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Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5)

Richelle Mead

Finish date: May 18, 2010

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Mar 13, 2012 Dichotomy Girl rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, 2013, 2019, own-kindle-read, 2012, paranormal-or-spec

Original Read: 3/13/12

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Sep 29, 2010 Amelia rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, vampire

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Am I the only one that found this book kind of boring? Yes it had action and political intrigue and whiney sappy romance (sort of... more whining though) BUT it still seemed like a snooze (and eye-rolling) fest.

I think we all knew that Dimitri was coming back. No surprise there. him playing the "I'm staying away from you for your own good" was ridiculous yet unsur ...more

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Dec 19, 2009 Ashley rated it really liked it

Shelves: my-absolute-fave

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Mar 29, 2010 FlibBityFLooB rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2010, young-adult, vampires, zzauthor-mead-richelle

3.5/5 stars. So, I certainly didn't hate this book in the Vampire Academy series. However, for me, it left me feeling unsatisified. I had so much anticipation based on the ending of book 4 in the series. I loved the opening of this book with another letter from Dmitri to Rose to recap what happened in the previous book.

Yet, I was left feeling like it was tied up too neatly with parts. I also felt like the author focused on some plot lines that I thought were less interesting than others, so I ke ...more

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