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I just finished reading Bloodlines. It is the first in the Vampire Academy spin off series by Richelle Mead. Sydney is put in charge of protecting a royal moroi girl while the queen tries to throw out the law that is endangering the royal's life. She is also trying to reprove herself as trustworthy to her superiors.

I am very pleased and happy that Richelle Mead decided to write a spin off series of The Vampire Academy. I was sad when the series ended. I even loved the way she tied it in so nicely to the previous series. It was absolutely amazing.

The only thing I didn't really like all that much was the fact that the main character wasn't a moroi or dhamphir. I understand why she made Sydney the main character. It was her story after all. I just feel that Sydney being the main character made the story a little more stiff than if it was someone else. That's just my opinion though. Either way, the story was very enjoyable.

I feel like I'm going to love this series as much as I did the Vampire Academy series. I fully recommend this book series to young adults and anybody who loves paranormal and supernatural books. I especially recommend it to all Vampire Academy lovers.

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Can you read this as a stand-alone series? or do you need to have read Vampire Academy to understand what is happening?

Fordette89 wrote:Can you read this as a stand-alone series? or do you need to have read Vampire Academy to understand what is happening?

It can be read as a stand alone. It just makes some references to the other series but it's not enough to confuse.

I a prefer the Bloodline series over Vampire Academy. I guess it is because i like Adrian more than dimitri. I have read all the books in the Bloodline series and I have to say that Fiery Heart left me needing more. I don't know why I read a book on the release date and have to wait a year for the next. I guess i enjoy hurting myself. I think you will enjoy the Bloodline series. In comparison to VA, the lead female has a completely different personality, but she is strong.

OMG I love these books. Sydney is a very interesting character and then theres more Adrian than Va.

Love these books and this author. Great job.

I've only read the first book, and I'm very much interested in reading the rest of the series!

I have Loved the Bloodlines Series so far, I can't wait for the next book to come out.

I love this series. It just gets better and better. I'm not sure if I'd recommend reading it without reading Vampire Academy first, though. There's a lot of history and information that's pretty crucial to understanding the story in the first series, but I guess Mead does do a good job of covering most of it. I was a bit wary of Sydney being a stiff character to follow as well, but I felt that it got better as the plot moved along. Adrian's shenanigans shaking things up every now and then helped out quite a bit, although that may not have happened too much in the first book. (It's been awhile.) I definitely can't wait for the release of Silver Shadows!