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About the Author. Sign up to the Penguin Newsletter For the latest books, recommendations, author interviews and more. Please enter an email. Please enter a valid email address. Rose and Adrian ended up together! Anger Friend: Hey are you okay? I felt I want to punch Dimitri and Rose in the face if that will ever be possible! Really Dimitri and Rose go to hell! I really want to kill her! Why are you writing to her then? Just, just change all the things she wrote in the last book and make Adrian and Rose ended up together.
Friend: What the hell! Self: No! I just wanted to cry all day long. Friend: Hey you are still not through with Rose and Adrian not ending up together? Move on, get a life already! You look good are you through with the drama huh? Self: Yeah shut up! Friend: But what about Adrian huh? You still felt mad about what happen to him. Self: Hell no! We deserve each other more! Friend: What? I think this should be my longest review ever, why the hell are there so many intros?
Why-oh-why the 5 star rating? Please someone explain that to me on the comment section. Rose POV is sarcastic, witty and funny as always that it never fails to crack me up.
Abe Mazur was funny as hell as always. Sydney the alchemist was backed. The Politics! Gosh I love all of that! I love Lissa in this book I think she had that sort of character development in this one. I also love Sonya Karp I think she has all that wonderful quotes in the book and I was really glad that she and Mikhail finally reunite. I also love Christian in this one even though I missed his firefighting coolness.
OMG Tuuuuuut died and tuuuut killed her because she kinda lost herself because of Spirit-induced anger. I also love the part when they fight and like Sonya use Spirit and then Robert uses spirit too and Victor uses earth. It was pretty epic like an anime fight scene. Yeah in general I did think that this was an amazing book and an amazing series just minus the Adrian part.
It was fast-paced, full of twist and turns, the characters are all great, it was thrilling and just simply amazing. Why-oh-why the one star rating? Rose cheated on Adrian. Really Rose out of all the people! I would like to share some passages from the book, that really made me want to rip the book in half Page We touched in no other way, but his hand held all the warmth in the world.
This was hardly a perfect moment, like in the library, but our familiar connection and the understanding between us burned brighter than ever, and it felt good. I just wanted to stay there and savor being with him. It was just enjoying this closeness. Fudge you! That was almost as bad as a text breakup. Besides, I had a feeling that So much for honor. Soon , I swore. Worst break-up in the history of my reading books ever!
He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. You took my heart and ripped it up. You might as well have staked me! His voice filled the room. So much grief, so much anger. So unlike the usual Adrian. He strode toward me, hand clasped over his chest. And you used me the whole time.
This kills me! I hate Rose and Dimitri! This btw is what I imagine Adrian will be Mar 22, Kat Kennedy rated it it was ok Shelves: kat-s-book-reviews , kat-s-rants.
I should preface my review by stating that I only read this book because I was given a copy by a very good friend of mine. I read it because I wanted to know how it all ended and to be done with the series. I had no good expectations of this book because I was less than impressed with Blood Promises and despised Spirit Bound.
People in love with this series should stop reading about now. Because, to be honest, reading this book was like reading an alcoholic unicorn chucking-up rainbows while sma I should preface my review by stating that I only read this book because I was given a copy by a very good friend of mine.
Because, to be honest, reading this book was like reading an alcoholic unicorn chucking-up rainbows while small children clap. If that sounds kind of awesome then I think life may not have been kind to you. Every big problem I have with the series shows up in this book and it is fuelled by Mead's juvenile love of infantile plot and soap-opera worthy melodrama. For one, Rose, who I had believed to be a half-decent character even by the end of Blood Promises, continues her nose-dive into craptastic whore and regular pain-in-the-arse-brat.
Unless these people are on a measuring scale comparable to the rate of growth for the shifting of giant fucking glaciers over a matter of hours, then I think some people are deluding themselves. Preferably by Wayne Brady. She saves them. Nooo…er, wait.
Yeah, she does do all of that. Christian: Hey Rose, did you ever think it might be a good idea to tell the authorities and your friends about who the killer is first, in private, so that some of them aren't publicly humiliated and embarrassed while having their world pulled out from under them in front of hundreds of people? There is of course, someone more annoying. Which, when you think about it, is comparable to making you feel bad for King Henry VIII for having to kill so many of his wives in order to get a son.
Have I mentioned before that this guy is particularly dickish? Look, Dimitri, I know that in Soviet Russia, things are done differently, okay? After all the heart ache, all the disappointment, all of the dashed-dreams!
Do you think maybe… can you love again? His shoulders are stiff and his voice is chilling. We have to go. Er… not that we should be talking about this or anything… but, really, what do you mean? Finally, he stammers and coughs. Fuck you, wanker!
The ridiculous typos alone in this book were offensive to the reader. Clearly producing a well-edited, quality product was nowhere near as important as slapping a dramatic cover on the front and shipping out this mess. View all 72 comments. Sep 06, Heather rated it did not like it Shelves: This is what you need to know. Rose then escapes court with Dimitri where they latter meet up with Sydney who is being blackmailed by Abe to assist Rose and keep her hidden until he, Lissa, Christian, Adrian, and Co.
Sydney discovered this while searching bank records. They go to find her, and Victor, true to form kidnaps her. That was a huge surprise….. Naturally, Lissa passes all of them. Tasha of course goes on a psychotic rampage, even though her character has been thoughtful and intelligent thus far, and attempts to shoot Lissa.
Luckily Rose jumps in front of her just in time. Rose is now her own person, no longer linked to spirit. In the last few pages, Adrian confronts Rose for being a cheater and basically calls her a manipulative, lying, user and abuser, and wishes her a life of misery, after all, because of Rose, Eddie may never work again, Jill is now bound to court politics, where her life will be in constant peril, and Sydney is now locked in alchemist prison.
I will say this, I envy Rose for her ego. Lastly we learn that Rose has been assigned as guardian to Lissa, who is now queen, and Dimitri will be guardian to Christian. They all live happily ever after. Rose was able to communicate with Tatiana while in jail at court through the spirit ether, when in previous books; court was her only relief from the spirit induced hallucinations due to its heavily warded state.
Probably because Mead lacks the skills to write such a convoluted, wonky story with the characters she already had in place. Seriously, it took all of ten pages when you cut the filler.
How would such a lame cover up have survived 15 years? Not to mention that when the relationship started, it was illegal in most states. She was certainly thrown under the bus.
Not only did this asshole of a character fail to develop, she digressed to the lowest of the low, and yet we readers are supposed to think she is fantastic. Then there is her treatment of Adrian. Oh Rose, how noble you are to do the right thing only when it is convenient for you.
It's not just the dress or the hair. It's YOU. You're beautiful. So beautiful, it hurts me. I had that missing piece of my world back. The soul that complemented mine. My match. My equal. I was so afraid what would happen in the entire book! I have mixed emotions about the ending! On the one hand, Rose finally got the happy ending she deserves after everything she is being through.
Not only Rose but Dimitri, Lissa and Christian as well. I am so happy for them. They all helped Rose and Lissa because they wanted to except Sydney :P she didn't want to but she helped her anyway and all of them end up having trouble and broken heart Adrian!
She hurt my Adrian : So many things happened I don't know where to start! As we know Rose is charged for killing Queen Tatiana! They were great team! I love them all! Rose isn't good at hiding. Sydney had the perfect place for that and Rose caused trouble.
Anyway, Sydney takes them to the Keepers, a group of Moroi, dhampirs and humans who live away from modern society. They were a little creepy at first but when you get use to them they are really nice! I really likes Joshua. He is a dhampir. When he met Rose, he immediately liked her and he wanted to marry her.
She politely reject him. However, Angeline Joshua's sister thought that her bother has proposed to Rose and she accepted, it is tradition that the closest female member of Joshua must battle it out with Rose to see if she's worthy. Angeline started a fight with Rose,and at the end she gave her blessing.
That scene was one of my favorite scenes in this book. I laugh so hard. Even Dimitri and Sydney find it amusing. Sonya Karp, who was once Rose's teacher and now she is a Strigoi. Victor and Robert wanted to find Lissa's sibling as well, so all of them met in Sonya's house and Robert changed her back into a Moroi. So, Sonya leads them to Lissa's sibling! Jill Mastrano. I will admit I did not see that coming. In this book, I forgot that Jill existed. I don't know why! Sonya used her spirit abilities to track Victor and Robert.
Rose find them and she end up killing Victor. I don't really blame her. I hated him! But it wasn't Daniella. It was Tasha, Christian's aunt. Poor Christian. First his parent and now his aunt. Rose and Dimitri! After Rose killed Victor, she blamed herself. Dimitri wanted to "comfort" her. He admits he loves her and he regrets losing her.
They end up make love and she cheated Adrian. I will admit that Rose and Dimitri are perfect together. They belong to each other but I didn't like Rose cheated on him. Flowers, chocolate, and poetry? Or was it something else? Was it being able to finish someone's jokes? Was it having absolute faith that someone was there at your back? Was it knowing someone so well that they instantly understood why you did the things you did—and shared those same beliefs?
Not only framed Rose but she accidentally shoot Lissa but Rose jump in front of her and takes the bullet. As a result, the bond between Lissa and Rose was gone. I think she got this! I feel so bad for him! Lissa and Christian end up together as well. Lissa is now the queen. Adrian ends up with a broken heart. Jill have problems with royals.
Eddie is accused of killing a Moroi and Sydney has problems with the Alchemists! View all 11 comments. Apr 05, Morgan F rated it it was ok Shelves: , series , good-sized , vampires , young-adult , its-a-girl , own , read , goodreads-author , characters-i-wanna-shoot.
Oh, Lord. There is really no reason for anyone to read the following review. It's not a review at all really, but rather brain vomit, because I so so need to purge myself of this book. So there ya go. Don't say I didn't warn ya. I have never been in love with Vampire Academy. No book in the series has ever warranted more than four stars on my part, and I haven't bought any of them, either forcing my brother to buy it " Oh, Lord. No book in the series has ever warranted more than four stars on my part, and I haven't bought any of them, either forcing my brother to buy it "I'll promise to pay you back!
If I had enjoyed this series more overall, as many of my friends did, perhaps I would have been less frustrated with this book. I always saw this series had potential, but instead Mead pulled a Meyer and epically failed. Shouldn't a series improve as it progresses and not make me want to cry anger tears? My forehead hurts from all the headdesking and facepalming I did. I'm not even kidding. I look like John Green did after he failed to follow proper headdesk safety regulations Only he could fail at expressing disdain for failure.
Anyway, my face hurts, I'm a little dizzy, and I've been stuck trying to finish this book for a week now and its all Richelle Mead's fault. That's damn right. I'm a victim. In the first VA book, I thought Rose Hathaway was a little immature, but refreshing because she could take care herself when most YA heroines can't even tie their own goddamn shoes without complaining. But in the end, she turned out just like the rest of them: self-absorbed and as annoying as hell.
This isn't passive dislike either. I actively hate her. Over the course of the novel I have called her every name in the book, and I am one bit of "Rose-logic" away from tearing apart this novel with my teeth. Rose is just insufferable. Hey, Rose, ever hear of a little thing called "humility"? Oh, I'm sorry, is it not badass enough for you? Does it undermine your awesome hero epicness?
I guess so. Rose needs to get frickin over herself. God, even the writing was pompous, using phrases like "clearly" and "obviously" like a four year old uses lip-gloss. She is completely self-absorbed and condescending towards others, looking down on those who didn't meet her standards of badassery.
And seeming as everyone except Dimitri and herself failed to meet this standard, she was looked down upon people a lot. If I have to hear one more word about her super-special guardian abilities, I shall shoot a leprechaun in the nads. No, no, no. She couldn't just watch and participate in a conversation like mortal beings. She had use her guardian training which would scour facial expressions and hidden movements, picking up details that us weak and untrained humans would miss, pointing out the obvious as if she just won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nothing could ever just happen with her. It had to be action-y in some way. She didn't think, ideas "hit her". Everything was done "without a moment's hesitation" and with force. It was just obnoxious. I could go on and on, really, about all the sentence that annoyed me on every page, but I have feeling this review is already tedious. In this book, Rose is kind of like a less-awesome version of Leeroy Jenkins without the chicken. In real life, Rose, people will not just succumb to your awry plans then pat you on the head afterwards for your impulsivity after everything has gone annoyingly right.
In real life, dragons kill you. Rose just has no consideration for others. She always thinks her way is the best. Forget the lives she ruins along the way, she's "putting them first" and isn't that what matters most? Hardy har har. Tell that to Jill who you didn't even ask and Christian who you didn't even consult with.
You didn't mind hurting them, did ya, Rose, as long as you had your dramatic reveal? BTW, who the hell let her near a microphone again? Come here so I can punch you. Back at the court, I felt like everyone was the Mystery Gang, except without the banging van and Scooby-Doo. What is the Mystery Gang without Scooby-Doo? A bunch of tools, thats what.
They had no personalities of their own, just working as pawns in Mead's little game. Even my poor, sweet Adrian was glossed over. I've never really liked you but now I really don't like you. Lissa, aren't you just the perfect little queen? Oh, and I'm also really pissed at what Mead did to Tasha. First she makes a character who not only has a social stigma but also a physical deformity, makes her out into this crazed activist, and then turns her into this petty character who kills to get her guy.
Bad form, Mead. Bad form. Another thing I found annoying was the constant back-and-forth between Rose and the court. Not only does the "bond" being such a blatant plot device really bother me, but it seemed Rose would be in Lissa's head for hours. I know this book was mostly stalling, but she seemed to waste a lot of time. There are many and plenty of other things I hate about this book, but I am done typing. Overall, I hated it. I will not be reading Mead's next series, Bloodlines, for she is clearly only looking for money at this point, as evidenced by her unoriginal prose, glaring typos it is "though" not "thought" , and tacky loose ends.
I am just so annoyed. In the end, Rose got everything she wanted, unscathed. One more thing. The cover? Total porn star look. Every person I asked agreed with me. I was embarrassed to be seen reading this due to the sucky content, melodramatic title, and Miss Pouty Lips. View all 63 comments. Mar 14, Starlitz rated it it was amazing. View all 34 comments. Shelves: too-stupid-to-live-characters , assholian-love-interests , author-jackassery , fuckery-in-paper-form , bastardized-romance , why-doesnt-0star-exist-on-goodreads , excorcise-it-for-the-love-of-god , glorified-pedophilic-romance , deus-ex-machinas-from-concentrate , condoning-murder-of-author.
Last Sacrifice in a nutshell? Bullshit topped with every STD imaginable. Last Sacrifice should die a painful, painful death for:- 1. Using a goldigging whore who uses only her sexuality to get what she wants and holds about as much brainpower as an empty glass. Lots of it. Making it seem perfectly fine that if your lover fucked your brains out in the bedroom but then constantly demean because of your age and your sexuality you then he is your soul mate.
No question. Even if he turns into a malevolent creature of the night and emotionally and physically abuses you, makes you his blood-whore against your will and sends you creepy love letters, you should still by all means lust after… I mean love him because he is soooo hot and sexy and his tiny penis rocks your fucking world.
For creating inextricable situations potentially possessing momentum for a great series had the dumb bitch of an author gone about it correctly but then having deux es machinas in the form of characters to immediately solve the problems so our Mary Sue and Gary Stu shitheads can have plenty of time to snag each other some more.
Also, if you do happen to have a copy of this book, I suggest that you burn it because it makes a great Christmas fireplace. Or just recycle it. Be a friend to the environment! Mine were working fine! That perks my interest. When does she not?
What was honestly the fucking point of the prison break? Along with that, her, Christian and Adrian play Sherlock Holmes and Watson and try to find out who the killer is. So now that they are BBFs and after they give each other friendship bracelets- they team up to find Sonya Karp and turn her back into Moroi so she can tell them about who the bastard child of Eric Dragomir is. I-lost-count — the unlimited Luck strikes again! Rose, of course, feels no remorse at all and Dimitri being the retarded asshole justifies her actions, why not shove your head up her ass too, you fucker?
The inconsistency in the plot is incredibly repetitive- first of all Dimitri has no side-effects at all from subsequent to being a Strigoi? Mead corrected this mistake in 'LS', making Tomas Mikhail Search This Blog.
And the ultimate sacrifice. Now, with Rose on trial for her life and Lissa first in line for the Royal Throne, nothing will ever be the same between them. The beginning of the end. Big surprises. She said, she said. Stake, Treason and Plot. I think I love you. Last Goodbye. So long, but not farewell.
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