Since the last time I wrote a journal, I have finished reading Richelle Mead’s Shadow Kiss. This story is about the main character, Rose, and how she has to research deeper into her mind to figure out why she feels all sorts of emotions, what her fate is, and why the Queen’s nephew, Adrian, keeps telling her she has a ‘dark aura’ around her. Rose, in addition, has to make sure her best friend, Lissa, is okay through their magical bond, which allows Rose to see what Lissa can see. This is a dystopian story, about vampires and their guardians. The second half of this book is about how Rose comes to a conclusion about her fate. She also is dealing with her trainer, Dimitri, and her feelings of lust toward him. The story takes a dramatic turn when
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Rose goes to therapy to mourn the death of her friend Mason from the previous book. The therapist questions Rose on if she resents Lissa for always having to put her first. This opens Rose’s eyes to the fact that she never frets about her own problems. She starts to question what kind of person she is. She is known as Lissa’s best friend and guardian, but without Lissa, who is she? Rose loves to protect Lissa from jeopardy, and she wants to be friends with Lissa forever, but Rose also knows that she has to put herself first sometimes. At the end of the book, Rose decides to leave the academy to hunt down Dimitri and kill him. She sticks up to Lissa and tells her that she has put Lissa first all her life, and that she needs to do this one thing for herself. “’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’” (Mead 440-441). The conversation did not end suitably, and Rose leaves the academy with a broken heart. Rose does not know exactly who she is, but she is one step closer to finding out. Since the last time I have written a journal, I have attentively been seeing Rose search for truth, love, and identity while reading Mead’s Shadow Kiss. I love the first three books of this series, and I cannot wait to finish the last three books of The Vampire Academy series. Although I did not reach my goal of 800 pages, I came close. I believe I deserve a 10/10 on this journal because I read in between the lines and discovered what Rose has been searching for throughout the book. I have also spent a lot of time writing and proof reading my
Rose goes to therapy to mourn the death of her friend Mason from the previous book. The therapist questions Rose on if she resents Lissa for always having to put her first. This opens Rose’s eyes to the fact that she never frets about her own problems. She starts to question what kind of person she is. She is known as Lissa’s best friend and guardian, but without Lissa, who is she? Rose loves to protect Lissa from jeopardy, and she wants to be friends with Lissa forever, but Rose also knows that she has to put herself first sometimes. At the end of the book, Rose decides to leave the academy to hunt down Dimitri and kill him. She sticks up to Lissa and tells her that she has put Lissa first all her life, and that she needs to do this one thing for herself. “’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’” (Mead 440-441). The conversation did not end suitably, and Rose leaves the academy with a broken heart. Rose does not know exactly who she is, but she is one step closer to finding out. Since the last time I have written a journal, I have attentively been seeing Rose search for truth, love, and identity while reading Mead’s Shadow Kiss. I love the first three books of this series, and I cannot wait to finish the last three books of The Vampire Academy series. Although I did not reach my goal of 800 pages, I came close. I believe I deserve a 10/10 on this journal because I read in between the lines and discovered what Rose has been searching for throughout the book. I have also spent a lot of time writing and proof reading my