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meganramirez13's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed reading this novella, I believe it gave a good background and set up the rest of the novels quite nicely.
lucyanna's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
cakep3's review against another edition
5.0
I only read this because it was in my copy of Half-Blood, but to be honest it captured my attention very well. I looked once and saw that I was on page 8, and then I looked again and I’d finished it.
stealthpandah18's review against another edition
5.0
Ok Y'all this book! I absolutely love it! Such a great novella into this amazing world JLA built. Easy to relate yourself to the characters and the situations they go through. This is one of my favorite reads of 2021! Even though I'm late posting it
bookishvice's review against another edition
5.0
Alexandria is a half-blood offspring of the demigods. She is tough, she is rough, and not afraid to kick some ass and speak her mind! She is strong and in these short pages shows it time and time again. First by running, yes running, accepting that survival is more important than her grief. Then later, when she is dragged down by grief, by mentally slapping herself and picking herself up to continue surviving. I just loved Alexandria from the first page! I think she is going to be up there with other badass heroines like Rose Hathaway and Katniss Everdeen.
The plot was also very interesting. The idea of the Pure-bloods and Half-bloods, and how they declared Alexandria less than that, but there are hints she can actually be more. Also, Pure-bloods have power over one element (fire,water,air,earth), so I’ll be looking forward to some major elemental battles. And some major issues with the ‘no mixing’ between the Half-bloods and Pure-bloods, since Alexandria seems to have a major crush on some hunky grey eyed Pure-blood.
The Daimons (evil guys) are quite awful and scary. They are things that feed on aether, the essence of the gods. And though Alexandria is only a half-blood (meaning less aether) they manage to track her as if her aether was large and easy enough to detect. I sense a mystery there!
The copy of Daimon I downloaded also included a few pages of Half-Blood. It basically continues the minute after Daimon finishes, so that was cool. And what’s more, I got to meet Aiden St. Delphi, Alexandria’s forbidden crush!
I strongly encourage you to go read this!
The plot was also very interesting. The idea of the Pure-bloods and Half-bloods, and how they declared Alexandria less than that, but there are hints she can actually be more. Also, Pure-bloods have power over one element (fire,water,air,earth), so I’ll be looking forward to some major elemental battles. And some major issues with the ‘no mixing’ between the Half-bloods and Pure-bloods, since Alexandria seems to have a major crush on some hunky grey eyed Pure-blood.
The Daimons (evil guys) are quite awful and scary. They are things that feed on aether, the essence of the gods. And though Alexandria is only a half-blood (meaning less aether) they manage to track her as if her aether was large and easy enough to detect. I sense a mystery there!
The copy of Daimon I downloaded also included a few pages of Half-Blood. It basically continues the minute after Daimon finishes, so that was cool. And what’s more, I got to meet Aiden St. Delphi, Alexandria’s forbidden crush!
I strongly encourage you to go read this!
katrinrosf's review against another edition
5.0
Oh, this was such a tease!! I need moooorrrreeeeeee!!!!
sim_96's review against another edition
3.0
A short glimpse into the life of a Alex before the events of the series started. It was a quick read, with not much new revelations.
kotareadsbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Hear me out because I know I have strong opinions for books I read/listen to - I like this series, I'm actually devouring and almost finished with book 1 right now. But this prequel isn't necessary, and the first bit of her and her lil boyfriend is a COMPLETE waste of filler fluff. We got a moment with her mom because of it but it honestly didn't give 'I love my daughter/mom SO much' vibes I think it was meant to give. The action started way too late for me but it was nice to have that information going into the first book. Was it necessary? No. But I'm glad to have had it.
betterbeereading's review against another edition
4.0
Uscito dopo half-blood ma prequel di quest'ultimo. Consiglio di non seguire l'ordine editoriale ma di leggere prima Daimon poichè praticamente finisce là dove half-bood inizia. :)