Bloodlines (series)

Bloodlines series

Bloodlines cover
Bloodlines The Golden Lily The Indigo Spell The Fiery Heart Silver Shadows The Ruby Circle
Author	Richelle Mead
Country	United States of America
Language	English
Genre	Young-adult Urban Fantasy Dark fantasy Paranormal romance
Publisher	Razorbill
Published in English	2011–2015
No. of books	6
Preceded by	Vampire Academy series
Website	Bloodlines.htm

Bloodlines is a book series by Richelle Mead. It is a spin-off of Mead's Vampire Academy series. The books follow alchemist Sydney Sage. After the incident with Rose and Dimitri, Sydney is being closely watched by the Alchemists (humans who help keep the vampire world a secret). They reluctantly entrusted her to be the main part in a cover-up plan to keep Princess Jillian Dragomir (Queen Vasilisa's recently found little sister) safe from the Moroi rebels who want to undermine the Queen's rule by assassinating her little sister.

Books

• Bloodlines (August 2011)
• The Golden Lily (June 2012)
• The Indigo Spell (February 2013)
• The Fiery Heart (November 2013)
• Silver Shadows (July 29, 2014)
• The Ruby Circle (February 10, 2015)

Characters

• Sydney Sage - Narrator of the series, alchemist and also a witch. The love interest and as of Silver Shadows wife of moroi Adrian Ivashkov. Sage is portrayed by the Australian actress Daisy Masterman in the Bloodlines (series) book trailers produced by Penguin Books Australia.
• Adrian Ivashkov - Moroi, co-narrator from The Fiery Heart onwards. Adrian is a spirit user, and the love interest and husband from Silver Shadows onwards of human Sydney Sage. He has a psychic bond with Jillian Mastrano Dragomir.
• Jillian "Jill" Mastrano Dragomir - Moroi Princess and the younger half-sister of Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir. Jill is "shadow-kissed" and bonded psychologically to the Spirit user Adrian Ivashkov, who saved her life using spirit. She is also the love interest of dhampir Eddie Castile.
• Eddie Castile - A Dhampir and the guardian of Moroi Princess, Jillian Mastrano Dragomir. The love interest of Jillian Mastrano Dragomir.
• Jacqueline "Jackie" Terwilliger - History teacher at Amberwood Prep. She is a member of the Stelle Witch Coven, and the mentor of Sydney Sage.
• Dimitri Belikov - A Dhampir and the Guardian of Lord Christian Ozera. He is the boyfriend of Dhampir guardian Rosemarie Hathaway.
• Sonya Karp - A Spirit user Moroi, formerly a Strigoi but turned back to Moroi in Last Sacrifice. She is the wife of Mikhail Tanner.
• Lee Donahue - An Air user Moroi. The son of Clarence Donahue and the cousin of deceased Tamara Donahue. He was a Strigoi but was turned back into a Moroi. He died in Bloodines when he wanted to change back into a Strigoi and also change Jillian.
• Keith Darnell - An Alchemist who raped Sydney's older sister, Carly. Because of this, Abe Mazur saw to it that he lost an eye, as a favor to Sydney. Keith was sent to Re-Education when he was found to be selling vampire blood into tattoo business, Nevermore.
• Angeline Dawes - a Dhampir and Novice. She was brought from the Keepers to help protect Jill from danger. She is the love interest of human Trey Juarez.
• Zoe Sage - A human and a junior Alchemist. Zoe is the younger sister of Sydney; she now attends Amberwood Prep with the others.
• Marcus Finch - A human and ex-Alchemist, who had been helping other Alchemist escape the fold. He was the one that broke Sydney's Golden Lily tattoo in The Indigo Spell.
• Rose Hathaway - A Dhampir and Guardian of Queen Vasilisa Dragomir. She is the girlfriend and lover of Dhampir Guardian Dimitri Belikov. She is the best friend of Queen Vasilisa Dragomir.
• Vasilisa Dragomir - The Queen of Moroi and best friends with her Guardian Rose Hathaway. Vasilisa is a Spirit user and the girlfriend and lover of Moroi Christian Ozera. She is the older half-sister of * Jillian Mastrano - Dragomir.
• Christian Ozera - A Fire user Moroi. He is the boyfriend and lover of Queen Vasilisa Dragomir.
• Trey Juarez - Is a human and former member of the Warriors of the Light, he was kicked out in The Golden Lily. He is the love interest of Dhampir Angeline Dawes.
• Neil Raymond - A Dhampir and Guardian of Princess Jillian Mastrano - Dragomir. He has a faint British accent.
• Alicia - A seemingly benign girl who is revealed to be an evil witch, who sucks out magic from other witches in order to gain power.

Reception

Critical reception for the series has been positive,^[1][2] with The Golden Lily receiving a positive review from RT Book Reviews.^[3]

References

1. "Book Review: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead". Seattle PI. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
2. "Mead's new vampire spinoff manages to stand apart". UT San Diego. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
3. "Review: The Golden Lily". RT Book Reviews. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

External links

• Official website of the Bloodlines series