Publisher:
Razorbill
Release
Date: 29th
July 2014
Edition:
US hardback,
purchased
Other
Titles in this Series: : Vampire
Academy, Frostbite,
Shadow
Kiss, Blood
Promise, Spirit
Bound, Last
Sacrifice, Bloodlines, The
Golden Lily,
The
Indigo Spell, The
Fiery Heart
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. They protect vampire secrets – and human
lives.
In
The Fiery
Heart, Sydney risked everything to follow
her gut, walking a dangerous line to keep her feelings hidden from the
Alchemists.
Now
in the aftermath of an event that ripped their world apart, Sydney and Adrian
struggle to pick up the pieces and find their way back to each other. But first,
they have to survive.
For
Sydney, trapped and surrounded by adversaries, life becomes a daily struggle to
hold on to her identity and the memories of those she loves. Meanwhile, Adrian
clings to hope in the face of those who tell him Sydney is a lost cause, but
the battle proves daunting as old demons and new temptations begin to seize
hold of him.
Their
worst fears now a chilling reality, Sydney and Adrian face their darkest hour
in this heart-pounding fifth instalment in the New York Times bestselling Bloodlines series, where all bets are off.
I love Richelle Mead’s books. They’re
addictive, edge-of-your-seat, heart-wrenching chunks of excellence. Silver Shadows is no different.
Though each book in the Bloodlines has been fast-paced and
packed full of adrenaline, I feel like it had been building up to the end The Fiery Heart and the contents of Silver Shadows. We’ve learnt about a new
area of this world and the people that rule it – the Alchemists – and we’ve
seen one of their best discover that what she’s been taught isn’t quite how she
actually feels. And in this fifth instalment of the series, it all comes to
blows.
Sydney has been carted off to
re-education. There have been hints and rumours at the horrors that
re-education holds throughout the series, but nothing could have prepared me,
or Sydney, for the reality. The awfulness that she experiences in there sheds a
clear light on the Alchemists: they’re sadists. Some of the ways they trying to
physically and mentally break Sydney for daring to think for herself made me
feel nauseous. And so unbelievably angry. They pride themselves on being human,
but they were trying to strip Sydney’s humanity from her. Her strength of
character and sheer goodness came across so, so brightly during these chapters
and it made me love her even more.
While Sydney was suffering for
her ‘sins’, Adrian was losing his mind with worry and panicking that no headway
was being made into trying to track her down. It broke my heart to see him fall
back into old habits: drinking, partying and using a little too much spirit...
But seeing him come back from the brink to fight for Sydney? Adrian has grown
and changed so much from when we first met him in Frostbite. He made me so proud! I think Sydney and Adrian’s
relationship is so good for both of them and I just want to hide them away so
they can be happy without anyone trying to kill them for just a week!
Silver
Shadows ends
on an evil cliffhanger that had me audibly gasping. I’m so ready (though I’m
not sure my heart is...) for the final book in this amazing trilogy. Bring on The Ruby Circle!
Sophie
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