Today's Topic: A Review on Richelle Mead's 'Spirit Bound'
At first, Spirit Bound bored me and I stopped reading it for awhile. Then, after about two weeks I picked it up and started reading again.
Let's start with the beginning; The jail break was very interesting, but it went just how I though it would. Rose, Eddie and Lisa worked perfectly in sync, Rose and Lisa did a great job at acting like feeders, and all three of them reached Victor pretty fast. Now that was my first dislike. I would've preferred more of a struggle, more action {Not that there wasn't enough} and more conversation. It seemed rushed, which never makes me happy. But, I remember that part when Lisa sense other Spirit users, that caught my attention. It was a strange thing that I hadn't thought about, so I liked that part a fair amount.
Now moving on to the next part; After they Escape with Victor, and when they go to Las Vegas. I was started to get in to the book more, and I couldn't stop reading, after all, I was about to learn how to save a Strigoi. Then, Adrian Ivashkov came in, and I couldn't help but smirk like all hell. Adding him at that point was a great idea.
Next, when Victors brother came in a told everyone about the Spirit enhanced Stake. When I read how simple it was, I blinked a couple times, then read the page over again. It seemed a little, well, sudden. I would've preferred if more time was spent on such a important scene. But I did enjoy it as well, sometimes making things simple can make them even more epic.
Next in line, saving Dimitri; When I read that Dimitri had Lisa, and that he was waiting for Rose to save her my heart skipped a beat. I kinda knew that would happen, seeing how Dimitri was in 'Blood Promise', but I was still happy that I could read more with him. When the big fight came, and all the Guardians and Moroi stormed the 'house', I was really into it. When Christian and Rose were fighting to get to Lisa, it was exciting. Then when Lisa finally stabbed Dimitri with the Stake, I was big eyed and curious. Then once I read on and found out that Dimitri was normal again, I was relieved. Then later on when they had to preform the 'tests' on him, I was laughing my ass off.
But when Rose and Dimitri started fighting with each other, I couldn't help but be majorly pissed off. I'm not a Rose X Dimitri fan girl. But, when they fought I was very interested and totally sucked in because of the drama between them, and it created more character depth for both Rose and Dimitri.
Next, the new rule; When I read about the new rule that the Moroi council was setting I was outraged. I mean, really?! Academy students graduating at 15-16 years old? I was very happy when Rose started screaming at the Queen, it made me smirk as I read it. No Dhampir could do it, other then Rose Hathaway. It was ridiculous and it made me mad, but that's good. A good book makes you mad, sad, or happy.
And finally, the death of the Queen; When I opened the book and started reading some of the last few chapters, my jaw dropped. And I became sad/mad again. I couldn't believe that Queen Tatiana was murdered, it shocked me. The first thing I wondered was, who killed her, and why?! Now, when Tatiana first came in I hated her so much. But, the more she appeared the more I was beginning to like her, and soon I became attached to her character. And so, I was upset when she died. But when Rose was accused I was twitching and fliping through the pages and reading quickly. Because, as all us readers know, Rose didn't kill the Queen. But, then THE most shocking part happened. When Rose got the note that said:
"Rose,
If your reading this, then something terrible has happened. You probably hate me, and I don't blame you. I can only ask you that you trust that what I did with the age decree was better for your people then what others planned. There are some Moroi who want to force all Dhampirs into service, whether they want it or not, by using compulsion. The age decree has slowed that faction down.
However, I write to you with a secret you must put right, and it is a secret you must share with as few people as possible. Vasilisa needs her spot on the council, and it can be done. She is not the last Dragomir. Another lives, the illegitimate child of Eric Dragomir. I know nothing else, but if you can find this son or daughter, you will give Vasilisa the power she deserves. No matter your faults and dangerous temperament, you are the only one I feel and take on this task. Waste no time in fulfilling it.
-Tatiana Ivashkov"
That made my jaw drop in shock, and the words echoed through my mind in a haze. I was so~~ shocked and I had so many mixed emotions about such a big twist in the story!
All in all, 'Spirit Bound' was a great book that had lots of twists and turns. I know I left a lot of parts out, but I only wanted to write about the main events that happened in the book, and even now I didn't get to say exactly how I felt about them. I would suggest people read the series, but kids under 13 shouldn't be reading it due to the language and sexual comments. It's a great book for young adults, and pre-teens. I would suggest you read it.
That's all for today, thanks for reading my rant, and here is the cover for 'Spirit Bound.'
