Rose goes on a crazy mission to save Dimitri that involves breaking Victor Dashkov out of jail. Rose and Lissa accomplish this mission and learn in the process how to save a Strigoi.

Lissa tries to train herself to stake a strigoi because it is determined that the only way to save a strigoi is to charm a silver stake with Spirit and then have a Spirit user stake the Strigoi. This kills the Strigoi side of them and restores the Moroi side of them at the same time.

Lissa and Christian get kidnapped by Dimitri and Rose and a gang of guardians go on a mission to save them. During the fight to free the two from Dimitri’s capture, Lissa and Christian use their powers to turn Dimitri back into a Moroi.

Dimitri is a Moroi again, but much to Rose’s dismay, he doesn’t want to be with her, or even see her. His guilt tears him up and he feels the only way to repay Rose for what he did to her is to stay away from her.

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Back at court the Royals pass a law which lowers the graduating age for Dhampire’s to 16. This throws the court into dismay. Rose tries to stand up for the dhampire’s, but gets herself thrown out of the court after yelling and threatening the Queen.

Rose decides to accept the fact that Dimitri does want her and she turns to Adrian for comfort.

At the end of the book Rose is taken into custody by the Royal Guard and charged with killing the Queen. Abe comes to Rose’s rescue, offering himself up to be Rose’s lawyer in the proceedings.

At the end of the book Rose is being led out of the courtroom to be taken to jail to await her trial for high treason and murder. While waiting to be taken out of courtroom she is handed a note that tells her that Lissa has an illegitimate sibling, and that the fate of the whole kingdom rests on her finding this person and getting the Dragomir’s seat filled on the Royal Council. This note is from the Queen herself. And this is where the book ends.

There was a lot packed into this book which made for an exciting story, although I do feel that this book could have been split up into two books very easily. I am a little glad it wasn’t, but also a little disappointed about that as well, especially since there is only one book remaining in the series.

The part about breaking Victor out of jail felt a little rushed, and their could have been a little more build up to it. It seemed that she went into it with very little planning and it all happened entirely too quickly for me.

The trick to turning a Strigoi back to Moroi was expected as well, and I really liked that Lissa tried to step up her fighting skills despite Rose’s protests.

The rescue of Lissa and Christian was excellent, probably the best part of the book. I remember listening to the book and thinking “Christian needs to use fire, and Lissa needs to push Rose out of the way, step in front of her and stake him Lissa”. So when Lissa did get in the way, and Christian did use his fire to help I was ecstatic. It was a great fight scene, and it almost topped my all time favorite part of the series, which was the fighting scene when the Strigoi attacking the Academy.

Dimitri not wanting Rose was an expected twist. Where would the book go if Rose and Dimitri lived happily ever after? But I did really enjoy the part where Dimitri fought to help Rose escape the Royal Guard when they came to imprison her for treason and murder. It was sweet and showed that Dimitri really did care for Rose still.

I do wish Adrian and Rose would stay together, so when the did “get together” I was incredibly happy, even if Rose only let him bite her. It was hot and I love Adrian.

The killing of the Queen was unexpected, but putting Rose on trial is a great set up for the next book.

Overall I really enjoyed this book, it’s not my favorite book in the series, and this is due to the fact that I felt a lot of it was a filler for the last book. All in all, though, it was very well put together and flowed pretty nicely, especially for so much happening in this book.

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Rose and Lissa are bonded together by a one way psychic connection. Rose can hear Lissa’s thoughts, and can also see what Lissa see’s through Lissa’s eyes. It is a very intriguing bond, and adds a lot to the story.

As for the specifics of this book, it is set in a ski lodge. Strigoi (the evil Vampires), attacked the Academy, leading to the whole school attending a very well protected ski lodge, usually reserved for Royal Moroi during Winter Break. Many extra Dhampire’s have been called in to help protect the students, including Rose’s very well known Mother. The tension between Rose and her Mother is well placed, and I believe it helps develop Rose a little more, and I like her character.

Again, Dimitri is in the book, romantic things happen, and it makes me uncomfortable… hahaha. I don’t like Dimitri, and I really wish his character was a little better portrayed. I listened to the audio book and his voice may be the thing that deters me, so it may be different if you are planning to read the book, instead of listen to it.

I love the character of Adrian, he is charming, mysterious, sexy, and I really dig the bad boys look (even though I get the feeling he isn’t too “bad”).

The plot revolves around the decision to either retaliate against the Strigoi for the attacks or do nothing. It is part of the old ways that the Moroi and dhampire’s stay clear of Strigoi, only fighting when necessary, but many Moroi and many Guardians think that it is time for a change.

The real adventure begins when Rose learns that Mason, Mia, and Eddie have escaped the Ski Lodge and gone after the Moroi that killed Mia’s parents. Mia is enraged and wants revenge, and Eddie and Mason are willing and ready to help take out some Strigoi. Of course Rose goes after them, and they are soon caught and held prisoner by Strigoi and their human helpers. In the end Mason is dead, Eddie has been starved and fed off of almost to the point of being dead, and Mia and Rose must create a plan to escape their bondage. They devise a plan and the group is well into their escape plan when they run into powerful Strigoi that want them all dead. Rose ends up showing her kick ass skills and kills her first couple Strigoi, and Mia, the whiny little brat overcomes her ways and becomes stronger as she helps Rose take the Strigoi out using the element of water.

Overall this book is pretty good, and if you liked the first book, you will definitely get into this one, and want to pick up the 3rd one right after you finish. It continues the story really well, and takes some nice twists and turns. As with the first book Rose is very easy to listen to, and the concept of the bond really helps keep this book flowing at a nice pace.