Gotta love those novellas – they give you just enough to curb the hunger, but definitely not enough to sustain you until the next full length story is out.
Elixir picks up at the point in time where we know that Alex has awakened, and that she’s joined with Seth – by her actions/words and mostly by the color of her eyes. Aiden and everyone else have the hard task of both keeping her safe/sedated, themselves safe, and keeping her location hidden so that they can figure out a way to break the bond between her and Seth. Yup – that means that we are 100% clear on the fact that seth is a bad apple and only wants to take his power in evil and bad directions.
The hardest part of this story is that in book 3, we finally got to the point where Aiden and Alex were able to come to terms with their love for one another, and they actually shared some much needed and awaited intimacy. That’s all gone to pot though since the Alex that they all have with them isn’t the same one.
Aiden is forced to take drastic measures, at the urging of the Gods and give Alex the ‘Elixir’. If you remember, this is the same potion in theory that is given to half-bloods that are put into a life of servitude. It basically makes you unable to do much of anything of your own will….and Aiden is very fearful of this. The issue being that this is the only way that they can all buy time to figure out a lasting way to break the bond between the Apollyons.
the question now is – does it work? is Alex really able to keep Seth away, what’s the motive behind Seth’s evil ambition and what’s going to come of it? We know that there are plots to take over the various Covenants ….and will that happen? Who’s on what side and which side will win?
Now i just can’t wait until Apollyon – the next book in the series to come out. I need to know if Aiden’s love for Alex is enough to stand by her, and help her through this. I need to know if Seth will find a way to control Alex and bring her down….and i need to know what is going to become of the Pures, the Half Bloods and the Humans……