Tuesday 12 June 2012

Teaser Tuesday (5): Half-Blood (Covenant #1)


Teaser Tuesday: Half-Blood (Covenant #1)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do as following: 
·Grab your current read 
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Open to a random page 
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Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page 
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Be careful not to include any spoilers so as not to ruin the book for others.


Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 304
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Book Description from Goodreads:
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.






Teaser: 
     "Okay. I'm ready to move onto something else, like practicing with knives or defense against the dark arts. Cool things."
    "Did you just quote Harry Potter?
    " I grinned. "Maybe I did."" (Location 1617, Kindle Edition)


I love Jennifer Armentrout for the Lux Series, and while I'm waiting for Onyx I figured I'd dive into the Covenant Series! Plus, I feel like I've been on a mythology reading binge lately and I might as well keep the roller coaster going. 


What's your guy's teaser this week? Leave a link in the comments and I'll be sure to stop by! 



33 comments:

  1. Quoting Harry Potter? That's interesting ^^

    ai-books

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    1. JLA loves to throw lots of pop culture into her books :D It makes them interesting!

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  2. Love your teaser! I'm writing the title down now. Thanks so much for sharing it, I can't wait to read it!

    Here's mine: http://canireadeverything.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaser-tuesday-teaser-tuesdays-weekly.html

    Happy Tuesday!

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  3. Ha, I love this! That is hilarious, if there is a HP quote I am SO down to read it! Great Teaser.

    Old Follower!
    Here is my Teaser

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  4. that sounds fun :) I love hearing about new books. Thanks for visiting my blog and teaser...

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    1. You're very welcome! Thank you for stopping by!

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  5. I have really really been wanting to read this book! It's been on my TBR for a little while now. I love the sounds of it and I'm totally in love with the cover. Now I see a Harry Potter reference! I want to read it even more hahaha. Grrrr-eat teaser! :) Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my TT earlier!

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  6. Great teaser! I've read this book and enjoyed it, but I prefer the Lux series. I'm a huge Daemon Black fan and can't wait to read Onyx! Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my blog earlier! :)

    Wendy @ Escape Into Fiction

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    1. I'm only at the beginning...so I haven't met the boys yet, but I hear they can rival Daemon... but that's pretty hard to do. Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. LOL... I love Alex. Glad you're enjoying the Covenant series. I just finished Pure... and holy crap, I can't wait for Deity. :)

    Thanks so much for visiting my teaser! :)

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  8. LOL, don't we all quote Harry Potter? :)

    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaser-tuesday_12.html

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  9. Nice one, this has been On my TBR pile, and on my kindle waiting. Now I really want to start it. :) I am a new follower too, here is my teaser.
    http://concisebookreviewsbymichelle.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaser-tuesday-come-by-see-my-teaser.html#comment-form

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  10. Haha - I love it! I really need to start this series - especially after that teaser!
    Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my teaser of Unspoken.

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  11. This is one of my favorite books!!! All of JLA's books are on my favorites list. :)

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    1. JLA can do no wrong...her writing is so addictive!

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  12. Ive seen this book around. It has a very nice cover and that was a great teaser! I love books that have hilarious moments like that.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog!

    Valerie @ Intriguing Reads

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    1. Definitely check it out, Armentrout's books are filled with hilarious moments!

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  13. Nice teaser. Armentrout has a way with sarcasm.
    thanks for sharing!

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  14. I have not read this author, but have read good reviews for her books.

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    1. She's a very eclectic writer, from aliens to myths, definitely check her out!

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  15. Harry Potter reference - cool!

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  16. I've read this, and the second book PURE is up next on my TBR list. I still have to read the Lux series, especially because I hear so so so many good things about Daemon Black! Thanks for sharing! I love their banter.

    Feel free to check out my teaser here.

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  17. Great choice! I loved this scene, Alex is so sarcastic that I couldn't help but like her. Plus she's quoting Harry Potter:)
    Thanks for stopping by my Teaser!

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  18. Hello fellow J.A. fan! I LOVE the the lux series too. I have to admit though, I've had Half Blood on my nook for a couple months now and I haven't gotten around to starting it :/

    Thanks for stopping by my TT earlier :)

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  19. I have this book, the prequel and book 2, i love the series

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  20. I just met JLA yesterday!!!! Love this series. Enjoy!

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