Spoilers.........
Book #3 ends with Dimitri becoming Strigoi and Rose running off from the Academy to end his life.
Rose has taken off to Siberia in hopes of tracking Dimitri back to his hometown. She promised to kill him if he ever became one of the undead. She meets up with Sydney, an alchemist. This is a new twist in the VA books. An alchemist is a human that is like your basic 'men in black'. They clean up after Strigoi have been killed. Syndey is able to lead Rose to Dimitri's family.
Rose quickly learns that Dimitri's mother and sisters have no idea of his death. She is obligated to come clean with the terrible events that she hasn't yet come to grips with. The family comes to love Rose and treat her like Dimitri's widow. They do not know that Rose has come to kill him.
Eventually Dimitri finds that Rose has come to hunt him down. He takes her to an estate in Siberia. She is held captive. Dimitri tries to convince her that he is the same but better as a Stigoi and that Rose she allow him to turn (he calls it awaken) her so that they can be together. During her captivity, Dimitri drinks from Rose and she becomes addicted to the vampire endorphins.
During her travels, Rose meets another bonded pair, like Lissa and herself. The woman is a spirit user and is able to help Rose learn more about Spirit and healing. As she is away from the academy, Lissa finds another friend in Avery, the new headmaster's daughter. The deeper their friendship grows, the stranger and more dangerous Lissa begins to act.
It all comes to a head, when Rose must decide to become Strigoi or die. She searches for some clue that Dimitri is still himself and still in love with her. When she realizes that this isn't true, she knows she must kill him and return to Lissa before Avery kills Lissa.
The more I read about Rose, the more I like her. She reminds me a little of myself. I'm not totally into the whole bondmate thing though. I still don't find myself really feeling for Lissa. I was more interested in the to kill or not to kill your soulmate issue. I guess I'm not really like Rose........she was able to descern if there was any real Dimitri left in the Strigoi Dimitri. I would have taken one look, seen the man I loved and probably did whatever he wanted. This book did contain more Rose/Dimitri and less Lissa, so even though there was no happy ending, it was a likeable book.
Rating 4 Love me some Dimitri.
Rating PG 13 Sensualality, swearing, danger, fighting, drug use (vampire endorphin), crack whores (blood whores but the same general idea)
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