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Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3)
by
Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
Is Rose’s fate to kill the person she loves most?
It’s springtime at St. Vladimir’s Academy, and Rose Hathaway is this close to graduation. Since Mason’s death, Rose hasn’t been feeling quite right. She has dark flashbacks in the middle of practice, can’t concentrate in class, and has terrifying dreams about Lissa. But Rose has an even bigger secret... She’s in love with Di...more
It’s springtime at St. Vladimir’s Academy, and Rose Hathaway is this close to graduation. Since Mason’s death, Rose hasn’t been feeling quite right. She has dark flashbacks in the middle of practice, can’t concentrate in class, and has terrifying dreams about Lissa. But Rose has an even bigger secret... She’s in love with Di...more
Kindle Edition, 468 pages
Published
November 13th 2008
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Nov 15, 2008
Kristi (The Story Siren)
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Incredible! This series continues to get better. This is one of the best vampire themed series’ out there. After my disappointment with other series’ losing there touch, I have to say that it is not the case with these books. Everything that initially drew me in is still there and then some. I’ve been in anticipation for this book for a long time, and when I finally got a copy it trumped everything else!
There were parts of the story that I figured out, and even though I wanted the novel to end...more
There were parts of the story that I figured out, and even though I wanted the novel to end...more
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Shadow Kiss started off slow, but ended up being great. I really like how Ms. Mead takes things to a level where not everything has a happy ending. It has realistic qualities for being a young adult paranormal book. I felt Rose's pain and confusion as she struggled with what she had to deal with being "shadow kissed". I enjoyed her interactions with Lissa, Dmitri and Adrian. Even though I inadvertently knew a big piece of the story, it didn't happen as I envisioned. This book has a lot of heart,...more
I think I have to assume that something devastating will happen in every series that Mead writes. With this one I was pretty much crying from the last 40 pages until the end. Talk about heartbreaking! I sort of saw what was going to happen coming but it didn't make it any less horrible. I'm actually still feeling the effects of this novel and I had to quickly order the next two books to find out what happens.
On the heels of the death of her friend, Rose finds out that she's going to start six w...more
On the heels of the death of her friend, Rose finds out that she's going to start six w...more
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Nov 12, 2008
Courtney
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
fans of the twilight series
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Dec 12, 2010
♔ Leah.
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☆ ★ Spoilers ahead, you have been warned ☆ ★
I think this book kind of made me love this series because it went on a level that no other YA book went before and I was very happy about the fact that Richelle Mead took a risk, but looking back in hindsight at this series? I was wrong, terribly wrong but let’s save that for when I do reviews of Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice, shall we?
In Shadow Kiss, Rose is suffering the trauma of the Spokane incident and Mason’s death- which adds another twist: s...more
I think this book kind of made me love this series because it went on a level that no other YA book went before and I was very happy about the fact that Richelle Mead took a risk, but looking back in hindsight at this series? I was wrong, terribly wrong but let’s save that for when I do reviews of Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice, shall we?
In Shadow Kiss, Rose is suffering the trauma of the Spokane incident and Mason’s death- which adds another twist: s...more
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This series just keeps getting better and better. I must say I for one shed a few tears. I was shocked by the outcome, In the last chapter, Rose makes a huge decision, which leads the series into a direction I would have never anticipated, I definitely didn’t see it coming. Overall, this is a really good book and a great addition to the Vampire Academy series.
This is the 3rd Vampire Academy book that I've read and the 3rd Richelle Mead book.... either way, it's not my last!
Leaving book 2 and venturing onto book 3, I wanted to see what was going to happen with the characters that I slowly came to love... What I didn't expect was to have my feelings trashed!!! I have been on such a journey with Rose, she is fast becoming one of my favourite leading ladies and one that my heart will be permanently etched to.
This book had me rushing in places, eager to f...more
Leaving book 2 and venturing onto book 3, I wanted to see what was going to happen with the characters that I slowly came to love... What I didn't expect was to have my feelings trashed!!! I have been on such a journey with Rose, she is fast becoming one of my favourite leading ladies and one that my heart will be permanently etched to.
This book had me rushing in places, eager to f...more
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I fell into this book so thoroughly that I both wanted and dreaded the ending. So frustrating! I want the fourth book to be out now and it's killing me that I have to wait until August.
Mead continues to weave a complex tale with excellent characters. The stakes keep getting higher and her characters are never quite perfect but always enthralling. The dialog, pace and plot are perfect and everythnig spirals out to the end.
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Mead continues to weave a complex tale with excellent characters. The stakes keep getting higher and her characters are never quite perfect but always enthralling. The dialog, pace and plot are perfect and everythnig spirals out to the end.
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Mar 30, 2010
Kat Kennedy
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So far, Shadow Kiss is my favorite book in the series. Richelle Mead steps up her game on a number of fronts, in my opinion.
Plot, characterization, style, pacing and romance. All of these receive a marked improvement.
The VA world becomes more real, relatable and defined. The relationship become more involved, less childish and the main character, Rose, receives a healthy dose of adulthood.
I am coming to really enjoy these books. I wouldn't have continued past the first one without the encouragem...more
Plot, characterization, style, pacing and romance. All of these receive a marked improvement.
The VA world becomes more real, relatable and defined. The relationship become more involved, less childish and the main character, Rose, receives a healthy dose of adulthood.
I am coming to really enjoy these books. I wouldn't have continued past the first one without the encouragem...more
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Shadow Kiss is the third installment in The Vampire Academy Series and it is by far, my favorite book in the series! I mean, how can I not? It's so good!
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Summary
Shadow Kiss continues the story of the main character, Rose Hathaway and her education in becoming a Guardian. Rose knows it is forbidden to love another guardian. Her best friend Lissa- the last Dragomir princess- must always come first. Un...more
Adele won 6 Grammy in the past Grammay's. What does she have to say about the book?
Adele approves!
Summary
Shadow Kiss continues the story of the main character, Rose Hathaway and her education in becoming a Guardian. Rose knows it is forbidden to love another guardian. Her best friend Lissa- the last Dragomir princess- must always come first. Un...more
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Well holy shiiiiiiiiiit @ the end of this.
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"Happy birthday to me, I thought bitterly. Eighteen at last. It was nothing like I expected."
This book was nothing like I expected either! The roller coaster of emotions I experienced was intense! I am still in shock.
Shadow Kiss is the third installment in the Vampire Academy series. It has a different feel than the first two and is a little darker. Rose and the other dhampir guardians in training are in the home stretch before graduation. The big six week training assignment of guarding a Moro...more
This book was nothing like I expected either! The roller coaster of emotions I experienced was intense! I am still in shock.
Shadow Kiss is the third installment in the Vampire Academy series. It has a different feel than the first two and is a little darker. Rose and the other dhampir guardians in training are in the home stretch before graduation. The big six week training assignment of guarding a Moro...more
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Nov 05, 2008
Sarah
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
people who can handle it none of you twilight-happy ending people
what to say about this book... i just finished it and it was really good but some people will be very angry about it not to give too much away. and just to tell you rose does make a huge decision in this book and it's mind blowing. i liked it because it continued on in the infamous manner of the series not to give too much away. defiantly a must read series and it left a wide opening for the next book to be awesome. there's not really much to say i really liked it but it makes you sad just like...more
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"Rose Hathaway?"
Someone elbowed me, like maybe I didn't recognise my one name. Swallowing, I stood and walked down the bleachers, robotlike. There was a mistake. There had to be a mistake.
Better and better as they go, Richelle Mead's Shadow Kiss really hit my expectations of this hyped series. Filled with heart wrenching twists and unexpected sacrifices, and an astonishing cliffhanger tops it off, ruining my 'meh-ness' to this series. Shadow Kiss left me...more
"Rose Hathaway?"
Someone elbowed me, like maybe I didn't recognise my one name. Swallowing, I stood and walked down the bleachers, robotlike. There was a mistake. There had to be a mistake.
Better and better as they go, Richelle Mead's Shadow Kiss really hit my expectations of this hyped series. Filled with heart wrenching twists and unexpected sacrifices, and an astonishing cliffhanger tops it off, ruining my 'meh-ness' to this series. Shadow Kiss left me...more
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Folks, I am absolutely not going to post the synopsis for Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead, as it will spoil Frostbite for you. Let me tell you right now up front, if you want to read these books and be surprised by what happens and not spoiled absolutely do not read the synopsis for the books past Frostbite on goodreads.com or amazon.com. They will give away crucial plot points, which is pretty messed up for a synopsis.
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This is the third book in the VAMPIRE ACADEMY series and I highly recommend you read the first two books before reading this one. I read all 400 plus pages of this book in one day ~ it grabbed my attention from the very first and I could not put it down. Intense, suspenseful and full of shocking surprises ~ I can't wait until the next book is released!
Her best book so far. More substantive (and longer) than the first 2 in the series or her other works, despite being classified as a Young Adult book. Her heroine faces some very serious challenges and does a lot of growing up in this one. Good adventure, great characters.
After the tragedy of Frostbite, Rose and her friends are coping as best they can. Bearing her first molnija marks might be a bit of a status symbol but their earning was bittersweet. As her final months at St. Vladimir's begin winding down the guardians are facing their field experience testing. They'll be facing weeks of practice guarding their Moroi classmates from their instructors pretending to be Strigoi. Expecting to be paired with Lissa, Rose's field experience should be easy. But when sh...more
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I love this book HATE the ending but love the book none the less
Jan 04, 2012
Erik
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Takze, asi vas vsetkych soknem, ale toto bola zatial najslabsia cast - podla mna osobne. Prvych 30% perfektnych ako vzdy, aj prostrednych 30% dokazala Richelle konecne vystavat, a uz to nebola len nuda na premostenie k epickemu koncu, ale z prvych dvoch dielov som ocakaval monumentalny vrchol, ktory sa bude nabalovat a gradovat a gradovat az do konca, surovej bodky, a tazkeho cliffhangera. No poslednych 40% percent knihy bolo plnych akcie, ktora vsak negradovala, ale bola dodavana v malych davka...more
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OH. MY. WORD.
I’m stunned.
Breathless.
Heartbroken.
... and... well, not speechless, obviously—I’m writing this—but struggling to find words. Shadow Kiss is shocking, exciting, and completely and utterly brilliant. Lots of people have said Vampire Academy really hits its stride come book 3. They were right.
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Wow oh wow. Whatever I was expecting from Shadow Kiss, it wasn’t this. Rarely is fiction THIS. GOOD. It delivers in so many ways I don’t quite know where to s...more
I’m stunned.
Breathless.
Heartbroken.
... and... well, not speechless, obviously—I’m writing this—but struggling to find words. Shadow Kiss is shocking, exciting, and completely and utterly brilliant. Lots of people have said Vampire Academy really hits its stride come book 3. They were right.
My
Wow oh wow. Whatever I was expecting from Shadow Kiss, it wasn’t this. Rarely is fiction THIS. GOOD. It delivers in so many ways I don’t quite know where to s...more
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Jsou jedinci, kteří na konci knihy plakali. Jsou i tací, kteří Richelle za ten konec nemají rádi. A je zde pár i takových, kteří by autorce za vyvrcholení tohoto dílu rádi poděkovali a tam patřím i já. Jsem nesmírně ráda, že nebylo tolik prostoru věnováno Lisse, naopak si myslím, že by si ho víc zasloužil Christian. To, jak mi byl Adrian nesympaticky ve druhém díle, se v trojce naprosto otočilo a sakra, Rose... já se ti divím :)) Přesto je zde ještě jedna věc, která mi tak trošku vadila a to byl...more
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Jul 22, 2012
Ashelynn
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First Read: March 2011
Original Rating: 5 stars
The third book was my favorite. It grabbed me right away, had me in a emotional roller coaster, and left me feeling hallow. These one ends on a cliffhanger, kinda, so I had to pick up the fourth book right away. However, when I started the third book I was hooked.
Shadow Kiss is back at the school and it's about Rose figuring out more about Vladimir and Anna, his shadow kiss guardian. It's also when Rose and the other guardians take field training--gu...more
Original Rating: 5 stars
The third book was my favorite. It grabbed me right away, had me in a emotional roller coaster, and left me feeling hallow. These one ends on a cliffhanger, kinda, so I had to pick up the fourth book right away. However, when I started the third book I was hooked.
Shadow Kiss is back at the school and it's about Rose figuring out more about Vladimir and Anna, his shadow kiss guardian. It's also when Rose and the other guardians take field training--gu...more
Oh. My. God.
I was really exited for this book since each Vampire Academy book got better and better. And I was a big bad cheat and read some spoilers on it that gave away the big ending. It was still a total shock reading it though.
So Rose and Lissa are near graduation and the school is starting it's six week trial for senior students. No classes, just guarding the Moroi vampires at all times six days out of each week. When Rose's first chance to prove herself ready for an attack goes wrong ev...more
I was really exited for this book since each Vampire Academy book got better and better. And I was a big bad cheat and read some spoilers on it that gave away the big ending. It was still a total shock reading it though.
So Rose and Lissa are near graduation and the school is starting it's six week trial for senior students. No classes, just guarding the Moroi vampires at all times six days out of each week. When Rose's first chance to prove herself ready for an attack goes wrong ev...more
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Wow. I totally didn't see that one coming. This series just took a whole other turn; it went from a light and fun, but not amazing read, to just that -
amazing
. Packed with action, and surprises. And a lot of unanswered questions I really want to know about. Definitely have to read the next book like.. now! Can't wait. I mean - what!? Wow.
I've liked the two first books too, thanks to the good writing, the cool society, and the characters that I absolutely love (well, most of them), but I never...more
I've liked the two first books too, thanks to the good writing, the cool society, and the characters that I absolutely love (well, most of them), but I never...more
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If I didnt love Dimitri this series before, I certainly do now! The story was excellent and the plot was great (if a little predictable).
I'd have to say that my favourite part of these books would have to beDimitri the characters. I think Rose is a great female lead and I love all of the Moroi (especially Christian!). I also really like the element that Adrians character brings to the plot, he adds a bit of spunk to the story.
I hope that Rose gets a happily ever after soon, although I dont kn...more
I'd have to say that my favourite part of these books would have to be
I hope that Rose gets a happily ever after soon, although I dont kn...more
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In truth, I saw the ending of this book coming from a mile away, (not going to spoil it if you haven't read it, don't worry) I just wasn't sure who it would happen to. I wish I had been a little more surprised. :) I definitely enjoyed the action throughout the ending.
My biggest complaint about this particular novel in the Vampire Academy series was sitting through the therapy sessions. I felt like talking back to the book... HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? Bah. Luckily, the interesting parts outwei...more
My biggest complaint about this particular novel in the Vampire Academy series was sitting through the therapy sessions. I felt like talking back to the book... HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? Bah. Luckily, the interesting parts outwei...more
Jun 13, 2010
Jesika
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This book is....no wait. This SERIES is the best series I've ever read and will EVER read. If you haven't read it yet then you should be flying out the door now so you can get it. I fell in love with this series and the characters the minute I picked it up. Shadow Kiss (the 3rd book in the series) was the one that made me cry so hard that I thought I'd never stop. I've read it more times than I can count because I just can't seem to ever get over how great this series is. You need need need need...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's up?" I asked.
You tell me," he said. "You were the one about ready to start making out with Adrian."
It was an experiment," I said. "It was part of my therapy."
What the hell kind of therapy are you in?”
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You tell me," he said. "You were the one about ready to start making out with Adrian."
It was an experiment," I said. "It was part of my therapy."
What the hell kind of therapy are you in?”
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