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Half-Blood: Covenant, cartea 1

Autor Jennifer L. Armentrout
Notă:  5.00 · o notă - 1 recenzie 
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 aug 2014

Subliniem faptul că Half-Blood nu este doar o incursiune în mitologia greacă modernizată, ci o explorare intensă a identității și a revoltei adolescentine. Cititorii tineri vor experimenta, alături de Alexandria, tensiunea unei lumi guvernate de reguli stricte de castă, unde supraviețuirea depinde de capacitatea de a deveni o armă împotriva daimonilor. Remarcăm modul în care Jennifer L. Armentrout construiește o ierarhie socială brutală: copiii rezultați din zei și muritori, numiți „half-bloods”, au de ales între o viață de servitute sau antrenamentul epuizant pentru a deveni Santinele. Tensiunea narativă este dublată de o componentă emoțională puternică, centrată pe interdicția absolută a relațiilor dintre clase, regulă pe care Alex o pune la încercare prin sentimentele sale pentru Aiden. Copiii care au iubit Academy of Vampire Heirs de Ginna Moran vor găsi aici aceeași atmosferă de academie militară și conflictul identitar al unui protagonist care refuză să se supună destinului impus, într-un context mitologic nou. Această primă parte a seriei Covenant stabilește o direcție mai axată pe acțiune și ierarhii divine față de lucrările ulterioare ale autoarei, precum The War of Two Queens sau A Soul of Ash and Blood, unde mizele devin epice și tonul mult mai matur. Totuși, regăsim aici germenii stilului care a consacrat-o: dialogul alert, personajele feminine puternice și o lume în care magia are întotdeauna un preț fizic și emoțional.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781444797992
ISBN-10: 1444797999
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 130 x 194 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodderscape
Seria Covenant

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Sabrina Olteanu a dat nota:

I was intrigued about this book, after I finished reading Lux, but I was afraid to not be disappointed. Luckily, I started reading and I couldn’t stop. This story is amazing!! There are no words describing it how good it is. It is something similar and combined, to Lux and maybe Vampire Academy, but the post perfectly written story! The accent that Jennifer L. Armentrout has put on this stories, with Greek Mythology/Gods and such, it puts a great spin on it. The story was fresh and entertaining and never bored me one minute. I loved the characters, I loved how everything just fit together. Alexandria- or Alex, as she loves to be called, is one fine character. She is full of courage, she is a fighter, always with witty comments, and she just throws herself out there. She is a kick ass heroine, who protects and it’s there for the people she loves. Because of her comments and maybe attitude, sometimes she gets into trouble, she has a temper. Alex is just perfect! Caleb is her best friend, her shoulder to cry on and the only person she really trusts. He has always been there, and will continue to be when she mostly needs him. Caleb has a tendency to protect Alex; because he understands her. Even if sometimes he is danger because of her, Caleb will stay by her side. And there is Aiden St Delphi. Wow! That’s a first thing to say. I loved him more than Daemon, I have to be honest. Even if Aiden keeps his feelings hidden, you can sense something between the lines, and he really helps Alex through her problems. Aiden loves Alex, but he is a pure, and Alex is a half-blood, this two cannot be together. Even if feelings are there, Aiden tries to hide them, because he has to train Alex so she can catch up and be in line with all the classes, before summer ends. He trains her, he helps her deal with all the personal problems and he stays near her all the time. He is the kind of guy who makes you week in the knees. I highly recommend this book! It was absolutely amazing and I couldn’t stop reading! This stories are an addiction, because Jennifer L. Armentrout is the finest writer! This was such an incredible start to the series because the worlds she creates, are incredible and you automatically just fall in love with her characters. This turned out to be my favorite stories! Five starts, without a doubt!

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Recomandăm această carte adolescenților pasionați de mitologie și povești de dragoste interzise. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă nuanțată asupra curajului de a-ți depăși condiția socială, totul într-un ritm alert de roman de aventură. Este punctul de plecare ideal pentru cei care vor să descopere universul creat de Jennifer L. Armentrout, oferind un echilibru perfect între antrenamente de luptă, mistere antice și tensiune romantică.


Despre autor

Jennifer L. Armentrout este o autoare americană de succes, prezentă constant în listele New York Times Best Seller, cunoscută pentru versatilitatea sa în genurile romance contemporan și fantasy. Considerată un autor „hibrid”, ea a reușit să îmbine cariera de scriitor independent cu contracte la edituri de prestigiu precum HarperCollins sau Disney/Hyperion. În seria Covenant, ea își demonstrează măiestria în a adapta elemente din mitologia clasică la sensibilitățile publicului tânăr, creând eroine memorabile care luptă pentru autonomie într-o lume dominată de zei și destine prestabilite.


Descriere

The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi pure bloods have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals--well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options: become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures.
Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden. Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem--staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is.
If she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. And that would kind of suck.


Notă biografică

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout lives in West Virginia. When she's not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, working out, watching zombie movies, and pretending to write. She shares her home with her husband, his K-9 partner named Diesel, and her hyper Jack Russell, Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent her time writing short stories ... therefore explaining her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes Adult and Young Adult Urban Fantasy and Romance. Come find out more about the books of the Covenant series at: www.ACovenantNovel.com, visit her website: www.jenniferarmentrout.com, follow her on Twitter: @JLArmentrout, or find her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/JenniferLArmentrout.