Review: The Return (Titan #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Return

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout

Series: Titan #1

Pages: 335

Release date: 16^th Februray 2015

Publisher: Spencer Hill Press

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Synopsis (Goodreads):

The Fates are cackling their bony asses off…

It’s been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they’ve given him have been violent and bloody–which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth. He’s got to play protector while keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most challenging yet.

Josie has no idea what this crazy hot guy’s deal might be, but it’s a good bet that his arrival means the new life she started after leaving home is about to be thrown into an Olympian-sized blender turned up to puree. Either Josie is going insane or a nightmare straight out of ancient myth is gunning for her.

But it might be the unlikely attraction simmering between her and the golden-eyed, secret-keeping Seth that may prove to be the most dangerous thing of all.

Because history has once again been flipped to repeat.

Book 1 in the new adult paranormal TITAN series, spin-off to the best selling COVENANT series.

Review: 4 ½ out of 5 stars

I adored Seth initially in the Covenant series but by the last book he became a pain in the butt and completely psychotic – of course within reason but I wasn’t his biggest fan so going into The Return had me feeling quite anxious about whether or not I’d like it or not but by the end, I wasn’t disappointed.

I will start off with my biggest complaint, which seems to be the same for all the JLA books I read lately and that is it was trademark JLA with the snark and repetitive sayings that let it down a smidgeon for me; the cheesy sayings seem to be repeated in each of her books so they are starting to run together and the characters sound the same as one another. Other than this, I loved everything about it.

It has been a year since the destructive events that took place in the Covenant series and Apollyon, Seth has pledged his servitude to the Gods – In particular Apollo. He holds onto a lot of guilt, he doesn’t feel worthy and he is trying to make amends for his actions; we see a lot of growth in Seth, he has been tasked with finding and taking care of Josie; I was very curious about what she was and even more shocked about who she was related to! This aspect was very interesting.

Josie reminded me very much of Alex – including her looks but with less feistiness, Josie seemed sweeter and was able to look past Seth’s history and accept him for who and what he was – I liked that she made her own decisions, she became quite the badass by the end of the book. She had no idea about the world she was about to be introduced to or even what she was so I liked her reaction to this huge piece of news.

We get some steamy smexy scenes and a nice start to a budding romance – I loved the cuddling scenes, thankfully no love triangle and hopefully it stays that way. This book is definitely New Adult.

There are some fabulous secondary characters including Erin, Apollo, the return of Deacon and Luke who I adore and now they are back at the covenant there is also Solos, Marcus and of course Alex’s father. The interactions between all of the characters were done well.

The plot is fast paced and entertaining, the world-building was done well & was very similar to the Covenant as we get the same setting – I enjoyed learning about the Titans and the new changes within the Covenant. Written in dual POV’s it was nice to get both Seth and Josie’s thought processes. The writing is trademark JLA and kept me engaged from the very first page.

A great start to the series, I’m more than eager to get hold of the next book.

About the author: # 1 New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout Lives in West Virginia. 

All the rumors you heard about her state aren’t true. 

Well, mostly. When she's not hard at work writing, she spends her time, reading, working out, watching zombie movies, and pretending to write.

She is the author of the Covenant Series (Spencer Hill Press), the Lux Series (Entangled Teen), Don't Look Back (Disney/Hyperion) and a yet untitled novel (Disney/Hyperion), and new YA paranormal series with Harlequin Teen. 

Jennifer also writes New Adult and Adult romance under the pen name J. Lynn. The Gamble Brothers Series (Tempting the Best Man/Tempting the Player) and Wait for You. Under her pen name, she is published with Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.