Bloodlines Review

I guess I never posted anything related to single book but nevermind. I always feel this odd energy filling me out after I finish a book, eager to write my thoughts. I failed most of times, to be exact, but Bloodlines series really does make me swoon.

It's a run-off series after Vampire Academy series, which I--apologetically--haven't started any. It was a miracle I found Bloodlines, hard cover, on Periplus Year End Sale in Gandaria City. Its price was 59k, which made me frantic in disbelief. To my surprise, the price wasn't included in the sale, so I ended up bringing a hardcover book for 41k only.

Anyway, Bloodlines is about a religiously frigid girl named Sydney Sage, finding herself in such trouble. She serves an organization named The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho, remarked), the only humans who know about vampires. Vampire rave itself is divided into two... what? Subrace? Subcategories. Yeah, whatever it is, there are Moroi and Strigoi. Moroi is the friendly one and Strigoi is the wild one. Oh, and there's dhampir too, half-human and half-vampire person. Sydney went on mission to protect Jilllian Dragomir the Moroi princess, befriended with vampire mates Eddie and Adrian, and along the way she found friendship, and maybe love for a lifetime, too.

To be honest, I had hard times reading it for the first times. Too many terms and lack of explanation, though I understood it as I flipped the page. Bloodlines was a slow reading for me, while I expected more and more actions. I often felt blindfolded and had to turn the page to the previous one to see what I missed.

Bloodlines is not like Twilight, I have to warn you. The most transparent part... well, in Bloodlines you got a feeder/dhampir who would let you drink their blood because they enjoyed it. Very-not-Twilight, huh?

The ending... oh, well, is it just me who sensed the ending was too rushed? I don't know really. Maybe I expected more of vampire thing, which I must had found if I'd read Vampire Academy earlier. Bloodlines for me is more about Sydney's experiences dealing with human normal lives after being caged by her blinded race and homeschooled. She has no idea about friendship and dating looks like. She's really concerned about the burdens she endure, exquisitely responsible, and utterly a badass star pupil. It taught me a thing really, that books won't get you nowhere unless you experience the thing they teach in real life.

I shrieked for more as I turned flr the last page. That was it?! That was the ending?! It wasn't even an ending! At least for me. I hung by the ending and soon went to Gramedia for a copy of The Golden Lily, the sequel. Unfortunately, the ones they sold were in hardcovers and priced 225k. I wished earth would split in two and swallowed me for once.

But I finally managed to read The Golden Lily, and I felt the tense began to perch. Action and action. Fast-moving. I also enjoyed Sydney's dating life with a guy. Oooh, and Adrian appeared more, too, and I rolled my eyes over and over whenever he exclaimed his love wordlessly yet Sydney never got it right. Some mysteries added, and I really, really love how things seemed to unveiled one by one. But let me get it straight for you; if you want a book whose mysteries last for the whole series, Bloodlines defintely isn't for you.

I loved The Indigo Spells more and more. Now the actions seemed unstoppable, mostly because there were more things for Sydney to handle. Her self exclaim as a witch who could used spell while a witch-hunter (appearing to be two by the ending) traveled across the state for girls like her. And a guy named Marcus who successfully ran from the Alchemist. Things mixed up well and I loved it moreee because whenever there was Sydney, Adrian was nearby. I loved how Sydney and Adrian worked things out and eventually found a reason to fight for their love despite their scathing different worlds. Over all, love is true and unbeatable, whether you're a human or a vampire.

I haven't started The Fiery Heart becase I have to give my eyes chances to rest, but I'll let you know if I have. Goodnight and don't let the bugs--or vampire--bite you!