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TALES FROM THE SHADOWHUNTER ACADEMY BY CASSANDRA CLARE

30/5/2015

After living as a Mundane and a Vampire, Simon never thought he would become a Shadowhunter, but today he begins his training at Shadowhunter Academy.

I loved reading from Simon's perspective after what happened in City of Heavenly Fire. Seeing how he struggles with his memory loss and not fully knowing who he is/was, makes me fall in love with his character all over again, showing that I clearly had not appreciated his character enough!

I am so excited about reading the new character developments in the future novels of the students at the Shadowhunter Academy as I am already in love with George Lovelace. I cannot wait until The Lost Herondale is released!

P.S. Isabelle was utterly brilliant. Going in there like that... She is clearly not one to mess with.

P.P.S. Is Vivianne Penhallow by any chance named after Vivianne Hebel from HebelDesign?

Tales From The Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare:
BOOK 1: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
BOOK 2:The Lost Herondale
BOOK 3: The Whitechapel Fiend
BOOK 4: Nothing but Shadows
BOOK 5: The Evil We Love
BOOK 6: Pale King and Princes
BOOK 7: Bitter of Tongue
BOOK 8: The Fiery Trial
BOOK 9: Born to Endless Night
BOOK 10: Angels Twice Descending

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COVENANT BY JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT

15/5/2015

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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.

This book is so much like Vampire Academy it was just ridiculous. There were a few times when it felt like it was plagiarism disguised. I usually hate it when people compare books with one another, but this was just way too similar not to notice. If you are looking for an original story, then this is definitely not the book for you.

It’s almost like Jennifer L. Armentrout just changed all the names:

Alex a.k.a. Rose Hathaway
(Both had left school for a period of time and lived in the human world, only to return at a later date. They are both also irrational)

Aiden a.k.a. Dimitri Belikov
(Both happened to train the main female protagonist, and are both a few years older than the females. They both fall in love with the protagonisists)

Seth a.k.a. Lissa Dragomir
(Both of them had a special connection with the main protagonist)

Caleb a.k.a. Mason
(They are both best buds with the protagonist, and die)

Deacon a.k.a. Adrian
(They both have drinking problems)

Lea a.k.a. Mia
(They are both considered the mean girls, and both their parents are attacked and murdered. Lea is probably Mia’s birth name. They do rhyme after all…)

The terms as well:

The Covenant a.k.a. St Vladimir's
(Both are schools)

Half-Blood a.k.a. Dhampirs
(Half Pure-Blood/Moroi, half human. Sworn to protect the Pure-Bloods/Moroi)

Pure-Blood a.k.a. Moroi
(They both have the ability to control the elements)

Daimons a.k.a. Strigoi
(Creatures that were once a Half-Blood/Pure-Blood/Dhampir/Moroi, that now kill and occasionally turn others into one of them)

Though there are so many similarities that I cannot list them all, my overwhelming need to continue reading the series has not hindered, even though they do lack originality.

I found that as the story progressed on, the more the novel and plot became it’s own story and not a copy of Richelle Mead’s work.

Covenant by Jennifer L. Armentrout:
BOOK 1: Half-Blood
BOOK 2: Pure
BOOK 3: Deity
BOOK 4: Apollyon
BOOK 5: Sentinel

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