Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Aug 13, 2012 Ruby Jo rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, finished-series

Whenever I search for some good vampire series, the Vampire Academy series always pops up. I remember when Last Sacrifice (the last book of the series) was released and almost every blogger I followed was talking about it. I wanted to know what the fuss was all about, but at the time I was a tad afraid. I mean, I had no experience with the YA genre and, to be completely honest, I didn't exactly want to touch that area (think already too huge TBR pile).

Now, 2 years later (older, but definitely no Whenever I search for some good vampire series, the Vampire Academy series always pops up. I remember when Last Sacrifice (the last book of the series) was released and almost every blogger I followed was talking about it. I wanted to know what the fuss was all about, but at the time I was a tad afraid. I mean, I had no experience with the YA genre and, to be completely honest, I didn't exactly want to touch that area (think already too huge TBR pile).

Now, 2 years later (older, but definitely not wiser), I gave in. And boy, am I glad I did.

Fist of all, I loved Rose. I know you usually have to like the main character of a book to be able to like the story, especially if it's told in 1st person, but still. The first thing that I loved about her was that she was fiercely loyal to Lissa. I don't know if I ever read about a friendship like that. Throughout this book (and, actually, the whole series) Rose is ready to do anything for Lissa. And not just Lissa, she'd do anything for anyone able to win her love or loyalty. Secondly, I love that she's incredibly reckless. Not suicidal, but reckless and impulsive enough to not let her fear overcome her in situations where others would have fainted. Yes, she feels fear. But it's not a constant state of her. I also loved her sarcasm. A lot.

Then there's Dimitri. Besides the fact that he's a warrior, very sexy, lethal in a fight or the fact that he's Russian, he has GREAT taste in music. Hell, he could have been ugly, short and fat, the fact that he loves the '80s music makes him awesome (I might have sounded a little like Barney Stinson there for a second. Ignore that *sheepish*)

Lissa sounded a bit... too fragile at times, but she did see her parents die and she has some personal problems, so maybe it's understandable. I felt like she keeps Rose grounded sometimes.

I liked Christian too, more than I thought possible. I was surprised by him in a lot of situations, and over the course of this series I've grown to love him actually. Not as much as Dimitri, but that's another story.

The book is fast paced, full of action and suspense, a lot of drama and some romance here and there. I loooved the mythology of this series (more than you can imagine). I'm actually a bit angry at myself for waiting this long to pick up this series.

So if you're like me and you still have doubts about reading this book (and the entire series) or if you simply have it on your TBR pile/shelf, do pick it up and read it. You won't be sorry! ...more

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Feb 11, 2011 April rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-supernatural, absolute-favorites, read-in-2011, young-adult, awesome-worlds, mc-with-special-talent-s, favorite-series, library-borrowed

Started this book last night when I woke up and couldn't sleep - I figured I'd just read a few pages to kick the book off and then get some more shut eye. WRONG. Once I started reading I couldn't pry my eyes away from my nook and I just kept turning more and more pages - always telling myself "just a few more pages." After 6 hours and barely able to keep my eyes open I put my nook to sleep and went to sleep myself. I was halfway through the book.

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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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Mar 14, 2010 Amber rated it really liked it

Shelves: must-read, ya, vampires, series, paranormal, first-in-series

WOW,
The characters where great just seemed really slow for me.
I didn't think I'd ever get this book read, but half way though the book it picked up and I found I liked reading it and can't hardly wait to read what happens next in Frostbite.

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May 20, 2010 Lili rated it it was amazing

Very interesting book... I really enjoyed it!
I love Rose and Lissa's friendship and I can't wait to read what will happen with Dimitri.
I suspected a little bit about who could be the one behind the dead animals but had no idea about the whole thing.
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