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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)

Richelle Mead

Start date: August 1, 2015

Finish date: August 31, 2015

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Oct 19, 2019 Vikas rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: part-of-box-set, owned, nbtr

I had this book set on my TBR list since I got them many years ago so finally I pulled the first part to finally start the series. After all I gotta give chance to all the books (But no Grey series for me :P) So this book delivers what it promises with the title, Ms. Mead has successfully created a world where Vampires not only exists but have their own societal structure and royalty and even their own schools where both Vampires and Half-Human Half-Vampire species called Dhampir studies. Our He ...more

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Apr 15, 2014 Jenna Loesch rated it liked it

Shelves: on-my-shelves, young-adult, paranormal, romance, reviewed

2.5/5 stars

Meh... this book was okay. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. I saw the movie first, and even though it wasn't technically a good movie, I really really liked it for how girly and stupid it was. The book, however... not so much. There was a lot changed for the movie, and I actually found myself wishing the book was the same. Something about the movie clicked for me — the book just never did.

I still can't get over how many grammatical and spelling errors there were. Simple things tha ...more

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Feb 13, 2011 Sara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: pdf, epub, kindle, favorites

The first time I tried to read this book I put it aside after a few pages...bored as hell!
Then, after a year now, I wanted to give it a second chance... After all I love all Richelle Mead's books and it was really weird I didn't like Vampire Academy...
When I started reading it this time I wasn't so bored and I went on reading it, curiosity growing inside me (as usual, since I'm curious for nature!) and already after the first 20 pages I started to LOVE Rose! She's really great! And I found the r ...more

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Apr 22, 2011 Meera Nair rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

How would you feel if you were always on the run? Always being chased? Never able to call a place your home?
This is the situation faced by Rose and Lisa in The Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead.
This book was recommended to me by my friend. When I saw this book in the library it was the cover page and the title name that caught my eye. I like paranormal books and also books about school life. This book has both so I got this book and couldn’t put it down till I finished the last page. Desperately How would you feel if you were always on the run? Always being chased? Never able to call a place your home?
This is the situation faced by Rose and Lisa in The Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead.
This book was recommended to me by my friend. When I saw this book in the library it was the cover page and the title name that caught my eye. I like paranormal books and also books about school life. This book has both so I got this book and couldn’t put it down till I finished the last page. Desperately hoping that there was a second book in The Vampire Academy installment, I turned the next page and found the first chapter of the 2nd book. I was so happy!! I went online and found out that there were six books in the series, but that’s besides the point. In this book the main characters are Rose Hathaway, Lisa Dragomir, Dimitri Belikov and Christian Ozera.
Rose Hathaway, a dhampir, has sworn to protect her best friend Lisa Dragomir, a Moroi princess. In the book , Rose has been made to look like the tough guy. The one whose face clearly says “you mess with me or my friends and I beat you into pulp”. She is strong and has a really bad reputation in school for being involved in a lot of fights. Its like if there’s commotion and chaos in the school hall then Rose has to be involved. She’s a kind of person who can’t sit around and do nothing if a fight is going on or if someone needs help. But at the end of the day, this attitude of hers is what helps keep Lisa safe.
Lisa Dragomir is a very sweet, kind and loving character. She’s the most popular person in school, what with being the last of the Dragomir clan. But her popularity doesn’t get to her head and she mingles well with everyone and is ready to help anyone when she can.
Dimitri Belikov is Rose’s teacher (Man does she have the best teacher or what!!!!!). He’s one of the strongest guardians at school. Actually in my opinion, he’s the strongest of them all. He is considered s God in school with the perfect looks and strength.
Christian Ozera has been portrayed as the bad boy. For some reason (can’t mention it) everyone stays away from him. He has the I-Don’t-Care attitude to go with the careless and mostly expressionless exterior.
In the book there are two different types of vampires. The Moroi, who feed on willing donors for blood but don’t kill them. They each possess different elemental powers – Earth, Air, Water, Fire. In simple words they are the good ones. While the Strigoi are the bad kind. They kill in order to feed or sometimes they just kill someone to turn them into a Strigoi. This book is about Rose and Lisa’s experiences as they are dragged back to the academy.
It is a really captivating and mind-blowing read. I love all the characters in it. The characters are made so real that sometimes you feel like you’re part of the book and you’re watching all this happen in front of you. I have finished reading all the 6 books and I really wish the series didn’t have to end. But alas!!!
SO if you haven’t read the book please do read it. You will not get bored of it, I promise.
And for those who have read it how did you like it?? Are your views and opinions the same as mine?? ...more

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