Richelle Mead's commentary on The Golden Lily

Richelle Mead started a Bloodlines Book Club where she re-read the first two books and posted commentary about each chapter in both books to countdown the release of The Indigo Spell. As she stated on her blog, "They won't be summaries or anything--mostly just my thoughts about what was going on when I wrote those chapters." She completed Bloodlines and you can find links here. She also finally finished reading The Golden Lily and links to those posts are below.

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6 and 7
• Chapter 8 and 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15 & 16
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19
• Chapter 20
• Chapter 21 & 22
• Chapter 23 & 24

Oh I just realized that The Golden Lily may be longer in length, but it has less chapters than Bloodlines. Well, anyway, that seems to be all the commentary for now! Hopefully she does one for The Indigo Spell later on, especially since it's suppose to be her hottest one yet!

Sydrian teaser quotes from The Indigo Spell

If you follow Alchemist Secrets on Twitter, you might have seen me retweet some of these amazing, swoon-worthy quotes. They are Sydney/Adrian teaser quotes from The Indigo Spell that I would probably consider a bit spoilery. So, fair warning to those trying to avoid any type of spoilers or hints. Those planning on reading these quotes... Make sure you're sitting down when you read them. *passes out*

Richelle Mead's January 24 Twitter Chat

Last week on January 17, Richelle Mead had a Twitter chat for 30 minutes via #readpenguin where she answered questions tweeted to her by fans. The focus was on world-building (although, you really could ask whatever you wanted). The entire chat can be found here.

Yesterday, she had another Twitter chat, and this time the theme was romance! I'm not going to compile all the tweets (you can read the transcript here), but I will post the ones relating to Bloodlines and Sydney/Adrian. Two of my questions were answered, so that was pretty exciting. I made sure to bold those. ;)

Oh and before I forget, Richelle Mead will be having yet another Twitter chat next week! On Thursday, January 31 at 8PM EST. It will have a general Bloodlines theme. Looking forward to that. Hopefully I can think of some good questions by then.

Now on to the tweets!

Indigo Spell Teaser Trailers & Behind the Scenes

This is what you can except too see in the trailers! Squee!

I've complied the Indigo Spell teaser trailers and behind the scenes videos created by Penguin Teen Australia and put them all together into this post! The teaser trailers are each around 40 seconds long (more or less), and they contain many awesome scenes that revolve around Sydney and Adrian. You might just die from happiness or shock watching these if you're a Sydrian fan! The behind the scenes videos feature the Sydney and Adrian actors, Daisy Masterman and Nic Wheeler, who answer questions submitted by the fans. Very fun videos!

Teaser Trailers

1. A Love that Terrifies You
2. A Love that Gives You Courage
3. A Love That Excites You
4. A Love That Knows You
5. A Love That Changes You
6. A Love That Endangers You

Behind the Scenes

• Who is their fave character?
• What is the release date? + bloopers
• Was it awkward filming the kiss?
• Facebook Wars
• Would you date Sydney/Adrian?
• What scene would you audition with?

Did you watch them all? Weren't they amazing? PTA, Daisy, and Nic did a wonderful job on these trailers. They are pretty addictive too. I know I've watched these videos a couple of times already especially the ones with Sydrian kissing. hehe I'm ready for The Fiery Heart teaser trailers now!

Bloodlines news you might have missed from November to January

It's been awhile! I never meant for this blog to be quiet for this long. Sorry about that. I'm going to try harder to keep this as active as possible from now on. (I guess that could be my New Year's resolution.) I feel like lots has happened since the last time I updated, so I will post everything major I can remember.

The title of Bloodlines book 4 is... The Fiery Heart! Richelle Mead revealed it on November 12. That was like best day ever. Because not only did she reveal the title, but she also revealed something amazing about the book. I can't even... Okay, just read what she said:

"This'll make a lot more sense when you read Indigo, which I'm starting to get super impatient for. Come on, February! Lots of big things happen in Indigo, and you romance fans are going to pass out. You know what also might make you pass out? This:

The Fiery Heart is going to be told from both Sydney and Adrian's points of view. That's right. If you've ever wanted to get inside the crazy world of Adrian Ivashkov's head, this is it. It'll still be in first person, but the POV will alternate chapters. I'm so excited about this, it's not even funny. Well, actually...since it's Adrian, it'll be hilarious. I think you guys'll love it..." (source)

Don't tell me you didn't want to pass out when you read that. Sydney's AND Adrian's POVs?! That's a dream come true! I cannot freaking wait! I think I want it more than The Indigo Spell! haha The Fiery Heart is most likely going to be released Fall 2013. Yep, that's right. We're going to get two Bloodlines/Sydrian books in one year! Best year ever!

Richelle Mead drops hints about The Indigo Spell

If you haven't heard the amazing news, Penguin Teen Australia has received an unedited version of The Indigo Spell today, and they will be tweeting their reactions through @PenguinTeenAus! Isn't that exciting?! Don't worry, there will be no spoilers! They did the same thing earlier this year with The Golden Lily, which you can see on their blog.

Since those tweets will probably be coming real soon and we'll probably have no idea what they're talking about, I thought it would be great to post a compilation featuring Indigo Spell-related tweets and posts from Richelle Mead and fans over the past 7 months. I'm sure I missed some updates, but I tried to include whatever I could find. Basically, if you've wondered what could possibly happen in The Indigo Spell, you might have a better idea after reading the following and you'll also get a peek into Richelle Mead's writing process for the book!

The Sydrian Challenge

Or what's known as the Bloodlines Facebook Challenge. It all began in August when the Bloodlines page on Facebook started dropping hints about a secret project. Like this status posted on August 24:

"For those fans who are DESPERATE for more Indigo Spell and Sydney/Adrian action (really, who isn't?!); hold tight. In the coming weeks we've got some big announcements that we think you'll enjoy. ;)"

Desperate? No, DYING. haha There's no question I'm a hardcore Bloodlines and Sydrian fan, so you can imagine my reaction when I saw this post. And I kept wondering what the huge announcement could be. I knew it was going to be something good, but I really had no idea. Then a couple of days later Team Bloodlines posted this:

Right then and there, I knew! They were going to film those scenes! Or something like that. They've made book teaser trailers for both Bloodlines and The Golden Lily (which can be seen on their YouTube), so I knew they would be able to do it. It just made sense!