The Ruby Circle

The Ruby Circle is the final book of Richelle Mead's Bloodlines series.

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.  The 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 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.

The Breakdown:
1. Mead's Bloodlines is one of my favorite series.  She definitely ends this one with a bang.  There are a couple of unexpected twist in this book that had me yelling at the book.

2. I actually really like the dual perspective between Sydney and Adrian.  Mead does a good job of pulling it off.  They each have such a unique view of the world, and I like getting to their separate reactions to a situation. I love how Mead uses this to also show how much they love each other.  It just works well for these books.

3. Mead does an excellent job in the book in keeping unexpected things coming.  From who took Jill and why, to the secret that is learned about spirit magic.  I was honestly shocked by who was behind Jill's kidnapping.

4.  The ending to this series was just perfect for the characters.  I thought the epilogue was wonderful, and it really brought everything to a nice close.

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