BLOODLINES BY RICHELLE MEAD: booktalk with XTINEMAY (ep 26)
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In this 26th episode of booktalk I talk about Bloodlines, the first book in Richelle Mead's new Vampire Academy spin off series..I hope you guys enjoy the discussion and contribute your two cents! =)
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Angeline to Adrian: "You look too pretty to be useful."
Adrian: "Truer words were never spoken"
*Simply priceless
My favorite part was when they were golfing and Sydney sees the statue of the vampire and starts laughing, and then she gets Adrian to take a picture of her by the statue, and Adrian's all confused. I was laughing so hard during that scene! Hahaha
My favorite part of bloodlines was Adrian contacting Sydney in a spirit dream. I thought it was a great scene, but then again, all scenes are great to me so! I've been a huge fan of VA since they first came out, I was skeptic to purchase it at first, but I read the first line of VA and I've been hooked ever since. I got to meet Richelle two years ago, it was awesome. (:
I liked Sydney's Pov i mean totally different from rose's Pov you know it gonna take a little time until i get used to it but I like it so far, :) I loved Adrian in VA but now i love him even more! I liked how nothing really happens between them which makes me excited. I was so entertained with this book I mean really I totally am so happy i read this. :3 Richelle Mead is knows how to write a story!
I REALLY thought that Micah was going to be Masons younger brother!
Mason was a dhampir though, and Micah is human
omg that's phenomenal! Love the video! They bring in Dimitri - love that part! Bloodlines is awesome. I love the book especially the end when Dimitri comes...I was like oh my god that's gonna be good! :D Poor Adrian, it won't be easy for him... btw I love ur shirt!!!
I am possibly the only person who bought the bloodlines series not realizing it was spin off and getting through the first 2 books then buying all of the vampire academy books on my kindle afterwards then reading the rest of bloodlines and now I am buying them in physical copy to love and hold and smell on occasion.
Currently sniffing my VA books
This happened to me, I bought to first 2 books to take to summer Camp, then got back and realized I had to read like 6 other books first.
Does anyone else like the bloodlines series better than the vampire academy series?
me
I was so mad at how Richelle Mead ended the Vampire Academy series because she completed brushed over what would happen to Jill, Sydney, and Adrien so I was really excited when this book series came out. I felt like I could relate better to Sydney than Rose
Elena Goss ME cuz I did NOT really like Rose
ME
The whole time I was wondering if you were going to spill the drink
Haha same I couldn't take my eyes off of it!
oh, yes, I love Adrian. I wrote a song about Adrian, I love him so much. There is DEFINITELY going to be something more with Micah. If there's not, I'll be like, 'whaaat?'
ps, I love your choice in books.
First book talk I ever saw, it amazing how much you have and haven't changed in 4 years Hahahah
This is the first video I watched by Christine two years ago around this time because I had just finished reading Silver Shadows...TWO YEARS AGOO!!!then I watched all the Bloodlines book talks and left for a looong while.Now i've been watching almost everyday for almost everyday :)
I miss rose..:/ but Sydney is cool too
i am so glad they made the bloodlines i felt so empty when i finished the vampire academy series but when i started to read about sidney and adrian i was sooo happy for him he needs to forget rose and move on!!!!
love that you are talking about a YA book while reading wine :D
Such a good book! But hard to get used to sydney's POV after reading 6 books of Rose's POV…
I miss Rose so much - every time she pops us in this series I get so excited - Sydney's cool too though
YOU ROCK I WAS HOPING U WOULD DO BLOODLINES YOU JUST MADE MY DAY
It's strange because Ms carp could use her spirit in the last sacrifice...
I never even realized that when reading the books but as soon a Christine said that I was like "Wait a second...". I wonder if Richelle will explain it in the last book or if it will just be a plot hole. My guess is that Spirit is more powerful than the other magics or maybe because it was spirit that saved her she can still connect to it?
Your right, I didn't think about that! I think that maybe spirit is an exception, like you said.
@goldenHeavenbeauty Don't worry. Sydney won't end up with Dimitri. Rose and Dimitri's story is over. They are just have special appeareances, like cameos, in the Bloodlines series. Bloodlines is totally about Sydney, Adrian, Jill.
Baby Christine! I love it!
I had the exact same theory as you about the vampire hunters and tattoos! I remember thinking "wow, this is so obvious," but then it went in a totally different direction!
Dude VA book 4 was exalent!
this book was amazing i just finished reading it
Sonia Does Have Her Spirit Powers ! It's In Last Sacrifice ! She Visit's Rose In One Of Her Dreams To See Where They Were And To Tell Her That Jill Was 'Kidnapped' ! x___x .
LOVE YOUR SHIRT!!
Sonya got her magic back because she is a spirit user, and spirit is the element used to restore anyone who has been restored. Dimitri was a dhampir, he didn't have any magic, but in the golden lily when they test his blood, he has spirit magic running through it. Spirit users get their magic back after being restored, but for any other moroi, magic is lost. Lee said he was disconnected from his magic, remember?
when a strigoi is restored to a moroi, they do get their magic back
ex: Sonia Karp in Last Sacrifice (big spirit fight between her and Robert Doru and she saw Rose's aura when Rose was in a dream with Adrian)
This book is so awesome!!!!!! Can't wait for the 2nd one
Lee was an air user. And I agree that that's probably why he couldn't use his magic, after he came back from being a Strigoi. I guess we find out for sure in the next book.
I love ur hand motions xD
maybe i should have let the video play out more before i wrote that, but sonya used her powers pretty much right after she was turned back into a moroi. She used it against robert in Last Sacrifice. remember she used the vines from the bushes/flowers...PLANT. lol. just curious on you thoughts about this
yeah i got the same theory as well, since Lee was a (fire or water user?) anyways he wasnt a spirituser as sonya karp and like u said that was my theory as well
I really don't understand the Moroi-turned-Stirogi things. Air, Fire, Earth, and Water don't get their power back.... but Spirit does. Did you notice that? In Last Sacrifice, when Sonya because Moroi again, Robert and her got into a spirit user fight. And in TGL Sonya used spirit again....
What do you think about that?
I was quite confused about the ex-strigoi losing their magic thing because of sonya as well. Maybe it's because Spirit is part of your being (The reason why spirit users go crazy) and when she got her soul back, spirit was dragged along too and the other magic isn't attatched so much to your soul? idk, just throwing out a theory.
Omg I love your shirt.
As soon as Ms. T. mentioned the amulet I had a sneaky feeling she b witch and Sydney would eventually kick assume as one herself...And she did! ; )
Haha will rose catch up to Dimka? The real questions I want answers to?
hahah lol everything you said i agreed with i was laughing like the whole time it was so funny :') i hope rose shows her face in the next book cause of dimitri and i wonder what dimitri and adrian will do im just so curious i cant wait and apparently richelle mead is signed to six books for the series im so excited :) :)
I love every review you do :)
There are going to be 6 books in the series just like VA, So there will be 12 VA\BL books total.
i've just bought read the book!! it's amazing!!!
I think Christian is going to be with Dimitri since he is Christian's guardian. I haven't read golden lilly but it would be cool if Rose was a round more even though that would most likely kill Adrian
it was kind of obvious what happened when kieth came to stay.i loved the book cant wait for the next one golden lily
didn't Sonya karp have her spirit powers in last sacrifice?? cuse i remember her and Robert having kind of a spirit fight...
I had the same thought about the hunters and blood connecting to the tattoo shop I didn't pick up on lee bring bad and I'm rooting for Eddie
the golden lily (next book in the series) comes out june 12th!!!! yay!!!
I used to hate Sydney in the VA series but ever since I read the bloodlines series I fucking love her!!
Since you use spirit to bring a Moroi back from being a Strigoi, I think that's why Sonya can still use her magic, since it is spirit. But when you didn't use spirit before being turned into a Strigoi, you lose your magic when turned back. That's my theory.
something about the vamire-pre-strigoi-stuff, how can sonya still use her powers??? and what happens when rose is like 40 and dimitri is still 27??????
I really liked Sydney’s POV. I think it’s different for her than Rose. No one is going to make excuses or go easy on her or just give a “Well that’s Rose” if Sydney does something considered not okay. Like Rose has been trained to fight for herself, whereas Sydney’s been trained to hide for her job which is also her life so idk. I love her😍but I also love Rose. I just really appreciate both😅😅
i know, but lee showed you dont age after strigoi-ism, so im wondering if the same will happen to sonya or dimitri
@YOUMUSTNOTKNO omg. YOU'RE SO RIGHT.
AWESOME BOOK!! LOVE IT😍😍😍
always makes me smile, this video does. :-)
Was mason black because for a lot of this book I thought of Micah as being black and I thought Roses friend was a readhead after I checked out the movie and then the books I dont know I just thought of him that way.
love this book so much
and not to mention super worth it! If there were teams for Adrian and Dimitri, I would be team adrian all the way.
It took me sooo long to figure the bond thing like when I reached chapter 12 or 13 maybe because at first I thought he was visiting her in her dreams and like having a chat with him .
okey, im confused in a part. In this book i understood that if your restorded a stigoi bak into a moroi you lose the magic. Now, in last sacrifice Mrs. Karp was strigoi AND used magic after she was restored. Is it because shes a Spirit user? Do only Spirit users get their magic bak? cuz Lee was an ait user if i recall correcty.
you said around the end that Jill was bonded to Eddie...she is bonded to Adrian
love your shirt
Just finished to great books I think you may be interesed in Eve by Anna Carey and Rae of Hope by W. J. May
That moment when there's a commercial for a car before this and all you can think is, "lol, cars and Sydney. Perfect fit!"
I'm not quite sure how I felt about this book. It was kind of slow, I didn't like Sydney nearly as much as I loved Rose, it was kind of irritating how they stated everything obvious (as if the readers were too stupid to realize whatever it was). I just really hope the series picks up, because the VA series is one of my favorite favorites. So I have high hopes!
Also I was convinced that Micah was actually and evil vampire hunter. The whole Lee thing was not expected.
10:44 JUST NOTICED THE CONNECTION TO INDIGO SPELL! (Caps lock was necessary...)
@goldenglitter77 I know thats exactly what i thought!!! im guessing that only spirit users get their magic bak since its unique.
the first book talk I saw on her channel is sea of monsters back when i was into middle grade
Sonya also uses Spirit in The Golden Lily...
I'm rooting for Eddie too!!!!
hey @polandbananasBOOKS i dont know if you cought on to it or not, but when you said when you get turned back into a moroi after being strigoi you dont get your powers back, but sonya got her powers back after being turned back. Im just curious if you caught on to it, or if not how do you feel about lee not being able to have powers and sonya being able to. please get back to me if you can. I have absolutely no one to talk about this to.
Re reading it I picked up on the foreshadowing and on the sydrian relationship
@TheEugeneA People compare it to VA and the main protagonist Sydney and Rose. Bloodlines isn't boring. Sydney is the total polar opposite of Rose. Bloodlines and VA are totally different in terms of plot and characters. Give a try. U may love it :) If you are still hesitant, watch vvaliente's review. She cleared the same doubts I had like you.
Why did no one mention the fact that lee was healed?!?! What?? So there must be another spirit user close by who knows how to heal strigoi!!! Where is this guy?? When does he come into play? Any theories??
My names Christine too. Anyway i thought the same thing that they where taking the blood for the tattoos I was sooooooooooo suprized
"My hair is a weapon!" Love that!!!
I learned my lesson and I only watch your videos if I have finished the WHOLE series hahahah..
I don't get why Lee lost his magic but Sonia kept hers. Maybe just another spirit thing? And I wonder if it was Robert who restored Lee. Speaking of which, Lee was kinda creepy. I really hope Cidney and her dad fix things. And I kinda wanna know what happens to Keith (the idiot). Just to know what a reeducation center really does.
Yes, Sonia did. That's the point. How come Lee didn't?
Whoa wait...No Sonya definitely had her abilities still in LS...but...what? I'm really confused now
Do you have to read all the vampire academy books to get this book cause I have only read the first 3 books of vampire academy and a brought bloodlines
i say you do because there are a lot of connections
It would help since they reference a lot of stuff that happens in all vampire academy books
Can you please read Blue Bloods? It's an awesome series!
YOU GO EDDIE! TEAM EDDIE FOR JILL!
Ever since Last Sacrifice I'm shipping Eddie and Mia, they would be totally awesome together walking around the globe, hunting and killing Strigoi. Why didn't Richelle think of that?
Someone should ask the auther about Adrien and Sidneys kid, Kids?
I'm debating whether I should read Bloodlines cause I didn't exactly love Vampire Academy. Which series is better?
Love Jace Herondale Vampire Academy is way better in my opinion but depending on why you didn’t like it you might still like bloodlines because it’s quite different from Vampire Academy
I just started to read this book...and Syndey is really getting on my nervous...lol
Also I thought the same thing about the vampire hunters selling the blood until they said your friend at the tatoo parlor
What IS so special abt Trey's special tattoo?
have you ever thought of doing a
chapter by chapter thing?
Since Sidney made a deal with Abe couldnt she have asked him to mess up both of Keith's eyes, then he wouldnt have been able to do anything to mess with anyone anymore
That would of been his evidence against Sydney then. You know... Keith didn't want her assigned on that mission they went on but oh well, Keith needs to go to re education center to be brainwashed of all past memories of the sage family.
What did you think of Eddie's crush ...?
some clues that richelle gave us for the next book like the fact that the crazy oldman said that vampire hunters worship the sun and what mtype of tat does Trey have? a sun! lol also he ran away when he saw adrian at jills show.
Could you read the Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr? :D
Have you read the golden lily yet???
love the shirt haha
when are you going to do a fiery heart review?!!
i did not see the eddie likeing jill thing coming
Gud point abt Lee losing his magic powers when sonya didn't
Lol i totally wish it was still from rose's pov. i love her and dimitri being together and stuff its just RIDICULOUS!! lol i freaked out. Im so happy for dimitri and stuff but we aren't talking about tht haha. Idk i just had to point out that dimitri is all :O ROSE!! ROSE!! lol love you and your vids. Keep it up!!