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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)

Richelle Mead

Start date: June 1, 2011

Finish date: July 1, 2011

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Mar 04, 2010 Savannah (Books With Bite) rated it it was amazing

This is the first in is series and a amazing series it is. I like the plot and the twist on the vampire lore in this book. Rose is a Dhampir trained to protect the royalty. After running away with her best friend Lissa, they were caught and brought back to school to finish their schooling. Rose is reprimanded, while Lissa is not. Rose ends up making a deal with a teacher by the name of Dmitri in order to clear her name.
Rose is bound to protect Lissa for the rest of her life. Lissa is rare. She i ...more

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Feb 20, 2010 Naomi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Just as good as Twilight Saga. It follows Rose the dhampir as she trains to be Lissa's guardian. ...more

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Mar 08, 2010 Aimie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: i-highly-recommend, romance, bad-ass-mc, young-adult, paranormal, action, rrrc-challenge-2012

This is my third time through this book. The last two times I only gave it 4 stars, this time I had to give it 5. I love the uniqueness about the vampires that Richelle Mead has created in this series.
There are so many fablulous characters in this book, I guarantee you will fall in love with at least one of them, if not there has to be something wrong with you... ;)
It is a young adult book but I would recommend to adults as well. In fact I am a few years passed being classed as a young adult an ...more

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May 06, 2010 Kelly Peres rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own-read

Before I start, I have to say Richelle Meads Writing is wonderful. The book was nicely written just enough details nothing over the top, and great transitions. I love when each author has their opinions on what a Vampire is. I thought Richelle's idea of Vampire was awesome. Instead of the same old Vampires we are dealing with Morois are full vampires with magical powers, a lot are royals, then we have Dhampirs, and they are half vampire half human, they are basically Moroi's body guard (guards a ...more

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Jul 30, 2010 Melissa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, favourite, ya-fiction, 5-stars, part-of-series, fantasy, paranormal, fiction, mystery, read-2010

Vampire Academy! What can i say! The first free book i fell in love with!
Yes, i got it free, and the first time i read it i did have to put it down, but i do that with a lot of books. If im not in the mood, i will pick it up again later. And i am so glad i did with this book.

When i read it again, i really got into it. I had only recently read the Twilight Series, and i was looking for another good book series, and this was the one i choose. I think the person who recommended it too me has great ...more

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Mar 03, 2010 Book Gremlin Reads rated it really liked it

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As I said before this was a very different take on vampires for me-- not in the they are the bad guys but in the terms used the "Strigoi" bad vampires, "Moroi" good vampires and the "Dhampir's" Moroi bodyguards-- that was very different in origin of where the terms came from. That just made it all the more interesting to me thought because it was new and unheard of too me.

Rose is a Dhampir, her best friend Lisa- who I founds I didn't really like-- was a Moroi. This book being the first one I th ...more

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Mar 09, 2010 Sharon rated it really liked it

wow, I was really impressed by this YA. I had heard so much about it and it lived up to all the hype. I love the character Rose and feel sad for her situation. One of my problems with YA is all the high school girl drama. While I know it is part of life (watching my daughter go through it now ) I still find it so ridiculous as a grown up. But that aside this is a great story and I will be reading them all.

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Jan 08, 2011 Jo rated it liked it

My first vampire book (yes - I have managed to avoid Twilight - both the books and the films!!) Wasn't too sure at first but soon got sucked (!) in and will be reading the others in the series at some point. ...more

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