Book: Spirit Bound, Richelle
Mead
Series: Vampire Academy #5
Publisher: Razor Bill
Release Date: May 18th, 2010
Dimitri gave Rose the ultimate choice. But she chose wrong...
After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri's birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's-and to her best friend, Lissa. It is nearly graduation, and the girls can't wait for their real lives beyond the Academy's iron gates to begin. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows he's out there, somewhere.
She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her. And this time he won't rest until Rose joins him... forever.
After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri's birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's-and to her best friend, Lissa. It is nearly graduation, and the girls can't wait for their real lives beyond the Academy's iron gates to begin. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows he's out there, somewhere.
She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her. And this time he won't rest until Rose joins him... forever.
Rose will
always be one of my favourite heroines, alongside Katy Swartz (Lux series),
Tessa Gray (Infernal Devices) and Sydney Sage (Bloodlines). As a character, she
is independent, funny, kind, caring, and not afraid to voice her opinion on
what she feels is right. What’s not to love about her?
That being
said, I did not enjoy her in this book. She still had a lot of her usual
admirable traits, but they were all laced with something not-so-admirable –
selfishness. While I will allow Rose to be sad for having lost Dimitri, I think
she was too selfish in this book. I understood her actions in Blood Promise,
and did cheer along with her toward the end. The only problem with her
obsession with Dimitri this time is because she had already decided to give
Adrian a chance. (FYI, I will always be Team Adrian). While she carried Adrian
around and told him she cared for him, she was secretly planning on how to be
with Dimitri again.
Yes yes, I
know everything works out sort-of okay in the end. I still think Rose was
really selfish in this book, from:
SPOILER: putting her friends in
mortal danger, releasing a former prisoner and stringing Adrian along the way
like he meant nothing. END SPOILER
Anyway. I
won’t focus on her selfishness completely in this review. The book was still
really good. There was plenty of action, jaw-dropping moments and being forced
to stay up until half three to finish reading.
Lissa is
finally beginning to evolve from that fragile, scared princess we met in the
first book and is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in a very regal
way that are making people listen.
Adrian, as
usual, is awesome. His one-liners and the way he shocks his mother never fail
to amuse me. However you can see how being Rose’s boyfriend is taking its toll
on him and I think he knows Rose never got over Dimitri and could never 100%
commit to their relationship, which I hated. He deserves so much more. Come
visit MY dreams, Adrian!
This book,
while not perfect, is still a great addition to this series. I'm sad there's
only one book left.
I'm glad you enjoyed this book, I loved this series! I remember feeling the same as you in regards to Rose & Adrian's relationship, she doesn't know how to let go. But it didn't bother me as much since I was #TeamDimitri !
ReplyDeleteWell I do love Rose and Dimitri together, they are a forever couple after all, but poor Adrian. I know now that he's destined for a better happy ending, but when I first read this all I could do was hate on Rose's character for hurting my baby that way!
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