Review of Bloodlines: The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead

Review of Richelle Mead's Bloodlines: The Ruby Circle

Release Date: February 10th, 2015

Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:




The epic conclusion to Richelle Mead's New York Times bestselling Bloodlines series is finally here...

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.

After their secret romance is exposed, Sydney and Adrian find themselves facing the wrath of both the Alchemists and the Moroi in this electrifying conclusion to Richelle Mead’s New York Times bestselling Bloodlines series. When the life of someone they both love is put on the line, Sydney risks everything to hunt down a deadly former nemesis. Meanwhile, Adrian becomes enmeshed in a puzzle that could hold the key to a shocking secret about spirit magic, a secret that could shake the entire Moroi world.


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Wow! What a whirlwind this series has been. The world that Mead has created has gone on non-stop since 2006. A whopping 10 books have come out in both the Vampire Academy & Bloodlines series'. Now that it is over (for now, as Mead stated in the acknowledgements), I don't know how I feel. I thought when Vampire Academy was over, I would never feel sadness at the ending of a series as much as that, but now that I won't have Sydney & Adrian to look forward to every year, I know what true sadness is.


I loved this book!! Maybe not as much in content as the previous 4 books, but for sure in finality to a series. We lost characters, like any good series ending has, but I wasn't as sad with the loss as I have been in the past. The way that Mead has converged all characters into the finale, merging all of the stories, as well as giving (mostly) happy endings really warms my heart. This shows that you really can write a great series without killing off your main character (Divergent)... or her love interest (Too many to list!!!)... or her younger kid sister (Hunger Games)!


If you haven't read one of Richelle Mead's books yet... well then got off your bum and pick one up! If you are basing your ideas of the story on the box office flop (which I actually enjoyed... even if I imagined the characters hotter), then you are sadly missing out. This series is WAY BETTER! Although, most books I've read are immensely better than their movies!