realized that this is not really true and that this is my biggest problem with the Covenant series.
But first, let’s talk about the plot in this one. At the end of the last book, Alex’ awakening happened, and we can see in the first chapters how much she changed because of it. She hates everyone that was once important to her and is just focussed on Seth. This creates much drama and angst that I normally love but here, I just didn’t like it as much. At least, finally things are happening, there are some plot twists, and the pacing is so much better than in the first two books. With this book, the plot turns more and more into a chosen one plot which is not that great to be honest. There also many elements that I’ve seen before in YA Fantasy, like characters travelling to the Underworld.
With the characters though lies my above-mentioned problem with the story: I just don’t feel any connection to them; I’m not even able to root for the main character Alex. It’s hard to put into words, but maybe it’s because they don’t really feel like real people? Especially the side characters feel flat and have not much going for them and the ones that have potential have to die. I liked Aiden, but now he started to annoy me as well and that I absolutely despise Seth is nothing new at this point.
Still, now I’ve come so far and with this cliff-hanger ending, I want to know how the story will be wrapped up in Sentinel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture
Moderate: Car accident, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent
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