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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- ChangeOne year gone, not two
In the book, Rose and Lissa spend two years in hiding before they're brought back. The film cuts that down to one year.
source ↗ - ChangeKarp in the final scene
The book ends with Rose walking back to school after her talk with Dimitri. The film adds a final scene in a cave, with Sonya Karp leading a horde of Strigoi, to set up a sequel.
source ↗ - ChangeThe show isn't just book 1
The Peacock series starts from this book but mixes elements of all six into a new story set in 1997. It's also a fresh start, separate from the 2014 film.
source ↗ - ChangeMia Rinaldi becomes Mia Karp
On the show, Lissa's rival is Mia Karp, who also takes over part of Natalie Dashkov's role. Sonya Karp, a teacher in the book, becomes a young woman the leads' age. And the two friends' time on the run never happens.
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- Behind the scenesThe sequel that almost happened
After the 2014 film, the producers hired Piers Ashworth to script this book and tried to fund the adaptation through Indiegogo. The campaign fell short.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe molnija marks
This is where Rose earns her first molnija marks, the tattoos guardians get for each Strigoi kill. The Peacock series moves that moment to episode 6, with Dimitri giving her the mark.
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- Behind the scenesThe New York Times list
It was the first book in the series to make the New York Times best seller list, debuting at No. 4.
source ↗ - ReferenceWhere the title comes from
Shadow-kissed is what Victor Dashkov calls Rose in the first book: someone who died and was brought back by Lissa's magic.
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- Behind the scenesSecond only to Twilight
Opening-week sales pushed Vampire Academy to No. 2 on the New York Times children's series list, right behind Twilight.
source ↗ - ReferenceBaia, Dimitri's hometown
In Siberia, Rose reaches Baia, where Dimitri grew up in a dhampir commune with his mother and grandmother, and meets his family.
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- Behind the scenesNo. 1 out of the gate
In its first week, the book debuted at No. 1 on the Wall Street Journal hardcover fiction list and on USA Today's list, and it took the series to No. 1 on the New York Times children's series list.
source ↗ - SetupTatiana's note
At the end, Ambrose hands Rose a note left by Queen Tatiana. What it says drives the plot of the next book.
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- Behind the scenesThe longest of them all
At 594 pages in the first U.S. edition, it's the longest of the twelve Vampire Academy and Bloodlines books.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesPulled from Florida schools
In 2023, the book was banned in Clay County District Schools in Florida.
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- ReferenceSydney already knew Rose
The spin-off's narrator isn't new: Sydney Sage is the Alchemist who helped Rose in the Vampire Academy books.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesSydney in the flesh
Penguin Books Australia made Bloodlines book trailers with actress Daisy Masterman as Sydney.
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- Behind the scenesFinished the day her son was born
Richelle Mead finished writing this book on the day her son was born.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe lily in the title
The golden lily is the tattoo every Alchemist wears on the cheek. Its ink keeps the wearer from talking about the vampire world with outsiders.
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- ReferenceA familiar wedding
Sydney goes with Adrian to Sonya and Mikhail's wedding, two characters carried over from Vampire Academy.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe same cover artist
The U.S. cover is by Michael Frost, who also worked on the Shadow Kiss cover. The book has 25 chapters.
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- Behind the scenesAdrian gets a voice
It's the first book with chapters narrated by Adrian, alternating with Sydney's. The two share the narration through the end of the series.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTwo books in one year
It came out on November 19, 2013, nine months after The Indigo Spell hit shelves that February.
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- ReferenceTatiana's cuff links
To pay for the wedding, Adrian sells cuff links that belonged to his aunt, Queen Tatiana, and has the stones set into the rings.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTwo voices again
As in The Fiery Heart, the story alternates between Sydney's and Adrian's chapters, putting the reader on both sides of the Alchemists' walls.
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- Behind the scenesClosing both series
It's the last Bloodlines book. The epilogue, set a year later, also checks in on Rose and Dimitri.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe spin-off TV wanted
After the show's first season, Julie Plec talked about possible spin-offs for Adrian and Sydney. The series was canceled before it got anywhere near Bloodlines.
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