Review: The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch--a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But as he pushes her to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her. And as she searches for an evil magic user targeting powerful young witches, she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her magical blood--or else she might be next.

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, the Bloodlines series explores all the friendship, romance, battles, and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive—this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone’s out for blood.

 My Review 

Oh my Adrian! Ever since the Bloodlines series began I've been pretty happy for more Adrian Ivashkov and to be rid of Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (no offense to those who love them) and the third book in the series did not disappoint. I found the story a bit more spread out and not much happened action-wise but there were a ton of SYDRIAN moments so that was a huge plus! We finally meet Marcus Finch and I can't say that I really love him but he was an interesting character. Favorites like Eddie, Jill and Mrs. Terwilliger are back and as demanding as ever but you gotta love them. As for all of the Sydrian moments all I can say is wowza. Adrian is his usual swoon worthy self and I have fallen in love with him all over. Sydian has her usual moments where I think I might slap her for some of the things she does or won't do through the book *coughs* being with Adrian *coughs* but she's still one of my favorite female leads.

I give The Indigo Spell 5 STARS, mainly for the last chapter which was just perfect. Read it and I'm sure you'll agree.

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 About the Author 

Scorpio Richelle Mead is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy books for both adults and teens. Originally from Michigan, Richelle now lives in Seattle, Washington where she works on her three series full-time: Georgina Kincaid, Dark Swan, and Vampire Academy.

A life-long reader, Richelle has always loved mythology and folklore. When she can actually tear herself away from books (either reading or writing them), she enjoys bad reality TV, traveling, trying interesting cocktails, and shopping for dresses. She's a self-professed coffee addict and has a passion for all things wacky and humorous.

Teaser Tuesdays: The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

If you want to participate all you have to do is:

• Grab your current read
•  Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My teaser today is from The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead.

We looked up and found Adrian standing above us, dashing in his shades of blue. His face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was probably about to happen.

-page 52, The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch--a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But as he pushes her to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her. And as she searches for an evil magic user targeting powerful young witches, she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her magical blood--or else she might be next.

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, the Bloodlines series explores all the friendship, romance, battles, and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive—this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone’s out for blood.

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Showcase Sunday #4

Showcase Sunday is hosted by Vicky over at Books, Biscuits and Tea. We share what swag or books we've bought, received or gotten from the library. For more information visit Vicky's Showcase Sunday post.

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It's been so long since I've gotten to do one of these posts so I'm glad that my first week back I actually have something to share.

Bought

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

I lucked out finding these because they were the last on the shelves.

Received

The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

I got this one as an early birthday present from my mom and she wrote a little message like she always does.

I did point out to her that I do have books with living things...not many, but I do have a few.

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So that's my Showcase Sunday for this week. What did you receive?