Stacia ~ Mistress of Mediocrity's Reviews > Frostbite: The Graphic Novel
Frostbite: The Graphic Novel (Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel, #2)
by Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author), Emma Vieceli (Goodreads Author) , Leigh Dragoon
by Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author), Emma Vieceli (Goodreads Author) , Leigh Dragoon
Stacia ~ Mistress of Mediocrity's review
bookshelves: graphic-novels-comics, young-adult, urban-fantasy, favorite-book-guys
Jun 12, 12
bookshelves: graphic-novels-comics, young-adult, urban-fantasy, favorite-book-guys
Read in June, 2012
Please excuse the blurriness because I took the pics with a phone so they're not the best quality. I just wanted to share the Dimka/Adrian love with my co-fans of the lovely, lovely Richelle Mead.
The graphic novel version of VA should only be read by people who have read the full-length print books first, or else you might get confused somewhat about the story because it's very condensed and a few details are skipped around on. But hot damn, these are fun reads if you've already devoured the book series like I did. I'm not complaining about getting to see Dimitri again in comic form. How the artist managed to make a comic book character hot, I don't know. The shirtless pics in book 1 are crazy good. I almost feel awkward for drooling over a drawn image.
Since I'm going to assume the readers have already checked out Frostbite in regular book form, there's no need to review, other than to comment on the art. The graphic novel versions are short summaries of the books with added pictures.
My favorite images are still of Rose and Dimitri. The artist got these the closest to the book description. Adrian and Christian are decent but not as good as R&D. I'm not fond of Lissa, Mia and Mason's artwork but I didn't care because my favorite characters were drawn well.
Why didn't I know before now that Eddie is a blonde?!? All this time, I thought he had dark hair. Color me suprised.
Adrian is now on the scene (switched out with RM'S blog pic because hers wasn't fuzzy like mine)

Christian's becoming a badass

Rose gets her turn

Rose and her Dimka share a kiss (since you can't see what that says...Rose tells Dimitri, "you still have things to teach me." He responds, "yes, lots of things." I'm pretty sure that's a nice little innuendo not having anything to do with fight training...)

Back flap picture

Are you a fan of Richelle Mead? Come join the chat as we get ready for the release of the first VA movie : Blood Sisters! Richelle Mead Fan Group
The graphic novel version of VA should only be read by people who have read the full-length print books first, or else you might get confused somewhat about the story because it's very condensed and a few details are skipped around on. But hot damn, these are fun reads if you've already devoured the book series like I did. I'm not complaining about getting to see Dimitri again in comic form. How the artist managed to make a comic book character hot, I don't know. The shirtless pics in book 1 are crazy good. I almost feel awkward for drooling over a drawn image.
Since I'm going to assume the readers have already checked out Frostbite in regular book form, there's no need to review, other than to comment on the art. The graphic novel versions are short summaries of the books with added pictures.
My favorite images are still of Rose and Dimitri. The artist got these the closest to the book description. Adrian and Christian are decent but not as good as R&D. I'm not fond of Lissa, Mia and Mason's artwork but I didn't care because my favorite characters were drawn well.
Why didn't I know before now that Eddie is a blonde?!? All this time, I thought he had dark hair. Color me suprised.
Adrian is now on the scene (switched out with RM'S blog pic because hers wasn't fuzzy like mine)

Christian's becoming a badass

Rose gets her turn

Rose and her Dimka share a kiss (since you can't see what that says...Rose tells Dimitri, "you still have things to teach me." He responds, "yes, lots of things." I'm pretty sure that's a nice little innuendo not having anything to do with fight training...)

Back flap picture

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Jun 02, 2012 04:13am
Oh I love Dimitri!!! Even in comic form!
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He was drawn flawlessly. I highly recommend the graphics to any fan of the series. They're a lot of fun to look at.
These are really nice graphics...my biggest disappointment was the artwork for the Buffy comics - the covers were great, but the story itself had such poor drawings.
Ah, the tension in the last pic. I just started shadow kiss and I'm hoping to get more Rose/Dimitri. Like really get some action.
Do you want to know? Shadow Kiss (view spoiler)This is your first time reading the series? Please tell me no one has spoiled the end of SK for you. I had it spoiled for me.
Stacia ~ the professional insomniac wrote: "Do you want to know? Shadow Kiss [spoilers removed]This is your first time reading the series? Please tell me no one has spoiled the end of SK for you. I had it spoiled for me."
Haha yay! And no havent had it spoiled yet :) I saw something when I was checking how many pages it was that caught my eye but I quickly looked away. (You think I'd learn to quit doing that but I always do anyway.)
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Stacia ~ Mistress of Mediocrity
(last edited Jun 03, 2012 02:01pm)
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rated it 4 stars
ooohhh nice. I can't wait to see your reactions to books 3 and 4. Number 4 was my favorite. I'm such a Mead fangirl. She's got to be my favorite author, whether she's writing YA or adult...it doesn't matter, although her adult books have more sex of course. My favorite characters are from VA, although I do love Seth from Georgina Kincaid.
Thanks Becs. Whoever she gets to do her artwork is great. The comic versions of her Dark Swan series are just as good. She really lucked out in the art department.
Not a big fan of graphic novels, but I LOVED VA, and the pics you posted make me want to own this. And now I want to re-read the series. :P
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(last edited Jun 06, 2012 10:39am)
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rated it 4 stars
It's funny how sometimes our minds will stubbornly hold on to a certain image for a character. I'm able to think of him as blonde now because I found an actor who reminds me of Eddie.



