Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 12, 2012 Dichotomy Girl rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021, 2013, 2019, paranormal-or-spec, own-kindle-read, 2012, 2017

Original read: 03/12/12

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Aug 26, 2009 Ashley rated it really liked it

Shelves: gave-me-good-shivers, great-tension, teen-novels

I love Vampire Academy, but I have my reasons why I gave this book 4 stars. First of all, I WANT DIMITRI BACK AND NORMAL! I really like how Richelle Mead was able to give a new dominating personality to this Dimitri. She took a part of his humanity or dhampir traits away. He was ruthless and scary, yet there was still softness of Dimitri that you can feel. Like what Rose said, it's like Dimitri was there, but he really wasn't..
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Jan 18, 2011 Kay rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, ya-fantasy-paranormal

Richelle Mead is one of those authors that makes you desperate for a conclusion. So, I'll just come out and admit it... I read spoilers for Blood Promise before I'd even read Shadow Kissed (which, FYI, broke my heart into so many ickle pieces, I couldn't deal enough to write a review). I knew what was going to happen before I picked up both books - and I have a pretty clear idea about the last two books in the series as well. I just had to know. Emotionally, I just wouldn't have made it through Richelle Mead is one of those authors that makes you desperate for a conclusion. So, I'll just come out and admit it... I read spoilers for Blood Promise before I'd even read Shadow Kissed (which, FYI, broke my heart into so many ickle pieces, I couldn't deal enough to write a review). I knew what was going to happen before I picked up both books - and I have a pretty clear idea about the last two books in the series as well. I just had to know. Emotionally, I just wouldn't have made it through this series without some warning of what was ahead.

So, despite having a pretty fair idea what would happen in this book, it still blew me away. I wondered how far Mead could take vigilante!Rose. I mean, the book is over 400 pages long and there's only so much angst a girl can handle. But as Rose makes her way through Russia, Mead takes the opportunity to introduce some fabulous new characters: including Sydney, who will be the star of the spin-off series.

Along with the painful Dimitri/Rose action - which kept a lump in my throat the whole time - there are about a dozen new plot lines that pop up in Blood Promise. For one thing, we got a look at a very different Moroi/Dhamphir society - the one Dimitri was raised in, and boy does that ever explain him. We also got a whole new insight into the twisted world of Strigolis, and introduced to a whole new branch of supernatural none of us had even known about. I adored all the new intrigue. When it really comes down to it, the Vampire Academy is all plot plot plot and it's fantastic.

On top of that, Rose went through some extraordinarily terrifying things in this book. Seriously, there's death and torture and blood and prostitutes. It's not stuff for weaklings, and even knowing how everything could turn out did not comfort me! Rose proved to be stronger than I think humanly possible. I couldn't help but be proud of this girl for keeping herself together, both physically and mentally.

On the less-positive side... I still don't see what Rose sees in Lissa. I find her rather bland and continue to only be interested in her because of her friendship with our leading lady. I also don't get the fuss over Adrian. He seems a perfectly all right guy, but that's it. I guess he's a great rebound... but I found his woe-is-me business is extremely unattractive.

Bottom line? I loved this book for its angsty, plotty goodness. In case you haven't heard, the Vampire Academy series is a Must. Read.

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Mar 29, 2010 FlibBityFLooB rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2010, vampires, young-adult, zzauthor-mead-richelle

3.5/5 stars. Arrrrrrrghhh! Parts of this book were fabulous, but there was about 200 pages (out of 500) of boring storyline that I felt could have been easily cut. I kept saying to myself: GET BACK TO THE ACTION!!!!!!

*sigh*

I definitely need to find out what will happen now that Rose has received her stake back in the mail. I will look forward to reading the next book for that reason alone.

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Dec 22, 2009 Jessica rated it liked it

Shelves: part-of-a-series, vampires, read-in-2010, paranormal-romance

It was alright,it just wasnt what I anticipated it to be.It took awhile for anything to happen which is the reason it took so long to read.I am still going to continue the series and read Spirit Bound because I want to know what happens between Dimitri and Rose.

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