false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1257714580m/345627.jpg 345627 12 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. . . .<P> 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. 335933 book 16 8 2007 Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) total:6714|5:3313|4:1979|3:1065|2:269|1:88| 6714 28302 10489 1116 5 24 false false Sat Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 05 14:38:03 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 21:55:45 -0700 2008 2
I liked Twilight, but I had a hard time dealing with Bella. I thought she was just too...girly for some having with vampires. I wanted someone that could stand with them in a fight and not cower behind....Enter Rose. ...more...]]> 5 14 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 02 23:34:32 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 23:45:00 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jul 07 10:16:33 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 14:07:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon May 12 22:34:59 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 22:35:12 -0700 2008
Rose and Lissa are best friends who share an unimaginable bond, even by vampire standards. Now, after time spent on the run, they have been returned to the school from which they escaped to face ridicule, speculation, and danger.

Welcome...more...]]> 3 10 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 15:29:25 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 21:40:32 -0700 2009 Twilight make me reorder my view of the genre. Vampire Academy does not. Though it was entertaining enough to hold my attention and the pages flipped quickly, I ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 20:07:41 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 16:02:21 -0700 2008
I hope you can feel my joy for reading this book once you have read it too! It was awesome!

I loved how you got totally engrossed in it and then it had a total shocker ending! But, I'm not telling you what that is! :P]]> 2 2 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 10:08:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 19:54:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 13:17:54 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 15:31:29 -0800 2008
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I'm not sure if I'm glad I started this series or not ... ...more...]]> 4 1 false true Sun Nov 30 18:06:22 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 09:33:46 -0800 2008 The book is told from the point of view of Rose Hathaway, a half-human, half-vampire teenager. Rose’s best friend is a vampire princess, Lissa Dragomir. Rose trains to defend and protect Lissa, as that is her life’s job. The book begins when Rose and Lissa, on the run, ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 17:30:22 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 17:56:52 -0800 2009
in this world, vampires do have to avoid the sun. they also need blood - there are no "vegetarian" vampires here!

the best thing about these vampires, i think, is that Richelle Mead doesn...more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 04:39:52 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 04:44:47 -0700 2008
That's what I thought when one of my middleschoolers handed this to me and said "You NEED to read this." I'm not a fan of the genre, but I am a fan of the student in question, so I took a look.

And then read the second book.

And am e...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 17:12:21 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 09:49:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 30 16:33:39 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 26 18:35:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jul 27 21:55:46 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 15:02:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 07:41:21 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 07:54:43 -0800 2008 Succubus Blues for Christmas; my aunt knows the author. Although I selected this one to read first, I ended up enjoying Succubus Blues more, though I did like this one, too. I thought the world presented here was interesting, especially because it used...more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Feb 18 09:55:30 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 22:08:06 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 09:55:30 -0800 2009 amazon.com by others who had also read the Twilight series rated this book five stars. I can't believe this book is even in the same category. I gave it two stars because high school kids might enjoy something like this, and it did have a story...more...]]> 2 4 false false Tue Mar 03 18:21:10 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 18:45:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 18:28:32 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 18:32:24 -0800 2009 1
Rose acts impulsively, she makes mistakes. She is amazingly human; imperfect. The thing I like about the story ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 25 17:59:49 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 18:00:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 12:58:15 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 12:58:55 -0800 2009
Vampire Academy had mystery, romance, and a plot filled with many twists and curves th...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=345627