Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)

Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2)

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Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose...

It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad...more
Paperback, 327 pages
Published April 10th 2008 by Razorbill

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Ria Lize
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Kat Kennedy
The first book in this series left me feeling a big Meh. It’s confusing, nonsensical premise was distracting, though I felt in some ways it managed to distract from what was essentially a weak plot and simple story.

The same can not be said for Frostbite. The lore of Vampire Academy hasn’t changed but the complexities and further insight, or perhaps just familiarity have lessoned the ache of it. It’s also dealt with differently and in a more realistic way – which is in direct ascension with the g...more
Nina
This is a satisfying sequel, because the thing is, Richelle Mead could have gone very obvious with Rose. It would have been easy street, and would have probably still worked, as Rose threw in a quip here and there, kicked some ass, got in trouble, got saved, learned her lesson and then got the boy.
Bada Bing. Bada Boom.
And while Rose may do all those things, she does them in her own way and her own time and becomes a fully fleshed girl whose mistakes you might cringe at but you understand. That's...more
Sarah (saz101)
Oh. My. Goodness. Rose Hathaway is back, and she’s the reason we have the word BADASS. Frostbite, the second instalment in the Vampire Academy series, is rather obvious evidence that there is a real reason this series is so colossally popular.

I honestly don’t know why it took me so damn long to read Vampire Academy... and then waited months before reading Frostbite. After (finally) reading it, I’m sold... but where do I start? The amazing BFF relationship? Unique, fascinating mythology? The swoo...more
Saniya(Will Herondale is mine)
Oh... my... God! Holy...I am freaking out! This is the second installment in the Vampire Academy series. Are you kidding me?! This book looks like the last book in the series! Gosh, what will happen in the other four books? I loved this book, it was so entertaining and amazing.

Might have spoilers:
Rose has become sightly an adult and now she realizes her mistakes and her relationships with many people increased. I always liked Rose because she is a strong kick-ass heroine and can handle anything...more
Wendy Darling
A lot of people don't like this Vampire Academy book as much, but it's one of my favorites. There are breath-taking battle sequences at the end, and a devastating aftermath that leaves Rose forever changed. My respect for her grew leaps and bounds in this book, and the series really kicked into high gear both in story and in emotion.
Pang
I GOT HOOKED FROM THE START! It is fast-paged and unputdownable! Although book 2 is not suspense like book 1. I think :P Anyway, I think I'M ALREADY OBSESSED with this series and want more.

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Rose.. She is Kick-Ass as always and I love her. The relationship between her and Dimitri more develop in this book. I'm quite get into them now, although not much since they have different personalities. Rose is lively, funny and sarcastic. Dimitri is silent. But some their scenes are touching and cute. When...more
Brenna
“Good God, Men everywhere.”

What a great sequel in the Vampire Academy series! I am so excited that I have four more books in this series to read still! Score! & a spin-off series!? Double score!

Frostbite is very different from the first in the VA series. In this one, it is less about the high school type drama and more about the politics of society, fulfilling your destined roles, and has a more grown up feel to it. Rose is still struggling with her feelings for Dimitri, her need to prote...more
Jennifer Wardrip
Reviewed by Cat for TeensReadToo.com

For Rose Hathaway, life as a Guardian-in-training at St. Vladimir's Academy is never easy.

While her best friend, future charge, and sole remaining member of the royal family member (Lissa) may no longer be in direct danger, the Strigoi (those vampires who drink blood, possess super-strength, have red pupils, and also have no qualms about using their powers over the elements as a method of attack) are still the greatest threat facing their Moroi counterparts....more
Kristi (The Story Siren)
The story picks up right were Vampire Academy left us. Rose and Lissa are still at St. Vladimir’s. Lissa and Christian are now together and Rose is still in love with her mentor/tutor, Dimitri. When a massive Strigoi attack halts everyone’s plans to travel home, St. Vladimir sends its students to a posh Idaho ski resort, so families can come together in a safe place.

But there seems to be a lot more drama happening on the slopes than Rose was expecting. Her good friend Mason has a huge crush on h...more
Bookworm
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Lisa
Bei Trilogien und Buchreihen habe ich immer Angst, dass Band 1 mir super gut gefällt, ich dann aber von Band 2 enttäuscht werde, es gibt ja durchaus einige Beispiele dafür. Frostbite konnte aber mit seinem Vorgänger Vampire Academy mithalten und hat mich genau so positiv überrascht.

Das Buch sammelt Pluspunkte dadurch, dass es einen Prolog gibt, in dem die Geschehnisse des ersten Bandes noch einmal zusammengefasst werden. Ich habe Band 1 vor nicht allzu langer Zeit gelesen (letzte Woche xD), dahe...more
Elaine
3.5 stars

I was surprised by how much more I liked Frostbite as compared to Vampire Academy, despite many of my friends saying that this would happen. The action in this book was pretty kickass and very welcomed but I felt like the pacing could still see some improvements. Rose did a little bit of growing up in the second book without losing her sassiness which I grew to really love. And although I was (view spoiler)[really sad to see Mason go (kind of guessed that actually) (hide spoiler)], I li...more
jess♥
“By the way, my name's Rose Hathaway. I'm seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires, in love with a completely unsuitable guy, and have a best friend whose weird magic could drive her crazy.
Hey, no one said high school was easy.”


Oh, crikey.
This was so funny.

Rose has a dry sense of humour that certainly comes close to rivalling my own... and I love it.

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(This is the lady that's been cast to play Rose... she's as close as you can get, I suppose, but not quite how I pictured her).

A...more
Annie
I cannot, for the life of me, figure out what the big deal over this series is. It’s recommended all over the place, the star average for this is really good, and it’s really popular – maybe I got my hopes up too high? I read the first one, was indifferent to it, and then I heard about this series everywhere. It was a series that got better as it went along. There was character development. The heroine was multi-dimensional. Good, strong romance. Interesting characters. So, after a year, I picke...more
Cat Russell  (Addicted2Heroines)
This book was a firm reminder of why I value my time on Goodreads. Without my terrific GR friends and their harrassment guidance, it would have been a very long time before I attempted to continue this series - if at all.

This time around I was easily able to forget about my previous hang-ups and can see how this series is considered addicting. Once I sat down to read, I lost all concept of time and devoured this story.

I am very fond of Rose's character. She's still inexperienced and somewhat im...more
Joyzi
Oct 25, 2010 Joyzi rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of Vampire Academy
Recommended to Joyzi by: Dara
I felt like the second installment was better from the first since you kind of drawn to this vampire world and you already know the structures and rules and stuff. Besides unlike the first one, the story is less like Gossip Girl wherein the story for the most part evolves in these gossips between Lissa, Rose and Mia, and well the plot kind of improved in my opinion.

I’m also surprised that this book was also funny and I find myself laughing at some parts especially the part wherein Rose got the...more
The Holy Terror
Jan 29, 2010 The Holy Terror rated it 5 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone that is a fan of Mead's other series
This book was intense! I've already come to the conclusion that I'll read anything that Richelle Mead writes. I think that if you're a fan of either of her other two series you'd like this one a lot too, even though it's a teen series.

This doesn't read like a normal teen series though. There is some of the normal stuff that teens have to deal with; peer pressure, the requisite blond "mean girl," and sexual frustration, among other things. The difference here though is Rose is STRONG. She doesn'...more
Edna Lyn
So I'm still recovering from that ending. I mean, why? (view spoiler)[Mason! I had a feeling he'd die in this book because I took a little peek at Shadow Kiss's cast of characters and saw his name missing. I'm a bit impressed that Richelle Mead was okay with killing off such a likeable character like Mason. I figured Rose would turn him down and he'd get together with Mia since she liked him. Anyway, I'm going to miss him because I felt he was a kindred spirit to Rose, and was just a nice, flirt...more
..Mary..
Ho finito di leggere questo libro, proprio stamattina, e sono ancora sconvolta dalle emozioni!!
Questo libro è più intenso del primo!!!
Mi sto veramente preoccupando, non riesco a staccarmi di questi libri! stanotte sono andata a letto alle 2, perchè non riuscivo a staccarmi, alla fine mi mancavano solo 40 pagine, ma è stata dura non finirlo stanotte stessa. Infatti stamattina ero uno zombie.
Passiamo al libro, abbiamo lasciato Rose e Lissa, con un pò di tranquillità, ma purtroppo non dura a lungo...more
Mery
Jul 16, 2010 Mery rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: punya
Buku kedua Vampire Academy ini lebih bagus ceritanya dari yang pertama.
Rose yang keras kepala dan sradak sruduk di buku satu, di buku dua ini sudah mulai adem ayem...pengaruh Dimitri kayaknya...

Rose semakin merasa menyukai Dimitri, namun Rose gak yakin Dimitri suka ke dia atau gak. Bukan itu aja yang bikin Rose pusing, dia tahu bahwa mencintai sesama pengawal adalah sia-sia dan dilarang. Terutama karena Dimitri adalah mentornya, terlebih juga karena Dimitri adalah pengawal resmi Lissa.

Di samping...more
Amethys
Of all the books I have to say this one belongs to my favorites (and trust me the 4 one didn't get that place in my heart!) Well..this book it's kind of sad but it made Rose stronger as well! The author is pretty clear in the way she explains the details of the book...
I obviously didn't like the fact that one of the good characters died! ( I swear I said something like "sad mood activated" ) All happened so fast it was like closing your eyes and then BAM! After the Strigois took Mason,Christian,...more
IslaRose
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Meg ♥
I liked this one even more than the first. Definitely will continue this great series.
Ella
Wow. I honestly think that the characters are getting dumber.

After a bloody massacre of a royal family the whole Moroi world is shaken, as a result the already pampered and coddled students at St. Vladimir's academy for wastes of oxygen(which is starting to sound like that over-the-top private school in the Richie Rich movies, but most people reading this are probably too young to remember those)are required to go on a "mandatory ski trip" that is they all hole up in some fancy-ass ski lodge in...more
Diana
Oh! Čo som to len spravila!? Veľmi dlho som sa chystala na túto sériu, ale čakala som na deň, keď vyjde po slovensky. A dočkala som sa. Pekne som si kúpila 1. diel. Mimochodom - nádherný! =) Po Vianociach som si ho prečítala, všetko bolo v poriadku.
Ale ako som mohla toto dopustiť? Ja som to jednoducho nezvládla. Kedy má vyjsť druhý diel v sk? Netuším, ale určite by som nedokázala tak dlho čakať. Neodolala som a začala som to čítať aj napriek môjmu ,,predsavzatiu´´. Aj napriek tomu, že v škole t...more
Tabatha
There'll be a series-review on my blog for the Vampire Academy series soon:

(view spoiler)[CLICK ME! (hide spoiler)]

'And Mason would die to be with Rose...'

This sentence, on the back cover of the book kind of almost ruined this for me.

But, obviously it didn't. Because these books are amazing and it would take a lot more to ruin a Vampire Academy book for me!

Rose was as amazing a main character in Frostbite as she was in Vampire Academy! Even when jealous, Rose was not annoying or pathetic, whic...more
Elizabetha Souvré
"Como duele crecer" según Rose Hathaway

Cortito porque todos se han leído este libro o ¿no? =P

Creo con todo mi corazón y mi alma que todos estos libros DEBEN (imperativamente) leerse seguidos y en maratón no-stop. Es un suplicio no poder hacerlo, saber que sólo hay uno más editado en español y que no hay esperanza de que salgan los otros tres antes de que la profecía maya del 2012 acabe con el mundo. Un verdadero tormento (fin de mi airada queja)

Sangre azules una historia entretenida, ágil, adi...more
Dayana
Sep 06, 2012 Dayana rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone who likes good stories about vampires
Recommended to Dayana by: A friend
Amazing! I read it for less than 12 hours, I just could't put it away!
I love the way Richelle writes, I love the plot! Oh, my God - I love everything about VA!

This book was really dynamic and the action goes so fast that you just can't stop reading!
I really like Adrian's charachter - he is kind of weird in the beginning but he turns out to be very cool. I like the development of his charachter through Shadow Kiss. Anyway, it is still unclear to me how does he know about Dimitri and Rose...?

I wa...more
Zeek
Frostbite begins not long after the deadly happenings in the end of the first book of the series (Vampire Academy).

After witnessing the aftermath of gruesome attack perpetrated by the renegade vampires known as the Strigori, Rose knows- more than anyone- why the Guardians, (half vamp, half human protectors of full blooded Vamps called Moroi), have descended upon St. Vladimir's Academy- the premier prep school for the upper class children of the Moroi. But that doesn't mean she likes it. Especial...more
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Scorpio Richelle Mead is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy books for both adults and teens. Originally from Michigan, Richelle now lives in Seattle, Washington where she works on her three series full-time: Georgina Kincaid, Dark Swan, and Vampire Academy.

A life-long reader, Richelle has always loved mythology and folklore. When she can actually tear herself away f...more
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what?" i asked, squinting at the light.
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you know my name."
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