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whimsicallymeghan's review against another edition
3.0
The final novel in Sita’s story. She is forced to remember things from a lifetime ago back in World War II to help her move forward with her life. But the memories are so painful for her that she hardly remembers that she was the one to put a block on them all those years ago. In the end she gets a chance to have the life she has always dreamed of living, being normal with her husband and daughter. The novel’s plotline leads readers on this wild goose chase to end the novel so up in the air. It’s an ending that leaves the reader wondering what happens, and gives them the ability to let the characters have the ending the reader wants. The author gives no direction; it’s totally up to the people reading it to come to their own conclusions. In a way that’s nice, but it doesn’t feel complete. The characters, after going through so much together have worked into some nicely rounded characters. The series as whole was pretty good, and well done. Pike doesn’t spend a lot of time on prose, but gets straight to the action and the thick of things, which really gives the novel a fast pace. Overall, Sita is a badass vampire who was created well, and had great storylines and arches throughout the novels. Although she didn’t get the proper ending she deserved, it was still a roller coaster of a series, which was fun to read.
riannareads's review against another edition
5.0
4.75 stars. What the fuck is with that ending?!? SERIOUSLY?!?!
midnightbookgirl's review against another edition
4.0
I'm really going to need more books in this series!
julieabe89's review against another edition
3.0
Thirst No. 5 is the finale for Christopher Pike’s best-selling vampire series. It’s technically book nine in the Last Vampire Series but if you read the Thirst publications it is book five as the first six are shorter and put into the first two books together. All stories follow Sita, a 5000 year old vampire, as she fights to stay alive against numerous enemies. The books jumped the shark with book 4 when we find out the ending of book 3 never happened, and instead of returning to her human life, Sita returned to the present and kept living. We were introduced to the IIC and Telar, another ancient immortal race of beings, plus the idea that Sita’s instincts can be wrong about people because Shanti is possessed by Tarana, an evil spirit/possible alien being that is also Lucifer. In this book Sita is on the run with Matt, Seymour and Ms. Brutran from all the government agencies looking for them after they destroyed the IIC, because of the cradle and Tarana. However this book goes further introducing the idea that Sita was incarcerated in Auschwitz and tortured but she can’t remember what about. It brings the Veil of Veronica, an ancient Judeo-Christian artifact into her story. All of it connected to the Germans looking for an extraterrestrial ship that she apparently had been on 5000 years before that she can’t remember. Other than the main character, I can’t even believe it’s the same storyline as the first few books. It was enjoyable but rather insane.
katyrieann's review against another edition
4.0
There are definitely some strange bits in this book as well as the series. It is beyond YA or SciFi, it takes fantasy and ramps it up and smudges one myth with another. It's an interesting read and keeps your attention. The one thing I can say, the best part of the series is the ending of this book. It is perfect, it gives the reader closer but at the same time leaves it open to interpretation. I hope this is the last in the series (even though I loved reading them) because it really it a perfect ending to me, which is so important in books.
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