All my favorite side characters are back with a dash of 21 Jump Street thrown in! 
 All throughout the Vampire Academy series, I loved Adrian. O Adrian.. my wonderful, snarky, dark prince. I was incredibly heart broken for him at the end of Last Sacrifice. So I'm equally elated that he is getting is own spin off with Sydney. Sydney was always just kind of a frump in the VA series but in her own series, she's getting to shine. I was really impressed with how she's a very intelligent character. She doesn't whine about her horrible situation. She uses her wits to help her manage with them. Love her as a heroine. Overall, it was an average story within the V.A. world. Definitely want to continue on. Secretly (not so secretly) because Adrian is my favorite and I will always want more of him. He's like ice cream... there's never too much! 
 What struck me about this book was how feminist it was. There are constant undertones of misogyny in the Alchemist society and Sydney is doing her best as a woman in a man's world. (view spoiler)[ There's also the fact that Sydney now has to work with Keith, her sister's rapist. She goes so far was to say that no one would believe her if she were to ever tell what Keith did. Keith being the golden boy to her father and all... (hide spoiler)] 
 P.S. (view spoiler)[I'm shipping Eddie and Jill so hard. SO HARD! (hide spoiler)]