Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

I'm 3/4 of the way through Richelle Mead's first book in her new series Bloodlines. The story follows the character of Sydney Sage, the Alchemist from Mead's Vampire Academy series, along with several characters fans will recognize.

So far, I am loving Sydney's struggles between her "training" (that all Vampires are bad), and the fact that the knowledge she is gaining by living with them is offsetting everything she'd been taught growing up. Not to mention, the dashing Adrian Ivashkov returns in this series, and seems to have some intense chemistry with Sydney.


Adrian was a favorite of mine from Mead's previous series; he often brings some well-timed relief to tense situations with his biting remarks and party-boy ways. Of course, the very essence of Adrian is also the cause of many of these tense situations, too.


I like the cross-overs with the characters we've already met from Vampire Academy, even if we don't get to see much of them.


I will follow up with a full review once I've finished the book, but so far the book has me intrigued.

Off to read...
Aili