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Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, Bk 6)
Last Sacrifice - Vampire Academy, Bk 6
Author: Richelle Mead
It all comes down to now. — Murder. Love. Jealousy. And the ultimate sacrifice. — The Queen is dead and the Moroi world will never be the same. Now, with Rose awaiting wrongful execution and Lissa in a deadly struggle for the royal throne, the girls find themselves forced to rely upon enemies and to question those they thought they could trust... ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781595143068
ISBN-10: 1595143068
Publication Date: 12/7/2010
Pages: 594
Rating:
  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
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4.6 stars, based on 160 ratings
Publisher: Sleuth RazorBill
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, Bk 6) on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book blew me away. I love how Richelle Mead wrapped up everything. I loved how everything connected and there was no rough edges. Everything was believable. I liked how we got deeper into characters that she just blew off in her other books. Like Sydney, Serena, etc. I didn't really like how she left some characters hanging though. I wished we would've found out what hold Abe had over Sydney. I wasn't really pleased with how things turned out with Adrian either. But the way she put it with Rose and Adrian's past, you knew that things would get better for them.

This was the best vampire series I had read. It was mature, and full of twists and unexpected turns! Beautifully written, it will stay in my mind for a long time!
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Helpful Score: 1
I'm not sure how I feel about the end of this series. Overall the book and the characters were in keeping with the rest of the books. Young people acting their age, thinking they're more mature and experienced than they really are, etc. Entertaining to read, not particularly edifying. Rose has always been rather unlikable, nothing changes in Last Sacrifice. In fact her character is further impugned by her extremely shabby treatment of Adrian and to a lesser degree Sydney, Eddie, and Jill. None of this was really unexpected except I'd hoped we'd see Rose maturing and learning life and character lessons though all this. But around book four, some ideas began to come out that I was very disappointed to find completely unresolved in the final book. I guess I thought where Mead was going with all this was to make Rose a catalyst for change. I'm an adult reader just reading these books for pleasure. Yet I find myself feeling like Richelle Mead is doing young adults a disservice with this book and the unresolved BIG issues. I refer to racism. To me the undercurrent through most of these books is the real imbalance in the relationship between the Moroi and the dhamphirs who serve them in slave-like fashion. They are expected to "put Moroi first", risk or even sacrifice their lives for these people who basically don't pay them, make them live in dorms, accept punishment even in their private lives, serve those who think dhamphirs can and should be conscripted into service, and they don't even have a voice in the government. I never really saw any reciprocity in the relationship between Rose and Lissa and even after book four, never got the impression that Lissa wasn't just a spoiled selfish child who occasionally did something for Rose bc it's "right" not bc she really wants to. I think the idea was to show that the dhamphirs and the Moroi have a symbiotic kind of relationship, that they need each other to survive. But the dhamphirs are treated as servants or slaves. There is no respect for them among the Moroi except in a very condescending manner. That this issue was left unresolved and kind of unaddressed is not just frustrating, it makes you wonder about the author. She clearly brings these concepts into the story. What does it mean that this is left hanging, almost not even addressed? What is the takeaway here? Life's a bitch and then you die? It's okay to be a slave? Its okay to have slaves? In the adult world you just have to accept things? I don't like these messages. I'm not suggesting the message is Teen Saves The World! But the youth voice can be very important in our society. Youth votes and actions can effect change. Why not show that here? I hope teens who read these books finish with critical thinking rather than the takeaway that second class citizenry is cool.
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reviewed Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, Bk 6) on + 6 more book reviews
Finally a happy ending!!!!
2manyb00ks avatar reviewed Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, Bk 6) on + 203 more book reviews
Great book! Loved the happy endings for everyone. So many twists and turns right up to the very end. Well worth reading!
solarawynn avatar reviewed Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, Bk 6) on + 724 more book reviews
First off,it wasn't long enough. While 594 pages seems plenty,there a few questions I had at the last page. but,it was awesome and I can't believe this is the last one.


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