Review: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Title: Vampire Academy
Paperback, 332 pages
Author: Richelle Mead
Publisher: Razorbill
Publication Date: August 16, 2007
Source: Purchased
Buy: Amazon, Book Depository
Book Summary (from Goodreads.com):
St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden 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 they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger…
Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever.
Review:
A few months ago, I would not ever have considered reading another vampire series – it just wasn’t a genre that I was much interested in. Recently I have found myself getting a hold of more paranormal type books, and this series started to intrigue me.
I will admit, it took me several tries (3) before I made it past the first few chapters. If I read too many books too quickly, I get invested in certain characters and it’s hard for me to keep the details straight in new books that I start, which is what happened when I began reading this one. I gave myself a day or so break, tried again, and it worked!
After I got all of the characters and dhampir vs moroi vs everything else settled in my head, I found this to be an enjoyable read. It didn’t completely pick up for me until the end, but I did not ever really get bored reading the rest – I really like reading about boarding school situations, and was having fun learning about how their world works.
One thing I couldn’t figure out was who was depicted on the front cover. Actually, if this book (and the rest of the series) hadn’t been blogged about and featured on other book websites, I would probably not have picked it up because of the cover.
Book Cover: 2/5
Book Title: 4/5
Plot: 7/10
Characters: 7/10
Writing: 8/10
Ending: 9/10
Overall: 37/50
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I am not a vampire book reader, but I do like your rating system. I don't remember that from before. I had to back through your old posts to see if you were doing it. I guess I just wasn't paying attention. Haha, I will now.
i was a bit sick of reading vampire lit. (because twilight kind of made me want to throw up.)
But reading Vampire Academy has given me hope… vampires that ACTUALLY fight? thankyou jesus!
The girl on the cover is supposed to be Rose.
Ah, thank you
I still am not much of a fan, but the books are so good I don’t mind as much!