Title: Bloodlines; The Golden Lily
Author: Richelle Mead
General Thoughts: So why am I doing a dual book review? Well, I read them both before I started doing this book blog again, so it'll just be a quick review. Plus, they're both from the same series, and I read them one after the other. I'm also kind of lazy.
I was really excited to read these books, since the series is a spin-off of the Vampire Academy series, which were so good. However, I was also a little apprehensive, because the story follows Sydney, an alchemist who appears in Vampire Academy but was never my favourite character. I needn't have worried. I enjoyed these two books just as much as I enjoyed VA, more so because I could relate to Sydney much more than I could Rose, the narrator of VA. Overbearing parents who have ridiculously high standards? Check. The expectation of perfection from everyone? Check. Love of learning? Double check.
Another great thing about the Bloodlines series? We get to follow the minor characters from VA, get to see them more fully fleshed out: Eddie, Jill, and Sydney. And, of course, there's Adrian. Quite possibly my favourite character out of all of them, with maybe the exception of Sydney. I can't wait to get my hands on the third one. The one bad thing about getting all of your books from the library? The endless wait list for popular books.
Scale of 1 to 10: 8.5
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