Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, #6) in Challenge Overload (PNR and UF Edition)

Jun 01, 2010 E.J. Stevens rated it it was amazing

Shelves: paranormal-romance, fantasy, paranormal, vampire, must-read, ya, urban-fantasy, supernatural, 2010, fiction

Devoured this installment of the VA series.

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May 08, 2013 Mahyar rated it it was amazing

I don't know how it ended up in my "read" list when I hadn’t even read it yet. I started this book two days ago and just finished it couple of hours ago.

The finale of one of the most well-written, interesting and innovative (for me, there may be books like this with the same story line that I haven't heard of so don't attack me for saying this, it was new to me!) Vampire series I know, Last Sacrifice. It could have been better but it was good nonetheless. Somehow I didn't like how fast everythi ...more

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Jan 10, 2013 Nairabell rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-star, teen-ya-paranormal, read-in-2013

The moroi Queen is dead, found murdered in her bed with Rose Hathaway's stake embedded in her chest. Caught in a desperate race to clear her name, Rose and her friends find themselves forced to play detective and solve the case for themselves. Political machinations and motives abound but can they find the killer before Rose loses her life? And what will her friends be forced to do in her defense?

This is the sixth and final book in the Vampire Academy series (after Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Sh The moroi Queen is dead, found murdered in her bed with Rose Hathaway's stake embedded in her chest. Caught in a desperate race to clear her name, Rose and her friends find themselves forced to play detective and solve the case for themselves. Political machinations and motives abound but can they find the killer before Rose loses her life? And what will her friends be forced to do in her defense?

This is the sixth and final book in the Vampire Academy series (after Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise and Spirit Bound). This is a series you really need to read in order so I'd definitely recommend starting with book 1 (as well as not reading any further as I may spoil all the previous books).

This is a pretty awesome end to the series. The storyline is well plotted and action packed, leading the characters off on two interlinked quests - proving Rose's innocence and finding Lissa's sister - whilst some stay behind at court to buy them time. There are a lot of twists and turns, although I figured out some in advance, and lots of plot lines from earlier books are brought forward and concluded.

However some storylines were left unconcluded which I have mixed feelings over. On one hand Adrian, Sydney and Jill are all set to feature in the spin-off series which starts with Bloodlines so I'd expect their storylines to continue, but I've heard no mention of Eddie continuing. If he doesn't I'll be really disappointed as he gave up a lot to help Rose and there's not really been any mention of his future.

Rose has to fight to prove her innocence, whilst also being protected by her friends and family which she is resistant to as they are putting themselves at risk. It also forces her to work with Dimitri and leaves her battling her feelings for him while trying to honour her relationship with Adrian. She's grown a lot since the series started and I felt for her as she struggles to clear her name.

Lissa has also grown a lot since the beginning of the series and in order to buy Rose time she has entered the race to be named the new Moroi Queen. This not only gives a view into the monarchy tests which I found fascinating, but also brings the vampire politics storylines to the forefront and seeks conclusion to them. I loved how her relationship with Christian has helped bring out the best in her and their scenes together were incredibly sweet.

All in all this was a good end to a fun series and I'm looking forward to the spin-off.

Plot: 9/10
Characters: 9/10
Ending: 9/10
Enjoyment: 9/10
Cover: 8/10

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Mar 12, 2010 Whitney rated it really liked it

Shelves: own

It was an okay book not exactly sure how I feel about it. It def lacked the action in pervious books.

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Dec 08, 2009 Jessica B rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own, richelle-mead, released-in-2010, vampires, eagerly-anticipating, favourite-reads, kindle

I'm not really sure how I feel about this one. For it being a final book... nothing about it seemed all that final. It was definitely a fast read and a page turner. I'm just not sure that everything concluded all that nicely.

We left off with Rose in prison for murdering the queen. After a prison break and some high speed chases she is away from Court and with Dimitri. But instead of sitting still like everyone wants her to do she has to jump into the thick of it all and be well... Rose.

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