travelmel
Blue Banana Vacation Club
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CP Said (in white): I figured out Abe was Rose's father pretty early on in the book, I thought he was awesome! I hope we see more of him in the future. I really don't want Rose to end up with Adrian... And I was really saddened by Lissa and Christian's break-up...
travelmel says: (in white) I'm glad we met him and it cracks me up that she calls him shmemmy or whatever the word is for snake. That is too funny. I don't think it's possible for Rose to end up with Adrian... I think Dimitri will definitely be turned back and I think Desnik could totally be right about her theory that Victor knows at least something about turning people back and that's at least partially the reason why he turned his daughter.
Desnik said: (in white) I loved that Abe was her father! Actually, I didn't even think about that as a possibility! OK, I love Dimetri and I wish him & Rose could be together, but I love Adrian and I would love to see how they would be together. I love the next quest Rose will go on! I did not see it coming. Do you think Adrian will tag along with her and Lissa? I really can't wait for the next book! 2010 is too far away!!
travelmel says: (in white)Like I said... I firmly believe that Rose and Dimitri will end up together in the end. I think/hope Adrian will tag along with Rose and Lissa. I like him! He's a loose cannon and he says funny stuff. I think it was lame that Christian stayed broken up with Lissa and seemed TOTALLY out of place. It was just done so that Lissa could go off with Rose without him. Lame, lame, lame.
Travelmel also says: (in white) I liked the book but was totally irritated in the end. The main purpose of the book was to find and kill Dimitri. In the end nothing was done to help along that story line at all. I like it when a book wraps up what it intended to wrap up. In this case the book ended with the same exact problem: find and kill Dimitri. No resolution at all. The only resolution came with the demise of the new character - the girl sent to screw with Lissa. That was basically the whole point of the book. Introduce then kill off (or have go insane) a girl that screws with Lissa. Lame. It's didn't do anything to push the story along at all. Just a fluff piece, IMHO.
Rose became basically a herioin addict and then pulled herself out of it. I think the fact that she was "high" the whole time took away from the reader's ability to know whether or not there was an actual moral dilema for her. In other words..she was doubting the evilness of the Strigoi but it would have been more interesting/compelling if she would have been in her right mind while she doubted her allegiance to her Dhampir status. Her doubts, in this case, were basically drug induced so she could easily say "well I was high that's the only reason I was acting in a way that was not in accordance with my normal beliefs." It seemed like a cop out.
I do like the author bringing up the doubts about the status quo (why do Dhampirs just give up their lives to protect the Moroi, what is right, what is wrong.. good/evil being a gray area.. I like that. It could be an interesting story developing with the Moroi training to defend themselves and a possible HUGE upset of the status quo.. like Dhampirs being able to marry, have lives, etc. .. that sounds fun! I hope now that Rose has been a "blood *****" for lissa AND for Dimitri that she will be even more sympathetic towards them (blood *****s) as a whole.
EDIT: Oh yea.. CP Said: (in white)
BTW, was I the only one who kept thinking Rose was pregnant every time she got nauseous? LOL
Travelmel says: (in white) Hmph! I hadn't thought of that. It would have been an interesting twist for sure! We shall see!
All in all I was happy to get back into a book that I enjoyed for a change!! Looking forward to Catching fire but I am NOT looking forward to another cliffhanger! Desnik, did you finish Hunger games yet??
lara
I'm gonna have to look up a summary on wikipedia or something.
