The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
read from may 30- june 18
Summary -Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets—and human lives.
Sydney would love to go to college, but instead, she’s been sent into hiding at a posh boarding school in Palm Springs, California–tasked with protecting Moroi princess Jill Dragomir from assassins who want to throw the Moroi court into civil war. Formerly in disgrace, Sydney is now praised for her loyalty and obedience, and held up as the model of an exemplary Alchemist.
But the closer she grows to Jill, Eddie, and especially Adrian, the more she finds herself questioning her age–old Alchemist beliefs, her idea of family, and the sense of what it means to truly belong. Her world becomes even more complicated when magical experiments show Sydney may hold the key to prevent becoming Strigoi—the fiercest vampires, the ones who don’t die. But it’s her fear of being just that—special, magical, powerful—that scares her more than anything. Equally daunting is her new romance with Brayden, a cute, brainy guy who seems to be her match in every way. Yet, as perfect as he seems, Sydney finds herself being drawn to someone else—someone forbidden to her.
When a shocking secret threatens to tear the vampire world apart, Sydney’s loyalties are suddenly tested more than ever before. She wonders how she’s supposed to strike a balance between the principles and dogmas she’s been taught, and what her instincts are now telling her.
Should she trust the Alchemists—or her heart?
Review – the second book in the bloodlines series was amazing I think I liked this one better than the first one so this one is about Sydney of course and when we first see her she is with the alchemist talking about keith and after that she is shown a human who wants to be a strogi and was he crazy when she gets back to palm springs sonya demitri are still doing research oh and sonya was attacked with a sward and sydney was there to . Trey sets sydney up with his friend Braden who probably is the most doshest character i’ve ever read I’m screaming at sydney this guy is rude he thinks he is better than you my favorite part was the end with them I loved adrain’s encounter with Braden my favorite was the halloween scene so your saying my “sister ” looks like a Prostitute and he said yes wtf Branden is wrong with you I loved when Adrian got his car and sydney was just in aw of it she really loves her cars. Spirt is having a weird effect on Adrian and Jill feels it oh and Angeline oh my god she is litterly always groping eddie I do have to say I thought it was kind of funny when she punched that inspiration speaker . So we find out there are there hunters who want to kill strogi which is cool but they think sonya is still a strgoi and that she’s hiding it and we find out trey is involved like wtf and she’s been taken so sydney goes and trey and his cousin are fighting to see who gets to kill her litterly not kidding and as these people are speaking I’m thinking I’ve read parts with strogi and you would be dead it two seconds flat so these people are stupid so the gang gets to sydney and they get the hell out of there they put a tracking device in Sydney’s purse . So Braden dumps sydney he tells her that she is irresponsible what the hell is with this guy and then she burst out laughing I found it funny myself and then she goes sees adrian and he KISSES HER YESSS and then she gets mad oh sydney i loved this good can’t wait to see what happens in indigo spell I plan to catch on the this series before the newest one comes out .
favorite quotes –
You’re wearing that?”… “This is the kind of shirt that says, ‘You’re never getting in here.’”
“Well, why would he?” I demanded.
…”I think it’s more like a shirt that says, ‘I’m going to have to end this date early so I can go prepare by Power Point presentation.
“Okay. But I’m just going to be out there – having a tea party with her cats or whatever it is she has in mind. You need me? You yell. You want to leave? We go. I’ll get you out of here, no matter what.
You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen walking this earth. You have no clue of how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.”
“Jill was tall and slim, like most Moroi. With that figure came a modest chest. Angeline’s chest…was not so modest.”
Really, Sage? A date?”
I sighed. “Yes, Adrian. A date.”
A real date. Not, like, doing homework together,” he added. “I mean like where you go out to a movie or something. And a movie that’s not part of a school assignment. Or about something boring.”
“A real date.” I figured I wouldn’t give him the specifics on the Shakespheare play.
“What’s the lucky guy’s name?”
“Brayden.”
There was a pause. “Brayden? That his real name?”
“Why are you asking if everything’s real? You think I’d make any of this up?”
“No, no,” Adrian assured me. “That what’s so ynbelievable about it. Is he cute?”
I glanced at the clock. It was time for me to meet my study group. “Gee, maybe I should just send you a picture to review?”
“Yes, please. And a full background check and life history.”
“I have to go. Why do you care so much anyway?” I finally asked in exasperation.
His answer took a long time, which was uncharacteristic.
Historically inaccurate.’ Adrian gestured at me with his other hand, the one not on my shoulder. “Who the hell looks at you and says ‘historically inaccurate’?”
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