The Golden Lily

By Richelle Mead

Book Overview

The second installment in the New York Times bestselling Bloodlines series features the Alchemists--a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the human and vampire worlds.

Sydney would love to go to college, but instead, she's been sent into hiding at a posh boarding school in Palm Springs, California--tasked with protecting Moroi princess Jill Dragomir from assassins who want to throw the Moroi court into civil war. Formerly in disgrace, Sydney is now praised for her loyalty and obedience, and held up as the model of an exemplary Alchemist.

But the closer she grows to Jill, Eddie, and especially Adrian, the more she finds herself questioning her age-old Alchemist beliefs, her idea of family, and the sense of what it means to truly belong. Her world becomes even more complicated when magical experiments show Sydney may hold the key to prevent becoming Strigoi--the fiercest vampires, the ones who don't die. But it's her fear of being just that--special, magical, powerful--that scares her more than anything. Equally daunting is her new romance with Brayden, a cute, brainy guy who seems to be her match in every way. Yet, as perfect as he seems, Sydney finds herself being drawn to someone else--someone forbidden to her.

When a shocking secret threatens to tear the vampire world apart, Sydney's loyalties are suddenly tested more than ever before. She wonders how she's supposed to strike a balance between the principles and dogmas she's been taught, and what her instincts are now telling her.

Should she trust the Alchemists--or her heart?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595146024
• ISBN13: 9781595146021
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Razorbill
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Loved it

Amazing book. This series has a way of just keeping me wanting more. I love the writing style I feel like I'm getting everything I want without being bored from over explaining everything

Very Exciting

All in all I enjoyed this book, I liked most of the characters and Mead is finding a beautiful way to incorporate other mythos and mythologies into this series and expand the world view of her brand. The alchemists are so secretive they even have secrets from their own kind (such as the Warriors of Light and witches) and these additions are super cool.