Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, Book 6) Paperback – November 14, 2011

Let me start by saying: I didnt like the ending. I`ll tell you why in the review.The Vampire Academy Series is my favorite series of all time. I thing its beautifully written, and the story couldnt be more perfect.Last Sacrifice is the last book, and I was shivering of anticipation on December 7, when the book finally went out. The fifth book had finisihed in such a shocking way I didnt know how Richelle would solve everything.The sixth book is so surprising it will take your breath away. Impossible revelations hit Rose hard, and truths are unraveled in that unique way Richelle writes.In the last 100 pages of the book there is a twist that will have you gasping for air: it is incredible.Dimitri and Rose's relationship grows a lot in the book, although I felt thay should have had more conversations regarding the trip to Siberia, the time at St. Vladimir`s, Dimitri`s family. A questioning from the guardians about their romance when they were instructor-student deffinitely was missing!Here are the reasons I didnt like the ending: (SPOILERS).By ending I refer to what happens after Rose wakes up in that palace`s room. Before that, the book is MARVELOUS.I didnt want this series to have a perfect ending, and it didnt: the ending was a little bit depressing.Rose wakes up one day and has everything worked out for her. Yeah, she has been through a lot and deserves to have Dimitri, etc. But, as she`s got the palace, Dimitri, and Lissa, everything is OK, and on the last 40 pages Rose became a total selfish girl. She doesnt seem like the Rose we got to know on the series.She doesnt ask A SINGLE QUESTION about Sydney`s future, she doesnt care about it. The poor girl had helped her through everything. She had put her life at stake, she had done things that scared her to her very core just for Rose to get her way. And she didnt even take her out of that hotel, she left her. She didnt come back for her once she could. She let the Alchemists have her and never even found out why Abe had her doing all the things he had her doing. In the last scene between Sydney and Rose, Sydney looks at Rose with sadness and what I thought was betrayal, and she is right. Poor poor Sydney. She didnt deserve that.The other thing I didnt like was the ending with Adrian. Poor Adrian. He totally didnt deserve it! I was freaking mad at Rose when she started giving him that talk about being a victim. She broke his heart and said that to him?? THE POOR GUY HAD LOST HIS AUNT, REALIZED HER MOTHER BRIBED PEOPLE TO GET HER WAY AND THOUGHT HE WAS GOING CRAZY. And Rose breaks his heart. Not pleased with that, she tells him he acts like a victim and thats why they cant be together? That was very low of Rose in my opinion. And he goes away, they probably never see each other again. Ok, Adrian lost his friends because Rose is in the group of friends and he cant be near Rose. Lets not forget he was in love with her, waited for her, was a total sweety and respected her. He financed her trip to Russia to look for her soul mate for gods sake! And then, this ends like this? With Rose not trying to fix things?Eddie was another one who is in trouble at the end of the book and Rose doesnt help him, when we all well know he was always there for her.I didnt want a perfect ending, but this hurt me. I believe the book is FANTASTIC, except for the last 40 pages. I think Richelle should totally re-write them. Ths series should have ended another way for me, like: Lissa doesnt win the election and Rufus Tarus does. That way the group of friends (who stays together because Adrian and Rose react to the facts differently) has to remain fighting, but they are together. Its like they have a lot ahead of them now, but after this, everything should be OK. THAT is not a perfect ending, yet, there is a really good feel about it.Another good ending is for Adrian to end up with Jill and, although very mad at Rose, in the long run they build a friendship. And Rose should have worried about Sydney and called her, although not solving all her issues, but at least she should have showed some interest in helping her friend.Of course I loved Rose and Dimitri ending up together, but I had thought that was a given through the whole series. Only if Richelle wanted to lose her readers and ruin her series would she have separated them in the end.I still love Rose. I`ve known her for 6 books and know who she is. She is not the person in the last 40 pages. I like to think she was too shocked by having Dimitri with her that her mind was reeling and her priorities were turned upside down. I hope she realizes what she did in those 40 pages and tries to fix it. I have faith in her, I know the character will fiz things in that universe Richelle created.I want to clarify, that this is my FAVORITE SERIES, and the BEST I`VE READ. I really think so. This book was FANTASTIC, and that is why I put 5 stars. The only reason why I spent a whole review explaining why i hadn`t liked the ending was because this series is soooo perfect I was really stunned by that really confusing ending (confusing since the real characters wouldn`t act like that: Rose is not selfish).I think Richelle should write one more installment: this isnt a series finale. There are a lot of things to solve and/or change. I dont want everything perfectly worked out, but there are many questions that should have answers, attitudes to apologize for, and scenes to be written (scenes that HAD TO BE in the book, but they aren`t). Richelle should leave some problems, leave us a question mark, but letting us, readers, have a good feel about it. There a lot of things she couldnt leave the way she did. Anyway, I want to thank Richelle for the beautiful serries she has created, I`ll be sure to read her other series, and of course the spin-off series, although I really think she should write another VA book (I know she probably wont because of editorial stuff but I can still wish for it). And I know we are going to have some answers on the spin-off but I want to read the problems from Rose's point of view. She has been all the reader`s companion through out the series and I need to see her world fall back into place from her eyes.And now, to summarize, I will post user "Dee18 "Dee"" `s[...] last paragraph of her review because I think its just great:"The `Vampire Academy' series has been a hallmark of the young adult paranormal genre. It has been an epic series of love, hate, violence and kick-ass girl heroics. This series is a work of unparalleled teen brilliance and Richelle Mead has cemented her place amongst not only the teen heavyweights, but paranormal-writers. If you haven't read this series yet, then you're doing yourself a disservice. Even if I wasn't thrilled with the finale, I can appreciate the series as a whole and will forever count it amongst my all-time favourites. "I totally agree with her, and I repeat this was written by her, not by me. ¡Cant believe its finally over! Cant wait for the spin-off series.Well, I hope my review helped you.

Why I chose this book:This is the final book in the Vampire Academy series. It is the last I will read of Rose’s sassy perspective. This is more me mourning the loss of this wonderful series. Have I told you guys how much I hate when book series end? It’s like getting your heart ripped out and trampled by a herd of elephants.4 things you need to know about this book:1. Lissa and Rose’s relationship does a swap.I love this part of the book. For so long Rose has always been the protector, and now it is Lissa who is protecting Rose. Mead did not sacrifice Lissa’s gentle character. She didn’t make her out to be this Moroi fighter, but her strengths were developed and used appropriately.2. Meeting the Keepers was a mix of odd and intriguing.When they meet the Keepers (believe me this is not a spoiler), I was even more excited! It was another part of this vampiric society that Mead created with such vivid detail. At first Rose, Dimitri, and Sydney look at them with disgust and mortification at times, but then come to the realization they are just different. They are still people, and their actions do not make them more or less of a person; they are just different.I think this is very important to note in life in general. People, especially in America, look at different cultures and see the negatives or don’t understand the custom and call it bad. That’s not necessarily true. It’s just different.3. Guilt vs. Forgiveness.This book deals a lot with guilt and forgiving yourself. Dimitri and Rose are characters who have wrought destruction for the ultimate good of the Moroi and Dhampir society, but does the ends justify the means? Foregoing that question for the time being, Dimitri and Rose both struggle with the things they have done: Dimitri’s actions as a Strigoi, and Rose’s actions to protect and save those she loves. I love how Mead write about them finding forgiveness not just in each other but in themselves. For so long these books have been about the war the fought with other and for their friends, now the front lines is in their minds as they wage war against their own guilt and come to terms with the decisions that they have made.4. My favorite quotation. "'I won't be that guy, Rose. I won't be that man who takes someone else's woman away.' [Dimitri said]… 'I don't belong to him… I don't belong to anyone. I make my own choices.' [Rose replied]." -Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead.Though this isn't some profound quotation, this was something that made me whoop for joy. In normal romance teen fiction, you hear the generic "I don't belong to anyone, but I belong to you' crap. And I love how Rose is a strong enough character to step back and say, 'I don't belong to anyone. I don't even belong to the man that I love. I belong to myself alone.' To me that is a great step of empowerment in teen fiction, and that's probably my favorite line just because of what it stands for.Final Thoughts:Overall, this series was addicting and enthralling. I was sad yet happy to see it end; I guess you call that bittersweet. Their stories were finished for the time being —not complete, but there were done. Obviously, there was a lot left unsaid and not everything was tied up into a nice, neat, pretty bow. That’s what you have the Bloodlines series for. Honestly, I immediately wanted to jump into that series, but I decided that reading a few of the ever-waiting ARCs would be a better use of my time and just to take a break so I don’t get burnt out. But after reading 6 lengthy books and wanting to immediately jump into Bloodlines tells me that this is a pretty good series.I gave this book 5 stars on my Goodreads.Check out more of my reviews at [...]

No podría estar más contenta, llego envuelvo en plástico normal, no tiene daños o rayaduras considerables. Finalmente tengo el último libro de mi saga favorita, gracias! 💖

Bel libro, ultimo della serie, consiglio.

LAST SACRIFICE (Vampire Academy #6)••• ⭐:4,0/5••💬: I loved the ending of the series. Loved how much the characters grew and seeing them going through so many hardships made me happy to finally see them being able to breathe at the end. Even if this last book wasn’t my favorite, it was an amazing ending for these characters that I grew attach for so many years. Dimitri and Rose will always be one of my favorite fictional couples and favorite characters, they have a sync and understanding of each other that I always look for it in other couples when I’m reading other stories. Also, Dimitri talk about forgiving himself and grasping the opportunity of having a second chance in life made me really love him even more. And even if everything went fine with Rose and Dimitri, Adrian was left alone and having to deal with so much bad things...but that doesn’t excuse his behavior when Rose and him talked for the last time in the book. I loved that the friendship between Rose and Lissa didn’t diminished throughout the story, and had the same importance as the beginning when Rose basically only had Lissa by her side. Now with many friends and love she still loves Lissa above everything else but also knows that her duty is not her only priority and that she has a life of her own.These books were part of my middle school days and I’m so glad to have amazing friends that recommended me this precious, I know it took some time to finally finish (years *cough* *cough*) but it just because I feared the ending. I actually have some bad thing about it, it felt a little rushed some scenes but I guess the action hid that well. (Also I liked the aura thing way to much)I want to read Bloodline so I can see these characters again and maybe have a glimpse of their future.

I have seen the first movie of Vampire Academy and had hoped that it would take the entire books in to wonderful movies, but sadly it never fall through. It was pleasure to have purchases all 6 e-books and ended up reading all six to tell you that it was a wonderful ride. I looked forward every day to have a bit of time to get a moment just to read a bit and to hear what was going on with Rose and Dimitri. THE BEST RUSH EVER!!! I truly loved it.

The best book I have ever read in my life,this book is just a full package of love,friendship, and duty.The main character rose is more than amazing,and the book just doesn't allow you to leave it,and by the time you reach the last book you feel accomplished and then you want to read more about rose and Dimitri.