#The Indigo Spell

[acesydneysage]

Reasons why The Indigo Spell is my favorite Bloodlines book:

Witchcraft! So much cool witchy stuff!

Sydney and Adrian aren't together yet, and there's resisting and pining and oh, but they give in and make out every 50 pages or so

HOPPER THE TINY DEMON DRAGON

How much of a goner Sydney is from page one, she thinks about Adrian constantly and misses him the second they're apart, while telling herself that the idea that she's "already halfway in love with him" is crazy

How insanely bad Adrian is at "loving from afar"

Adrian making heart eyes at Sydney while she throws fire balls

Sydney watching Adrian paint and going MINE

Crossword in the airplane scene, just how well Adrian knows her

Sydney actively going against the Alchemists, questioning what they tell her and being resentful of how they used her

"His face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was probably about to happen."

THE DANCE

Oh no, I'm completely horrified at the idea of having to touch and dance with a vampire, I'm not thinking about when he kissed me at all

Sydney and Ms. Terwilliger actually developing a mentorship, Ms. T driving herself to the ground to protect Sydney and Sydney saving her

Talking about Ms. T: "He looks like he would do anything for you" She met him once! Captain of the ship! Well, Jill's first mate, anyway

Sydney and Adrian playing supernatural detectives!!!

The kiss at the college party

Adrian looks at Sydney's aura and almost explicitly states that she's demisexual

"I'm a quick study"

Alicia is a cool villain

Malachi Wolf is back and has a squirrel cookie jar, and Sydney can't wait to tell Adrian about it, momentarily forgetting she's supposedly leaving for Mexico

The whole melodramatic set up for their kiss and first date in the end is so, so Adrian, and he found a place Sydney would adore

If anyone wants to explain what their favorite book in the series is and why, please tag me :)

[sparrow-sage]

Sydney and Adrian and their feelings mirroring each other’s, a compilation

Bloodlines/The Indigo Spell

Bloodlines/The Indigo Spell

The Indigo Spell

The Indigo Spell

[eddiemelrose]

screw it. mega poll.

[mylifeisjustafeverdream]

Sydney vehemently denying having any feelings for Adrian really was only like 40% alchemist brainwashing, and 60% her being so sexually repressed her beautifully intricate brain fully could not compute how aggressively horny she was for him.

[jetsteelyourheart]

Bloodlines Book 3 Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

Illustration of Chapter 4

Adrian put his arm around my waist, perfectly proper and distant. I tried not to think about the last time I'd been in his arms. Even with appropriate spacing between us, our hands were still clasped, our stances still intimate. I was hyper-aware of every single place his fingers rested on my body. his touch was light and delicate but seemed to carry an extraordinary heat and intensity.

...

He was a good dancer, which wasn't entirely a surprise. Adrian might be brash and impertinent, but he knew how to move. Maybe dance lessons had been part of growing up in an elite tier of Moroi society. Or maybe he was just naturally skilled at using his body. That kiss had certainly shown a fair amount of talent...

In case anyone is curious, my twitch bookclub and I have a running gag that Dimitri looks like Javier Bardem from No Country for Old Men, in case you want to know why he looks like THAT

[crows-and-cookies]

Like I know Sydrian is endgame because I’ve read the series several times but I’ll never get over the potential enemies to lovers vibes Adrian and Marcus Finch have when meeting each other. I know they’re punching each other but one little kiss wouldn’t hurt. Just a little smooch

[elinda96]

Vampire Academy Symbols

[forcebookish]

This is Sydney about Adrian through 92% of The Indigo Spell:

[authorgirl1111]

"You're not as much of a lost cause as she was. I mean with her, I had to overcome her deep, epic love with a Russian Warlord. You and I just have to overcome hundreds of years worth of deeply ingrained prejudice and taboo between our two races. Easy."

[eg515]

I forgot about Hopper, the tiny benign demon callistana Sydney and Adrian accidentally created and adopted 😭💖

[sagecinemas]

absolutely obsessed with jealous but in-denial sydney in the indigo spell so much like she’s so in love it’s sick 😭🥹

[inlovewithquotes]

You're my flame in the dark. We chase away the shadows around each other.

-The Indigo Spell

[sparrow-sage]

"Glancing at my companions - and even the other Alchemists in the room - it was clear I was alone. All of them looked captivated by the sermon, devoted to the cause."

~ The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

Closeup below the cut!

[eddiemelrose]

as much as I love Adrian ivashkov, if a man said to me what Adrian was telling Sydney on the plane at the start of the indigo spell I would be filing a restraining order

[mylifeisjustafeverdream]

Look I LOVE Bloodlines and all the characters but I fear we've lost the plot. Like book 1 was keep Jill safe from rebels and ooh possible Vampire Hunters? Cut to where I'm at now and I'm handling witchcraft murder mystery time, a covert espionage group hell bent on exposing Alchemist lies, the warriors now after the Moroi, 4 romance subplots, adultery, sexual yearning, and also woops a demon baby. All the while we still haven't addressed what in the fuck is going on with the former Strigoi or with getting Jill out of hiding.

[myownbookcloset]

The indigo spell Richelle mead

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

♀️ Sydney ♂️ Adrian

Quote: “Do you want me to call you Celery Stick instead of Cupcake or Honey-Pie? It just doesn’t inspire the same warm and fuzzy feelings”

Own ✅