I originally planned on writing a review for the blog, but I'm just not even sure what I would say. Don't get me wrong, I love Richelle Mead's writing and I think that's what saved this book for me. That and Adrian. It's not that I dislike Sydney, but she's just kind of boring to me. Which upsets me a bit, because I did like her in VA. I liked seeing how she worked well with Rose. And maybe that's the key. She had good chemistry with Rose? 
 Anyway, I did like it, but the key points for me where any scene that had Adrian and Dimitri in it. I still love Dimitri with a hard core passion. I could read about him ALL DAY LONG. Adrian keeps me going too, but I felt like I was way beyond ready for something to finally happen between he and Sydney. 
 Will I continue reading the series? Yes, I feel like I have to continue on. I'm not a quitter dammit. So far, I'm hearing really great things about The Indigo Spell, so right now I feel hopeful that I'll fall in love with this series as much as I did with VA. Is that possible? Not sure.