The Golden Lily
core novel 2012 Vampire Academy / Bloodlines
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.31 (122,906 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781595146021 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
In the second Bloodlines novel, tough, disciplined Alchemist Sydney Sage and doe-eyed Moroi princess Jill Dragomir remain in hiding together at a human boarding school in Palm Springs, working to keep their supernatural secret intact while navigating the ordinary pressures of school life around them. The group's cover is complicated by forbidden attractions, unexpected magical bonds forming between Jill and her guardians, and the persistent threat of assassins and rival vampire factions who would exploit Jill's identity if it were ever exposed. Sydney, trained since childhood to see vampires as unclean, finds her Alchemist worldview increasingly tested by the people she has been assigned to protect.
Where it sits
- Universe: Vampire Academy / Bloodlines
- Series: Bloodlines core; position 2 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Richelle Mead
Notes
- From the series record (Bloodlines): The complete six-book Bloodlines sequence.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Bloodlines: position 2 of 6: previous Bloodlines (2011) · next The Indigo Spell (2013)
- Internal chronology, within Vampire Academy / Bloodlines: position 4 of 12: previous Frostbite (2008) · next Shadow Kiss (2008)
Sources
← Vampire Academy / Bloodlines dossier · All universes
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