“Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my parents. They got it on the first try."

Second time read, first time review. It’s insane how much more I enjoy this series than Vampire Academy, but it’s just so addicting, and the characters are so much easier to like.

⇢Adrian and Sydney
I LOVE THESE TWO SO MUCH. ICONS. Also, rereading this is reminding me of how amazing Sydney’s arc is. She goes from being terrified of magic and thinking that all vampires are evil to… well, we’ll see.

And Adrian’s passion for art >>>

“Weirdly, an image of Adrian’s Love painting came back to me. I thought of the jagged red streak, slashing through the blackness, ripping it apart. Staring at Jill and her inconsolable pain, I suddenly understood his art a little bit better.”

Sydney and Adrian being together is obviously something hasn’t happened yet since it’s only book one but some serious progress has still been made and I’m so excited to continue with my reread.

“My God, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them?”
That uncomfortable feeling was spreading over me again. “What about them?”
“The color,” he breathed. “When you stand in the light. They’re amazing . . . like molten gold. I could paint those . . .”

⇢Other Characters

Okay, I just want to say, it was super disturbing that Richelle Mead tried to make Jill and Lee a thing. (I’m glad that it will never happen for obvious reasons, but I won’t forget that it almost did.) She must have some sort of age gap thing because Rose and Dimitri also got together when she was only 17 but it's even more creepy here because Jill was literally underage and not even close to 18 while Lee was 19?? Please no. Not that Eddie and Jill is much better because he’s also older I think??

⇢The Plot
Honestly, this book didn’t have a particularly distinct plot since it was really just setting up the new environment and characters, but I didn’t mind that at all because it was still super fun!

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