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AND, one more treat: Adrian's seduction advice, from Chapter 15.
Toot's Review
Book Excerpts and Extras
Chapter 2 - Scribd and Text
AND, one more treat: Adrian's seduction advice, from Chapter 15.
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Toot's Review
Indigo Spell is the 3rd book in Richelle Mead's BloodlinesSeries for YA readers. It's an offshoot of her popular Vampire Academy Series
which is in the process of being made into a movie. The Bloodlines Series
follows characters from the original VA Series. The main heroine and story POV
is Sydney Sage, The Alchemist, who is charged with the assignment of keeping
the new princess, Jill, in hiding and protect her while they hide her in a Palm
Springs, CA high school named Amberwood Prep. Sydney is also joined by Eddie,
the muscle, and Adrian, the flirty
playboy, who's nursing a broken heart after all that happened in the VA Series.
There are also a few others who've followed along but this story is more about
Sydney finding her place in her supernatural world and finding love.
You see, a huge part of who Sydney is, is the fact that she
is an Alchemist. Being an Alchemist means that she not only uses science to
help rid the world of evil but it's also a bit of a cult. The members all
believe that the supernatural's of the world are evil and it is the Alchemist's
job to protect the human race. To denote she's an Alchemist, she has a gold
tattoo on her cheek which also has numerous spells woven into it as well. Unfortunately for the Alchemist, some of the
spells means they are also beholden to the Vampires. When Sydney first shows up
in the VA books and even into the Bloodlines Series, she have a very strong
distain for all things magic or supernatural . Richelle Mead has written Sydney
as definitely being bigoted against the entire supernatural world and only
humans are good enough. As the series progresses, Sydney forms strong
friendships with some of the said supernatural's and starts to question
everything she's been taught all her life to believe in.
Indigo Spell is the book that tips the scales (so to speak)
for her. At the end of the last book The Golden Lily, sparks fly between Sydney
and Adrian. She also has learned of someone named Marcus Finch who supposedly
broke the Golden Lily tattoo's spells and she wants to know if it's true. In
Indigo Spell, she finds Marcus Finch, finds out about a huge Alchemist conspiracy
and finally admits, she's fallen in love with Adrian, who's also fallen in love
deeply with her.
The story was a great addition and natural progression to
the entire series. I was definitely happy with the growing tension between
Adrian and Sydney and loved the final payoff to their coming together as a
couple. Sydney's mysterious missing Alchemist Marcus Finch also adds some nice
tension to the Sydney/Adrian tug and pull but also opens the doors to the unknown conspiracy. Basically the story has all the things you want from a good YA book,
a good mystery, a bit of high school drama, teen angst with a bit of romance
and cute guys sprinkled in.
All in all if you're a fan of the series, I think you'll
really enjoy this addition.
4 out of 5 books
About Richelle
Scorpio Richelle Mead is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy books for both adults and teens. Originally from Michigan, Richelle now lives in Seattle, Washington where she works on her three series full-time. Before becoming a writer, she considered a few different career paths. She received a liberal arts degree from the University of Michigan, an MA in Comparative Religion from Western Michigan University, and a Master in Teaching (Middle & High School English) degree from the University of Washington. In the end, she decided writing was the way for her but believes all of her education prepared her for it.
A life-long reader, Richelle has always had a particular fascination with mythology and folklore. When not writing,, she enjoys bad reality TV, traveling, trying interesting cocktails, and shopping for dresses. Lots of dresses. She is a self-professed coffee addict, fights a constant (and losing) battle with procrastination, and has a passion for all things wacky and humorous.
Her adult series are published by Kensington Books. The Georgina Kincaid Series (Succubus Blues, Succubus on Top, Succubus Dreams, and Succubus Heat) tell the humorous and heart-breaking story of a reluctant succubus who can't touch the man she loves without dire side effects. On top of that, she must deal with Hell's middle management team and the many supernatural threats that come her way. Richelle's Dark Swan Series (Storm Born and Thorn Queen) follows Eugenie Markham, a free-lance shaman who battles ghosts and fey that sneak into our world from the Otherworld. When an alarming prophecy suddenly makes her every Otherworldly creature's object of desire, Eugenie must dodge their advances while also fighting a dark power rising within her.
Richelle's YA series, Vampire Academy, is published by Razorbill Books (Penguin) and thus far contains Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, and Spirit Bound. This New York Times and USA Todaybestselling series has won honors from the American Library Association and been translated into 30 languages. It follows the war between two races of vampires, living and undead. Rose Hathaway, a 17-year old half-vampire, is training to be a bodyguard for the living vampires and finds her life complicated by the dangers that involves, as well as an illicit romance with one of her teachers.
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