The intensely exciting fifth novel in the acclaimed Covenant series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout.It’s a beautiful day for a war. As the mortal world slowly slips into chaos of the godly kind, Alexandria Andros must overcome a stunning defeat that has left her shaken and in doubt of their ability to end this war once and for all. And with all the obstacles … all. And with all the obstacles between Alex and her happily-ever-after with the swoonworthy Aiden St. Delphi, they must now trust a deadly foe as they travel deep into the Underworld to release one of the most dangerous gods of all time. In the stunning, action-packed climax to the bestselling Covenant Series, Alex must face a terrible choice: the destruction of everything and everyone she holds dear… or the end of herself.
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What a stunning conclusion to an amazing series. Sentinel was definitely the most heartbreaking and emotional out of the whole lot.
Sentinel picks up right after the events of Apollyon . Alex has fought Ares, the God of War, and has gotten her ass kicked. She has gained consciousness but she is not quite the same. Fighting with Ares has changed her. Alex has done the most amount of growing in this book in my opinion. At the beginning, she was the big know it all who didn’t listen to anyone and trouble often found her because of it. She was also known to be quite selfish and self-centered, mostly caring only about herself. But all that she has gone through throughout the series has made her grow as a person and in the end, she did a completely selfless act that ended up saving millions of lives.
It’s no secret that I absolutely adore Aiden. I loved how he let Alex make her own decisions and supported them, even though it went against everything he stood for. He was always supportive, loyal and loving and he remained that until the very end. A lesser man would have blasted Seth into next week, but not Aiden. He knew how much Seth means to Alex and thus he did everything in his power to at least tolerate him, even though Seth would deserve everything Aiden would dish out. I also absolutely adored the tender moments between Aiden and Alex that went without interruption. The love these two have for each other is truly awe-aspiring. They are each other’s happiness and strength. Time and time again they are faced with unbelievable hardships, and somehow they always manage to fight their way back to each other. I honestly cannot imagine a world where these two are not together.
Seth has evoked multiple of emotions in me throughout the entire series. I felt rage, anger, frustration and pity. He angered me more than I can count and because of his actions, many have lost their lives. He did many horrible things and I might have hated him at one point, but he really came through for Alex in the end, which proved that he was not as bad as I initially thought. Because anyone capable of such an act is deserving of being forgiven.
This series has it all. Epic love story, amazing action, wonderful characters and jaw-dropping plot twists. It gets better and better with each book and I recommend reading this series. You will not regret it!
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: Sentinel
: Covenant #5
: Jennifer L. Armentrout
: 5/5
This was such an emotional ride and that ending, WOW. I laughed and cried and felt so many other emotions. If I would have one tiny point of criticism, I was expecting the final battle to last a bit longer than it did. On the other side, it was probably for the best that it ended this way. I do wish there was more known about how some of the other characters ended up and it looks like there is still someone on the loose… I am looking forward to also read the Titan series next (spin off series from this one), perhaps there I will find the answers I am looking for. There was a lot of character development and I loved all the different character interactions. I felt like I really got to know them throughout the series, therefore I am also sad to say goodbye to them. Deacon was one of my favorites and brought a smile to my face many times! One of my favorite moments is when Alex is in training and called out some pures for reacting negatively to her and Aiden their relationship. She was such a bad ass calling them out! Recommending this series especially to anyone who loves a strong female lead and Greek Mythology.
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This a series of books. I have always enjoyed mythology from Greek to Roman so this brought about a great story line. It’s about a girl named Alexandria but she prefers to be called Alex. She is, in her world, thought to be a mutt. Not a pure blood elite. She is what is called a Half-blood. She is in love with a pure blood guy, named Aiden. Which is not going to fly in their world but he loves her back. Another character to remember is Seth who is important to Alex’s storyline. He is a pivotal part of her world. This is a great series and I love the author. She makes these great worlds that are just so fun to learn about. She also doesn’t try to kill you with too much information at once. You get the information that is needed when it is needed and are still able to follow the story. One thing I really love is that she doesn’t make rules that she throws out later. Drives me crazy when authors do that because the audience can do easily drop out of a world from that. Love this series so much. Highly recommend it. You will not be disappointed!
“He was my strength when I needed him to be, my friend when I needed someone to talk me down, my equal in a world where by law I would always be less than him, and honest to gods, he was the love of my life. And he would wait forever for me, just as I would wait forever and a day for him.”
We pick up right after the events of Apollyon. Alex has fought Ares and was beaten to the point that Apollo had to take her to Olympus to heal her. She’s now back in the mortal world but her fight with with Ares has changed her. There is so much that happens in this book and so many twists that for the most part I didn’t see coming. There were some things that happened that I was expecting but I wasn’t sure how JLA was going to make this into an HEA, but she did. She also ended it in a way that left it open to a spin off series, which we get in Titans!
Alex goes through a lot in this book. She spends a good portion of the book either apathetic or filled with doubt and fear. We do finally figure out what is causing this and when that problem is fixed all of those emotions that had been suppressed come pouring out. Alex learns a lot in this book and we get to see her strength in the book in a way that we haven’t in the other books.
Oh, Aiden. Dear sweet, loving, protective, supportive Aiden. I absolutely love this guy. He’s there for Alex every step of the way. He listens to her, supports her, and has her back throughout the book. He does have his moments of jealousy, which is expected, and while he doesn’t always handle it in the best way, he does apologize and make up for it. The love that he and Alex have for each other is truly heartwarming and something to aspire to.
My feelings about Seth have been all over the place throughout the series. I didn’t really like him in Half-Blood and then in Pure I actually liked him and even felt sorry for him. Then things changed and I loathed him in Deity and Apollyon. Now we get to Sentinel and it seems as if he has finally accepted what Alex had been telling him and about a third of the way through the book I no longer loathe him. And by the end of the book I actually like him again. Seth redeems himself and really comes through not only for Alex but also for Aiden.
I absolutely loved this book even though I cried through the last 100 pages. Jen really knows how give you all the feels. I always forget how much I love this series until I reread it and I can never think of why I don’t reread it more often until I get to this book. While I love this book I can only handle crying so much and this book causes a lot of tears. Between the amazing love story, the action and the plot twists, this is one of my favorite series.
“You have my heart, and you also have my strength. Make no mistake, I am willing to die for you, but have to trust that I don’t want to leave your side.”
(Reread Review)
This review may contain some vague spoilers, not detailed plots, but still spoilers.
I love Covenant series, Greek Mythology is one of my favorite types of fantasy and Jen does an amazing job with this series! Sentinel is the end of the ride, the final battle against Ares and Alex has the main role in this fight. But after what happened with Ares she is shattered, broken, lost, and its horrible to see her going through that, but she has her friends, Marcus and most importantly Aiden, and they help her, and even if a part of her is never going to be the same after what happened she fights her way back to herself and to her strength and she is amazing.
When I first read this series, I remember screaming to everyone who would listen that there was no way Seth would be ok with what happened to Alex by Ares hands and I am so glad I was right! He was never evil, and he surprises in this book, doesn’t mean all is forgot and forgiven but he works to amend what he did, and I love his character so much!!! This book is full of action and heart-breaking moments and also sweet and funny moments, it’s a full wonderful ride and an amazing ending for an amazing story. Alex and crew journey is not easy we get more losses in this book.
There is a minor plot about something with Alex that for a moment you dream with what could be, but then the heart-breaking bomb drops and man if we didn’t hated Ares enough now it goes to record levels.
After facing off with Ares the gang knows that they can’t win a fight with Ares, not without a major ace up their sleeves, so they go and get it. And man, this new character manages to be hilarious and so creepy at the same time. But have to admit the dynamics between this new character and Seth its really funny. Buttttt its spells trouble, gosh I have to give it Jennifer she did real good with the foreshadowing in this series with the prophecies that, now rereading, make me feel so stupid I didn’t get the first time around, because its right there in our faces, once we know! And she does it again here, because Hades warns them, he really does, long term foreshadowing right there.
Before the final battle we get a sweet moment with a character we know but have seen little but it’s a perfect scene.
This series has an amazing story and amazing main characters (and yes, I’m counting Seth there too), but the side characters are also so incredible. My favorites are always going to be Deacon and Caleb and their funny side and best possible friends ever status, Luke and his seriousness to Deacon’s party side, and also his strength and loyalty, but also Apollo’s hilarious but really bad timing, and surprisingly Hades and his British accent sarcasm. And yes, I know all my favorites are guys, and I don’t care.
With this new trump card and now Seth they train and plan for the final fight against Ares and it’s a brutal fight… And then the end of the fight, Gods…I was expecting it but still it hurts so much!! There is an Aiden POV chapter of that scene and boy how I cried with both POVs….
There was a moment there when I wanted to kill Apollo because it wasn’t fair, it wasn’t right and it hurts so much to read chapter 26….but this is Jennifer L Armentrout, and she writes HEAs, so in a surprising way things work out in the last chapter and its so sweet and makes you melt how powerful Alex and Aiden’s love is. They get they happy ever after, but for that someone has to sacrifice so much…. And its still not fair.
The ending is amazing, and every time is like saying goodbye to old friends. Its full of action and emotions. Alex is an amazing MC and her journey was not easy, but she fought for what was right, for her family, friends…Aiden and she is so damn strong! I love her!
Covenant series is a five-stars series and this book is the perfect endgame.
But the door is open, there was one lose end…. and the Titan spin of series is going to deal with that and for every Covenant series fan, you will love Titan series.
Awe Seth. I knew something would happen with him. I loved this series. Aiden and Alex were all the things, but Seth stole my heart at the end. I loved all of the battles and the anxiety I felt about what was going to happen. It was twisty and turny and I loved it. It was the perfect ending for this series.
The end of another great series by JLArmentrout. It always makes me sad, yet I devoured this book just like the rest. It’s filled with surprises, Alex’s trauma from the fight in the previous book, and as always, love.
I am back to liking Seth in this book, and even feel a bit for him. Aiden is of course the favorite, now that he’s a bit more open. Alex, of course, kicks ass. But you never know the way it’s going to go until the very end and after all the losses Alex has suffered, it’s amazing how strong she is. This book is a strong ending to this great series, and I couldn’t have been happier with how it turned out. Except for the deal with Seth of course… I hear a new spin-off series is coming out with Seth in it. We’ll see how that goes!
In any case, this was a strong finish, lots of emotional ups and downs and determined warriors doing their best to avert the gods’ wrath. It was lovely. 4.5 stars. Great job, JLArmentrout.