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Vampire Academy

(Vampire Academy, Book 1)

By Richelle Mead

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780141328522

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Book Description

St Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding school - hidden away, it's a place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They've been on the run, but now Continue

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Review: Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead

Review: Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead Are you sitting down? I am going to write a short review. I swear it. I listened to this one on audio, and it worked very well. The narrator, Stephanie Wolfe, did a great job with most of the main characters ... (read full critics)

readreactreview published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

7 Reviews

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A Thrill for the Mature and Immature Alike

This was a wonderful find for me and my students and a new and interesting take on vampirism for the 21st Century. More than any other series I have encountered lately, Vampire Academy comes as close or perhaps even surpasses the standard romantic drama of the young adult genre.
A definite mus ... (continue)

This was a wonderful find for me and my students and a new and interesting take on vampirism for the 21st Century. More than any other series I have encountered lately, Vampire Academy comes as close or perhaps even surpasses the standard romantic drama of the young adult genre.
A definite must for readers who enjoyed the Twilight Series.

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Cynicalmournings said on Nov 17, 2009 | Add your feedback

Good start to the year...

So this is my first read of 2012 and I liked it, that's always a good sign of the year to come! This took me longer than it should have beacuse of the time of year and because for some funny reason it took me awhile to get into this story. I didn't immediately love Rose or Lissa and it took me awhil ... (continue)

So this is my first read of 2012 and I liked it, that's always a good sign of the year to come! This took me longer than it should have beacuse of the time of year and because for some funny reason it took me awhile to get into this story. I didn't immediately love Rose or Lissa and it took me awhile to warm to any of the other minor characters too. Rose can be a total bitch sometimes and Lissa I thought was a little boring in the beginning.
However, if you stick with this book people, it gets better and better! By the end I couldn't put it down and I didn't want it to finish. I love Rose for the same reason I didn't like her in the beginning and Lissa is not boring we find out, far from it. The plotline is similar to the House of Night series, which I also love. It seems anything with a Hogwarts-like school is good enough for me. I love the whole boarding school atmosphere and setting so I was actually happy when they were sent back there.
Rose is a tough bitch and she can be pretty mean but she also has a soft side and her feelings for both Lissa and Dimitri show that. Aside from his dismally bad name, Dimitri (like really, did she just google Russian names and this was the first to come up?) is wonderful. I loved the whole tough guy, never wavers, can't show emotion thing he had going on. I need him and Rose to be together, I need it now!
The plotline was good and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the books which my boyfriend bought for me for Christmas. My boyfriend who has never read a book in his life and has only ever entered bookshops when being dragged behind me. Does he know me well or what?

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Lauraolsthoorn said on Feb 29, 2012 | Add your feedback

re-read original language

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Skunkie said on Apr 28, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

I like it, but, at the same time, I feel a bit disappointed.
I've read a lot of reviews saying that VA is fantastic. Awesome. The best book of the year. And I'm not saying that it's not - it's not for me. Maybe it's because of the reviews; maybe I was expecting something incredible, and I didn't fin ... (continue)

I like it, but, at the same time, I feel a bit disappointed.
I've read a lot of reviews saying that VA is fantastic. Awesome. The best book of the year. And I'm not saying that it's not - it's not for me. Maybe it's because of the reviews; maybe I was expecting something incredible, and I didn't find.
The plot is OK - just it. It holds my attention almost all the book, but the story has nothing special. There are some misteries that would catch your attention, and it's quite absorbent.
And the characters... I sometimes liked Rose - and sometimes I just couldn't understand her. She was always overprotecting Lissa, and when she wasn't... Lissa depended on Rose, and she always needed to be protected. And when she finally decided to do things by herself - only to protect Rose... well, I think that I prefer when she was the one who has to be protected. Christian seemed to be a really good character, but I can't say so much of him. And Dimitri - I was expecting something... well, reading reviews I was expecting the best character. I finished feeling disappointed. Excepting the last part.
But I have enjoyed enough to want the next book. I've read that it improves in the next books..

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Elion said on Dec 18, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

For all the teen/vampire fans out there...

...this series is better than Twilight!

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JB said on Apr 21, 2010 | Add your feedback

on of the best books ive read period. the best vampire book ever. more of a book about life in an academy with a side of the best thing like ever,VAMPIRES!!
but yeah,so totally read it. it took me no time,i couldnt put it down.

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spasm91 said on May 5, 2008 about the Paperback edition | 2 feedbacks