The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Five/ five stars, of course!
Thank you so much to the team at Penguin Books Australia for allowing me the opportunity to read this book through NetGalley.
When I saw that I could request The Indigo Spell on NetGalley, I had a mini fangirl moment, and
then requested it! A few hours later I was accepted and had a HUGE fangirl
moment; complete with crying, running around and even screaming. The Indigo Spell is one of the most
anticipated books of 2013 and readers will not be disappointed. Even on her 9th
Vampire Academy book, Mead has
managed to captivate me and totally amaze me, yet again. The Indigo Spell was everything I expected and more. Readers will
fall in love with this series all over again.
I know many readers and reviewers are still sceptical about
the Bloodlines series because...
well, it’s just not as awesome as Vampire
Academy, but The Indigo Spell is
sure to turn all sceptics into lovers. I was never a sceptic, but I was as
unsure as everyone else about Sydney. Sydney just isn’t Rose, but I’ve accepted
that and I think everyone else should too. The Bloodlines series is never going to be like Vampire Academy. Mead has been there, done that. Now it’s time for
Sydney and Adrian to shine. And to be honest, I totally love it.
Of all the VA
books she was in, Sydney was a typical Alchemist; afraid of vampires,
straight-laced and smart. In Bloodlines
Sydney was still very Alchemist, but in The
Golden Lily she got marginally better. In The Indigo Spell, Sydney was someone completely different. I kept
wondering where boring Alchemist Sydney went, because this new Sydney was
awesome! She went against her Alchemist ways to make herself happy and that
showed courage. Of course, she had qualms about doing so, but wouldn’t
everyone? The fact that she went against fellow Alchemists was so unlike
Sydney. Sydney sure kicked some major ass in this book and that was so
unbelievably awesome. Sydney has vastly improved since VA, Bloodlines and The Golden
Lily and I cannot wait to see how she acts in the rest of the series.
After everything that happened to Adrian in VA, I’m so glad he got a spin-off
series. Adrian may be a bit rude and quite strange but deep down he has a good
heart. I admit, I didn’t particularly like Adrian in VA, but in my defence he was in the way of Dimitri and Rose, and we
couldn’t have that! BUT! Right from
the beginning of Bloodlines, I loved
Adrian. He was funny and interesting and didn’t take things too seriously. He
basically lightened up even the darkest of rooms. Since Bloodlines, Adrian has frustrated me, infuriated me and made me
swoon. But in The Indigo Spell, he
was incredible. He was persistent with Sydney, nice, surprisingly kind and
loving. Adrian really is an unexpected ball of emotion. After that ending, I
cannot wait to see how Adrian and Sydney continue. (Because, OMG SYDRIAN).
I’m not going to say too much, but I didn’t particularly
like Marcus. I did not think that in any way Sydrian was even remotely
threatened. I admired Marcus for some time in the book, but after a great
brainwave from Sydney and some dodgy plans from Marcus, I decided I wasn’t very
fond of him. Also, even though she is a bit of a nut, I really love Mrs
Terwilliger. She believes in Sydney and I loved her for that. I also thought
some of the things she said/ did were hilarious (Like the dragon thing). She
was a great little character.
Everything about this book was amazing. Sydney was awesome!
As well as that, the book had an excellent, intriguing plot and fabulous
characters. It was interesting, mysterious and exciting. And it had the most
wonderful romance! Everything about it was great and I honestly cannot fault
one thing from this book.
From about 96%, I was absolutely ecstatic. Then at 99%, that
happiness evaporated into shock. (Although, don’t worry, the ending is nowhere
near as horrific as TGL!). I have
loved every one of the Bloodlines
books so far and I cannot wait for the rest of the series.