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Shadow Kiss
by Richelle Mead
And just when you think the VA series can't put your heart through any worse nonsense than losing a certain lovable and adorable character, Richelle makes us--along with Rose--go through one more death. And this one succeeded in breaking my heart.
I just can't even talk about what happened at the end of this one. Mostly because it is definitely a spoiler [although if you've read the synopsis for the next books, you can probably figure out what it is..], but also because I cried my heart out and I don't want to face what's coming. So let's talk about the early happenings of this book.
Rose and the other senior novices are preparing for their field experience "exams", which is where they act as mock guardians to other student Moroi in order for them to get a better feel for what guardianship really entails. Alberta being the hardass that she is, sticks Rose with Christian instead of her bff Lissa who everyone expects her to actually guard one day. And Rose being Rose throws a fit because SHE SHOULD BE GUARDING LISSA AND CHRISTIAN IS STOOPID. Dimitri being Dimitri manages to talk some sense into Rose before she says something even more damning and all is well. For a while.
Meanwhile, Rose finds out that Victor's trial is coming up and petitions for her and Lissa to be invited to speak. They manage a ticket aboard the plane (thanks to Adrian) and are then off to visit Court. On the way over, Rose is plagued by hideous migraines and ghostly visions of people who are supposed to be dead. This was another cool development in the story seeing as the more kills Rose manages, the closer she gets to the world of the dead and the more "weird stuff" starts happening to her, ie. seeing ghosts, sucking the darkness from Lissa, and going berserk when she becomes angry. It was interesting to see her vulnerable and unsure of herself because she was not in control and possibly going crazy.
I also loved the development of her and Dimitri's relationship in this one. After seeing Rose deal with all kinds of crazy stuff (literally and figuratively), he is finally ready to admit to himself that he really does love her--even though he's older than her, even though they are both going to be Lissa's guardians someday, even though they can never be together, etc. He loves her and worries about her well-being and realizes that he is happy with her, and I just love when love wins.
Then THAT ENDING happened, and I just wanted to cry a river of tears even though I've read this a million times.
My head and heart are still crying, and I don't want to continue on in the story because I know what's coming. But a sadistic part of me wants to keep reading also because I know what's coming. What can I say, I'm weird.
My lovely Dimitri...
I just can't even talk about what happened at the end of this one. Mostly because it is definitely a spoiler [although if you've read the synopsis for the next books, you can probably figure out what it is..], but also because I cried my heart out and I don't want to face what's coming. So let's talk about the early happenings of this book.
Rose and the other senior novices are preparing for their field experience "exams", which is where they act as mock guardians to other student Moroi in order for them to get a better feel for what guardianship really entails. Alberta being the hardass that she is, sticks Rose with Christian instead of her bff Lissa who everyone expects her to actually guard one day. And Rose being Rose throws a fit because SHE SHOULD BE GUARDING LISSA AND CHRISTIAN IS STOOPID. Dimitri being Dimitri manages to talk some sense into Rose before she says something even more damning and all is well. For a while.
Meanwhile, Rose finds out that Victor's trial is coming up and petitions for her and Lissa to be invited to speak. They manage a ticket aboard the plane (thanks to Adrian) and are then off to visit Court. On the way over, Rose is plagued by hideous migraines and ghostly visions of people who are supposed to be dead. This was another cool development in the story seeing as the more kills Rose manages, the closer she gets to the world of the dead and the more "weird stuff" starts happening to her, ie. seeing ghosts, sucking the darkness from Lissa, and going berserk when she becomes angry. It was interesting to see her vulnerable and unsure of herself because she was not in control and possibly going crazy.
I also loved the development of her and Dimitri's relationship in this one. After seeing Rose deal with all kinds of crazy stuff (literally and figuratively), he is finally ready to admit to himself that he really does love her--even though he's older than her, even though they are both going to be Lissa's guardians someday, even though they can never be together, etc. He loves her and worries about her well-being and realizes that he is happy with her, and I just love when love wins.
Then THAT ENDING happened, and I just wanted to cry a river of tears even though I've read this a million times.
My head and heart are still crying, and I don't want to continue on in the story because I know what's coming. But a sadistic part of me wants to keep reading also because I know what's coming. What can I say, I'm weird.
My lovely Dimitri...