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| Author(s) | Richelle Mead |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Vampire Academy |
| Genre(s) | Young Adult Urban Fantasy Dark fantasy Paranormal romance |
| Publisher | Razorbill |
| Publication date | May 18, 2010 |
| Media type | Print (Hard, Soft) e-Book (Kindle, Nook) |
| Pages | 489p |
| ISBN | 978-1-59514-250-4 |
| OCLC Number | 739437472 |
| LC Classification | PZ7.M478897 Sp 2010 |
| Preceded by | Blood Promise |
| Followed by | Last Sacrifice |
Spirit Bound is the fifth book in the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead.[1]
In its opening week, Spirit Bound debuted at #1 on The Wall Street Journal's hardcover fiction list[2] and #1 on the USA Today bestseller list, which covers all books of all genres together in one list.[3] Its release also pushed the Vampire Academy series into the #1 slot on the New York Times list for children's series.[4]
After a long and taxing journey to Dimitri's birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's and has been reentered student life. However, Dimitri has survived against all odds and now seeks Rose's death. She believes that there may be one way to change him back, but she may have to put everything at risk to find out.
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The book starts off with Rose reading the last in a series of love letters/death threats from Dimitri. The final exams are set to start in short time and she resolves to stay focused and pass them to the best of her abilities and hope it will be enough for her to get assigned to Lissa. The teachers test her by having her trapped on a swinging bridge with Strigoi approaching on both sides, which she passes by cutting the bridge, then "killing" the opponents on her end.
After her return she has started dating Adrian, whom she meets along with Eddie and Lissa to plan the breaking out of prison of Victor Dashkov. They successfully do so by disguising themselves as guardians bringing new feeders. Grateful, Victor tells them that Robert, his brother, is also a Spirit user and that he had once changed a Strigoi back. Victor leads them to Las Vegas, where Adrian tracks Rose's credit cards and follows them.
While not very pleased with Rose's continued endeavours to help Dimitri, he stays with them. Robert tells them that the Spirit user must infuse a stake with Spirit and kill the Strigoi on its own, but escapes when they are attacked by Dimitri and other Strigoi. They manage to escape and upon their arrival at court Eddie and Rose punished for endangering the Moroi and sent to do physical labor. While they are occupied, Lissa and Christian are kidnapped by Dimirti as bait for Rose.
Decided to kill him for good and eliminate a threat to Lissa, Rose leads a group of guardians, to his hiding place. She fights her way over to him and is about to kill him when Christian encircles him in a ring of fire, effectively cutting all movement while Lissa stakes him. Dimitri is restored as a Dhampir and taken into custody. Traumatized and crushed by guilt he pushes Rose away, saying that he is no longer able to love. Rose runs to Adrian for comfort and lets him drink her blood.
The next morning at breakfast, Rose and Dimitri run into each other. In the middle of the discussion, a group of Guardians surround Rose and Dimitri instinctively fights to protect her, but she calms him down. The Guardians announce her that Queen Tatiana has been found murdered with Rose's stake and as such she is to come with them. At the ensuing hearing, it is decided that Rose must face an official hearing. If she is guilty, she will be sentenced to death. On the way to wait for the impending trial, Ambrose delivers a note to her from Tatiana saying that Lissa needs to have her voice heard in the Council and that there is a second living Dragomir, necessary for Lissa to have her quorum.
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