kayleenconnor's review against another edition
1.0
I got halfway through this and I just can’t finish it. There is nothing of value with these characters, all one dimensional. Probably one of the worst things I’ve ever tried to read. To get halfway through a book with absolutely nothing going on. Not worth the time wasted.
stygianvixen's review against another edition
5.0
This is an amazing book and a great addition to the series. I enjoyed reading the book because following Sydney is so different than Rose. The story is filled with wonderful twists and so much new stuff and yet it had enough of the Vampire Academy world to make it a satisfying read. I cannot wait for the next book because the ending to this one made me extremely excited! Read it and you will not be disappointed :)
Although I am not "Team Adrian" or whatever you like to call it, I enjoyed him still being involved. The ending has me excited though!
Although I am not "Team Adrian" or whatever you like to call it, I enjoyed him still being involved. The ending has me excited though!
glitterbomb47's review against another edition
3.0
I can't decide between giving this 2 or 3 stars. I enjoyed most of it, but a couple of things in it REALLY bugged me. I don't feel like getting into it, they'd be spoilers anyway. I'll try the second book when it comes out, maybe.
celandine's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely love the mysterious organization of the Alchemists from Vampire Academy and glad that this book focuses on Sydney. She's badass. Good intro to this series!
lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
Very interesting to learn more about alchemists, and I always liked Sydney, even if she's a little more 'tight' than other characters in Vampire Academy. She really grew in this book, though, and finally learned to stand up for herself.
It was also refreshing to see Adrian grow, and want to be more than 'oh, but he's Adrian'... I am sure the next book will show more new things about him, though it does seem that he will have his work cut out for him!
Eddie was great, though a little too self-sacrificing.
Jill was still Jill. Young and naive, wanting to have some fun and most of all fit in! Like all young people her age.
All in all a very satisfying book, I look forward to more - this world is one I really, really like!
Very interesting to learn more about alchemists, and I always liked Sydney, even if she's a little more 'tight' than other characters in Vampire Academy. She really grew in this book, though, and finally learned to stand up for herself.
It was also refreshing to see Adrian grow, and want to be more than 'oh, but he's Adrian'... I am sure the next book will show more new things about him, though it does seem that he will have his work cut out for him!
Eddie was great, though a little too self-sacrificing.
Jill was still Jill. Young and naive, wanting to have some fun and most of all fit in! Like all young people her age.
Spoiler
I was a little disappointed, though, because Ms. Mead had said that Dimitri would be in this book... There was some talk about him, but he only actually showed up in the very last line of the book.All in all a very satisfying book, I look forward to more - this world is one I really, really like!
_sarah_reads_'s review against another edition
4.0
Almost better than Vampire Academy. Almost. But it's hard to make that call because Rose and Sydney are such different characters.
librarycutie's review against another edition
4.0
Vampire Academy is one of my favorite series, and definitely my favorite vampire series (after twilight) so far. I needed to continue the adventure in the spin-off series of Bloodlines by Richelle Mead.
Sydney Sage is an alchemist who is assigned to watch over Jill Dragomir, a royal Moroi and the only thing keeping Vasilisa Dragomir as Queen, after an attack at court. Eddie Castile is sent to be Jill's guardian, as he is a dhampir. Adrian Ivashkov is also sent with them to Palm Springs, but instead of going to the private school Amberwood, he is staying at Clarence's, a local Moroi who cares not of the court or royals.
In this book is Love, Science, Magic, Deaths, and of course Action. It took me a couple chapters to fully get into it, but wow. I was completely shocked by the last couple chapters. (And also that thing with Adrian and Jill, sorry no spoilers).
The Golden Lily, here i come…
Sydney Sage is an alchemist who is assigned to watch over Jill Dragomir, a royal Moroi and the only thing keeping Vasilisa Dragomir as Queen, after an attack at court. Eddie Castile is sent to be Jill's guardian, as he is a dhampir. Adrian Ivashkov is also sent with them to Palm Springs, but instead of going to the private school Amberwood, he is staying at Clarence's, a local Moroi who cares not of the court or royals.
In this book is Love, Science, Magic, Deaths, and of course Action. It took me a couple chapters to fully get into it, but wow. I was completely shocked by the last couple chapters. (And also that thing with Adrian and Jill, sorry no spoilers).
The Golden Lily, here i come…
timsreads's review against another edition
2.0
DNF
It was an okay book with its ups and downs but the writing was not my cup of tea. Had some great ideas but the execution of them felt poor. There were many hilarious parts but that alone was not enough to keep me wanting to continue the book. I am honestly very disappointed and do not think I'll be reading anymore books by Richelle Mead :/
It was an okay book with its ups and downs but the writing was not my cup of tea. Had some great ideas but the execution of them felt poor. There were many hilarious parts but that alone was not enough to keep me wanting to continue the book. I am honestly very disappointed and do not think I'll be reading anymore books by Richelle Mead :/
jessicatamm92's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars - I knew that I would love this book! The Vampire Academy series definitely makes my top 10 favorite list, so naturally I was excited to read on! I wasn't that happy to hear that it would follow Sydney though. Rose was mentioned in the very beginning, but it was very brief. Truthfully, the reason why this wasn't a perfect five star book for me was because I did find parts of this a TAD slower than the VA series. But it definitely wasn't bad and I was interested ALMOST the whole time. I mean, I read it in like three sittings, so obviously it wasn't a slow book.
The only other negative thing I can think of, is Sydney. It's definitely different to go from the fierce, intense Rose to her. The way she dresses and acts. The way she runs and hides when someone does magic... Sometimes she reminded me of a younger Hermione always worrying about the rules. It just made me want to yell at her to relax! haha I DO like that she's so into school though. At least she thinks before she acts!
While reading this though, I started to see little changes in her and I think that we'll continue to see changes. Just in this one book she's already had a lot of character development and I was pretty stoked that she finally started standing up for herself a bit and talking back. I'm interested to see what happens between her and her father and sister in the later books.
Question, Alchemists try to fit in with humans and keep the knowledge of Vampires a secret, correct? WHY do they get those freaking tattoos on their FACES then?! I understand the purpose of the tattoo itself, but I don't think that the location was ever explained? Maybe it will in the next books. I thought for some reason that only Moroi, Dhampirs, and other Alchemists could see it at first. But nope, apparently the whole school can. I just don't get why they would draw that much attention to themselves.
Naturally, one of my favorite parts of this book was Adrian. I absolutely ADORED him in the VA series, and while I was ALL for Rose and Dimitri (I seriously shipped them so hard from book one) I felt so crushed for Adrian at the end of the series. Although he started out smoking and drinking again just like the sad Adrian we'd seen before, he did pull it together a bit by the end. A lot of that was for Jill of course. Oh my gosh! Did you guys guess that they were Spirit Bound?! I can't believe that he saved "Jailbait's" life! I was pretty shocked.. Just when we thought we had gotten away from all of that now that Rose and Lissa aren't bound.... So I definitely think that Adrian and Sydney will become friends. They kind of already have. They may become more :D I really hope so. I feel kinda sad for Sydney because it's brought up a lot that she's never really loved anyone before... Then of course I'd love to see Adrian find someone else to help him heal and get over Rose... I think it's going to be really interesting to see what happens between Adrian and his new partner, Dimitri, in the Golden Lily! I'll admit, I kind of screamed when I saw his name at the end. I freaking love that man <3
I never cared for Lee that much, and I was worried something might be a little off about him. Like I thought maybe HE was the vampire hunter or something crazy like that since he kept trying to get his father to think they weren't real. Which, I guess we realized at the end that they are in fact NOT real, as far as we know. The enemies in this book turned out just to be Strigoi (as usual), a former Strigoi, and then a twisted Alchemist. Which he definitely got what was coming to him in the end... I have a bad feeling we'll be seeing Keith again, although I hated him and hope we don't.
I feel pretty bad for Jill. She had such a tough time fitting in, then she finally meets a (supposedly) great guy like Lee only to find out he used to be a Strigoi and would stop at nothing to become one again. Oh, and there's that little fact that he wanted her to join him.. Yikes.
I hope that Jill fits in a little better in this next book. I was really happy for her that she got to model!
Definitely can't wait to read The Golden Lily (which I already have!!) I'm sure I'll fly through that one too!
The only other negative thing I can think of, is Sydney. It's definitely different to go from the fierce, intense Rose to her. The way she dresses and acts. The way she runs and hides when someone does magic... Sometimes she reminded me of a younger Hermione always worrying about the rules. It just made me want to yell at her to relax! haha I DO like that she's so into school though. At least she thinks before she acts!
Spoiler
While reading this though, I started to see little changes in her and I think that we'll continue to see changes. Just in this one book she's already had a lot of character development and I was pretty stoked that she finally started standing up for herself a bit and talking back. I'm interested to see what happens between her and her father and sister in the later books.
Question, Alchemists try to fit in with humans and keep the knowledge of Vampires a secret, correct? WHY do they get those freaking tattoos on their FACES then?! I understand the purpose of the tattoo itself, but I don't think that the location was ever explained? Maybe it will in the next books. I thought for some reason that only Moroi, Dhampirs, and other Alchemists could see it at first. But nope, apparently the whole school can. I just don't get why they would draw that much attention to themselves.
Naturally, one of my favorite parts of this book was Adrian. I absolutely ADORED him in the VA series, and while I was ALL for Rose and Dimitri (I seriously shipped them so hard from book one) I felt so crushed for Adrian at the end of the series. Although he started out smoking and drinking again just like the sad Adrian we'd seen before, he did pull it together a bit by the end. A lot of that was for Jill of course. Oh my gosh! Did you guys guess that they were Spirit Bound?! I can't believe that he saved "Jailbait's" life! I was pretty shocked.. Just when we thought we had gotten away from all of that now that Rose and Lissa aren't bound.... So I definitely think that Adrian and Sydney will become friends. They kind of already have. They may become more :D I really hope so. I feel kinda sad for Sydney because it's brought up a lot that she's never really loved anyone before... Then of course I'd love to see Adrian find someone else to help him heal and get over Rose... I think it's going to be really interesting to see what happens between Adrian and his new partner, Dimitri, in the Golden Lily! I'll admit, I kind of screamed when I saw his name at the end. I freaking love that man <3
I never cared for Lee that much, and I was worried something might be a little off about him. Like I thought maybe HE was the vampire hunter or something crazy like that since he kept trying to get his father to think they weren't real. Which, I guess we realized at the end that they are in fact NOT real, as far as we know. The enemies in this book turned out just to be Strigoi (as usual), a former Strigoi, and then a twisted Alchemist. Which he definitely got what was coming to him in the end... I have a bad feeling we'll be seeing Keith again, although I hated him and hope we don't.
I feel pretty bad for Jill. She had such a tough time fitting in, then she finally meets a (supposedly) great guy like Lee only to find out he used to be a Strigoi and would stop at nothing to become one again. Oh, and there's that little fact that he wanted her to join him.. Yikes.
I hope that Jill fits in a little better in this next book. I was really happy for her that she got to model!
Definitely can't wait to read The Golden Lily (which I already have!!) I'm sure I'll fly through that one too!
nannasa16's review against another edition
5.0
EDIT 19.06.12
http://katnissbraid.blogspot.it/2012/06/bloodlines-recensione.html#comment-form
*CRYING*.
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*ALL THE FUCKIN' (SORRY) AWARDS TO RICHELLE PERFECTION MEAD*.
oggi pomeriggio scrivo una recensione decente, ho davvero tantissime cose da dire su Bloodlines, su che autrice completa e meravigliosa sia la Mead e su quanto ho fangirlato sull'ultima frase di Bloodlines.
*spoiler*.
*dimitri belikov had arrived* *jen ha un infarto* *jen corre a prendere gli occhiali, li mette sopra le lenti a contatto per leggere meglio* *dimitri belikov had arrived* *OH PLEASE GOD. HOW MUCH CAN I LOVE YOU?* #dimitriismysoulmate.
(lasciamo il discorso Adrian, Sydney e Sydrian, troppi sentimenti che non riesco ad affrontare contemporaneamente.) (Adrian is my soulmate too). (i have too many souls). (daemon black is my soulmate too) (shit, i can go on with this thing for the whole day LMFAO).
(GOODREADS DAMMI ALTRE CINQUE STELLE PER BLOODLINES).
http://katnissbraid.blogspot.it/2012/06/bloodlines-recensione.html#comment-form
*CRYING*.
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.......................
.................................
*ALL THE FUCKIN' (SORRY) AWARDS TO RICHELLE PERFECTION MEAD*.
oggi pomeriggio scrivo una recensione decente, ho davvero tantissime cose da dire su Bloodlines, su che autrice completa e meravigliosa sia la Mead e su quanto ho fangirlato sull'ultima frase di Bloodlines.
*spoiler*.
*dimitri belikov had arrived* *jen ha un infarto* *jen corre a prendere gli occhiali, li mette sopra le lenti a contatto per leggere meglio* *dimitri belikov had arrived* *OH PLEASE GOD. HOW MUCH CAN I LOVE YOU?* #dimitriismysoulmate.
(lasciamo il discorso Adrian, Sydney e Sydrian, troppi sentimenti che non riesco ad affrontare contemporaneamente.) (Adrian is my soulmate too). (i have too many souls). (daemon black is my soulmate too) (shit, i can go on with this thing for the whole day LMFAO).
(GOODREADS DAMMI ALTRE CINQUE STELLE PER BLOODLINES).