Review: The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead

Author: Richelle Mead

Publisher: Razorbill
Page Count:  348 pages, Hardcover
Date Published: February 10th 2015
Find it on Goodreads: The Ruby Circle
Source: Purchased

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.

As sad as I was about finishing this series, I must say that this was a wonderfully satisfying finale! Over the three years of having this blog, I have professed my undying love for Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy/Bloodlines world too many times to count. These series are so addictive and incredibly readable and this finale was no different. Mead tied up a lot of loose ends and left little hints so as to not be boring all throughout the book about where the characters were going to end up after the book ended and I was so enthralled the entire time I was reading it. I loved the conflicts Sydney and Adrian had to go through, both physical and mental, and the resolution in the end was incredibly satisfying. It honestly felt like Mead was writing for us, the fans, and did our wishes justice while still keeping it realistic to the plot and characters. I am so sad that this was my last time reading one of Sydney's and Adrian's stories for the first time, as they are one of my favourite couples to read about. Sydney is by far one of the most important characters that I've read in a long time for me personally, because she was so different from Rose, not as physically strong or tough as her, but instead using her mind for whatever came at her. I have said it before and I will say it again: these are not just Vampire books. They are books filled with interesting stories, complicated characters, and exciting plots. I am so devastated that this series has come to a close, but it was a good run and I can't wait to see what Mead comes up with next.

Happy reading!

~Kristy

The Taylor Swift Book Tag

Hey guys! I saw this lovely little tag the other day on Gone With the Words and I loved it so much! If you didn't know, I'm a huge Taylor Swift fan, so this tag looked super fun!

 “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

Pick a book (or book series) that you were pretty sure you were in love with, but then wanted to break up with:

I ended up being so sad that I couldn't get through the last book... I might try again, but for now.. *sigh*

“Red”

Pick a book with a RED cover

LOOK AT HOW LOVELY THIS IS

 “The Best Day”

Pick a book that makes you feel nostalgic

you know what I'm saying.

“Love Story”

Pick a book with forbidden love

Sydney and Adrian, fighting off Alchemists and Moroi in order to

 “I Knew You Were Trouble”

Pick a book with a bad character you couldn't help but love

Kai... need I say more?

 “Innocent”

Pick a book that someone ruined the ending for

Through a passing comment on goodreads, someone mentioned how this ended and at first I didn't even believe it, but then I heard it again, then I read it... yeah.

“Everything Has Changed”

Pick a character from a book who goes through extensive character development

The way Ana goes from thinking she's unworthy of life in the first book to realizing her potential in the finale gave me chills.

“You Belong With Me”

Pick your most anticipated book release

“Forever and Always”

Pick your favourite book couple

Literally not even a question, Romione is the ultimate OTP.

“Come Back, Be Here”

Pick the book you would least like to lend out, for fear of missing it too much

Changing this for my current situation to the book series that I lent out a YEAR ago and still haven't gotten back (I'm looking at you, Paula...)

WAIT NO SHE RETURNED THEM RIGHT BEFORE I'M POSTING THIS BUT I'M NEVER LENDING THEM OUT ALL TOGETHER AGAIN AH

“Teardrops on My Guitar”

Pick a book that made you cry a lot

 basically I looked like this in the back seat of my grandparent's car while reading this: 

“Shake It Off” 

Pick a book that you love so much, you just shake off the haters

I feel like this series is super well loved by so many people, but also kind of looked down upon because of a. vampires and b. the movie marketing (that kind of failed). but honestly, this series is way way better than any other vampire books I've ever read. Ever. 

 “Blank Space”

Favourite autographed book

(I don't have a picture at the moment of my copy, but I'll post it asap!)

“Welcome to New York”

Favourite setting

Paris, England, and Amsterdam... travel books are kind of cheating when it comes to favourite locations, but I'm not even sorry. This book made me re-fall in love over and over and over again with travelling, even though I've never really fallen out of love with it.

“Today Was A Fairytale”

Favourite retelling

I absolutely adore the myth of Hades and Persephone, so this series was great, or at least the first book! It fell flat for me with the third book, but The Goddess Test was awesome!