Thoughts before reading: 
 The cover is absolutely stunning, but i expected as much considering how lovely the Vampire Academy covers all were. I'm really looking forwards to seeing how Sydney thinks and why she has such a deep hatred of the Moroi and Dhampir's, since i think seeing her own feelings on them will explain it more than hearing her reasoning she gives Rose. 
 But most of all? I'm excited to see (or hear, at least) a little bit about how Rose and Dimitri are getting along :-) Glad they ended up together in the end, but sad their story ended (whilst at the same time happy it wasn't dragged on). Also want to see if Adrian finds the one he's meant to be with, and if Lisa and Jill begin to get used to each other... 
 That's a lot of things i'm expecting i know, but there were a lot of storylines left hanging at the end of Last Sacrifice i felt whilst Rose and Dimitri's story was finished. (And i hate not knowing things!) 
 August 23rd couldn't seem so far away right now... Can't wait to read this though, and hopefully i'll have read all the Dark Swan series by then (on book 1, Storm Born Dark Swan 1 now).