Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) in Addicted to YA

Mar 18, 2011 Renuka rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, romance, reviewed, favorites, fantasy, action, paranormal, magic, owned, fav-couples

Whenever I said that I was reading Vampire Academy I encountered mixed reactions. Abhorrence and excitement. The first group of people were shocked that I would stoop low enough to read one of those "vampire books." The other group had either read the series or had heard good things about it and were eager for my take on the novels. Here's what it is.

These books are jammed with typical vampire stuff. Blood-drinking, not going into the sun, etc. But they're entertaining as hell. I'm not going to ...more

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Sep 06, 2012 Kim rated it it was ok

Shelves: teen-romance, fantasy, vampire-werewolves-such, series-i-ve-finished, young-adult, finished-book-club

I'm at a loss as to why this book has such high ratings. The vampire side was pretty interesting concept. I liked the whole different types of vampires idea. I couldn't stand the characters. My main issue was with the heroine. Does she have any redeeming qualities? Ok, so she wasn't like a lot of ya heroines who just fall and cry and expect handsome boy 1 or 2 to come rescue her. Props for that, being willing to kick a little booty. HOWEVER; she can't be decent to anyone; even her supposed best ...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Anastaciaknits rated it did not like it

Shelves: na-ya, 2014

I've been long told to read this series, so I finally got around to it. I was pretty disappointed.

I did finish it, but I struggled to finish it & just couldn't get into the characters, the storyline, or the VA universe. It's well written, I just couldn't get into it. I'm not sure it's Mead's fault; just there was so much hype about how good this series was supposed to be, that it was never going to live up to its reputation. ...more

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Dec 13, 2010 Logan rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, own-bought-ebook, paranormal, 2014-books-read, movie-tv

Not your average vampire novel. I appreciated the effort to build in the living vs. undead vampire clans and Rose's role as a guardian. The entire system was pretty cool, though I'm not sure I got all of the specifics down on how they mate and function as a society. Still, I liked Rose and Lissa's bond, and the star crossed lover aspect to Rose's feelings for Dimitri. I'm curious to see where the series goes from here! ...more

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