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The Mephisto Covenant #1
The Redemption of Ajax
"A timeless love story with unique mythology that captivates the imagination. I loved it."—P.C. Cast, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the House of Night series
"Trinity Faegen bursts onto the young adult scene with an exciting debut novel told in a fresh voice, and with a unique spin on a timeless tale."—#1 New York Times best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon
"This is a fantastic book with everything a paranormal fan craves, from action to suspense to an absolutely sizzling romance. Fans of P.C. Cast and Lauren Kate will not regret buying this book. Faegen is an author to look out for!"—Romantic Times
Sasha is desperate to find out who murdered her father. When getting the answer means pledging her soul to Eryx, she unlocks a secret that puts her in grave danger—she is an Anabo, a daughter of Eve, and Eryx’s biggest threat.
A son of Hell, immortal, and bound to Earth forever, Jax looks for redemption in the Mephisto Covenant—God’s promise he will find peace in the love of an Anabo. After a thousand years, he’s finally found the girl he’s been searching Sasha.
With the threat of Eryx always looming, Jax knows he has to keep Sasha safe and win her over. But can he? Will Sasha love him and give up her mortal life?
"Trinity Faegen bursts onto the young adult scene with an exciting debut novel told in a fresh voice, and with a unique spin on a timeless tale."—#1 New York Times best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon
"This is a fantastic book with everything a paranormal fan craves, from action to suspense to an absolutely sizzling romance. Fans of P.C. Cast and Lauren Kate will not regret buying this book. Faegen is an author to look out for!"—Romantic Times
Sasha is desperate to find out who murdered her father. When getting the answer means pledging her soul to Eryx, she unlocks a secret that puts her in grave danger—she is an Anabo, a daughter of Eve, and Eryx’s biggest threat.
A son of Hell, immortal, and bound to Earth forever, Jax looks for redemption in the Mephisto Covenant—God’s promise he will find peace in the love of an Anabo. After a thousand years, he’s finally found the girl he’s been searching Sasha.
With the threat of Eryx always looming, Jax knows he has to keep Sasha safe and win her over. But can he? Will Sasha love him and give up her mortal life?
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First published September 27, 2011
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4 books443 followersTrinity Faegen is a multi-published RITA winning author who also writes romance as Stephanie Feagan. A practicing CPA who loves travel, books, and smart guys, she lives in the outback of west Texas with her husband and a mean cat. For bonus content and more about the Mephisto, please visit her website at www.trinityfaegen.com.
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August 24, 2011
I am very sorry, but this is unreadable. It's not often that a book makes me this angry. In fact, I don't remember the last time it happened. I'd honestly hoped that I would like it, otherwise I would never have requested it. But after 170 pages, the list of problems I had with The Mephisto Covenant was longer than the book itself. And I just had to give up.
Alexandra ‘Sasha’ Annenkova is an Anabo, a descendant of Aurora, daughter of Eve before the Original sin. Being made of pure light, she is completely incapable of having negative emotions of any kind. She is kind, honest, caring, and of course, very beautiful.
Jax is Mephisto. He and his brothers capture Skia, the soulless shadows and the lost souls. He is the son of Hell.
Sasha’s father was murdered and she was very determined to discover who did it. But, as it turns out, her father was really a CIA agent and her great grandfather on her mother’s side was the head of KGB. So when her father ended up dead, the government decided to deport her mother back to Russia, but Sasha had to stay. Therefore, she ended up living with her father’s evil sister and her family.
Characterization is by far the worst part of this book: the characters are either ridiculously good or ridiculously evil, there’s nothing in between. They don’t possess complex personalities. As the protagonist, Sasha is good, forgiving and naïve. In other words, she’s boring. On the other side, her aunt Melanie reminded me of Cindarella’s evil stepmother. Instead of making me feel sorry for Sasha because of the way she treated her, I mostly just laughed.
Did I mention that Sasha and Jax are destined to be together? No? Well, that’s because they’re not. Jax is destined to be with Sasha, but Sasha has free will, he would never take away her right to choose! He just saved her, healed her and then stood there in all his glory until she fell for him. When she finally did (after a long 10 minutes or so), he wiped her memory clean so she could fall for him all over again. And of course, he only wanted her for her sparkling personality, despite the fact that she’s Anabo, the only girl he could ever be with!
”I’m Mephisto – you’re Anabo. Since I’m the one who caught your scent, it means you’re intended for me.”
(This needs no comment.)
If they ever do end up together and actually have sex, she will become more like him and their enemy will be able to sense her, track her and kill her. Yup.
I’m sorry I didn’t finish this book and I’m sorry I didn’t like it more. I really can’t recommend it to anyone.
Alexandra ‘Sasha’ Annenkova is an Anabo, a descendant of Aurora, daughter of Eve before the Original sin. Being made of pure light, she is completely incapable of having negative emotions of any kind. She is kind, honest, caring, and of course, very beautiful.
Jax is Mephisto. He and his brothers capture Skia, the soulless shadows and the lost souls. He is the son of Hell.
Sasha’s father was murdered and she was very determined to discover who did it. But, as it turns out, her father was really a CIA agent and her great grandfather on her mother’s side was the head of KGB. So when her father ended up dead, the government decided to deport her mother back to Russia, but Sasha had to stay. Therefore, she ended up living with her father’s evil sister and her family.
Characterization is by far the worst part of this book: the characters are either ridiculously good or ridiculously evil, there’s nothing in between. They don’t possess complex personalities. As the protagonist, Sasha is good, forgiving and naïve. In other words, she’s boring. On the other side, her aunt Melanie reminded me of Cindarella’s evil stepmother. Instead of making me feel sorry for Sasha because of the way she treated her, I mostly just laughed.
Did I mention that Sasha and Jax are destined to be together? No? Well, that’s because they’re not. Jax is destined to be with Sasha, but Sasha has free will, he would never take away her right to choose! He just saved her, healed her and then stood there in all his glory until she fell for him. When she finally did (after a long 10 minutes or so), he wiped her memory clean so she could fall for him all over again. And of course, he only wanted her for her sparkling personality, despite the fact that she’s Anabo, the only girl he could ever be with!
”I’m Mephisto – you’re Anabo. Since I’m the one who caught your scent, it means you’re intended for me.”
(This needs no comment.)
If they ever do end up together and actually have sex, she will become more like him and their enemy will be able to sense her, track her and kill her. Yup.
I’m sorry I didn’t finish this book and I’m sorry I didn’t like it more. I really can’t recommend it to anyone.
August 30, 2011
This book was given to me by the publisher through netgalley. You can also find this review on my blog Cait's Corner
So, Mephisto Covenant.
Sounds like it would be a good book, right? A nice enough premise, seems as though the author actually did some research and, from the plot, it looks like he actually has to win her love, instead of it being the common YA insta-love. It's going to be fabulous!
Bhahahaha whooo.... I love that picture. But anyways......
It. Was. Terrible
Let me start with some of the horrible logic and conclusions you're supposed to make while reading this book:
This is one of the most confusing books I've ever had the displeasure to read. Let me just start with the sheer amount of fuckery with the first three chapters, here. In the fist ten pages you get one of the hugest info-dumps I've ever read about the Mephistos and Anabos. Even Sasha had to get her mind wiped in order to keep from having some sort of seizure or epileptic fit because Jax decides to throw a shit ton of, well, practically shit in her face the first time he ever met her. Just as a hint, hint to future authors out there, pretty please don't do this. Build it up so that we're only getting a little at a time; throwing it at us like Faegen did ruins the suspense. While we're on the topic of mind-wiping, can I just say that this is what almost immediately put me off about Jax. He seriously needed to get some self-restraint. The dude's over one-thousand years old, you would think that he'd be able to control himself and not blab his and hers life story twice, each time trying to erase her memory of it, although the second time it didn't work because they shared spit.
.........wait. What did I just say? Because they shared some saliva during a make-out sesh she was suddenly irresistible to a mind wipe? And oh, wait; it gets even better. Due to Jax doing a little bit of spit donating, Sasha also becomes incredibly strong, is able to move to things telepathically, and is suddenly a kick-ass ninja. I'm sorry, but my poor brain just can't process that idea very well; maybe it's because I've never heard of it before, ever, or that it's just plain dumb and looks more like an easy out than something actually plausible. Probably the latter.
So that's how wonder woman came to be; it was just Lois Lane makkin' with Superman! *rolls eyes*
Another part of the saliva debacle was that during what was practically the whole book Jax didn't kiss her because part of the "magical powers of someone else's spittle" was that it would make Sasha able to become angry and feel strong emotions. She's pretty much been a kicked puppy all her life, and that's how Jax wants her to stay.
I have a question. What's wrong with getting angry? What's wrong with feeling mad and needing justification after someone's done you wrong, and has done things like rip your room to shreds, spread a rumor like, oh, I don't know; saying that at your previous school you had send nude pictures to everyone, that your mom was a Russian whore, deleting all of your college applications, and trying to freaking rape you? I'll tell you: nothing. The only time I actually liked Sasha was when she got mad and really took some revenge out on who did her wrong; which was pretty much the whole freaking town. I absolutely hated when she was trying "not to be a bother"
And she has an automatic ticket to Heaven no matter what she does; even if she becomes Mephisto and has emotions, so who really gives a flying fuck? She could get angry, kill everyone on the planet, shoot all the fluffy bunnies around the world, and blow up the Earth, and when she dies, as far as we know as the readers; she'd still go to Heaven! So, literally, why the hell is Jax freaking out about it?! Everyone else on the entire planet gets angry, and for the most part; they can control themselves, so what's so wrong with Sasha just being able to stand up for herself?! Ugh; I just didn't understand it at all.
Oh, noes, my little girl is angry! What tall, dark, and clueless man has been making out with my daughter and making her actually have feelings!?
Just a lot of the logic in this book makes little to no sense and, if you can't tell, it detracted considerably from the book as a whole. One last example before I get to the Twimitation *shivers* is how everyone else hates Sasha because they can supposedly sense, in some inner part of themselves, that she's Anabo. Even people that she helps at her old school, some of whom she saves from bullies, hate her guts because they can somehow tell that she slightly glows and can't get angry. If someone saved me from a beating or a verbal shouting match I wouldn't feel like, afterwards, that I had to stone her to death because she glows (yes, that actually happens in the book, people) People just aren't like that, at all and to portray us as such is kind of like an insult to the human character. I at least like to think that people are capable of a greater good than that.
And now we get to the dreaded Twimitation part of the review; the biggest turnoff for me of this book, ever. I swear that she literally stole the words right out of Meyer's mouth, and she did it twice! Here's the first quote: ""I should let you go and walk away" His lips traveled across her face, kissing her forehead, her nose, her temples "
Yes, you should"
She didnt.
Me: please don't let it happen again, pleaseeeee!
He moved his head so that his lips were close to her ear " Run from me, Sasha. If you can do it, run like hell and don't come back."
My breath came out in short little gasps "I don't want to run"
Me: AHHHHHHH NOOOOO! IT BURNS!! THE EDWARD AND BELLA! IT BURNS!
Why oh why oh why did she have to do that to the both of them as characters?!? I mean she pretty much turned them into Bella and Edward; except Edward, the poser, only wished he could be demon spawn, Jax is actually the real thing, so that makes it better, right? And Sasha gasping all the time and not running away from what is clearly a dangerous guy/situation doesn't make her like Bella, because she actually rejected him!
I can tell that Faegen was trying to break away from that mould by having Bella Sasha reject Edward Jax at first instead of having total insta-love, but it was basically pointless, because that's basically what it was. Every other page Sasha was obsessing over Jax, all the while denying him to help her out in order to keep up with the illusion in her head that she was rejecting him. She was trying to "defend and lookout for herself" but in many cases that's not what she was doing at all, which is what scares me for impressionable people that read this book. Especially in one scene where a guy comes over and he starts putting his hand all the way up her skirt, grabs her boobs, and is basically sexually molesting her in the middle of fucking lunch. And she just sits there, cries quietly, and lets him do it because she doesn't want to attract attention. Even just typing that makes my blood boil. That is not, and never will be okay. EVER. I'm going to send out a PSA right now and say that if a guy ever does that during lunch, or anywhere, you do NOT sit there and quietly cry. You scream bloody murder and hit that motherfucker so hard in the balls he'll be sterile for the rest of his pathetic life. And in that same scene, Faegen also writes that no one notices, and if they do, they ignore it, because the rumor of her being a slut is still going around. That is such bullshit I'm almost speechless. Even if a girl at my school had a reputation as a whore if a guy came up to her and you could see where his hands were and she was crying, I know probably half of my student body would go pummel that guy to the ground, especially if it was in such a public place as a freaking cafeteria. Sigh. I'm so sick and tired of this book.
The only thing I liked about this book was the sex scene. Yes, a YA author finally got the balls to write a descriptive sex scene, thank God There has only been one other YA book that I've read that has even mentioned the two love interests doing the deed is The Iron Queen - which is a lot better than Mephisto Covenant, by the way, and Kagawa wasn't nearly as descriptive about it as Faegen was. So, if you want one decent sex scene, read about 300+ pages of shit and you'll get there!
The only people I would suggest this book to is other reviewer to fuel up their snark, but, besides that, I would never suggest this book to anyone; this book doesn't deserve to be enjoyed by anyone. And now, I'm left with my simmering feelings and no one to understand me *sobs*
So, Mephisto Covenant.
Sounds like it would be a good book, right? A nice enough premise, seems as though the author actually did some research and, from the plot, it looks like he actually has to win her love, instead of it being the common YA insta-love. It's going to be fabulous!
Bhahahaha whooo.... I love that picture. But anyways......
It. Was. Terrible
Let me start with some of the horrible logic and conclusions you're supposed to make while reading this book:
This is one of the most confusing books I've ever
.........wait. What did I just say? Because they shared some saliva during a make-out sesh she was suddenly irresistible to a mind wipe? And oh, wait; it gets even better. Due to Jax doing a little bit of spit donating, Sasha also becomes incredibly strong, is able to move to things telepathically, and is suddenly a kick-ass ninja. I'm sorry, but my poor brain just can't process that idea very well; maybe it's because I've never heard of it before, ever, or that it's just plain dumb and looks more like an easy out than something actually plausible. Probably the latter.
So that's how wonder woman came to be; it was just Lois Lane makkin' with Superman! *rolls eyes*
Another part of the saliva debacle was that during what was practically the whole book Jax didn't kiss her because part of the "magical powers of someone else's spittle" was that it would make Sasha able to become angry and feel strong emotions. She's pretty much been a kicked puppy all her life, and that's how Jax wants her to stay.
I have a question. What's wrong with getting angry? What's wrong with feeling mad and needing justification after someone's done you wrong, and has done things like rip your room to shreds, spread a rumor like, oh, I don't know; saying that at your previous school you had send nude pictures to everyone, that your mom was a Russian whore, deleting all of your college applications, and trying to freaking rape you? I'll tell you: nothing. The only time I actually liked Sasha was when she got mad and really took some revenge out on who did her wrong; which was pretty much the whole freaking town. I absolutely hated when she was trying "not to be a bother"
And she has an automatic ticket to Heaven no matter what she does; even if she becomes Mephisto and has emotions, so who really gives a flying fuck? She could get angry, kill everyone on the planet, shoot all the fluffy bunnies around the world, and blow up the Earth, and when she dies, as far as we know as the readers; she'd still go to Heaven! So, literally, why the hell is Jax freaking out about it?! Everyone else on the entire planet gets angry, and for the most part; they can control themselves, so what's so wrong with Sasha just being able to stand up for herself?! Ugh; I just didn't understand it at all.
Oh, noes, my little girl is angry! What tall, dark, and clueless man has been making out with my daughter and making her actually have feelings!?
Just a lot of the logic in this book makes little to no sense and, if you can't tell, it detracted considerably from the book as a whole. One last example before I get to the Twimitation *shivers* is how everyone else hates Sasha because they can supposedly sense, in some inner part of themselves, that she's Anabo. Even people that she helps at her old school, some of whom she saves from bullies, hate her guts because they can somehow tell that she slightly glows and can't get angry. If someone saved me from a beating or a verbal shouting match I wouldn't feel like, afterwards, that I had to stone her to death because she glows (yes, that actually happens in the book, people) People just aren't like that, at all and to portray us as such is kind of like an insult to the human character. I at least like to think that people are capable of a greater good than that.
And now we get to the dreaded Twimitation part of the review; the biggest turnoff for me of this book, ever. I swear that she literally stole the words right out of Meyer's mouth, and she did it twice! Here's the first quote: ""I should let you go and walk away" His lips traveled across her face, kissing her forehead, her nose, her temples "
Yes, you should"
She didnt.
Me: please don't let it happen again, pleaseeeee!
He moved his head so that his lips were close to her ear " Run from me, Sasha. If you can do it, run like hell and don't come back."
My breath came out in short little gasps "I don't want to run"
Me: AHHHHHHH NOOOOO! IT BURNS!! THE EDWARD AND BELLA! IT BURNS!
Why oh why oh why did she have to do that to the both of them as characters?!? I mean she pretty much turned them into Bella and Edward; except Edward, the poser, only wished he could be demon spawn, Jax is actually the real thing, so that makes it better, right? And Sasha gasping all the time and not running away from what is clearly a dangerous guy/situation doesn't make her like Bella, because she actually rejected him!
I can tell that Faegen was trying to break away from that mould by having
The only thing I liked about this book was the sex scene. Yes, a YA author finally got the balls to write a descriptive sex scene,
The only people I would suggest this book to is other reviewer to fuel up their snark, but, besides that, I would never suggest this book to anyone; this book doesn't deserve to be enjoyed by anyone. And now, I'm left with my simmering feelings and no one to understand me *sobs*
August 3, 2011
For everyone who thinks I've lost my mind liking this book, here's a little message:
Okay, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Jeez.
In and of itself, The Mephisto Covenant is a straight-up young adult paranormal romance targeting older teens. The initial couple of chapters were a little rocky, with way too much info dumping and I was afraid the Debut Author Curse had struck again. However, a couple of chapters in, the writing smoothens out considerably, and the plotline begins to get more interesting.
I actually liked the world building in this book. Sasha is an Anabo, one of the descendants of Aurora, daughter of Adam and Eve. Being born before their banishment from Eden, Aurora (and consequently, her descendants) are beings of pure heart, never knowing negative emotions like rage or jealousy. The Anabo are a threat to Eryx, who steals the souls of humans by promising them what they most desire, and using the captive souls to take over Hell from Lucifer, the keeper of dead souls.
When Sasha is threatened by a group of Eryx's followers, The Ravens, she is rescued by Jax, who promptly infodumps on her, and then wipes her memory so he can infodump on her again, two chapters later. She then loses her mother, and has to move to middle of nowhere, Colorado, which — surprise, surprise! is exactly when her soulmate Jax, resides! And together, they fight the forces of evil and find redemption, blah, blah, blah.
Honestly, this book is full of clichés and deus ex machina plot twists and logical inconsistencies. But. Despite its flaws (and believe me, there are several) it's still a fun read. If you're looking for a book that's challenging and thought-provoking, this is not it. However, if you want an easy afternoon read with pretty girls and hot boys and soulmates, it's perfect.
There are a lot of standard YA plot formulas that ought to have annoyed me, but didn't. I was a little worried that I was getting soft in my old age, but I started Hourglass and couldn't get past page 2, so it's not me, phew! I think it's just that Faegen manages to work them into the story in such a way that they don't get too jarring.
So despite the fact that Jax and Sasha are 'soulmates' who are instantly attracted to each other, they don't immediately envision happily-ever-after. Love is something that comes way, way later in the book, after all the trials and the tribulations and the angst. Jax has a hero-complex, but then again, which YA hero doesn't? He's standard issue YA hero, hot and tortured and angsty and protective, but also sweet and his relationship with his brothers earns him bonus points.
Sasha is more complex in terms of how I reacted to her. She's sometimes emotionally mature, sometimes stupid beyond belief, and her eternal angsting about her relationship with Jax does tend to get repetitive. On the other hand, she knees a guy in the balls, and I always have a soft spot for heroines who can get away with that.
So, this book's plus points? Its mythology, a decent plotline, and a nice romance. What didn't work for me was the homogenity of plot devices, the sugary-sweet ending and the pages and pages of you-are-bad-but-you-are-good-but-I-like-you-but-I-can't-be-with-you.
All in all, this book reminds me a little of Spellbound, although I liked this book a little more than I did Speelbound. It's got the same indefinable attractiveness that somehow ends up offsetting the sameness of it all. If you're a romance fan, I would definitely recommend this book to you, but like I said, it's more of an easy read than a challenging one.
Okay, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Jeez.
In and of itself, The Mephisto Covenant is a straight-up young adult paranormal romance targeting older teens. The initial couple of chapters were a little rocky, with way too much info dumping and I was afraid the Debut Author Curse had struck again. However, a couple of chapters in, the writing smoothens out considerably, and the plotline begins to get more interesting.
I actually liked the world building in this book. Sasha is an Anabo, one of the descendants of Aurora, daughter of Adam and Eve. Being born before their banishment from Eden, Aurora (and consequently, her descendants) are beings of pure heart, never knowing negative emotions like rage or jealousy. The Anabo are a threat to Eryx, who steals the souls of humans by promising them what they most desire, and using the captive souls to take over Hell from Lucifer, the keeper of dead souls.
When Sasha is threatened by a group of Eryx's followers, The Ravens, she is rescued by Jax, who promptly infodumps on her, and then wipes her memory so he can infodump on her again, two chapters later. She then loses her mother, and has to move to middle of nowhere, Colorado, which — surprise, surprise! is exactly when her soulmate Jax, resides! And together, they fight the forces of evil and find redemption, blah, blah, blah.
Honestly, this book is full of clichés and deus ex machina plot twists and logical inconsistencies. But. Despite its flaws (and believe me, there are several) it's still a fun read. If you're looking for a book that's challenging and thought-provoking, this is not it. However, if you want an easy afternoon read with pretty girls and hot boys and soulmates, it's perfect.
There are a lot of standard YA plot formulas that ought to have annoyed me, but didn't. I was a little worried that I was getting soft in my old age, but I started Hourglass and couldn't get past page 2, so it's not me, phew! I think it's just that Faegen manages to work them into the story in such a way that they don't get too jarring.
So despite the fact that Jax and Sasha are 'soulmates' who are instantly attracted to each other, they don't immediately envision happily-ever-after. Love is something that comes way, way later in the book, after all the trials and the tribulations and the angst. Jax has a hero-complex, but then again, which YA hero doesn't? He's standard issue YA hero, hot and tortured and angsty and protective, but also sweet and his relationship with his brothers earns him bonus points.
Sasha is more complex in terms of how I reacted to her. She's sometimes emotionally mature, sometimes stupid beyond belief, and her eternal angsting about her relationship with Jax does tend to get repetitive. On the other hand, she knees a guy in the balls, and I always have a soft spot for heroines who can get away with that.
So, this book's plus points? Its mythology, a decent plotline, and a nice romance. What didn't work for me was the homogenity of plot devices, the sugary-sweet ending and the pages and pages of you-are-bad-but-you-are-good-but-I-like-you-but-I-can't-be-with-you.
All in all, this book reminds me a little of Spellbound, although I liked this book a little more than I did Speelbound. It's got the same indefinable attractiveness that somehow ends up offsetting the sameness of it all. If you're a romance fan, I would definitely recommend this book to you, but like I said, it's more of an easy read than a challenging one.
September 22, 2013
PLEASE NOTE: This is a DNF (did not finish) review. For those of you concerned, I quit at the 100-page mark. Also, this is all spoilery, so you have been warned.
I tried with The Mephisto Covenant, honestly, I did. But it was clear to me really early on that this was not the book for me, and unlike Carrier of the Mark (which I also realized early on was not the book for me), I didn't find anything in it that compelled me to keep reading. Find out why HERE .
I tried with The Mephisto Covenant, honestly, I did. But it was clear to me really early on that this was not the book for me, and unlike Carrier of the Mark (which I also realized early on was not the book for me), I didn't find anything in it that compelled me to keep reading. Find out why HERE .
June 27, 2011
The Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegen is the first book of a new paranormal series about a group of sons of Hell and their hope for redemption through the Anabo (daughters of Eve). More specifically, the brother named Jax meets Sasha, who turns out to be his Anabo. Attraction and complications ensue, and the even-more-evil-than-the-sons-of-Hell-bad-guys come out to play.
Even though I'm sure I'll go on for longer than this, my review can basically be summed up into one sentence. My belief is that if Stephenie Meyer was a porn star instead of a Mormon, this is the book she would have written. (Of course, she also would have had to have had her Eureka! dream about Hell boys frolicking through a meadow instead of sparkly vampires, but I digress.)
Sasha meets Jax and learns the truth about herself very early on, and even though she is supposedly "terrified" and "repulsed" by him, she still manages to almost immediately engage in a make-out session. Throughout the book, she continues to "not want to be near him" and "just wants to be normal," but still manages to pounce on him on numerous occasions and even goes so far as to ditch the bra fairly early on (before the big sexy scene at the end which I'll get to in a minute). Jax looks at her and admires her strength of character and considers her tough even as a boy basically tries to molest her in the cafeteria while she sits there and cries about it instead of slapping the crap out of him. Oh - but don't worry. Those are tears of anger. Whew. And here I had been thinking it was just because she was a wuss.
Seriously. The characterization in this novel is little more than a joke. Not one character goes beyond being two-dimensional. Sasha's character makes absolutely no sense whatsoever - we are told she is tough and kick ass, yet she cries all the freakin time. We are told she is very hesitant and unwilling to take on her Anabo destiny, but even when she knows that kissing Jax constantly brings her closer to the edge (his spit, you know), she still jumps him like a prime cut of steak. WTF? Also, Jax is supposedly a son of Hell, and we are told that he engages in a varied array of horrible behavior, yet he spends the majority of the novel either mooning over Sasha like a moron in jr. high or being a complete overbearing jerk (see? Twilight!). So, hopefully you see the trend I'm going for her - we are told many things in the story, but never actually shown them. Same goes for the chemistry between the characters, they are supposedly struck mad by the love bug, are constantly all over each other - but I never felt even the smallest flicker of anything. Not good writing my friends, not good at all.
So yeah, this is very much a plot-driven novel. However, the book is pretty long and there are quite a few slow parts that dragged on a little too much. Probably because there were quite a few Sasha/Jax bonding scenes. Since I didn't feel like their relationship made a lick of sense, I was annoyed. But, I did manage to read the entire book, which does say something. If it had really been 100% horrible, no way could I have read the whole thing without throwing it across the room (theoretically since I read it on my Kindle). But then again, I had to put it down several times and never looked forward to picking it back up - it was more determination to see it through. Plus I wanted to get to the promised sexytimes (which yes, was pretty graphic for YA but also very short - I guess even immortal Hell boy teenagers don't have a lot of staying power).
To top things off, the ending of the book was a complete loss. Totally cuts off to rope you into wanting to read the sequel (which I think I'll be managing to resist thank you very much). Not really any resolution.
Anyway, this was obviously not the book for me. I have already seen some positive reviews out there however, so not everyone will agree with me! If you are a huge forbidden love fangirl and/or love Twilight-like relationships don't let me put you off reading the book - you'll undoubtedly enjoy it a lot more than I did. (If you aren't a fan of either of those things, run like the wind...the YA sexytimes aren't worth it.)
Even though I'm sure I'll go on for longer than this, my review can basically be summed up into one sentence. My belief is that if Stephenie Meyer was a porn star instead of a Mormon, this is the book she would have written. (Of course, she also would have had to have had her Eureka! dream about Hell boys frolicking through a meadow instead of sparkly vampires, but I digress.)
Sasha meets Jax and learns the truth about herself very early on, and even though she is supposedly "terrified" and "repulsed" by him, she still manages to almost immediately engage in a make-out session. Throughout the book, she continues to "not want to be near him" and "just wants to be normal," but still manages to pounce on him on numerous occasions and even goes so far as to ditch the bra fairly early on (before the big sexy scene at the end which I'll get to in a minute). Jax looks at her and admires her strength of character and considers her tough even as a boy basically tries to molest her in the cafeteria while she sits there and cries about it instead of slapping the crap out of him. Oh - but don't worry. Those are tears of anger. Whew. And here I had been thinking it was just because she was a wuss.
Seriously. The characterization in this novel is little more than a joke. Not one character goes beyond being two-dimensional. Sasha's character makes absolutely no sense whatsoever - we are told she is tough and kick ass, yet she cries all the freakin time. We are told she is very hesitant and unwilling to take on her Anabo destiny, but even when she knows that kissing Jax constantly brings her closer to the edge (his spit, you know), she still jumps him like a prime cut of steak. WTF? Also, Jax is supposedly a son of Hell, and we are told that he engages in a varied array of horrible behavior, yet he spends the majority of the novel either mooning over Sasha like a moron in jr. high or being a complete overbearing jerk (see? Twilight!). So, hopefully you see the trend I'm going for her - we are told many things in the story, but never actually shown them. Same goes for the chemistry between the characters, they are supposedly struck mad by the love bug, are constantly all over each other - but I never felt even the smallest flicker of anything. Not good writing my friends, not good at all.
So yeah, this is very much a plot-driven novel. However, the book is pretty long and there are quite a few slow parts that dragged on a little too much. Probably because there were quite a few Sasha/Jax bonding scenes. Since I didn't feel like their relationship made a lick of sense, I was annoyed. But, I did manage to read the entire book, which does say something. If it had really been 100% horrible, no way could I have read the whole thing without throwing it across the room (theoretically since I read it on my Kindle). But then again, I had to put it down several times and never looked forward to picking it back up - it was more determination to see it through. Plus I wanted to get to the promised sexytimes (which yes, was pretty graphic for YA but also very short - I guess even immortal Hell boy teenagers don't have a lot of staying power).
To top things off, the ending of the book was a complete loss. Totally cuts off to rope you into wanting to read the sequel (which I think I'll be managing to resist thank you very much). Not really any resolution.
Anyway, this was obviously not the book for me. I have already seen some positive reviews out there however, so not everyone will agree with me! If you are a huge forbidden love fangirl and/or love Twilight-like relationships don't let me put you off reading the book - you'll undoubtedly enjoy it a lot more than I did. (If you aren't a fan of either of those things, run like the wind...the YA sexytimes aren't worth it.)
February 7, 2020
I've always had a thing for angel books but to my surprise this wasn't necessarily about angels but the mythology surrounding mephistopheles and his seven sons. Sure the goody two shoes main character is cliche and all too well known, but I liked how she gradually sees the evil like any other human. She's supposed to be free of sin born from Aurora, Adam and Eve's daughter. Meeting Jax changes everything. Though this can be touted first as a romance, I ignored the lovey dovey and focused on the plot that kept me going from page one to the very end. I liked the whole concept of good versus evil and trying to stop the baddies from overtaking the world, that's what kept me reading. I liked her writing and it was never boring for me. There were some disturbing rape and sexual assault scenes so just to tread warning.
I also noted that this series is pretty similar to J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series minus all the sex scenes.
I'm also sad to hear that the author was diagnosed with cancer, but she beat it and is recovering. She even felt bad that she's delayed writing her books. We wish you all the best love!
I also noted that this series is pretty similar to J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series minus all the sex scenes.
I'm also sad to hear that the author was diagnosed with cancer, but she beat it and is recovering. She even felt bad that she's delayed writing her books. We wish you all the best love!
May 6, 2012
You Tarzan. Me Jane? No. „I’m Mephisto – you’re Anabo. Since I’m the one who caught your scent, it means you’re intended for me.”
In my very private opinion there are only two possible and healthy viewpoints to adapt when reading The Mephisto Covenant: Incredulous Outrage and Guilty Pleasure. My own has been a mixture of both, but as my final 3-star-rating shows, I primarily went with the latter and consequently had a shitload of fun. I am aware of the fact that there are also readers who consumed the story with a I-want-to-be-her-and-I-need-someone-like-him-in-my-life-feeling bursting in their breasts, but I personally consider that kind of mindframe in combination with the book in question as ‘pretty peculiar’ at best. If you would sort yourself into that category, please stop reading my review right now for your own good.
The good, the bad and the outrageously ugly:
It is surely pretty difficult to base your world-building on selected pillars of Christian mythology – multi-fold and controversial in itself as it is – without inducing some of your potential readers to have a fit. For theologists, philosophers and psychologists are still searching for answers to the good-and-bad-dilemma: Do good and bad exist? Are we born inherently good, inherently bad or something mish-mash in between? How much of the kind of person we turn out to be is fixed by our genetic cocktail and how much is learned or instilled by the society that nurtures us during our formative years? What or who is responsible for a human being to grow a conscience or the ability to feel empathy? As someone who works in the educational sector I strongly detest the genes-only theories. I believe that genes do place certain limitations, but they do not make anybody good or bad. In The Mephisto Covenant there are a few people who are born being entirely good and happy and unable to hate or envy or begrudge. And they effortlessly stay that way no matter what life dishes out to them. On the other hand there is the majority of people, who sometimes make selfless decisions and on other occasions selfish ones. Heaven, Hell and Purgatory are all more or less reachable destinations – depending on the lives they lead. But – and that made me inexplicably mad – when tempted by evil minions of an ambitious wannabe successor of Lucifer, they are unable to resist selling their souls by default. . The Purgatory gatekeepers/enforcers are technically employees of Lucifer, but because they are keeping the God-intended balance, they are doing the right thing by Him as well and - being trustworthy and hardworking lads - they have been promised one chance each at soul peace and heavenly bliss: The appearance of their own private Anabo who have to be seduced into loving them: Anabo are rare decendants of Eve’s daughter Aurora, who had been conceived before her mother’s Fall from Grace. Anabo are so pure that they get physically ill in the vicinity of evil, they are so good that they are downright boring, they are not sexually attractive to human men and they are slap-my-other-cheek-too-meek and frighteningly passive.
The bad-boy-naive-girl scenario is kind of annoying like hell, but with the right dose of exaggeration also a workable breeding ground for guilty pleasure:
Wanted: Half a dozen angelic virgins for six damaged hell-hotties:
I didn’t have the nerves to actually read one of them until the very last page, but both concept and realisation of this first book in the Kyanos Brothers’ series strongly resemble those of the Black Dagger Brotherhood installments by J.R. Ward and the Midnight Breed books by Lara Adrian – paranormal romance targeted at adults. We have one hot, dark, dangerous, experienced pack guy overcome by his longing to be loved eternally by a fragile, naive, irresistible, virgin female who has a fierce kernel, an otherwordly sexual appetite and some guy-polishing essence hidden somewhere in her demure wrapping. But that female is always – mainly subjectively seen – off limits to that guy, which makes him want her more and at inconvenient times, kindles his jealous streak, his inner animal, his inner cry-baby and several other inners. Certainly angelic Sasha is reluctant to date a guy from hell, but after an irreversible “whoopsie” moment, she is all “I want your scent all over me, Jax” and he is all “I’d want to kill anyone who touched you.” Although I asked myself why on earth would somebody write a “Brotherhood” series for teens I have to admit, the untouched female thing works better for 17 years old Sasha than for a 26 years old lawyer or accountant.
A puddle of molten latex, double standards and other sexy stuff:
All the pleasure that derives from the boy-girl-talks, the conquering, the steamy scenes in their graphic glory, the whimpering, the possessivenes and so on, practically has to be guilty, because the reader is constantly reminded of the double standard that is generously being applied. When the heroine starts to feel sexually attracted to the hero, she states “I am turning into a dirty girl in a virgin’s body.” And that she is finally having sex in raw measures is only allowable, because with the decision to give in she binds herself to her partner for eternity. He on the other hand had “been alive a thousand years and had sex with thousands of females” - without even looking into their eyes in order not to frighten them away by his hellish expression, because of his male needs. The reader feels compensated for this gender injustice, when under the gentle hands of his naive virgin our thousand-females-in-back-alleys-jewel “suffered every guy’s ultimate humilitation, trying to turn his body away.” Yes, you’ve got that right.
Other ridiculous fun-scenes include one in which he creeps in on her while she is trying on jeans in the mall and is standing there “in a pair of jeans and nothing else.” I wrecked my brain but couldn’t remember a situation in which I took off my bra to try on trousers. And I particularly loved the explanation for his forgoing condoms: Being a creature from Hell Ajax is so hot, that condoms simply melt on him. Burned vagina. Mhhh! This leads us to
Poly-function-juice(s) or “It's in the spit, Bro.”
Maybe you are already overwelmed by all the sensational stuff human urine can be used for like curing acne or cooking a Chinese delicacy called Spring Eggs using only prepubescent boy urine. Well, then you have not heard of Mephisto spit and sperm, which are not really two different liquids, but rather the same magical stuff – although the latter is much more “potent” so to say. Mephisto sperm is not one half of conception. Conception simply happens when an Anabo “wishes” for offspring. Isn’t that brilliant? I honestly admire it when authors are brave enough to use ideas that appear to be born at drunken school-girls’ sleepovers into their world-building. Mephisto spit and sperm, in the following shortened to MSaS, functions as an aphrodisiac, it makes the receiver crave the excreter , it makes the receiver resistant to memory deletion and it heals – broken bones and also skin. Therefore Ajax’s Daddy’s priceless advice before the big night is “heal as you go”, meaning, hmmm, accompanying penetration with sloppy kisses?
But one of the best tricks MSaS has up its sleeve is that it automatically inserts a permanent tracking mechanism in the Anabo it enters.
If you cannot decide whether you should give The Mephisto Covenant: a try, I would say that the safest option to enjoy the journey is reading the book as if it was its own parody. Spit-laden snorts guaranteed. But I wouldn’t spend money on it.
A note: I based this review on a pre-publication review version, which might considerably differ in places from the novel available on the market.
In my very private opinion there are only two possible and healthy viewpoints to adapt when reading The Mephisto Covenant: Incredulous Outrage and Guilty Pleasure. My own has been a mixture of both, but as my final 3-star-rating shows, I primarily went with the latter and consequently had a shitload of fun. I am aware of the fact that there are also readers who consumed the story with a I-want-to-be-her-and-I-need-someone-like-him-in-my-life-feeling bursting in their breasts, but I personally consider that kind of mindframe in combination with the book in question as ‘pretty peculiar’ at best. If you would sort yourself into that category, please stop reading my review right now for your own good.
The good, the bad and the outrageously ugly:
It is surely pretty difficult to base your world-building on selected pillars of Christian mythology – multi-fold and controversial in itself as it is – without inducing some of your potential readers to have a fit. For theologists, philosophers and psychologists are still searching for answers to the good-and-bad-dilemma: Do good and bad exist? Are we born inherently good, inherently bad or something mish-mash in between? How much of the kind of person we turn out to be is fixed by our genetic cocktail and how much is learned or instilled by the society that nurtures us during our formative years? What or who is responsible for a human being to grow a conscience or the ability to feel empathy? As someone who works in the educational sector I strongly detest the genes-only theories. I believe that genes do place certain limitations, but they do not make anybody good or bad. In The Mephisto Covenant there are a few people who are born being entirely good and happy and unable to hate or envy or begrudge. And they effortlessly stay that way no matter what life dishes out to them. On the other hand there is the majority of people, who sometimes make selfless decisions and on other occasions selfish ones. Heaven, Hell and Purgatory are all more or less reachable destinations – depending on the lives they lead. But – and that made me inexplicably mad – when tempted by evil minions of an ambitious wannabe successor of Lucifer, they are unable to resist selling their souls by default. . The Purgatory gatekeepers/enforcers are technically employees of Lucifer, but because they are keeping the God-intended balance, they are doing the right thing by Him as well and - being trustworthy and hardworking lads - they have been promised one chance each at soul peace and heavenly bliss: The appearance of their own private Anabo who have to be seduced into loving them: Anabo are rare decendants of Eve’s daughter Aurora, who had been conceived before her mother’s Fall from Grace. Anabo are so pure that they get physically ill in the vicinity of evil, they are so good that they are downright boring, they are not sexually attractive to human men and they are slap-my-other-cheek-too-meek and frighteningly passive.
The bad-boy-naive-girl scenario is kind of annoying like hell, but with the right dose of exaggeration also a workable breeding ground for guilty pleasure:
Wanted: Half a dozen angelic virgins for six damaged hell-hotties:
I didn’t have the nerves to actually read one of them until the very last page, but both concept and realisation of this first book in the Kyanos Brothers’ series strongly resemble those of the Black Dagger Brotherhood installments by J.R. Ward and the Midnight Breed books by Lara Adrian – paranormal romance targeted at adults. We have one hot, dark, dangerous, experienced pack guy overcome by his longing to be loved eternally by a fragile, naive, irresistible, virgin female who has a fierce kernel, an otherwordly sexual appetite and some guy-polishing essence hidden somewhere in her demure wrapping. But that female is always – mainly subjectively seen – off limits to that guy, which makes him want her more and at inconvenient times, kindles his jealous streak, his inner animal, his inner cry-baby and several other inners. Certainly angelic Sasha is reluctant to date a guy from hell, but after an irreversible “whoopsie” moment, she is all “I want your scent all over me, Jax” and he is all “I’d want to kill anyone who touched you.” Although I asked myself why on earth would somebody write a “Brotherhood” series for teens I have to admit, the untouched female thing works better for 17 years old Sasha than for a 26 years old lawyer or accountant.
A puddle of molten latex, double standards and other sexy stuff:
All the pleasure that derives from the boy-girl-talks, the conquering, the steamy scenes in their graphic glory, the whimpering, the possessivenes and so on, practically has to be guilty, because the reader is constantly reminded of the double standard that is generously being applied. When the heroine starts to feel sexually attracted to the hero, she states “I am turning into a dirty girl in a virgin’s body.” And that she is finally having sex in raw measures is only allowable, because with the decision to give in she binds herself to her partner for eternity. He on the other hand had “been alive a thousand years and had sex with thousands of females” - without even looking into their eyes in order not to frighten them away by his hellish expression, because of his male needs. The reader feels compensated for this gender injustice, when under the gentle hands of his naive virgin our thousand-females-in-back-alleys-jewel “suffered every guy’s ultimate humilitation, trying to turn his body away.” Yes, you’ve got that right.
Other ridiculous fun-scenes include one in which he creeps in on her while she is trying on jeans in the mall and is standing there “in a pair of jeans and nothing else.” I wrecked my brain but couldn’t remember a situation in which I took off my bra to try on trousers. And I particularly loved the explanation for his forgoing condoms: Being a creature from Hell Ajax is so hot, that condoms simply melt on him. Burned vagina. Mhhh! This leads us to
Poly-function-juice(s) or “It's in the spit, Bro.”
Maybe you are already overwelmed by all the sensational stuff human urine can be used for like curing acne or cooking a Chinese delicacy called Spring Eggs using only prepubescent boy urine. Well, then you have not heard of Mephisto spit and sperm, which are not really two different liquids, but rather the same magical stuff – although the latter is much more “potent” so to say. Mephisto sperm is not one half of conception. Conception simply happens when an Anabo “wishes” for offspring. Isn’t that brilliant? I honestly admire it when authors are brave enough to use ideas that appear to be born at drunken school-girls’ sleepovers into their world-building. Mephisto spit and sperm, in the following shortened to MSaS, functions as an aphrodisiac, it makes the receiver crave the excreter , it makes the receiver resistant to memory deletion and it heals – broken bones and also skin. Therefore Ajax’s Daddy’s priceless advice before the big night is “heal as you go”, meaning, hmmm, accompanying penetration with sloppy kisses?
But one of the best tricks MSaS has up its sleeve is that it automatically inserts a permanent tracking mechanism in the Anabo it enters.
If you cannot decide whether you should give The Mephisto Covenant: a try, I would say that the safest option to enjoy the journey is reading the book as if it was its own parody. Spit-laden snorts guaranteed. But I wouldn’t spend money on it.
A note: I based this review on a pre-publication review version, which might considerably differ in places from the novel available on the market.
January 19, 2014
Mephisto Covenant. This name alone made me think of a witchy boys, and even sons of hell translated in my mind to a group who had pledged their souls in some way to hell. I wasn’t expecting actual sons of hell, which is exactly what they are. Such a breath of fresh air with the abundance of other paranormal creatures and fallen angels floating about. Also; kind of hot if I do say so myself.
The Mephisto Covenant started a little slow for me, though it jumps right into the action, it took a little while for me to start caring for the characters. Also, in the beginning there were resemblances to Unearthly that I had trouble shaking. Not just the cover, but the angelic girl and the skiing, my mind just kept flashing to Unearthly. But it isn’t long before this book takes it’s own very unique turns, and you completely forget you were ever able to make the comparison. (Seriously. I sat for ten minutes wondering what it was that distracted me in the beginning before I finally remembered.) (This probably makes the point irrelevant.)
Such unique characters. Sasha is such a sweet girl, and I loved watching her transform in more ways than one. Jax is the obvious choice for swoonworthiness, but I found myself gravitating toward Phoenix (his brother) on more than one occasion. He’s so solemn, and still managed to pull laughs out of me numerous times. Sasha’s family were out of this world insane, Jax’s family were the kind you would want to spend eternity with. The secondary characters were nearly as fascinating as our main characters.
There is a hot hot scene toward the end that had me to stopping to check if it was really YA or if I had imagined that part. If you know me, you know I have no problems with this. None whatsoever. The girl is eighteen, afterall. But I do think this would pose a problem for anyone who tends to shy away from sex in YA.
The Mephisto Covenant is an alluring love story, so perfectly plotted and perfectly paced. It did not disappoint.
4.5/5 Stars (Minus .5 for the slow start)
The Mephisto Covenant started a little slow for me, though it jumps right into the action, it took a little while for me to start caring for the characters. Also, in the beginning there were resemblances to Unearthly that I had trouble shaking. Not just the cover, but the angelic girl and the skiing, my mind just kept flashing to Unearthly. But it isn’t long before this book takes it’s own very unique turns, and you completely forget you were ever able to make the comparison. (Seriously. I sat for ten minutes wondering what it was that distracted me in the beginning before I finally remembered.) (This probably makes the point irrelevant.)
Such unique characters. Sasha is such a sweet girl, and I loved watching her transform in more ways than one. Jax is the obvious choice for swoonworthiness, but I found myself gravitating toward Phoenix (his brother) on more than one occasion. He’s so solemn, and still managed to pull laughs out of me numerous times. Sasha’s family were out of this world insane, Jax’s family were the kind you would want to spend eternity with. The secondary characters were nearly as fascinating as our main characters.
There is a hot hot scene toward the end that had me to stopping to check if it was really YA or if I had imagined that part. If you know me, you know I have no problems with this. None whatsoever. The girl is eighteen, afterall. But I do think this would pose a problem for anyone who tends to shy away from sex in YA.
The Mephisto Covenant is an alluring love story, so perfectly plotted and perfectly paced. It did not disappoint.
4.5/5 Stars (Minus .5 for the slow start)
October 6, 2011
This has all the elements of YA fiction I don't like. There's insta-love to the max in this book. As soon as they see each other they're stuck by how "beautiful" and "perfect" each other is. I clearly remember the guy saying some dumb crap like, "I've smelt you, so now you're mine." WTF. If some guy said that to me I'd tell him he's psycho and to get the fuck away from me.
I totally hate the tacky info-dumping and how he mind wipes her but she somehow STILL likes him when they meet each other again and have enough time to make out in the snow. Oh, and let's not forget about her. The main girl is supposedly descended from Eve or whatever so she's got this wonderfully PURE and INNOCENT soul. Oh and let's add on to the fact that she's a virgin and has NEVER been kissed before until our lovely *cough* male love interest makes out with her. Gag me now.
The guy is a creeper to the max. He ALWAYS has to know where she is and when he does he like stalks her around, sneaks into her room, and what not. GROSS. I'm sorry but after reading approximately 100 pages of this, I am so not going to try anymore. This is so NOT my thing.
I mean, I was interested with the whole Russian spy business and KGB and CIA stuff. The whole what if Eve had a kid before Adam was a mildly intriguing plot line too but the nasty characters and yucky romance that started devouring everything in sight, I had to totally pass. Pretty bad when even a supposed hot and wild sex scene at the end of the book can't entice you enough to keep reading. *sigh*
I totally hate the tacky info-dumping and how he mind wipes her but she somehow STILL likes him when they meet each other again and have enough time to make out in the snow. Oh, and let's not forget about her. The main girl is supposedly descended from Eve or whatever so she's got this wonderfully PURE and INNOCENT soul. Oh and let's add on to the fact that she's a virgin and has NEVER been kissed before until our lovely *cough* male love interest makes out with her. Gag me now.
The guy is a creeper to the max. He ALWAYS has to know where she is and when he does he like stalks her around, sneaks into her room, and what not. GROSS. I'm sorry but after reading approximately 100 pages of this, I am so not going to try anymore. This is so NOT my thing.
I mean, I was interested with the whole Russian spy business and KGB and CIA stuff. The whole what if Eve had a kid before Adam was a mildly intriguing plot line too but the nasty characters and yucky romance that started devouring everything in sight, I had to totally pass. Pretty bad when even a supposed hot and wild sex scene at the end of the book can't entice you enough to keep reading. *sigh*
July 25, 2011
No longer reading "The Memphisto Covenant"
..because the story is just dragging and there’s too much “Oh I really love her and I must be with her” and “Oh, snaps-dizzles, he’s soooo hot, so I’m totally gonna trust him and not feel all weird that he tries to erase my memory. Nah, Imma keep on making out with him. It’s all good.” …. OOOOOkaaay.
If I wanted a sappy, mushy love story that lacks substance, I’d go read Twilight or something. And if I wanted a story with basically NO worthwhile action scenes, I’d also go read Twilight.
To be fair, the story started out all right. I mean there was some sort of weird ritual deal going on, there was a stoning (!!!), then there was this pretty interesting plot revelation about angels and demons and a daughter of Eve and just really cool stuff. But then about 90 pages in, it was just all about how this totally gorgeous, model-looking type of dude, who’s also a totally nice guy, has to somehow make a girl fall in love with him. Uh. Yeah, like that’s going to be so hard. Making a teenager girl fall in love with a guy who looks like he could be in GQ magazine. And there was just too much unnecessary and unwarranted trust going on and…just no. The story took a turn for “susbstance-less” at about 100 pages. And this is when I decided to just let it go. No use wasting my time. I flipped through the next two hundred pages to see if there were any big big action scenes coming up, but I just saw a bunch of romance scenes and dialogue that didn’t catch my attention. So no, thanks.
Originally posted at: http://minhlovesbooks.blogspot.com/20...
..because the story is just dragging and there’s too much “Oh I really love her and I must be with her” and “Oh, snaps-dizzles, he’s soooo hot, so I’m totally gonna trust him and not feel all weird that he tries to erase my memory. Nah, Imma keep on making out with him. It’s all good.” …. OOOOOkaaay.
If I wanted a sappy, mushy love story that lacks substance, I’d go read Twilight or something. And if I wanted a story with basically NO worthwhile action scenes, I’d also go read Twilight.
To be fair, the story started out all right. I mean there was some sort of weird ritual deal going on, there was a stoning (!!!), then there was this pretty interesting plot revelation about angels and demons and a daughter of Eve and just really cool stuff. But then about 90 pages in, it was just all about how this totally gorgeous, model-looking type of dude, who’s also a totally nice guy, has to somehow make a girl fall in love with him. Uh. Yeah, like that’s going to be so hard. Making a teenager girl fall in love with a guy who looks like he could be in GQ magazine. And there was just too much unnecessary and unwarranted trust going on and…just no. The story took a turn for “susbstance-less” at about 100 pages. And this is when I decided to just let it go. No use wasting my time. I flipped through the next two hundred pages to see if there were any big big action scenes coming up, but I just saw a bunch of romance scenes and dialogue that didn’t catch my attention. So no, thanks.
Originally posted at: http://minhlovesbooks.blogspot.com/20...
April 23, 2013
This series is one of my all time favorites! This series is based on the myth of the Anabo--the descendants of Eve before she ate the forbidden fruit--revolving around 6 brothers (the Mephisto Covenant, sons if a dark angel and Anabo) trying to rid the world of the dark influence of Eryx their eldest brothers who's bound for hell. But the Mephisto have a shot at redemption if they can selflessly love the Anabo that was made for them. This series is a page turn, impossible to put down and a must read!
July 7, 2011
The Mephisto Covenant was rushed in some places while slow going in others, but I just loved the concept for this book, the writing is well done and the characters were enjoyable and easy to get lost with.
All in all a good start to what looks like a promising series, which I'm looking forward to continuing.
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All in all a good start to what looks like a promising series, which I'm looking forward to continuing.
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July 23, 2011
I have to admit, in the beginning I was skeptical about this one. I wasn't sure I was really going to get into it... but boy was I wrong. I enjoyed this one SO much. It just kept getting better, and better, and BAM better! Not to mention, Jax is one sexy soul, oh hell yes he is! :) There are struggles, funny lines, and SUPER sexy times. Cannot wait for the next one!
April 16, 2017
Amazing!!! One of my favorite series.
October 11, 2011
It was amazing! AMAZINGLY BARFING! It's fatal!
Why?
1.Story First few pages was fine. I actually did enjoyed it. It was fast paced, interesting. Anyway, the scene does not get stuck. The story relating the Bible was no doubt interesting. The Love Story was TERRIBLE. That earns one star! *claps*
2.CharactersThe characters are awful.
Jax. Oh I hate him.
I was totally disgusted especially when he said: "I want to take off all of your clothes and carry you to the bed over there" something like that. After he erased Sasha's memories, he sit waiting on top of the Mephisto Mountain like a dog sitting beside a dinner table full of food, drooling. Like this:
Sasha. How can you be so.....?
The whole time Jax talking about the disadvantage of involving Sasha to the Mephisto, making himself pity, she was like:
I want to
You!
Phoenix. You disappointed me.
Get to the story and you will know why.
The bad guy (oh and yes including the extra bad guys: bullies). They were fine and totally acted like the usual bad guys. Nothing sodumb unusual.
3.Theme
Sexual content. Like I said, it twisted a bit of the Bible story and was supposed to be interesting. But I felt so weird... This is a YA book, right? The whole book was fussing about sex like where the Mephisto should have sex with the Anabo so that would mark her and will be able to tracker her anywhere? DOG (or worse)? This is personal: It was as if the author has no guts on writing a erotica themed book so she made this "pahapyaw" sexual content and labeled it YA book.
Bad words. Not all may agree here but the author, should be more responsible of writing a YA book. She used the words "bitch" and "shit" and other words many times. The readers are about 13 to 21 years old and I'm not sure you want to teach your kids to use those words. Some people are scandalized when they heard those words.
Love story. It appears to me more of lust more than love but ok, they were sons of Hell right? Accepted. There was a scene that Sasha became more mephisto because Jax and she share saliva? So you get super power
when you share saliva? That's gross! The author intended to make the reader's heart jumpy and heart banging to her rib cage but this gave me a Mega-goosebump!
Overall, 1 star for the effort. It was utter crap.
Now let me move on from this book and start a new book before Iexcessively start hurling at this.
O_o'
Why?
1.Story First few pages was fine. I actually did enjoyed it. It was fast paced, interesting. Anyway, the scene does not get stuck. The story relating the Bible was no doubt interesting. The Love Story was TERRIBLE. That earns one star! *claps*
2.CharactersThe characters are awful.
Jax. Oh I hate him.
I was totally disgusted especially when he said: "I want to take off all of your clothes and carry you to the bed over there" something like that. After he erased Sasha's memories, he sit waiting on top of the Mephisto Mountain like a dog sitting beside a dinner table full of food, drooling. Like this:
Sasha. How can you be so.....?
The whole time Jax talking about the disadvantage of involving Sasha to the Mephisto, making himself pity, she was like:
I want to
You!
Phoenix. You disappointed me.
Get to the story and you will know why.
The bad guy (oh and yes including the extra bad guys: bullies). They were fine and totally acted like the usual bad guys. Nothing so
3.Theme
Sexual content. Like I said, it twisted a bit of the Bible story and was supposed to be interesting. But I felt so weird... This is a YA book, right? The whole book was fussing about sex like where the Mephisto should have sex with the Anabo so that would mark her and will be able to tracker her anywhere? DOG (or worse)? This is personal: It was as if the author has no guts on writing a erotica themed book so she made this "pahapyaw" sexual content and labeled it YA book.
Bad words. Not all may agree here but the author, should be more responsible of writing a YA book. She used the words "bitch" and "shit" and other words many times. The readers are about 13 to 21 years old and I'm not sure you want to teach your kids to use those words. Some people are scandalized when they heard those words.
Love story. It appears to me more of lust more than love but ok, they were sons of Hell right? Accepted. There was a scene that Sasha became more mephisto because Jax and she share saliva? So you get super power
when you share saliva? That's gross! The author intended to make the reader's heart jumpy and heart banging to her rib cage but this gave me a Mega-goosebump!Overall, 1 star for the effort. It was utter crap.
Now let me move on from this book and start a new book before I
O_o'
September 26, 2011
Originally posted at Read Me Bookmark Me Love Me
Wow! That is The Mephisto Covenant in one word. I absolutely adored this novel and have been going slightly crazy over it ever since. I began reading with no expectations and was shocked when I fell in love instantly. It was very easy to get lost in Faegen's beautiful writing and to be captivated by her well-developed characters, thought out plot and cheeky humour.
When Sasha's mother is deported to Russia after being fired from her job with the State Department, Sasha is forced to move to Colorado to live with her hate-filled aunt, powerless uncle and cruel cousins. There, she runs into a boy named Jax, the same boy who saved her from being killed during a Ravens initiation meeting. The Ravens are a large cult, led by many all over the world but ultimately serve just one - Eryx, an immortal with a mission to overthrow Lucifer and take over Hell. Did I mention that he's Jax's brother? Running from evil skias, Sasha must work with Jax and his five other brothers to keep the ones she cares about safe and to keep herself alive.
Jax and his brothers are mephistos, people who capture skias and lost souls to rid the world of evil. Jax is intriguing, with his gorgeous physical appearance, kind heart, protectiveness, responsibility and attempts at aloofness towards Sasha. Trying desperately to keep her life light, without his dark influence, he falls more and more in love with her every day and fights the temptation he feels for her sexually, as engaging in such activity would alert Eryx to her existence at any given time. Sasha is an anabo, a being of light and purity. Only an anabo can fall in love with a son of Hell and redeem him in the eyes of God, which is why Eryx is so desperate to get his hands on her. Jax and Sasha are a sexy couple - drop dead sexy. Be prepared for lots of sexual tension, unhurried fondling and shameless staring. I loved it! Their relationship develops at a nice speed; slow enough to be realistic but fast enough to keep us interested and needy. The novel switches points of view between them and allows us insight into their very different worlds. Girl, boy, good, bad, anabo, mephisto, amateur, experienced…TICK!
I should stop talking. You just must read this. The characters are easy to connect with, the plot easy to follow, the mysteries exciting, and the romance sizzling. Even if you don't fall for Jax, I'm sure one of his brothers will tickle your fancy. Twists occur when you least expect and this novel will sate your hunger for a brilliant read.
Wow! That is The Mephisto Covenant in one word. I absolutely adored this novel and have been going slightly crazy over it ever since. I began reading with no expectations and was shocked when I fell in love instantly. It was very easy to get lost in Faegen's beautiful writing and to be captivated by her well-developed characters, thought out plot and cheeky humour.
When Sasha's mother is deported to Russia after being fired from her job with the State Department, Sasha is forced to move to Colorado to live with her hate-filled aunt, powerless uncle and cruel cousins. There, she runs into a boy named Jax, the same boy who saved her from being killed during a Ravens initiation meeting. The Ravens are a large cult, led by many all over the world but ultimately serve just one - Eryx, an immortal with a mission to overthrow Lucifer and take over Hell. Did I mention that he's Jax's brother? Running from evil skias, Sasha must work with Jax and his five other brothers to keep the ones she cares about safe and to keep herself alive.
Jax and his brothers are mephistos, people who capture skias and lost souls to rid the world of evil. Jax is intriguing, with his gorgeous physical appearance, kind heart, protectiveness, responsibility and attempts at aloofness towards Sasha. Trying desperately to keep her life light, without his dark influence, he falls more and more in love with her every day and fights the temptation he feels for her sexually, as engaging in such activity would alert Eryx to her existence at any given time. Sasha is an anabo, a being of light and purity. Only an anabo can fall in love with a son of Hell and redeem him in the eyes of God, which is why Eryx is so desperate to get his hands on her. Jax and Sasha are a sexy couple - drop dead sexy. Be prepared for lots of sexual tension, unhurried fondling and shameless staring. I loved it! Their relationship develops at a nice speed; slow enough to be realistic but fast enough to keep us interested and needy. The novel switches points of view between them and allows us insight into their very different worlds. Girl, boy, good, bad, anabo, mephisto, amateur, experienced…TICK!
I should stop talking. You just must read this. The characters are easy to connect with, the plot easy to follow, the mysteries exciting, and the romance sizzling. Even if you don't fall for Jax, I'm sure one of his brothers will tickle your fancy. Twists occur when you least expect and this novel will sate your hunger for a brilliant read.
January 2, 2012
Güzel ve farklı bir romandı, bir hayli de hoşuma gitti. Yazar farklı bir dünya oluşturmuş ama bana biraz Charley Davidson hatırlattı şeytanın oğulları temasından felan. Eğer fantastik ögeleri bir kenara bırakırsak aslında bir aşk romanı olduğunu söyleyebiliriz. Jax ve Sasha'nın farklı türlerden olsa da birbirlerini sevebileceklerini ve aşık olabileceklerini keşfediyoruz beraber. Ayrıca "Hale" kitabını da okuduysanız onunla da benzerlikler yakalayacaksınız ama bu hepsinden daha iyiydi.
September 28, 2011
THE FAERYS VIEW
The Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegen was a One-Sit-Read for me. Dark and enthralling, I was captivated my Ms. Faegen’s unique take on the dynamics between Heaven and Hell and those that fall in between.
Ms. Faegen puts an interesting spin on the whole Angel craze while intertwining some interesting German folklore into it.
Sasha is the female protagonist, a descendent of Eve and an Anabo which makes Sasha’s soul that of an angel, destined for Heaven. She’s able to resist temptation in every way, truly wish people well with a need to help others and attracts others with her selfless personality.
The Brothers of Hell are the sons of Mephistopheles who is known in German Folklore as a Demon or the Devil himself and in this case he is the Gate Keeper of Hell. The brothers keep the souls of the damned away from their evil brother, Eryx who seeks to use the souls for his own nefarious purposes. The only way for a Son of Hell to find peace and redemption is in The Mephisto Covenant which is to not only fall in love with an Anabo but for that Anabo to love him back with her own free will. Trouble is, Anabos are rare and the five brothers have only seen one other in all their very long immortal lives.
Sasha meets Jax when she decides to join The Ravens-a group of kids from her school that seem to get whatever they wish for. Sasha lost her father to murder in Russia and the lack of investigation and suspects is making her grief all that much worse. When she gets to the ultra-secret meeting, things don’t go quite as she expected, this is where Sasha and Jax meet and from then on the story enfolds into an intricate web of spy conspiracies, danger, mystery, intrigue and let’s not forget bloomin’ romance with a hunka’ burnin’ love!
The Mephisto Covenant truly was written is such a way that there was always something happening, never a boring moment and it pretty much takes a manic pace from start to end which is what made it so hard to put down. The characters are feisty and funny, sad and grieving or battling and wrathful depending on the situation and it’s all done with aplomb! Superb flow with varying plots that intermingle perfectly, something I’m amazed at when a seasoned author accomplishes let alone a debut author!
THE FAERY SAYS YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!
The Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegen was a One-Sit-Read for me. Dark and enthralling, I was captivated my Ms. Faegen’s unique take on the dynamics between Heaven and Hell and those that fall in between.
Ms. Faegen puts an interesting spin on the whole Angel craze while intertwining some interesting German folklore into it.
Sasha is the female protagonist, a descendent of Eve and an Anabo which makes Sasha’s soul that of an angel, destined for Heaven. She’s able to resist temptation in every way, truly wish people well with a need to help others and attracts others with her selfless personality.
The Brothers of Hell are the sons of Mephistopheles who is known in German Folklore as a Demon or the Devil himself and in this case he is the Gate Keeper of Hell. The brothers keep the souls of the damned away from their evil brother, Eryx who seeks to use the souls for his own nefarious purposes. The only way for a Son of Hell to find peace and redemption is in The Mephisto Covenant which is to not only fall in love with an Anabo but for that Anabo to love him back with her own free will. Trouble is, Anabos are rare and the five brothers have only seen one other in all their very long immortal lives.
Sasha meets Jax when she decides to join The Ravens-a group of kids from her school that seem to get whatever they wish for. Sasha lost her father to murder in Russia and the lack of investigation and suspects is making her grief all that much worse. When she gets to the ultra-secret meeting, things don’t go quite as she expected, this is where Sasha and Jax meet and from then on the story enfolds into an intricate web of spy conspiracies, danger, mystery, intrigue and let’s not forget bloomin’ romance with a hunka’ burnin’ love!
The Mephisto Covenant truly was written is such a way that there was always something happening, never a boring moment and it pretty much takes a manic pace from start to end which is what made it so hard to put down. The characters are feisty and funny, sad and grieving or battling and wrathful depending on the situation and it’s all done with aplomb! Superb flow with varying plots that intermingle perfectly, something I’m amazed at when a seasoned author accomplishes let alone a debut author!
THE FAERY SAYS YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!
August 6, 2015
The Mephisto Covenant
By Trinity Faegen
Sasha was living a nightmare, her life was torn apart in one night. The night her father was murdered. He was an insurance man on a business trip in Russia, her family's homeland. She would do anything to know who killed her father. A man said he knew who killed her father and offered to tell her. Too little, too late, she realized the man’'s real intention was to kill her next. By some sort of miracle, Sasha woke the next day, only to enter another nightmare. Sasha was hurtled into devastation as she realized that the man wasn'’t the only liar.
Jax couldn’'t believe his luck. He was a Mephisto, basically, a son of hell. God had made a covenant with the Mephistos eons ago. If they could fight their nature, the hatred roaring through their veins, they could earn a chance at heaven like any other mortal. They had to love selflessly. Not just love selflessly, but love an Anabo, a girl who was just as light as he was dark. He never believed he would find an Anabo on a mission. Anabo’s always had those auras. But in a thousand years of being earthbound, he had never found one. At least not one for him. Now he had the chance, to win her heart and his own soul. The only problem? To love selflessly, it might just cost him his life.
This book was amazing. Just astounding. I can'’t get over the beauty. I love the artistic license Trinity used. Not to mention, the last line of the book: Killer, it just made me gasp. I raved over it during breakfast this morning. It just filled me with contentment. I’'ve never been happier with a book ending. The negatives would be cussing and an explicit relationship (mildly graphic.) but I absolutely recommend this book. When it comes out, I’'m buying one for my shelf. It must be a really good week for me because The Mephisto Covenant is going on The Shelf of Fame. In my opinion, this book is better than Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush (…by football fields, better) it had a plot, plenty of conflicts (both physical and mentally) and better yet, I felt that the characters progressed throughout the series. As a Christian, I didn'’t agree with some of the biblical aspects, but most of them are interpretational. Nevertheless, let me remind you that it'’s fiction, and I still recommend the book.
http://www.rachelsbookreviews.com/#!_...
By Trinity Faegen
Sasha was living a nightmare, her life was torn apart in one night. The night her father was murdered. He was an insurance man on a business trip in Russia, her family's homeland. She would do anything to know who killed her father. A man said he knew who killed her father and offered to tell her. Too little, too late, she realized the man’'s real intention was to kill her next. By some sort of miracle, Sasha woke the next day, only to enter another nightmare. Sasha was hurtled into devastation as she realized that the man wasn'’t the only liar.
Jax couldn’'t believe his luck. He was a Mephisto, basically, a son of hell. God had made a covenant with the Mephistos eons ago. If they could fight their nature, the hatred roaring through their veins, they could earn a chance at heaven like any other mortal. They had to love selflessly. Not just love selflessly, but love an Anabo, a girl who was just as light as he was dark. He never believed he would find an Anabo on a mission. Anabo’s always had those auras. But in a thousand years of being earthbound, he had never found one. At least not one for him. Now he had the chance, to win her heart and his own soul. The only problem? To love selflessly, it might just cost him his life.
This book was amazing. Just astounding. I can'’t get over the beauty. I love the artistic license Trinity used. Not to mention, the last line of the book: Killer, it just made me gasp. I raved over it during breakfast this morning. It just filled me with contentment. I’'ve never been happier with a book ending. The negatives would be cussing and an explicit relationship (mildly graphic.) but I absolutely recommend this book. When it comes out, I’'m buying one for my shelf. It must be a really good week for me because The Mephisto Covenant is going on The Shelf of Fame. In my opinion, this book is better than Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush (…by football fields, better) it had a plot, plenty of conflicts (both physical and mentally) and better yet, I felt that the characters progressed throughout the series. As a Christian, I didn'’t agree with some of the biblical aspects, but most of them are interpretational. Nevertheless, let me remind you that it'’s fiction, and I still recommend the book.
http://www.rachelsbookreviews.com/#!_...
March 14, 2012
Tesadüf eseri elime geçtiği için okuduğum ve hiç pişman olmadığım bir kitaptı :)) Fantastik öğelerin farklı olması da artıydı. Anabolar, mefistolar, limonalar filan değişikti... Aşkta oldukça ön plandaydı hatta fantastikten daha fazla. Jax ve Sasha iyiydi hoştu da, Sasha bu kadar ağlak, yardıma muhtaç bir tip olmasaydı daha iyi olurdu, gına getirdi yani :D Bir de keşke Jax'in kardeşlerini daha çok okuyabilseydik. Özellikle kitabın başındaki küpeli çocuğu çok merak ediyorum :D Her neyse iyiydi işte :)) Unutmadan son neydi öyle ya, daha yaratıcı bir son olaydı daha iyiydi... Bakalım 2.kitapta ne olacak :)
March 19, 2021
Ok- so lets get right down to it- this book was shit. I thought perhaps with the concept it might be a book I could get into, but disappointment is a light word.
Im about sick of a girl meets a creep and immediately has sex with him, how pathetic and how sad for the young girls reading this.
I've had about my fill of stupid girls and less than stellar writing. Overall, this was completely ridiculous for a YA book, the sex scenes were R rated, the plot-line was nonexistent and the book was just dude sleaze.
Im about sick of a girl meets a creep and immediately has sex with him, how pathetic and how sad for the young girls reading this.
I've had about my fill of stupid girls and less than stellar writing. Overall, this was completely ridiculous for a YA book, the sex scenes were R rated, the plot-line was nonexistent and the book was just dude sleaze.
December 2, 2021
okuma hayatımın tam olarak buralarında Dex illetiyle tanışmaya başlamışım mesela... kitabı hatırlamıyorum ne yazık ki, sadece devamı yok kütüphanede diye içime oturmuştu. o kısım çok net!
August 18, 2011
Where do I even begin?
I was originally super excited to read this book. There’s many positive reviews of it on Goodreads, and it had a very intriguing synopsis — Sasha, our main character, wants to know who murdered her father and thinks joining the cult, the Ravens, will bring her answers.
What she finds out instead is that she is Anabo, a descendant of Eve’s daughter (as in, Adam and Eve), and the Ravens try to kill her for it. The Ravens are working for Eryx, who is worse than Lucifer the Devil; Eryx is trying to use his recruited souls to power himself into overtaking Hell and Heaven. Sasha is saved, however, by Jax, who is a Son of Hell and is looking for his Anabo, his soulmate, who could lead him to a chance to be in Heaven.
This book is probably going to be popular amongst those who enjoy romances between super hot paranormal male leads and she-doesn’t-know-she’s-beautiful-and-special female leads, who, for one reason or another, are in angst for much of the story because they cannot be together. If you like that kind of story, you’ll love this — but The Mephisto Covenant was not my cup of tea at all, was not what I expected.
The story flowed awkwardly, was simply bizarre at times and the bit about finding out who murdered Sasha's father was quickly resolved and thrown out the window after the first dozen pages. A majority of the scenes and dialogue are question-answer sessions between Sasha and the other characters, who dump a ton of background information on her (and the reader). And then there’s the strangeness of this Eyrx character who is more evil than Lucifer. Seriously, Lucifer and God are actually kind of working together as partners in this book, to bring down Eyrx who is the real kingpin of evil. I found that really hard to accept. Not that I’m religious or anything. It’s just the idea that the Devil himself is less evil than Eyrx doesn’t make sense to me.
On a similar note, Eryx isn’t even aware of Sasha’s existence for the vast majority of the novel, so I didn’t feel like there was much tension in the story. The stakes didn’t feel that high to me. Most of the story consisted of the characters worrying that Eyrx would discover Sasha the Anabo, and trying to keep Sasha safe from the enemy who doesn’t even know she exists yet.
However, the main focus of this story is the angsty romance between Sasha and Jax, which annoyed me way more than I found romantic. In fact, I don’t think any part of their relationship was romantic at all. There was insta-love, creepy-obsessive love and it was kind of shallow that all they ever talked about was how hot each other was. And there was a lot of focus on sex. Sex, sex, sex. All the characters, not just Sasha and Jax, but especially Sasha and Jax. It was drilled into my head how dangerous it would be if they had sex, and how Jax was so obsessed with seeing her naked. There was also a cliche ‘I almost got raped but my soulmate rescued me before it happened’ scene that I’ve read in a dozen YA novels now.
Then there’s the characters themselves, mainly Sasha and Jax. Jax was an overly protective, overly jealous, bordering-on-obsessive kind of boyfriend. Sasha spent most of her time crying in this novel, or feeling like she’s about to cry — sometimes over the silliest things, like getting a new laptop. I just wanted to reach into the pages, give the girl a good shake by the shoulders and exclaim, “Get a grip on yourself!”
I have an entire page of notes I scribbled down while reading this book, but I won’t get into them all. I can see this book being quite popular because I know there is an audience for stories like this, but this really wasn’t for me at all.
(Review originally posted at http://skyink.net).
I was originally super excited to read this book. There’s many positive reviews of it on Goodreads, and it had a very intriguing synopsis — Sasha, our main character, wants to know who murdered her father and thinks joining the cult, the Ravens, will bring her answers.
What she finds out instead is that she is Anabo, a descendant of Eve’s daughter (as in, Adam and Eve), and the Ravens try to kill her for it. The Ravens are working for Eryx, who is worse than Lucifer the Devil; Eryx is trying to use his recruited souls to power himself into overtaking Hell and Heaven. Sasha is saved, however, by Jax, who is a Son of Hell and is looking for his Anabo, his soulmate, who could lead him to a chance to be in Heaven.
This book is probably going to be popular amongst those who enjoy romances between super hot paranormal male leads and she-doesn’t-know-she’s-beautiful-and-special female leads, who, for one reason or another, are in angst for much of the story because they cannot be together. If you like that kind of story, you’ll love this — but The Mephisto Covenant was not my cup of tea at all, was not what I expected.
The story flowed awkwardly, was simply bizarre at times and the bit about finding out who murdered Sasha's father was quickly resolved and thrown out the window after the first dozen pages. A majority of the scenes and dialogue are question-answer sessions between Sasha and the other characters, who dump a ton of background information on her (and the reader). And then there’s the strangeness of this Eyrx character who is more evil than Lucifer. Seriously, Lucifer and God are actually kind of working together as partners in this book, to bring down Eyrx who is the real kingpin of evil. I found that really hard to accept. Not that I’m religious or anything. It’s just the idea that the Devil himself is less evil than Eyrx doesn’t make sense to me.
On a similar note, Eryx isn’t even aware of Sasha’s existence for the vast majority of the novel, so I didn’t feel like there was much tension in the story. The stakes didn’t feel that high to me. Most of the story consisted of the characters worrying that Eyrx would discover Sasha the Anabo, and trying to keep Sasha safe from the enemy who doesn’t even know she exists yet.
However, the main focus of this story is the angsty romance between Sasha and Jax, which annoyed me way more than I found romantic. In fact, I don’t think any part of their relationship was romantic at all. There was insta-love, creepy-obsessive love and it was kind of shallow that all they ever talked about was how hot each other was. And there was a lot of focus on sex. Sex, sex, sex. All the characters, not just Sasha and Jax, but especially Sasha and Jax. It was drilled into my head how dangerous it would be if they had sex, and how Jax was so obsessed with seeing her naked. There was also a cliche ‘I almost got raped but my soulmate rescued me before it happened’ scene that I’ve read in a dozen YA novels now.
Then there’s the characters themselves, mainly Sasha and Jax. Jax was an overly protective, overly jealous, bordering-on-obsessive kind of boyfriend. Sasha spent most of her time crying in this novel, or feeling like she’s about to cry — sometimes over the silliest things, like getting a new laptop. I just wanted to reach into the pages, give the girl a good shake by the shoulders and exclaim, “Get a grip on yourself!”
I have an entire page of notes I scribbled down while reading this book, but I won’t get into them all. I can see this book being quite popular because I know there is an audience for stories like this, but this really wasn’t for me at all.
(Review originally posted at http://skyink.net).
September 25, 2011
To be posted on Almost Grown-up: 10/3/11:
I hate writing bad reviews. HATE IT. Because I'm very aware that the author has accomplished a difficult feat: writing a book in the first place. It's not as though she sat down and said "Today, I'm going to write a book that will make readers want to throw it across the room."
But unfortunately that's what was accomplished.
The premise of The Mephisto Covenant sounded really interesting to me. It seems like angels are the new craze and I haven't read many books depicting them, so I was curious about this one.
The first few pages had me really interested with Sasha suspicious of her mother's boyfriend and trying to solve the mystery behind her father's death. If the book had been about that a little bit more I might have been able to get behind it.
Instead, Sasha is quickly lured into the den of the Ravens, a pseudo-cult that worships Eryx. And Jax, a Mephisto, saves her.
But because Sasha is Anabo, when Jax smells her, he's basically in luuuuuuv.
Personally I have never known a smell that powerful. I love the scent of Curve for Men as much as the next girl, but it's never convinced me that I am meant for the guy for eternity. Anyway, the Insta-love (just add destiny!) effect was probably my biggest pet peeve in this book.
It was hard to respect Sasha when internal dialogue called someone the "town ho" and her outer dialogue responded to news with a solemn "That's heavy." Has anyone outside of surfer-dudes used that expression since the seventies? Then there's this awkward bit where Sasha does this "I like Jax, no I don't, no I shouldn't, but I want him, but he's leaving, but I like him, no I don't..." thing that just irritated me beyond belief. (To be fair, for his part, Jax had an equally annoying "I love Sasha, I want to do Sasha, I know better than Sasha, I am so wise, but woe is me for we cannot have the sexy times, and she will never stay conmigo' thing)
And let's not forget the sex scene, which was surprisingly graphic for a YA book. Graphic enough that if the characters weren't teenagers attending high school, I'd say that this didn't belong in the YA category. I had a clue that things were going to take that turn when before the book was even halfway through Jax describes Sasha's "perfect pink nipples." (And then I vommed in my mouth because it was so awkward)
Which he saw because he popped into the dressing room without permission while she was changing. Which is totally okay. And going on her Facebook without permission to look at her wall and private messages is okay too. Because, y'know, it's for her own good.
You guys, honestly I had so many problems with this book, I think I'm just going to bullet some of them (already went over a few but...)
Inconsistencies
Graphic sex in YA
Insta-love
Gratuitous assumptions that all members of a gender think the same way
Man knows best mentality
Unrealistic dialogue
Characters that fall flat
Rating: 1/5. If it wasn't for wanting to finish it for a more accurate review, there is absolutely no way I would have finished reading this book. However, I can see it being pretty popular because Insta-love tends to be.
I hate writing bad reviews. HATE IT. Because I'm very aware that the author has accomplished a difficult feat: writing a book in the first place. It's not as though she sat down and said "Today, I'm going to write a book that will make readers want to throw it across the room."
But unfortunately that's what was accomplished.
The premise of The Mephisto Covenant sounded really interesting to me. It seems like angels are the new craze and I haven't read many books depicting them, so I was curious about this one.
The first few pages had me really interested with Sasha suspicious of her mother's boyfriend and trying to solve the mystery behind her father's death. If the book had been about that a little bit more I might have been able to get behind it.
Instead, Sasha is quickly lured into the den of the Ravens, a pseudo-cult that worships Eryx. And Jax, a Mephisto, saves her.
But because Sasha is Anabo, when Jax smells her, he's basically in luuuuuuv.
Personally I have never known a smell that powerful. I love the scent of Curve for Men as much as the next girl, but it's never convinced me that I am meant for the guy for eternity. Anyway, the Insta-love (just add destiny!) effect was probably my biggest pet peeve in this book.
It was hard to respect Sasha when internal dialogue called someone the "town ho" and her outer dialogue responded to news with a solemn "That's heavy." Has anyone outside of surfer-dudes used that expression since the seventies? Then there's this awkward bit where Sasha does this "I like Jax, no I don't, no I shouldn't, but I want him, but he's leaving, but I like him, no I don't..." thing that just irritated me beyond belief. (To be fair, for his part, Jax had an equally annoying "I love Sasha, I want to do Sasha, I know better than Sasha, I am so wise, but woe is me for we cannot have the sexy times, and she will never stay conmigo' thing)
And let's not forget the sex scene, which was surprisingly graphic for a YA book. Graphic enough that if the characters weren't teenagers attending high school, I'd say that this didn't belong in the YA category. I had a clue that things were going to take that turn when before the book was even halfway through Jax describes Sasha's "perfect pink nipples." (And then I vommed in my mouth because it was so awkward)
Which he saw because he popped into the dressing room without permission while she was changing. Which is totally okay. And going on her Facebook without permission to look at her wall and private messages is okay too. Because, y'know, it's for her own good.
You guys, honestly I had so many problems with this book, I think I'm just going to bullet some of them (already went over a few but...)
Inconsistencies
Graphic sex in YA
Insta-love
Gratuitous assumptions that all members of a gender think the same way
Man knows best mentality
Unrealistic dialogue
Characters that fall flat
Rating: 1/5. If it wasn't for wanting to finish it for a more accurate review, there is absolutely no way I would have finished reading this book. However, I can see it being pretty popular because Insta-love tends to be.
August 1, 2011
The author unflinchingly launches the reader head first into action and intrigue with The Mephisto Covenant. At first glance, Sasha is a normal girl…albeit one served with a huge injustice. Her father was murdered. And Sasha is determined to discover the mystery behind his death; even if it means going to a group of people she’d do anything to avoid.
The Ravens are a secret society at her school – one that will kill a person’s popularity stone dead if they show even a hint of joining. But it is the Ravens who swear they can get Sasha the answers she needs. All she has to do is swear allegiance to their leader, Eryx.
Sasha figures she can mislead them – promise to take the oath, get her information then get the heck out of dodge. Her plan backfires when they see through it…resulting in deadly consequences.
The Ravens pelt Sasha with rocks and beat her within an inch of her life. They would have succeeded in taking it, had not the formidable yet gorgeous Jax, son of Hell, shown up.
The Mephisto Covenant was so much more than I expected it to be. I thought I was in for another YA romance, but colour me surprised when it turned out to be full of action, mystery, fear and bittersweet romance.
It was a joy to watch Jax and Sasha grow as characters as their relationship progressed. They were both charming and sympathetic, frustrating at times, but in a good way. The story itself was heart-stopping in a few places, achingly sweet in others. The author took the reader to the very precipice, dangled them over the edge and kept them there.
This book could very easily have become cheesy or too fanciful, but never did it become less than awesome to read. It is definitely one for older teens, with sex scenes more explicit than normally found. It would comfortably sit in the ‘New Adult’ niche in publishing, which I hope to see more of.
The Mephisto Covenant is the first in what is sure to be the next big series for teens and adults alike.
The Ravens are a secret society at her school – one that will kill a person’s popularity stone dead if they show even a hint of joining. But it is the Ravens who swear they can get Sasha the answers she needs. All she has to do is swear allegiance to their leader, Eryx.
Sasha figures she can mislead them – promise to take the oath, get her information then get the heck out of dodge. Her plan backfires when they see through it…resulting in deadly consequences.
The Ravens pelt Sasha with rocks and beat her within an inch of her life. They would have succeeded in taking it, had not the formidable yet gorgeous Jax, son of Hell, shown up.
The Mephisto Covenant was so much more than I expected it to be. I thought I was in for another YA romance, but colour me surprised when it turned out to be full of action, mystery, fear and bittersweet romance.
It was a joy to watch Jax and Sasha grow as characters as their relationship progressed. They were both charming and sympathetic, frustrating at times, but in a good way. The story itself was heart-stopping in a few places, achingly sweet in others. The author took the reader to the very precipice, dangled them over the edge and kept them there.
This book could very easily have become cheesy or too fanciful, but never did it become less than awesome to read. It is definitely one for older teens, with sex scenes more explicit than normally found. It would comfortably sit in the ‘New Adult’ niche in publishing, which I hope to see more of.
The Mephisto Covenant is the first in what is sure to be the next big series for teens and adults alike.
October 2, 2011
I was highly intrigued with this book and the concept that it proposed. SO, I started it and when I finally had time to sit and not have any interruptions, I was captivated and couldn't put it down. The Mephisto Covenant is a great story with lots of action and emotion that leaves you wanting more.
We start off with learning about a girl named Sasha and how she is obsessed with finding out who killed her father. Sasha is determined to find out what happened to him and this leads her in to finding out about her true self. Sasha was a character that you instantly like. She is strong willed, stubborn, compassionate, honest, etc...There are times within the book that those same attributes got on my nerves, but not enough to absolutely LOVE this book.
The other great aspect of this book is Jax. Meeting and getting to know him was phenomenal. He is definitely the man of my dreams. He is not perfect by no means, yet he tries so hard to make sure Sasha is happy. Jax is a Son of Hell and meeting Sasha, which she is Anabo, has given him the chance at redemption. I won't get in to specifics, b/c I do not like to give any spoilers, but lets just say he has a hard road to travel and meeting Sasha has finally given him some hope.
This book has twists and turns packed with great action scenes and a love story that transcends Heaven and Hell!!
A definite must read for 2011!!
We start off with learning about a girl named Sasha and how she is obsessed with finding out who killed her father. Sasha is determined to find out what happened to him and this leads her in to finding out about her true self. Sasha was a character that you instantly like. She is strong willed, stubborn, compassionate, honest, etc...There are times within the book that those same attributes got on my nerves, but not enough to absolutely LOVE this book.
The other great aspect of this book is Jax. Meeting and getting to know him was phenomenal. He is definitely the man of my dreams. He is not perfect by no means, yet he tries so hard to make sure Sasha is happy. Jax is a Son of Hell and meeting Sasha, which she is Anabo, has given him the chance at redemption. I won't get in to specifics, b/c I do not like to give any spoilers, but lets just say he has a hard road to travel and meeting Sasha has finally given him some hope.
This book has twists and turns packed with great action scenes and a love story that transcends Heaven and Hell!!
A definite must read for 2011!!
June 9, 2012
Originally posted on my blog: http://libraryladyhylary.blogspot.com ! Check it out for more reviews!
Seventeen-year-old Sasha Annenkova wants nothing more than to learn the truth behind her father’s murder in Russia years earlier. When a group of students at her Oakland high school tell her of a club called the Ravens, a group that pledges to give up God and serve Eryx in exchange for being granted whatever they want, she jumps at the chance to discover what really happened to her father. At the Ravens meeting she is shocked, however, when they inform her that she is Anabo, a daughter of Eve, pure and un-tempted by sin, with the power to destroy Eryx. The Ravens have lured her to their secret location to kill her, ending the threat she poses to the one they serve, and they almost succeed until she is rescued by Ajax DeKyanos. Ajax, or Jax, informs her that he is Mephisto, a son of the dark angel Mephistopholes, as are his brothers, including the oldest, Eryx. Thousands of years earlier, Jax and his brothers were promised by God that if they found an Anabo and were able to make her love them, they would be redeemed and able to worthy of heaven, fulfilling the Mephisto Covenant. Eryx, however, chose to seek power, and is attempting to recruit souls to help him overthrow Lucifer, creating Hell on Earth. Jax immediately falls in love with Sasha, but, although she is attracted to him, Sasha isn’t sure that she can love a son of Hell. As the threat from Eryx grows, will Jax be able to achieve the redemption he has sought for thousands of years?
Convoluted, schizophrenic and, at times, just plain silly, this first installment in a new paranormal series of young adults is difficult to recommend to any reader for several reasons. Although there is some interesting concepts in the book (the idea of the Mephisto Covenant, the importance of the daughters of Eve, etc.), so much of the novel is downright strange, making it hard to get through all 434 pages. To begin with, the novel opens with the main character getting stoned. Not stoned in the sense of recreational drugs, but with actual stones being thrown at her in an attempt to quell her Anabo spirit. Readers should be warned from this initial curious incident that they are in for something unsettling, but the novel continues to plow forward into the uncomfortable. Events in the book include but are not limited to attempted rape, physical assault, murder, molestation, torture by hot poker, and an incredibly graphic sex scene for a young adult book. There are also so many references to breasts in the novel, it’s almost laughable. Every chapter seems to mention breasts, something that would be okay if done in the right context, but is so strange in this novel that it becomes funny. Overall, it’s nearly impossible to recommend this book to any teen reader, even those who are die-hard paranormal romance fans. The sequel, The Mephisto Kiss, is set to be released in September 2012. Hopefully it will improve upon the absurdity of the first novel.
Wow. It’s not very often that I really dislike a book, but I’m sorry to say that I really disliked this book. It was just so odd, and I kept waiting for it to improve but it never did. The quasi-dual-narration between Sasha and Jax was odd, the backstory was incredibly convoluted, and the storyline was strangely violent/sexually charged. It was like a novel that was meant for an adult audience, but was watered down (unsuccessfully) to pass as young adult. I would have a whole lot of trouble recommending this book to a teen, especially since there is nothing about the plot that is enjoyable enough to make navigating through all the terrible things that happen to Sasha worthwhile. Sorry!
Seventeen-year-old Sasha Annenkova wants nothing more than to learn the truth behind her father’s murder in Russia years earlier. When a group of students at her Oakland high school tell her of a club called the Ravens, a group that pledges to give up God and serve Eryx in exchange for being granted whatever they want, she jumps at the chance to discover what really happened to her father. At the Ravens meeting she is shocked, however, when they inform her that she is Anabo, a daughter of Eve, pure and un-tempted by sin, with the power to destroy Eryx. The Ravens have lured her to their secret location to kill her, ending the threat she poses to the one they serve, and they almost succeed until she is rescued by Ajax DeKyanos. Ajax, or Jax, informs her that he is Mephisto, a son of the dark angel Mephistopholes, as are his brothers, including the oldest, Eryx. Thousands of years earlier, Jax and his brothers were promised by God that if they found an Anabo and were able to make her love them, they would be redeemed and able to worthy of heaven, fulfilling the Mephisto Covenant. Eryx, however, chose to seek power, and is attempting to recruit souls to help him overthrow Lucifer, creating Hell on Earth. Jax immediately falls in love with Sasha, but, although she is attracted to him, Sasha isn’t sure that she can love a son of Hell. As the threat from Eryx grows, will Jax be able to achieve the redemption he has sought for thousands of years?
Convoluted, schizophrenic and, at times, just plain silly, this first installment in a new paranormal series of young adults is difficult to recommend to any reader for several reasons. Although there is some interesting concepts in the book (the idea of the Mephisto Covenant, the importance of the daughters of Eve, etc.), so much of the novel is downright strange, making it hard to get through all 434 pages. To begin with, the novel opens with the main character getting stoned. Not stoned in the sense of recreational drugs, but with actual stones being thrown at her in an attempt to quell her Anabo spirit. Readers should be warned from this initial curious incident that they are in for something unsettling, but the novel continues to plow forward into the uncomfortable. Events in the book include but are not limited to attempted rape, physical assault, murder, molestation, torture by hot poker, and an incredibly graphic sex scene for a young adult book. There are also so many references to breasts in the novel, it’s almost laughable. Every chapter seems to mention breasts, something that would be okay if done in the right context, but is so strange in this novel that it becomes funny. Overall, it’s nearly impossible to recommend this book to any teen reader, even those who are die-hard paranormal romance fans. The sequel, The Mephisto Kiss, is set to be released in September 2012. Hopefully it will improve upon the absurdity of the first novel.
Wow. It’s not very often that I really dislike a book, but I’m sorry to say that I really disliked this book. It was just so odd, and I kept waiting for it to improve but it never did. The quasi-dual-narration between Sasha and Jax was odd, the backstory was incredibly convoluted, and the storyline was strangely violent/sexually charged. It was like a novel that was meant for an adult audience, but was watered down (unsuccessfully) to pass as young adult. I would have a whole lot of trouble recommending this book to a teen, especially since there is nothing about the plot that is enjoyable enough to make navigating through all the terrible things that happen to Sasha worthwhile. Sorry!
January 6, 2012
Trinity Faegen has done what no other paranormal YA author has: Written a compelling, good novel.
Sasha is your normal girl: she goes to school, has a crush on whats-his-name (they're all alike, so forgive my ignorance) and has a nice, group of friends. Vanilla, normal. That is what her life is like.
Then her father dies, her mother is deported back to Russia, and Sasha has to go live with her evil, soul-selling relatives. No, I'm being serious. Her relatives actually sold their souls to a demon (named Eyrx, by the way). Yeah, awesome, right?
Then there is Ajax "Jax" and his group of strangely hot brothers. They're all...you guessed it...sons of Hell (whatever that means). In order to regain the pureness of their souls, they must "love completely" with an Anabo--a descendant of heaven. Which...Sasha just so happens to be. (Surprise, surprise.)
I said earlier that this novel is compelling. It is. Is it a little cliche? Well, what paranormal-YA novel isn't? Though this is probably the only YA novel I've read this month that has actually kept me on the edge of the seat, and made me want to applaud the author.
From the get-go, Sasha and Ajax are...doomed. He doesn't think she can love him because of his "Hell" status, and she doesn't think she can love him because of what he and his brothers do for a living--throw people into 'Hell on Earth' in order to trap their souls from their evil brother, Eyrx. (I know, I suck at summarizing this stuff, so read the damn description.)
Jax is a pretty cool character--I loved his chapters. They aren't those "good guy" chapters that make us girls squeal and think "omg, he's so perfect!" they're actually real, and a little strange. I mean, c'mon. He's a freakin' DEMON (or something like it) so why would his thoughts be all fluffy unicorns and glitter (ah-hem, like some guys).
Sasha's character is interesting, too. She isn't an air-head, but some of the stuff she thinks/does is unbelievable (really, would you disrobe your self in front of a dude you just met...Uh, I hope you say no). Though I think I liked Jax's mind better. When he's with his brothers, prepare to laugh!
Anyways, this novel was really awesome, and I think it's the only one I've given a 5-star rating too this month. I hope the next book in the series focuses on Phoenix's (one of Jax's brothers) redemption, because his story is hearbreaking and made me cry. Which I hate doing. Seriously.
This is a huge, ramble-fest of crap for a review, but hey, it got a 5-star rating, so take from that what you will.
Sasha is your normal girl: she goes to school, has a crush on whats-his-name (they're all alike, so forgive my ignorance) and has a nice, group of friends. Vanilla, normal. That is what her life is like.
Then her father dies, her mother is deported back to Russia, and Sasha has to go live with her evil, soul-selling relatives. No, I'm being serious. Her relatives actually sold their souls to a demon (named Eyrx, by the way). Yeah, awesome, right?
Then there is Ajax "Jax" and his group of strangely hot brothers. They're all...you guessed it...sons of Hell (whatever that means). In order to regain the pureness of their souls, they must "love completely" with an Anabo--a descendant of heaven. Which...Sasha just so happens to be. (Surprise, surprise.)
I said earlier that this novel is compelling. It is. Is it a little cliche? Well, what paranormal-YA novel isn't? Though this is probably the only YA novel I've read this month that has actually kept me on the edge of the seat, and made me want to applaud the author.
From the get-go, Sasha and Ajax are...doomed. He doesn't think she can love him because of his "Hell" status, and she doesn't think she can love him because of what he and his brothers do for a living--throw people into 'Hell on Earth' in order to trap their souls from their evil brother, Eyrx. (I know, I suck at summarizing this stuff, so read the damn description.)
Jax is a pretty cool character--I loved his chapters. They aren't those "good guy" chapters that make us girls squeal and think "omg, he's so perfect!" they're actually real, and a little strange. I mean, c'mon. He's a freakin' DEMON (or something like it) so why would his thoughts be all fluffy unicorns and glitter (ah-hem, like some guys).
Sasha's character is interesting, too. She isn't an air-head, but some of the stuff she thinks/does is unbelievable (really, would you disrobe your self in front of a dude you just met...Uh, I hope you say no). Though I think I liked Jax's mind better. When he's with his brothers, prepare to laugh!
Anyways, this novel was really awesome, and I think it's the only one I've given a 5-star rating too this month. I hope the next book in the series focuses on Phoenix's (one of Jax's brothers) redemption, because his story is hearbreaking and made me cry. Which I hate doing. Seriously.
This is a huge, ramble-fest of crap for a review, but hey, it got a 5-star rating, so take from that what you will.
February 23, 2016
Kitabı bitirdiğimde ''Oh be sonunda başardım!Sonunda bu kitabı bitirebildim!'' diye sevinç naraları atıyordum.Mefisto'yu yaklaşık 7 ay önce kitap fuarından almıştım.Bu kitabı alırken ne düşünüyordum bilmiyorum.Ama benim için ciddi bir hayal kırıklığı oldu.2 aydır elimde sürünüyor.Ve nihayet bitirmeyi başarabildim.Kitabı bitirmeye çabalarken kaç kez yarıda bırakıp başka kitaplara başladım bilmiyorum.
Konudan bahsetmek istiyordum.Ancak o kadar uzun zamandır okuyorum ki konunun genel hatlarını unuttum.Ama karakterlerden bahsetmezsem olmaz.Çünkü hem kızı hem oğlanı sevmedim.Jax bir Mefisto (cehenem çocuğu, kayıp ruhları yakalayıp yeryüzü cehennemine götürmekle görevli) Sasha ise Anabo.Jax'ın cennete gitme şansını elde edebilmesi ve Eryx'e karşı verdikleri (Eryx kitaptaki kötü adam oluyor) mücadelede daha fazla mefistoya sahip olabilmek için mefisto çocukları doğurabilecek bir anaboya ihtiyacı var.Bu anaboda Sasha oluyor.Jax ile Sasha karşılaşır karşılaşmaz bir anda birbirlerine tutuluveriyorlar.Herhalde bu insanlar doğaüstü varlıklar olunca birbirlerini tanıma ihtiyacı duymadan direk aşık oluyorlar.Sasha’nın Mefisto olabilmesi için bir Mefisto tarafından işaretlenmesi lazım.Kısacası Jax onunla yatarsa Sasha işaretlenmiş olacak.Jax ilk başlarda Sasha’yı işaretleyip Mefisto’ya dönüştürmek istemiyor.Onun aydınlık ruhunu karanlığa çekmemek için falan filan.Ama kızı öpmeden de duramıyor.Ki bu öpüşmeler Sasha’yı yavaş yavaş Mefisto yapıyor.
Normalde kitapta dediğine göre bir anabonun mefisto olup olmayacağına özgür iradesiyle karar vermesi gerekiyor.Ama nedense herkes Sasha'yı mefisto olması için ya sıkıştırıyor ya da korkak olduğunu söylüyorlar.Nerede kaldı bu özgür irade!?
Sasha ise zavallı kız dünyadan bir haber.Bir anda anabo olduğunu öğreniyor, ilk görüşte Jax'a tutuluyor.Sonra da Jax Jax diye sayıklayıp duruyor kitap boyunca.Çocuğun yüzüne karşı hem 'seni istemiyorum, ben mefisto olamam ' diyor hem de en ufak bir sıkıntısında Jax yardımına koşunca 'senin için ölüyorum, senden başkasıyla olamam’ modlarına dönüyor.Sonra tekrar en başa dönüyoruz.Bir de ikide bir ağlaması beni sinir etti.Anabolar doğaları gereği saf bir yapıya sahipler.Günah işlemiyorlar.Sasha ise anabolar arasında kesinlikle en saf olanı.Hatta öyle bir saflık ki bir noktadan sonra sıkmaya başladı.Jax için bütün hayatını değiştirmesi beni bu kızdan soğutan en büyük etken diyebilirim.
Seriye devam etmeyi düşünmüyorum.Büyük ihtimalle diğer kitaplarda da başka mefisto oğlanlar saf anaboları bulup 'işaretleyecek' lerdir.
Konudan bahsetmek istiyordum.Ancak o kadar uzun zamandır okuyorum ki konunun genel hatlarını unuttum.Ama karakterlerden bahsetmezsem olmaz.Çünkü hem kızı hem oğlanı sevmedim.Jax bir Mefisto (cehenem çocuğu, kayıp ruhları yakalayıp yeryüzü cehennemine götürmekle görevli) Sasha ise Anabo.Jax'ın cennete gitme şansını elde edebilmesi ve Eryx'e karşı verdikleri (Eryx kitaptaki kötü adam oluyor) mücadelede daha fazla mefistoya sahip olabilmek için mefisto çocukları doğurabilecek bir anaboya ihtiyacı var.Bu anaboda Sasha oluyor.Jax ile Sasha karşılaşır karşılaşmaz bir anda birbirlerine tutuluveriyorlar.Herhalde bu insanlar doğaüstü varlıklar olunca birbirlerini tanıma ihtiyacı duymadan direk aşık oluyorlar.Sasha’nın Mefisto olabilmesi için bir Mefisto tarafından işaretlenmesi lazım.Kısacası Jax onunla yatarsa Sasha işaretlenmiş olacak.Jax ilk başlarda Sasha’yı işaretleyip Mefisto’ya dönüştürmek istemiyor.Onun aydınlık ruhunu karanlığa çekmemek için falan filan.Ama kızı öpmeden de duramıyor.Ki bu öpüşmeler Sasha’yı yavaş yavaş Mefisto yapıyor.
Normalde kitapta dediğine göre bir anabonun mefisto olup olmayacağına özgür iradesiyle karar vermesi gerekiyor.Ama nedense herkes Sasha'yı mefisto olması için ya sıkıştırıyor ya da korkak olduğunu söylüyorlar.Nerede kaldı bu özgür irade!?
Sasha ise zavallı kız dünyadan bir haber.Bir anda anabo olduğunu öğreniyor, ilk görüşte Jax'a tutuluyor.Sonra da Jax Jax diye sayıklayıp duruyor kitap boyunca.Çocuğun yüzüne karşı hem 'seni istemiyorum, ben mefisto olamam ' diyor hem de en ufak bir sıkıntısında Jax yardımına koşunca 'senin için ölüyorum, senden başkasıyla olamam’ modlarına dönüyor.Sonra tekrar en başa dönüyoruz.Bir de ikide bir ağlaması beni sinir etti.Anabolar doğaları gereği saf bir yapıya sahipler.Günah işlemiyorlar.Sasha ise anabolar arasında kesinlikle en saf olanı.Hatta öyle bir saflık ki bir noktadan sonra sıkmaya başladı.Jax için bütün hayatını değiştirmesi beni bu kızdan soğutan en büyük etken diyebilirim.
Seriye devam etmeyi düşünmüyorum.Büyük ihtimalle diğer kitaplarda da başka mefisto oğlanlar saf anaboları bulup 'işaretleyecek' lerdir.
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