{"id":5248,"date":"2015-05-19T16:44:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.military-history.us\/?p=5248"},"modified":"2015-05-19T16:50:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:50:44","slug":"book-review-bloodlines-by-richelle-mead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/2015\/05\/book-review-bloodlines-by-richelle-mead\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m a fan of Richelle Mead and I\u2019ve read the entire Vampire Academy Series<\/a>\"\". It\u2019s about two main characters, Rose and Lissa. Rose is a dhampir, half human\/half vampire and Lissa is a Moroi, a magic wielding vampire. The series tells the story of the struggles and heartbreak they go through trying to keep Lissa alive as she is the last Dragomir, the last Moroi of her line.<\/p>\n

Her new series, Bloodlines<\/a>\"\", starts shortly after the VA series ends and tells the story of Alchemist, Sydney Sage, who makes a few appearances througout the VA series. Sydney is sent on a \u201cbabysitting\u201d assignment at a human high school to ensure Princess Jill is kept safe from harm. With her sister, Lissa, ascending the throne as Queen of the Moroi, it is imperative that Jill stay safe to secure Lissa\u2019s title. Sydney is sent along with Keith, another Alchemist, whom Sydney has some bad history with. She discovers that someone at the school is tattooing students with what looks like Alchemist chemicals and is determined to find out what is going on. It all comes to light at the end of book one with some interesting twists.<\/p>\n

This series, so far, isn\u2019t as action packed as Vampire Academy, but nobody is as kick-ass as Rose Hathaway. The story keeps you interested and wanting to know more, like all of Mead\u2019s stories. I look forward to reading book two and continuing with the series and I definitely recommend reading this book. You don\u2019t have to read the VA series to read Bloodlines, but I\u2019d recommend you do. You\u2019ll get the back story on all the characters and it\u2019s a great series, so why not read it too?<\/p>\n