The Golden Lily (Bloodlines, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jun 04, 2011 Mariya rated it it was ok

Shelves: young-adult, dropped-series, vampires

I feel like I've given this spin-off series a fair chance. But honestly, The Bloodlines Series is just not doing it for me. There were times in THE GOLDEN LILY when I screamed in excitement in certain scenes, but they only lasted a few pages and then I was back to "Bordom-Ville".

I love Vampire Academy and I loved Adrian and I so wanted to love love and love some more. But in my honest opinion. And I need to say that again, Honest Opinion, this series is not doing Adrian justice. I loved Adrian i ...more

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Aug 30, 2011 Brie rated it really liked it

Shelves: on-my-shelf

9-10-17 Reread
I have a new appreciation for theses books now. I have similar feelings to my old review but Sydney as a character is very refreshing. I'm really enjoying rereading these so far.

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Maybe I've read to much Mead and now I'm getting better at guessing where things will go or maybe (the more likely scenario) Mead decided that instead of dropping subtle hints she was going to throw them in our faces like a professional dart player. I was insanely disappointed at the lack of twists. I f ...more

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Jan 05, 2012 Chelsea rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, vampires, uf-pnr, magic

This review was originally posted at Vampire Book Club.

Richelle Mead lays some beautiful groundwork in The Golden Lily that left me dying to read the next novel in her Bloodlines series. Big changes are coming for Sydney and we start to see her change and evolve in The Golden Lily.

Sydney now is the head Alchemist in the Palm Springs area, which means she doesn’t have someone nearby watching her. Her superiors are impressed by the way she’s able to keep a professional relationship with the Moroi This review was originally posted at Vampire Book Club.

Richelle Mead lays some beautiful groundwork in The Golden Lily that left me dying to read the next novel in her Bloodlines series. Big changes are coming for Sydney and we start to see her change and evolve in The Golden Lily.

Sydney now is the head Alchemist in the Palm Springs area, which means she doesn’t have someone nearby watching her. Her superiors are impressed by the way she’s able to keep a professional relationship with the Moroi vampires she must work with. They impress upon her the importance of seeing them as unnatural, evil things nonetheless. It’s important to work with them to keep the evil Strigoi at bay, but she isn’t to be friends with them. And that’s the problem. She now cares about them.

Adrian, particularly. She still avoids touching the other vampires, but when it comes to Adrian, she sees him as a person. She’s starting to see the others as caring, innocent people — not blood drinkers. And this conflict — trying to remember not to question the teachings of the Alchemists — is what makes Sydney’s journey interesting. She beginning to question her beliefs and that can be agonizing.

Plus, everyone pushes her to date. There’s a very smart boy who is an on-paper good match for her. They have a nice time, but kissing him doesn’t evoke fireworks.

The mystery element in The Golden Lily isn’t as strong as in other Richelle Mead novels, but Sydney and Adrian’s character growth makes up for it. I love that Mead has made it so that I don’t care about Dmitri from the Vampire Academy series being on page as much as I want to see what Adrian is doing or feeling. She’s given him the depth we all knew was there, and someone to really inspire him.

While it wasn’t a single-sitting read, like many of her other novels are, I still really enjoyed The Golden Lily and based on the hints dropped in this book, I am eager to get my hands on book three The Indigo Spell.

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May 19, 2012 Kristy Manning rated it really liked it

I love the bloodlines. I always loved Adrian. I just get impatient really easily and it took two books before any hint of a romance happened. Yet still i'm so excited for the third one, i just wish something will actually happen Adrian and Sydney! ...more

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May 26, 2012 Tiffany rated it it was amazing

OMG! what an awesome book!!! it was even better than Bloodlines, which I also loved! but that ending!!!!! wooooow! HUGE!!!!!! can not wait for TIS!!!!

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Jun 30, 2012 April rated it really liked it

Shelves: awesome-worlds, young-adult, read-in-2012, vampires

Really impressed with Sydney 's growth and yet the challenges she's facing are getting even more complex as her worldview widens. It makes for some excellent reading as always, more to come soon! :) ...more

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