Bloodlines (Bloodlines, #1) in Vampire Academy: VA all the way

Oct 08, 2010 July rated it it was amazing

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I'm going to be completely honest. Richelle Mead is one of my favorite authors of all time. All of her books fall into my favorites category. However, when I heard there was going to be a spin off of Vampire Academy, I was a little worried.

I knew I would read it, but would I love it as much as I love Vampire Academy? Would I love Sydney as much as Rose? I had so many doubts. One doubt I never had was Adrian. I've always loved Adrian.

Now onto my actual thoughts after reading the book. At first I ...more

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Dec 30, 2010 Tierney rated it it was amazing

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Honestly, I don't think I'm ever gonna be able to get enough of Richelle Mead's writing and the vampire academy world! Please Richelle never stop writing about it! I love love love this book! I don't know what I was expecting when I first read it, but it was certainly better than I'd imagined, but I do wish I'd heard more from Lissa and Christian, and maybe Dimitri and Rose. Also, I can't wait for the next one, I need to see if Eddie and Jill get together and also if Adrian an ...more

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Dec 13, 2010 Erica Alyson rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: all-time-favorite-books, paranomal, young-adult

All I can really say is WOW!!! Excellent book. I absolutely loved every minute of it. Sydney was an excellent main character. I liked finding out more about Alchemist and what makes her tick.

I have always been a Dimitri fan but I felt bad for Adrian for what Rose did to him. I always liked Adrian just fine but in this book he was amazing. Seeing how Rose hurt him and what made him tick was very insightful and a joy to read. I love his relationship with Sydney and hope it turns into more along t ...more

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Aug 24, 2011 Jessica (Jess Hearts Books) rated it really liked it

Shelves: the-best-book-boys, favorites

Bloodlines is the first book in a new spin off series to Vampire Academy. Bloodlines follows on one month after the events in Last Sacrifice and mixes the old with the new making it readable whether you’ve read Vampire Academy or not. This book follows Sydney an alchemist whose job it is to protect humans from the secret vampire world. Sydney is still in trouble with her people after her part in helping Rose Hathaway and is sent on a new mission to redeem herself by keeping vampire Princess Jill Bloodlines is the first book in a new spin off series to Vampire Academy. Bloodlines follows on one month after the events in Last Sacrifice and mixes the old with the new making it readable whether you’ve read Vampire Academy or not. This book follows Sydney an alchemist whose job it is to protect humans from the secret vampire world. Sydney is still in trouble with her people after her part in helping Rose Hathaway and is sent on a new mission to redeem herself by keeping vampire Princess Jill hidden in the human world. Sydney, Jill and two familiar faces to Vampire Academy fans Adrian and Eddie must protect Jill at all costs but with humans sporting magical tattoos similar to those of the alchemists and Moroi (the good vampires) murdered in unusual circumstances the stakes are higher than ever.

I’m a HUGE fan of the Vampire Academy series and couldn’t wait for this spin off. I was a little worried that this book wouldn’t live up to my love for VA but I’m happy to say that it did! Richelle Mead’s writing is as fast paced and snappy as ever and Bloodlines has a good mix of the old to keep fans satisfied and the new to make it fresh and exciting so that it’s not just a copycat of its predecessor. Events from Last Sacrifice follow on in a natural, smooth way but Sydney and Co also unearth a lot of new problems and a whole new exciting plot Richelle Mead evolving this amazing world even further, delving more into the alchemist side of things but still keeping the plot intermingled with the Moroi (good vampires), Strigoi (bad vampires) and Dhampirs (half human, half vampire).

Fans of Vampire Academy are probably eager to know if there will be any appearances or talk of our old favourite characters, Rose, Dimitri, and Lissa and I’m happy to report that there is plenty of mention of them and even a special appearance from Rose early on in the book. It was really interesting to see Rose from Sydney’s point of view as Rose was our protagonist in Vampire Academy and I have to say that the last sentence of Bloodlines had me wiggling in my seat with excitement for book two- I won’t say anymore than that but if you’ve read the book you’ll know what I mean ;-)

That being said however nice that it was to catch up with old friends Bloodlines is very much about Sydney, Jill, Adrian and Eddie and I found myself not missing the old cast as much as I thought I would because I was so wrapped up in their story. Richelle Mead has also hinted at some potentially very interesting and exciting future love interests and I’m very excited to see where she goes with that.

Overall Bloodlines was a fantastic first novel to a brand new series that will enthral Vampire Academy fans and entice new readers. Richelle has set up an absorbing new plot that runs smoothly alongside past events, and characters old and new who are as strong and hugely likeable as the first cast. Bloodlines is a must read for anyone and I can’t wait to see where Richelle Mead takes us next. ...more

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Aug 14, 2011 Jane rated it really liked it

Ok I might be biased here but I really liked this book. I loved Vampire Academy and here I get a chance to see that world again :)

Im only giving it 4 stars though because I was left wanting more action. Being a spin-off I had high expectations of the action scenes in the story (which was only one really) I can only let it slide because I knew from the beginning that Sydney is no Rose but I still wanted action...and hey she does throw a punch in the fight so...maybe later

Anyway even though the st ...more

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Apr 25, 2012 Roksana rated it really liked it

I was unsure if I would like this spin off as I was a huge fan of VA.
But my fear was uncalled for..I love it! Mainly because it has Adrian...sigh! I love adrian!
I was soooooo sad for him at the end of LS.....I hope that this thing he has going with you know who becomes something. I wanna see him happy. I cant wait for Golden Lily.

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