I am happy ,but I'm not, about how the book "Shadow Kiss" ended. I finished it last night, but it was too late into the night for me to post. For that, I am sorry. At the end of the novel, I was happy, ecstatic actually, that Rose finally told Lissa that she needed to do something for herself for once. Lissa kept begging her to stay, but it was for selfish reasons, and Rose needed to set out to do what she needed to do. I believe her exact last big speech to Lissa was, "It's not about you okay? This time, it's about me. Not you. All my life, Lissa...all my life, it's been the same. They come first. I've lived my life for you. I've trained to be your shadow, but you know what? I want to come first. I need to take care of myself for once. I'm tired of looking out for everyone else and having to put aside what I want. Dimitri and I did that, and look what happened. Now I owe it to him to do this. I'm sorry if it hurts you, but it's my choice!" (Mead 441) I'm extremely proud that she finally said this to Lissa. It's been three books coming. I'm actually a little surprised that Richelle Mead hadn't put it in sooner, but I think it fits here. And, besides, it wouldn't be in Rose's character to say something like this to her best friend without just cause. The one thing that pissed me off was that Lissa was being selfish about Rose leaving to go and save Dimitri. It's like, "chill Dragomir, just because you're royal does not mean that everything revolves around you." 'Nuff said. Just kidding. What really made me mad was what happened to Dimitri. He became Strigoi. I think it kind of breaks my heart to read that he had become Strigoi. Sure, it wasn't like he chose to become one, he was forced to, but that doesn't make it any better. If anything, it's a slight comfort to know it wasn't of his own volition because if it had been then things would have been much worse. Although, you can assume from earlier books that he wouldn't willingly become something that destroys who you are inside; it would go against his principles.
I'll hopefully get the next book out soon. I believe it's called "Blood Promise."
Currently, I have been reading "Splintered" by A.G. Howard and it's really odd, to say the least. It had all of these aspects of crazy but at the same time, you feel like the main character, Alyssa Gardner, has nothing wrong with her. There are moments of clarity, where she's not dealing with all of the talking things around her. I have a bigger opinion to form on the book yet, but so far I'd say that it's something to read. Something to put on the to-read list.
I hope you enjoyed this post, it's longer than some of my other one's recently. :) Enjoy
I would have uploaded an image, but my computer or blogger is being stupid so I shall save it for next time.
Until next time,
The Book Nerd
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