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Last Sacrifice
by Richelle Mead
Richelle Mead we need to talk. What happened??? This series had a GREAT start, you had all the elements and yet the ending is such a mess???
So I know for a lot of people the turning point was Blood Promise but I actually enjoyed that one way more than Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice. I mean, at least it had a plot and not a bunch of not surprising at all plot twist and crazy jail breaks. Yes, the plot doesn't matter at all to the rest of the series, and the book ends the same way it starts, but oh well. I enjoyed reading about Dimitri's family, I wish all the characters we met in that book would have been relevant.
However, in Spirit Bound Mead seems to think that we don't need more drama, no, we need ALL the drama. I feel like in the last two books SO MUCH happened that I didn't even had time to process it all. I was done with the book like okay Idk what the hell happened here. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it and I still love this series is just that the first half is clearly more thought and planned than the rest.
I really hate that from Blood Promise the bond became a narrative tool. I feel like Mead overuses it way too much. It's not credible and it's a really boring way of showing that pov. I think letting Lissa be a narrator would have been way more interesting, even if Rose was still able to check up on her. But there were times where Rose would be CLIMBING while seeing through Lissa's eyes and I was like what? really? Also we really don't need her snarky comments all the time.
This is unpopular but I like Rose. However, I 100% get the hate. In this book she messed up big time. Why on earth would you not trust your friends and family and think you know best than anyone else? And the most annoying thing: her relationship with Adrian. I am mad that Mead attempted this love triangle.
Although the ending is such a mess at least we got something. I like how it ends, I'm just not a big fan of the process I think Mead could have arrived to the same ending doing things way differently. I mean there's so much that is absolutely not necessary (the tarot cards?) and
Enough with my rant. This series is still one of my faves but the downfall of it all has prevented me from reading Bloodlines for a while. Will this be the year?
So I know for a lot of people the turning point was Blood Promise but I actually enjoyed that one way more than Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice. I mean, at least it had a plot and not a bunch of not surprising at all plot twist and crazy jail breaks. Yes, the plot doesn't matter at all to the rest of the series, and the book ends the same way it starts, but oh well. I enjoyed reading about Dimitri's family, I wish all the characters we met in that book would have been relevant.
However, in Spirit Bound Mead seems to think that we don't need more drama, no, we need ALL the drama. I feel like in the last two books SO MUCH happened that I didn't even had time to process it all. I was done with the book like okay Idk what the hell happened here. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it and I still love this series is just that the first half is clearly more thought and planned than the rest.
I really hate that from Blood Promise the bond became a narrative tool. I feel like Mead overuses it way too much. It's not credible and it's a really boring way of showing that pov. I think letting Lissa be a narrator would have been way more interesting, even if Rose was still able to check up on her. But there were times where Rose would be CLIMBING while seeing through Lissa's eyes and I was like what? really? Also we really don't need her snarky comments all the time.
This is unpopular but I like Rose. However, I 100% get the hate. In this book she messed up big time. Why on earth would you not trust your friends and family and think you know best than anyone else? And the most annoying thing: her relationship with Adrian. I am mad that Mead attempted this love triangle.
Spoiler
From the very beginning it was very obvious that Rose x Adrian was doomed. I've never liked Adrian and yet in this book I felt so bad for him. Rose has been using him since Dimitri turned strigoi and she just agrees to go out with him in return for the small favour of lending her a fortune (what). Dimitri is back and do you expect us to believe they will not end together? Please. I hated that Rose cheated on Adrian and the later talk? Yeah I can't love you because you need to love yourself first. You're too dependent. Wow. What a bitch.Although the ending is such a mess at least we got something. I like how it ends, I'm just not a big fan of the process I think Mead could have arrived to the same ending doing things way differently. I mean there's so much that is absolutely not necessary (the tarot cards?) and
Spoiler
did we really needed the whole big drama Tasha was the one who actually killed the queen? Hello new Tasha nice to meet you. The Tasha I new from the first books would not frame and 18 yo girl for killing the queen just because she stole???? her man??? big yikes.Enough with my rant. This series is still one of my faves but the downfall of it all has prevented me from reading Bloodlines for a while. Will this be the year?