Only 1 week away from the movie release! We're almost done with re-reading the book before it hits theaters. Here are the next recaps for Chapters 16-20:
Chapter 16
Lissa seems to be back with Aaron, leaving Mia and Christian absolutely miserable and Rose completely grossed out.
Rose questions Ms. Carmack for more information on St. Vladmir: what were the stories of his healings? Did he specialize? Is it possible he didn't specialize? What about Ms. Karp?!
Ms. Karp was one of the rare ones who never specialized. Rose believes Lissa to be just like her as well as St. Vladimir. Ms. Karp was capable of using compulsion on Moroi and Dhampirs, clawed and scratched her own skin, and more signs of going a little crazy much like Lissa. Rose asks her to stop with the partying, dragging Aaron around, torturing Mia back, and enough with the compulsion and healing. All of which Lissa agrees to and she'll give it a try.
Meanwhile Rose realizes how boring Aaron is and pretty much wishes she'd be back with Christian. Rose may still hate him, but she sees how much more interesting, smart, and funny he is and more importantly how he brings a calming effect to Lissa. She let her anger and jealousy get in the way of their relationship and essentially their separation.
Rose apologizes to Christian and wants him to hang out with Lissa again. But Lissa has formed her own world and popularity with the other royals. Rose says they need each other because they connect on certain things they could relate to, like the death of both their parents. Christian does notice something off about Lissa but isn't sure what he could do about it. He suggests Rose goes to someone else for help like Kirova or Dimitri. Someone she could trust.
And the chapter ends with a line straight from the book to the trailer:
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