The Ruby Circle - Richelle Mead

The Ruby Circle - Richelle Mead ★★★ 3.5

I'm giving this book 3.5 stars. Here's why:

• I AM DONE. Yes. Finally.
• Adrian. Always Adrian.
• MAGIC.

Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this book much.

I knew I wouldn't.

I just... after reading 11 books about lots of the same characters & the same world, it gets old. At least for me. So I knew going into it that I just wanted to be done with it. I put off reading it for a bit because I knew I wouldn't be that into it. But I also knew that once I finished it I'd be done with all those MOROI & STRIGOI & DHAMPIRS & ALCHEMISTS & WARRIORS. And the witches.

Because of my bad attitude & VA/BL exhaustion, this isn't going to be much of a review. I am just so freaking happy to be done! I DID IT. I DID IT. I DID IT.

But this review would be totally incomplete if I didn't mention Adrian. So... Adrian. I absolutely love him. I have since we very first met him in the VA series. Personally, I'd choose him over Dimitri in a heartbeat, but to each her own ~

[Also I named my car after him.]

[What? Seriously? Yeah. Truth.]

The magic in this book WAS cool. I actually did like that quite a bit. The human magic AND Adrian's spirit magic. Because it's Adrian. And he's adorable. I think Bloodlines was my favorite book of this series and they progressively got worse for me, but hopefully I'm the only one who thinks that. I thought the first book was really cool, surprisingly. But then, not as cool. And less cool. And even less cool. And maybe part of that was me getting tired of the series. But I'm not 100% sure about that.

Final thoughts: It was a necessary read, and it was a decent conclusion.

It's not you, Richelle, it's me.