Vampire Academy
by Richelle Mead
Series: Vampire Academy #1
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Published by Penguin Razorbill on January 2, 2007
Genres: YA Paranormal Romance
Pages: 332
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound, Last Sacrifice
ONLY A TRUE BEST FRIEND CAN PROTECT YOU FROM YOUR IMMORTAL ENEMIES…
Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires—the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.
After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger…and the Strigoi are always close by.
Rose and Lissa must navigate their dangerous world, confront the temptations of forbidden love, and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever…
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead is an awesome book set in Montana
Okay so I told myself in high school that I wouldn’t read this series at all. I just didn’t think that it was going to be any good. After a long debate, within my inner head, decided to give the series a shot. I’m wanting to read even more of the series even though I am almost done. I am glad that she has another book series out that is still a part of the Vampire Academy world. Anyways back to the point of this review the book. Here I am with this review that I hope everyone likes. (Oh and I also started it because it is in Montana which is pretty cool!! That and I also recently moved here!!!) So anyways…book review time.
What I thought of the book so far
I read this book on my kindle because I don’t have any of them in book form. Actually I liked the way that the author was able to suck, no pun intended, the reader into the book. I mean without knowing about the two main characters, Rosemarie and Vasilisa, having a bond. That bond lets one of them into the other’s head. Then you end up learning about that bond later on which hits you in the head. Which let as the reader you finally get what the author meant at the beginning of the book.
Is in 1st Person Point of View
The whole book was written in the first person perspective which could be annoying to some people. To others it may not as it mostly depends on the person. As I read further I realized that Mrs. Mead made a wonderful choice with choosing Rose as the first person teller. Let’s just ponder the thought of if Richelle decided on doing it in Vasilisa’s, Lissa’s, voice then it would probably still be a good book but once she got captured by sort of uncle does sound like it could have worked but probably not to the full extent as Lissa wasn’t able to really tell if Rose was in her mind or not.
Spirit Magic
Seeing by this point we learn about Lissa being able to wield the magic of spirit. A magic that the Moroi thought wasn’t around anymore as it wasn’t really a power that a lot of Moroi could wield. She didn’t want to heal him at first but then he had one of the other Moroi with him, that was able to wield the magic of air, try to suffocate her and she ended up doing it. After Lissa healed Victor Rose and Dimitri, another Dhampir that both him and Rose really like each other but not really wanting to admit it either, arrived with some others to save Lissa. If you have seen the movie or read the book then you know how or what I mean by this.
Ending of the book
I was feeling bad for these two main characters who got away from the school, to come back, and all only for Lissa to get taken. The other character I felt bad for is Victor’s daughter who turned Strigoi to help her father escape his jail at the school. Except she also ended up really dying in the process. All she was trying to do is get her father’s attention and all that had to happen so that he can see if Lissa could really wield spirit. Through all of this chaos though this book was pretty good.
For a first book even if at some points didn’t make any sense. Mrs. Mead was trying get as much information into this book as she could without making the reader think twice about reading her books and adding this as a foundation for a pretty good series with the other books. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead takes place at the beginning of Rose and Lissa’s senior year and with them being gone from the Academy for two years.
Hopefully this review makes sense for whoever is reading this book review. This books series is a pretty good one and I actually like it despite my first thoughts about this book back in high school of it probably not being any good. I was probably reading Twilight/other book series at the time and was probably thinking that I was good on vampires/and book series. But my guess was wrong on this book. I like this series and I can’t believe it took me seven years to finally be able to read this series.
I hope that this review has helped you with deciding to or not to reading this book and hopefully my reviews of the other books in this series helps you with deciding if this book series is worth it.
This Review was previously posted on the old Baroness Book Trove blogspot site which I will be closing down.
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About Richelle Mead
Richelle Mead has written over twenty-five novels for teens and adults. She is the author of the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series and its spinoff series, Bloodlines. Her recent standalone novel, Soundless, draws upon Chinese mythology and history, and her forthcoming series, The Glittering Court, follows the adventures of girls destined for arranged marriages in a fantasy world inspired by colonial America. A lifelong reader, Richelle has always had a particular fascination with mythology and folklore. When she can actually tear herself away from books (either reading or writing them), she enjoys bad reality TV, traveling, trying interesting cocktails, and shopping for dresses to wear on tour. She is a self-professed coffee addict, works in her pajamas, and has a passion for all things wacky and humorous. Originally from Michigan, Richelle now lives in Seattle, Washington, where she is hard at work on her next novel.
