Spoilers Spoilers!!!!
Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead.
4/5 stars.
At then end of Blood Promise, Rose finds out Dimitri is still alive. And well out to get her.
"You forgot another lesson: Never turn your back until you know your enemy is dead. Looks like we'll have to go over that lesson again the next time I see you--which will be soon.
---------------Love, D."
With only about 2 1/2 months left of school, Rose's mind is already set. She will do about anything to find a way to turn Dimitri back to normal, even if it means breaking Victor, who if remember tried to kill her and Lisa.
Every week Dimitri sends her letters waiting for her to leave the safety of the wards so he can finally get her. With her final test to become a guardian approaching, she wonders how the hell she is going to break into a prison she has no clue where it is. When the test does finally arrive, Rose passes with flying colors. A short while passes and her and Lisa and all the other graduates head off to the court. There Rose's plan unfolds. She enlists the help of a few friends, not even bothering to tell them what she really has in mind. Only Lisa knows what's really about to go down.
After breaking into the prison and releasing, they make a mad dash to a small airport. After getting the information from Victor they head to Vegas, using the money once again Adrian gave her. Should mention, Adrian believes Lisa and her snuck out for a girls weekend. Once arriving in Vegas, they book a hotel and call up Victor's brother to get down to the cure for Dimitri. He eventually meets up with them, though without someone showing up before. Adrian, and he is furious! He can't see why Rose can't move on after they have been seeing each for about 3 months.
Victor's brother shows up and begins to tell them what they need to know. Though Adrian is very skeptical and believes people who are dead stay dead. Even Rose begins to think its hopeless because it can't be her to save Dimitri. It has to be the last person she wants to ever want to put in harms way, Lisa. She immediately says no and that Lisa can't do it. Lisa eventually gets mad and says to let her at least try. Rose still refuses saying she could barely punch someone and can't *spoiler spoiler* an item. (an item is not the spoiler, I just left out what she has to do to that item, etc etc.) While the conversation is ending, things take a turn for the worse. Dimitri and a gang of Strigoi show up. Rose and Eddie begin taking them on and eventually kill the others except Dimitri. While fighting, Eddie finally gets the position he needs to kill Dimitri, yet Rose shoves him out of the way. They make a mad dash for the outside once the police arrive, leaving Dimitri to kill the humans. And leaving Rose in a ton of trouble with Eddie for ruining their chance to kill him..they meet up with Adrian and Lisa, only to discover Victor and his brother made a mad dash for freedom at the first chance they got.
They head back to Court and eventually get reprimanded, well Rose gets in trouble for taking Lisa away when Victor had just escaped prison, by two humans and guardian. Revealing that their disguises worked and no one knew better. The Queen takes away Rose rights to go with Lisa to see the college and celebrate Lisa's birthday. After celebrating her birthday Lisa, Christian and her guardians are leaving a restaurant, they are ambushed by Dimitri and his Strigoi goons. The whole time Rose is watching through Lisa's mind. She takes off to get the guardians attention, they tell her they already know and are setting up a rescue mission immediately. Rose is floored they are actually going out there to save them.
Rose, a team of guardians and fire element wielding Moroi set off to rescue Lisa and Christian. After killing and fighting their way through Strigoi, Rose finally makes it to the room with Lisa and Christan and lets not forget Dimitri standing there. The engage in a battle, all the while with Lisa and Christian are scheming all by themselves, Rose can feel the pain Lisa is feeling from Christian burning the ropes. Its becomes to late for what Rose eventually learns Lisa is going to do. Lisa immediately stakes Dimitri, though struggles some to get into his heart. A burst of light explodes, knocking out Lisa's and Rose bonded; leaving Dimitri clutching onto Lisa crying. Everything rushes forward, they kill the remaining Strigoi and the guardians take Dimitri away. Leaving both Lisa and Rose asking to see Dimitri and trying to talk some sense into the guardians that he is no longer Strigoi.
After turning Dimitri back to a dhampir tons of events take place. The courts decision to change the age of Dhampirs becoming guardians and going into battle against Strigoi. A secret memorial for the fallen that saved Lisa and Christian. Dimitri being interrogated and telling Lisa he doesn't want to see Rose. Rose yelling at the Queen in front of everyone. Rose and Adrian ...err....er..I'll leave it at that. The Queen being......er...err.....yeah I'll leave it that too.
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This book had a lot of events I loved and hated. I hated the fact that Dimitri didn't want to see Rose at all, how he said he could never be with her after all that he had done to her. Lisa taking Dimitri's side, thus resulting and Rose doing stupid stuff. I'm dying for book number 6. Though I don't want it to end. After I finished this book, I went back and skimmed through all 4 books and read my favorite parts over again. I can't wait and see how Mead ends this series. Hopefully its not a total let down, though I doubt it will be. Seeing as all 5 books so far were freaking AMAZING.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Blood Promise (Book #4) by Richelle Mead
Spoilers will be here. I just can't help it with this series!
So here we go! Actually before I start, I should refresh your minds of book three, Shadow Kissed. At the end of Shadow Kissed we have Rose, Dimitri and some other Moroi's and Damphirs going to save the ones who were kidnapped by the Strigoi. Right as Dimitri is running out of the cave a Strigoi drags him away and changes him, leaving Rose devastated and remembering one thing, the promise they made to kill the other if they ever turned Strigoi.
Against all odds Rose abandons Lisa to go on mad hunt to kill Dimitri. The only lead Rose has it that Dimitri would head back to his homeland. Armed with the money Adrian gives her she sets off. Once arriving she has no luck so ever, because she can't even find her way to his village. Rose begins stalking out places where rich, powerful Moroi's hang out, hoping to get a hint to where this Dhampir village is. On one night she is leaving she believes a guardian(dhampir) is following her, she immediately picks up her pace and hides and pouncing on the unsuspecting human, Sydney. Though Sydney is no ordinary human, she is an alchemist (who clean up the Strigoi bodies for guardians). Add in some dialogue between the two girls and thus they are starting off together to Dimitri's home town. They end up getting attacked and thus the person resulting in Sydney helping Rose get there, Abe appears again and brings her to Dimitri's own house.
Upon arriving there Rose begins to settle in and dwell over the thought of telling Dimitri's family what really happened to him. Finally Rose gathers the courage to tell them and they begin a funeral. (Yeah I know he isn't dead.) Abe is also there to give Rose a final warning to leave Siberia. Abe eventually gets Rose word that she'll leave, though she Rose never says she'd leave Siberia, she just said she'd leave Baia. Along with other rogue Dhampir's, Rose sets off to a bigger city to hunt Strigoi in hoping to get to Dimitri.
After hunting a few Strigoi and releasing one, Dimitri eventually shows up. This is why she came to Siberia...to kill Dimitri, but she messes up and he knocks her out cold. She wakes up in a room and is now Dimitri's pet. I'll leave out all the goodies of that part. Don't want to spoil their interaction.
On a mad break for escape, Rose once again comes face to face with a chance at killing Dimitri. And this time she takes it. "I looked him in the eyes. "I will always love you." Then I plunged the stake into his chest. It wasn't as precise a blow as I would have liked, not with the skilled way he was dodging. I struggled to get the stake in deep enough to his heart, unsure if I could do it from this angle. Then, his struggles stopped. His eyes stared at me, stunned, and his lips parted, almost into a smile, albeit a grisly and pained one. "That's what I was supposed to say..." he gasped out. Those were his last words. His failed attempt to dodge the stake had made him lose his balance on the edge. The stake's magic made the rest easy, stunning him and his reflexes. Dimitri fell."
After killing Dimitri, Rose drags her body to the road and manages to get someone to pull over. She manages to get their cell phone and calls Sydney. Abe helps her once again by calling in two other people she met in Siberia that are like her and Lisa. She is getting healed when she decided to peak inside Lisa's mind to see how she is doing, only to find her in a struggling position. Rose immediately freaks out. Doing all that she can to get Lisa out of that situation, she gets help from her new friends to save Lisa, even all the way in Siberia. A few days later, Rose is back home. Sitting in the guardian's office being told she may come back to school.
Back only to remember to give Adrian a chance in a real relationship and the fact she abandon Lisa to go after Dimitri.
At the end, Rose gets two messages one from Abe telling her information she found out from somebody and from....dum dum dum....Dimitri. Along with the stake she staked him with, saying he was coming for her this time.
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I loved this book. I loved every minute Rose was with Dimitri. Even if he was a Strigoi! I loved them constantly fighting, the end fight was amazing. Though I couldn't believe she would actually stake him, I so would have went Strigoi for Dimitri!!! The only part I didn't enjoy was about Lisa, not that I hate her, just I love Rose's character way more than Lisa's.
Next post will be Spirit Bound!!
So here we go! Actually before I start, I should refresh your minds of book three, Shadow Kissed. At the end of Shadow Kissed we have Rose, Dimitri and some other Moroi's and Damphirs going to save the ones who were kidnapped by the Strigoi. Right as Dimitri is running out of the cave a Strigoi drags him away and changes him, leaving Rose devastated and remembering one thing, the promise they made to kill the other if they ever turned Strigoi.
Against all odds Rose abandons Lisa to go on mad hunt to kill Dimitri. The only lead Rose has it that Dimitri would head back to his homeland. Armed with the money Adrian gives her she sets off. Once arriving she has no luck so ever, because she can't even find her way to his village. Rose begins stalking out places where rich, powerful Moroi's hang out, hoping to get a hint to where this Dhampir village is. On one night she is leaving she believes a guardian(dhampir) is following her, she immediately picks up her pace and hides and pouncing on the unsuspecting human, Sydney. Though Sydney is no ordinary human, she is an alchemist (who clean up the Strigoi bodies for guardians). Add in some dialogue between the two girls and thus they are starting off together to Dimitri's home town. They end up getting attacked and thus the person resulting in Sydney helping Rose get there, Abe appears again and brings her to Dimitri's own house.
Upon arriving there Rose begins to settle in and dwell over the thought of telling Dimitri's family what really happened to him. Finally Rose gathers the courage to tell them and they begin a funeral. (Yeah I know he isn't dead.) Abe is also there to give Rose a final warning to leave Siberia. Abe eventually gets Rose word that she'll leave, though she Rose never says she'd leave Siberia, she just said she'd leave Baia. Along with other rogue Dhampir's, Rose sets off to a bigger city to hunt Strigoi in hoping to get to Dimitri.
After hunting a few Strigoi and releasing one, Dimitri eventually shows up. This is why she came to Siberia...to kill Dimitri, but she messes up and he knocks her out cold. She wakes up in a room and is now Dimitri's pet. I'll leave out all the goodies of that part. Don't want to spoil their interaction.
On a mad break for escape, Rose once again comes face to face with a chance at killing Dimitri. And this time she takes it. "I looked him in the eyes. "I will always love you." Then I plunged the stake into his chest. It wasn't as precise a blow as I would have liked, not with the skilled way he was dodging. I struggled to get the stake in deep enough to his heart, unsure if I could do it from this angle. Then, his struggles stopped. His eyes stared at me, stunned, and his lips parted, almost into a smile, albeit a grisly and pained one. "That's what I was supposed to say..." he gasped out. Those were his last words. His failed attempt to dodge the stake had made him lose his balance on the edge. The stake's magic made the rest easy, stunning him and his reflexes. Dimitri fell."
After killing Dimitri, Rose drags her body to the road and manages to get someone to pull over. She manages to get their cell phone and calls Sydney. Abe helps her once again by calling in two other people she met in Siberia that are like her and Lisa. She is getting healed when she decided to peak inside Lisa's mind to see how she is doing, only to find her in a struggling position. Rose immediately freaks out. Doing all that she can to get Lisa out of that situation, she gets help from her new friends to save Lisa, even all the way in Siberia. A few days later, Rose is back home. Sitting in the guardian's office being told she may come back to school.
Back only to remember to give Adrian a chance in a real relationship and the fact she abandon Lisa to go after Dimitri.
At the end, Rose gets two messages one from Abe telling her information she found out from somebody and from....dum dum dum....Dimitri. Along with the stake she staked him with, saying he was coming for her this time.
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I loved this book. I loved every minute Rose was with Dimitri. Even if he was a Strigoi! I loved them constantly fighting, the end fight was amazing. Though I couldn't believe she would actually stake him, I so would have went Strigoi for Dimitri!!! The only part I didn't enjoy was about Lisa, not that I hate her, just I love Rose's character way more than Lisa's.
Next post will be Spirit Bound!!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead
Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead.
4/5 stars. My heart is still pounding after finishing this book, I oh so can't wait for book #3 in the series. Though, sadly the book doesn't come out until January 2011, boo!
Spoilers. Spoilers.
Anyways...
Eugenie is now the queen of Thorn Land but is not a great queen. She rarely visits nor knows what is going on with the kingdom. She is still romantically involved with the kitsune (japanese fox), Kiyo and sets off to go to the fairies type of "baby shower" for Kiyo's ex-lover, Maiween (who is pregnant with Kiyo's baby - which is rare for the gentry to have children). On her way to the baby shower, Eugenie and her guards come upon one of the villages on her land; Eugenie is shocked to find she has villages and that they are in such poor states all because of her.
When Eugenie claimed the land from killing the previously owner, the land took to the image she wanted it. A dessert, where as the land was once covered in green, is now just covered in cactus and sand. The land has left the people with no food and has dried up all their wells. She is also informed that girls from villages have gone missing but only in her land have they been disappearing, leaving Eugenie to figure out who is taking the girls and why.
Besides Eugenie mission to help her people, she is still searching for her half sister who is hell bent on getting pregnant and raising a son who will take over the human world according to the prophecy. As well as avoiding men who wish to get her pregnant and fulfill the prophecy, seeing as it doesn't state which daughter of the Storm King whose son will conquer the human world.
Aside from all her Queen duties, Eugenie begins to get in touch with her magic and to deal with her struggling feelings for Kiyo and Dorian; along with another male coming into the picture.
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My opinion: I looooved this book. I don't really have anything bad to say about it, though I would say Kiyo and her step-father got on my nerves a ton. Though there were also times, Eugenie got on my nerves, only because she refused to accept her powers. Throughout most of the book I wished for Eugenie to just unleash her powers and to stop listening to everyone telling her what to do!
Though one flaw in this book to me, is Kiyo. I'm sooo for Dorian!
Read the books. I read the first book some time ago way before I began blogging, but I'll just say I rated it 4/5 stars like this one! So get to reading. Plenty of time to read them, since book three isn't out until 2011. *sigh*
4/5 stars. My heart is still pounding after finishing this book, I oh so can't wait for book #3 in the series. Though, sadly the book doesn't come out until January 2011, boo!
Spoilers. Spoilers.
Anyways...
Eugenie is now the queen of Thorn Land but is not a great queen. She rarely visits nor knows what is going on with the kingdom. She is still romantically involved with the kitsune (japanese fox), Kiyo and sets off to go to the fairies type of "baby shower" for Kiyo's ex-lover, Maiween (who is pregnant with Kiyo's baby - which is rare for the gentry to have children). On her way to the baby shower, Eugenie and her guards come upon one of the villages on her land; Eugenie is shocked to find she has villages and that they are in such poor states all because of her.
When Eugenie claimed the land from killing the previously owner, the land took to the image she wanted it. A dessert, where as the land was once covered in green, is now just covered in cactus and sand. The land has left the people with no food and has dried up all their wells. She is also informed that girls from villages have gone missing but only in her land have they been disappearing, leaving Eugenie to figure out who is taking the girls and why.
Besides Eugenie mission to help her people, she is still searching for her half sister who is hell bent on getting pregnant and raising a son who will take over the human world according to the prophecy. As well as avoiding men who wish to get her pregnant and fulfill the prophecy, seeing as it doesn't state which daughter of the Storm King whose son will conquer the human world.
Aside from all her Queen duties, Eugenie begins to get in touch with her magic and to deal with her struggling feelings for Kiyo and Dorian; along with another male coming into the picture.
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My opinion: I looooved this book. I don't really have anything bad to say about it, though I would say Kiyo and her step-father got on my nerves a ton. Though there were also times, Eugenie got on my nerves, only because she refused to accept her powers. Throughout most of the book I wished for Eugenie to just unleash her powers and to stop listening to everyone telling her what to do!
Though one flaw in this book to me, is Kiyo. I'm sooo for Dorian!
Read the books. I read the first book some time ago way before I began blogging, but I'll just say I rated it 4/5 stars like this one! So get to reading. Plenty of time to read them, since book three isn't out until 2011. *sigh*
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