Yes she is an Alchemist, and a human, but Sydney Sage has sworn to protect the secrets that lie between vampires and humans in order to keep peace between their worlds.
Though dedicated fully to her Alchemist teachings, she has experienced a moment of forbidden lust that has shaken her very beliefs. Once Marcus Finch comes along, this struggle to do the right thing may get more confusing. Marcus claims to know the ways of the Alchemists that are being kept from Sydney. He wants her to rebel against her teachers, and drawn to Marcus, Sydney is finding it very hard to break free from her past, and her very seductive present.
Indeed, Sydney knows there is something more dark and powerful in her, and she just might have to use it to protect the young witches around her, lest she be the next target!
Richelle Mead was born in 1976. She is a writer of fantasy romance and is best known for the Georgina Kincaid series, the Vampire Academy, and the Dark Swan series. Born in Michigan, she now resides in Washington state. Her degrees are in Comparative Religion and in Teaching. Though she began teaching eighth grade on the subjects of Social Studies and English, she always wrote in her free time, until her first novel Succubus Blues was published. Now a full time author, she has been able to write many subsequent novels.
"Sydney had a lot to deal with in this book! With re-discovering everything she's been taught, making her own decision to becoming her own person. Even though the ending left me helpless and wondering if now we'll be taking 10 steps back with Adrian, I'm trying to stay positive! Poor Adrian has been through so much with Rose and now with Sydney that I feel like he deserves his HEA asap! I was glad to see that Marcus wasn't a potential love interest for Sydney, but the new guardian for Jill surely will be in the way of her and Eddie! Looking forward to the next book."
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Marina (4 out of 5 stars)