Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Synopsis:
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.

I love it when books involving the Gods and their progeny are done well! This book was well done but could have been improved. I feel like the author did an okay job of setting up the world but I would have liked more information. I'm still not sure what purpose some of the council members serve or how the Covenants came to be.
I would have liked to have seen more action in this book than what was shown. I mean these kids are being taught how to slay daimons so there should be more fights, right?! I understand that the author is trying to establish and build the world since this is the first book but I can only read so much about Alex getting trained. This book is pretty predictable with the exception of what happens at the end. I didn't mind that hardly anything surprised me though.
I enjoyed the romance aspect of the book but I wanted the author to focus more on the main story about the daimons and less on the romance.
I wanted more from Alex. I'm not saying that her personality was lacking but I wanted her to be able to hold her own in a fight. I understand that the author explains why she is not at her best but I still found her lacking. I think that was my biggest problem with this book which is my own issue. It doesn't mean that the book isn't worth reading. I'm guessing Alex will be stronger and more battle ready in the next book.