The Golden Lily
Richelle Mead
Hardcover: 418 pages
Release date: June 12, 2012
Publisher: Razorbill (Penguin)
ISBN: 1595143181
Source: ARC received at the Romantic Times Book Convention.
Rating: Loved
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The second thrilling installment in Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy spinoff series
Tough, brainy alchemist Sydney Sage and doe-eyed Moroi princess Jill Dragomir are in hiding at a human boarding school in the sunny, glamorous world of Palm Springs, California. The students--children of the wealthy and powerful--carry on with their lives in blissful ignorance, while Sydney, Jill, Eddie, and Adrian must do everything in their power to keep their secret safe. But with forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer, hiding the truth is harder than anyone thought.
Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Richelle Mead's breathtaking Bloodlines series explores all the friendship, romance, battles, and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive. In this second book, the drama is hotter, the romances are steamier, and the stakes are even higher.
I was so happy to see they had copies of this at RT! I didn’t myself
get a copy but when I saw that one of my blogging buddies did I asked her if
she would trade. I would have offered her my first born child for The Golden Lily! Thankfully she said yes
(and all she wanted was a book lol) so the minute I got home I put off my other
reading and dove in. Well without rambling or sounding incoherent nah not gonna
work. OMFG this book was sooooooo
freaking unbelieveable, it was amazeballs, awesometastic, brilliant, wonderful,
and marvelous!!!!! It was better than Bloodlines!
Ok so now trying to review without spoilers ummm I can’t, but what I
will say is my love for Adrian grew exponentially and my admiration for Sydney
grew as well. Never fear Dimka fans he’s still in it as well even though
honestly I didn’t see the need (except to appease the Dimitri fans lol), and there’s the same crew from Bloodlines as
well as a few new additions one of those being a new boy whom I ended up kinda
swooning over but he definitely didn’t take Adrian’s place in my heart. Oh and
the story is so much better! We get to
meet new bad guys which was cool because after 7 books I was getting kind of
sick of the strigoi. And there’s more magic use and not just the vampire kind!!
Ok enough rambling I’ll share a quick passage with you now!
“Adrian?”
All reasonable
thought vanished from my head. Adrian was lying on my car.
I ran over to
Latte as fast as the dress would allow me. “What are you doing?” I demanded.
“Get off of there!” I automatically checked for dents and scratches.
Adding insult to
injury, Adrian was actually smoking as he lay on the hood and stared up at the
sky. Clouds were moving in, but a half-moon could occasionally be seen. “Relax,
Sage. I won’t leave a scratch. Really, this is surprisingly comfortable for a
family car. I would’ve expected—“
He turned his
head toward me and froze. I had never seen him so still—so quiet. His shock was
so thorough and intense that he actually dropped his cigarette.
“Ahh,” I cried,
springing forward, lest the burning cigarette damage the car. It landed
harmlessly on the asphalt, and I quickly stamped it out. “For the last time,
will you get off of there?”
Adrian slowly sat
up, eyes wide. He slid off the hood and didn’t seem to leave any marks.
Obviously, I’d have to check it later, “Sage,” he said “What are you wearing?”
I sighed and stared
down at the dress. “I know. It’s red. Don’t start. I’m tired of hearing about
it.”
“Funny,” he said.
“I don’t think I could ever get tired of looking at it.”
Hope that was enough to get you by until June lol ;)
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