Vampire Academy

I really liked this book...The story was captivating & Rose is exactly the type of character I like most: strong & with an attidute but loyal and protective to the people she cares about. I also like Christian but I'm still quite indifferent to Lissa...let's see how she'll do on the next book! ( )

Okay, I actually love this cover and I want this version! I loved this series so much when it first came out, I should do a reread soon.

Name: Vampire Academy
Author: Richelle Mead
Genre: YA, Supernatural, Drama, Romance
Summary:
Set in a world where vampires exist secretly along with the humans. There are more than one type of vampires in this book:
Moroi are the good mortal vampire. They need some blood for survival. They can control one of the five fundamental elements: Air, Water, Earth, Fire and Spirit.
When Moroi kills a human while feeding, they turn into Strigoi, the immortal vampires who are distinguished by their bright red iris and inhumanely pale skin. Strigoi's favourite prey is Moroi. And there's Dhampire, a hybrid of Vampire and Human, they have human's physical strength and moroi's magic in their blood. This makes them perfectly capable of protecting Moroi from Strigoi.
The protagonist is Rose Hathaway, a 17 year old Dhampire who is in hiding in the human world with her best friend, Lissa Dragomir, the last surviving member of the Royal family Dragomir. Rose has sworn to protect her best friend.
After two years of hiding, Rose and Lissa are captured and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for royal Moroi by a group of dhampires led by a Russian Guardian, Dimitri Belikov.
Return to St. Vladimir's Academy brings back old memories along with old enemies as well as new ones. Rose tries to return to her normal self, but is it easy when Lissa gets involved with the infamous Christian Ozera. What is her relation with the Shadow-kissed Anna? Will Rose be able to Lissa's secret and protect her friend, when there's someone conspiring against them.

I love Rose's personality, she's a badass, stubborn, wild, sarcastic as well as witty. She's always ready with a witty comeback. Vampire Academy is one of the two YA novels around Vampires that I really enjoyed along with the Vampire Diaries series. This is an amazing rollercoaster ride for the readers. This book will make you fall in love with YA Contemporary Romance, if you aren't already!! ( )

I read a lot of garbage but this was truly trashy. ngl tho, I sort of loved it? could've used some gayness; maybe next time? probably not. ( )

As far as vampire novels go, this one is unique in its use of different types of vampires.

Lissa is a "good" vampire, a Moroi, one who lives a fairly normal life, though they do require blood to stay alive. She has no desire to hunt or kill people. She is also of royal blood, and therefore important in the vampire world.

Rose is a Dhampir. Though she is not a vampire, she is part of their world and has vampire blood. She is training to be a Guardian, one who protects the Moroi from their enemy, the Strigoi, the "bad" vampires set on destruction of the Moroi race.

I enjoyed this story of friendship and loyalty. There was plenty of action to keep things interesting and enough character development to make a reader interested in what happens to them. This has been on my to-read list for quite some time, and I'm glad I was finally able to get around to reading it. I now have a new go-to recommendation for readers who are just discovering the thrill of a good vampire tale, and the uniqueness of this world keeps it from becoming lost in the multitude of vampire novels published since the popularity of Twilight. ( )