Silver Shadows

Silver Shadows is the newest of Richelle Mead's Bloodlines series.

In The Fiery Heart, Sydney risked everything to follow her gut, walking a dangerous line to keep her feelings hidden from the Alchemists.

Now in the aftermath of an event that ripped their world apart, Sydney and Adrian struggle to pick up the pieces and find their way back to each other.  But first, they have to survive.

For Sydney, trapped and surround by adversaries, life becomes a daily struggle to hold on to her identity and the memories of those she loves.  Meanwhile, Adrian clings to hope in the face of those who tell him Sydney is a lost cause, but the battle proves daunting as old demons and new temptations begin to seize hold of him...

Their worst fears now a chilling reality, Sydney and Adrian face their darkest hour in this heart-pounding fifth installment of New York Times bestselling Bloodlines series, where all bets are off.

The Breakdown:
1. Event though I only finished reading The Fiery Heart at the beginning of July, I could hardly wait to get my hands on this book. The ending that Mead leaves with had me dying to know what would come next. This book had a lot to answer for, and hoorah for Mead for doing it so well.  I think that she wrote Sydney and Adrian's separation perfectly. How each dealt with it said so much about their personalities.

2.  Sydney Sage has some serious awesomeness to her.  When it would have been easy to give into her tormentors psychological and physical torture, she stayed strong.  She even went so far as to help others in the same situation as herself, despite the problems it might cause her.  She never gives up on her love and on Adrian.

3. I was a little disappointed in how Adrian dealt with the separation at first.  He really seemed to give up there for minute, and lost hope and site to what was important to him. He did, however, redeem himself, and he did some pretty awesome stuff for Sydney once he got his head back together.

4.  In this book, Mead finally introduces us to the talked about other Sage sister, Carly.  She was not exactly what I expected based on Sydney's talk of her in previous books.  In fact, she, apparently, got some of that awesomeness that Sydney has.  I do hope she makes another appearance in the final book of the series.

5. This book packs some series action in it. Fires, blowing up cars, and a pretty intense chase scene through Vegas. Plus, the ending has me dying for the next book again.  I know that I called Jennifer L. Armentrout the Queen of Cliffhangers before, but Mead is doing her best to unseat her from that throne.

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by Jennifer L. Armentrout