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Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

6 reviews

keepingitread's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is my second book by this author and I can’t wait to finish both this series and From Blood and Ash. Poor Alex has been through it, she is one tough cookie I can’t wait to see what else is in store for her. I love the relationships in this book, her bestie being a male and their being no need to make it more than that and of course who doesn’t love a forbidden love story.

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lattepixie's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective medium-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I ended up enjoying this much more than I thought I would at the beginning. Alex starts off seeming just super impulsive, and although it is more a part of her character and personality, she somewhat levels out where at least her impulses start to make sense. Not sure how I feel about this world though. The prejudices and the way it sounds like pure bloods treat women is...a lot.

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emilywemily6's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-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

This is a binge-able YA romantasy series involving descendants of the Greek gods in a low fantasy world. They fight daimons (demons) and there is some political turmoil between the pures and half-bloods. I ate this up! It was such a fun and easy read. I wish there was more depth to the political/social dynamics between pures and half-bloods because there are definitely some parallels that can be drawn between this book and racial aggressions/segregation/discrimination in the US, though the author did not draw such strong parallels. The characters are distinct, and while there was character development in this book, it left a lot of room for these characters to continue to grow and change throughout the course of this series. I enjoyed delving into this world and am excited to continue!

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ihavealibrarycardandilluseit's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

was a lovely read! .... for the first 100 pages. after that, it becomes super predictable and trope-filled, everything that made it unique and interesting falling flat on its face. hopefully the other books in the series are better?

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notsurewhattosay's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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izzyproudfoot's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

First read 2013, 5*****.

Oh-my-freaking-gods

Awesome much?!

Re read 2023 3***

So I still enjoyed this. I remember absolutely loving this the first time I read this but I was also really young then. I've read a lot of fantasy since then and I'm no longer the target age range.
It was very YA, there's actually a lot going on right away. Typical teenage characters, everyone is sex obsessed. I'm looking forward to reading the next book and seeing if I still enjoy it. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate this I just don't love it like I did then. Back then this was AH-MAZING and I don't think it's amazing anymore but still pretty good.

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