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Violence
Some
Strigoi threat; some violence
Language
Some
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Mild romantic content; the tension builds slowly
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Sydney's indoctrinated hatred of vampires and what happens when she has to see them as people; the slow romantic tension with Adrian Ivashkov
What this book is about
Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, trained from childhood to hate and fear vampires and dhampirs. She's sent undercover to protect Jill Mastrano—a Moroi—at a boarding school in Palm Springs. Bloodlines is the first of the Vampire Academy spinoff series, with Sydney as the protagonist and a romance that slowly challenges everything she's been taught to believe.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Sydney's prejudice as the central character obstacle
Vampire world violence
Mild romantic content—Adrian's feelings build across six books
Spinoff—knowing Vampire Academy helps but not required
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