Friday 21 September 2012

REVIEW, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead


Only true a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.... 

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Vampire Academy
Series: Vampire Academy, # 1
Pub: 2007, Penguin Group
Author: Richelle Mead
Cat: paranormal fiction
Format: paperback (full); 332 pp w/ 24 chapters
Age Range: YA

            Synopsis
Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth’s magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest and most dangerous vampires – the one 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 her one of them.
    
After two years of illicit freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladmir’s Academy, hidden in the deep forest of Montana. Rose will continue her Dhampir education. Lissa will go back to being Queen of the elite Mori social scene. And both girls will resume braking Academy hearts.
    
Fear made Lissa and Rose run away from St. Vladimir’s – inside the Academy’s irn gates, their world is even more fraught with danger. Here, the cutthroat ranks of the Moroi perform unspeakable rituals, and their secretive nature and love of the night creates an enigmatic world full of social complexities. Rose and Lissa must navigate through this dangerous world, confront the temptation of forbidden romance, and never once let their guard down, lest the Strigoi make Lissa one of them forever...