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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
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This book was beyond addicting! I just realized today that I've been giving a lot of books high ratings recently. I don't know if it's because I've just been reading awesome books or because I've gotten soft. Either way, I resolved to really analyze this book and give it a true rating based on my scale. It still got five stars. That should give you a measure of just how good this book is. If you think it's another book about vampires that's too close for comfort in the ballpark of Twilight, you have another thing coming. Vampires are pretty much the only thing the books have in common.
I've actually read the first two books in the Bloodlines series (by the same author) which connects to this series but it's from another persons perspective. Now I know why the author didn't elaborate on the "Rose incident" in that series - it's because it will probably be explained in this one! So if I said anything about that in my review of Bloodlines, that's why!
It isn't exactly a new idea, but somehow, the way it's written, it seems almost new. Like a new twist on an old topic. It's a great book if you love YA, vampires, conflict, 'secret society' books, and all that other stuff. I read this book in 2 days and the next one is waiting to be picked up from the library!
I think I'll do a full review when I finish both series' (Bloodlines and this one) like I'm doing for the Harry Potter series (I'm just reading the last one now!). Five stars!
I've actually read the first two books in the Bloodlines series (by the same author) which connects to this series but it's from another persons perspective. Now I know why the author didn't elaborate on the "Rose incident" in that series - it's because it will probably be explained in this one! So if I said anything about that in my review of Bloodlines, that's why!
It isn't exactly a new idea, but somehow, the way it's written, it seems almost new. Like a new twist on an old topic. It's a great book if you love YA, vampires, conflict, 'secret society' books, and all that other stuff. I read this book in 2 days and the next one is waiting to be picked up from the library!
I think I'll do a full review when I finish both series' (Bloodlines and this one) like I'm doing for the Harry Potter series (I'm just reading the last one now!). Five stars!
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Quotes Laura Liked
“Do you think I'm pretty?
I think you're beautiful
Beautiful?
You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”
― Vampire Academy
I think you're beautiful
Beautiful?
You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”
― Vampire Academy
“The spell. Victor said you had to want me... to care about me... for it to work." When he didn't say anything, I tried to grip his shirt, but my fingers were too weak. "Did you? Did you want me?"
His words came out thickly. "Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish... we could be together."
"Then why did you lie to me?"
We reached the clinic, and he managed to open the door while still holding me. As soon as he stepped inside, he began yelling for help.
"Why did you lie?" I murmured again.
Still holding me in his arms, he looked down at me. I could hear voices and footsteps getting closer.
"Because we can't be together."
"Because of the age thing, right?" I asked. "Because you're my mentor?"
His fingertip gently wiped away a tear that had escaped down my cheek. "That's part of it," he said. "But also... well, you and I will both be Lissa's gaurdians someday. I need to protect her at all cost. If a pack of Strogoi come, I need to throw my body between them and her."
I know that. Of course that's what you have to do." The black sparkles were dancing in front of my eyes again. I was fading out.
"No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.”
― Vampire Academy
His words came out thickly. "Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish... we could be together."
"Then why did you lie to me?"
We reached the clinic, and he managed to open the door while still holding me. As soon as he stepped inside, he began yelling for help.
"Why did you lie?" I murmured again.
Still holding me in his arms, he looked down at me. I could hear voices and footsteps getting closer.
"Because we can't be together."
"Because of the age thing, right?" I asked. "Because you're my mentor?"
His fingertip gently wiped away a tear that had escaped down my cheek. "That's part of it," he said. "But also... well, you and I will both be Lissa's gaurdians someday. I need to protect her at all cost. If a pack of Strogoi come, I need to throw my body between them and her."
I know that. Of course that's what you have to do." The black sparkles were dancing in front of my eyes again. I was fading out.
"No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.”
― Vampire Academy
“Did you see that dress?” "I saw the dress.” "Did you like it?” He didn't answer. I took that as a yes. "Am I going to endanger my reputation if I wear it to the dance?” When he spoke, I could barely hear him. "You'll endanger the school.” I smiled and fell asleep.”
― Vampire Academy
― Vampire Academy
“Dimitri: "She might be wild and disrespectful, but if she has potential—"
Rose: "Wild and disrespecful? Who the hell are you anyway? Oursourced help?"
Kirova: "Guardian Belikov is the Princess Lissa's guardian now, her sanctioned guardian."
Rose: "You got cheap foreign labor to protect Lissa?”
― Vampire Academy
Rose: "Wild and disrespecful? Who the hell are you anyway? Oursourced help?"
Kirova: "Guardian Belikov is the Princess Lissa's guardian now, her sanctioned guardian."
Rose: "You got cheap foreign labor to protect Lissa?”
― Vampire Academy
“Wow." I hadn't thought Dimitri could be any cooler, but I was wrong. "You beat up your dad. I mean, that's really horrible...what happened. But, wow. You really are a god."
He blinked. "What?"
"Uh, nothing.”
― Vampire Academy
He blinked. "What?"
"Uh, nothing.”
― Vampire Academy
“Lissa and I had been friends ever since kindergarten, when our teacher had paired us up together for writing lessons. Forcing five-year-olds to spell Vasilisa Dragomir and Rosemarie Hathaway was beyond cruel, and we’d—or rather, I’d—responded appropriately. I’d chucked my book at out teacher and called her a fascist bastard. I hadn’t known what those words meant, but I’d known how to hit a moving target.
Lissa and I had been inseparable ever since.”
― Vampire Academy
Lissa and I had been inseparable ever since.”
― Vampire Academy
“A ghostly smile flickered across his face. "If you weren't so psychotic, you'd be fun to hang around."
"Funny, I feel that way about you too." He didn't say anything else, but the smile grew, and he walked away.”
― Vampire Academy
"Funny, I feel that way about you too." He didn't say anything else, but the smile grew, and he walked away.”
― Vampire Academy
“I crossed my arms over my chest. "Are you lost, little girl? The elementary school's over on west campus."
A pink flush spread over her cheeks. "Don't you ever touch me again. You screw with me, I'll screw you right back."
Oh man, what an opening that was.”
― Vampire Academy
A pink flush spread over her cheeks. "Don't you ever touch me again. You screw with me, I'll screw you right back."
Oh man, what an opening that was.”
― Vampire Academy
“And than suddenly he was there, charging down the hallway like death in a cowboy duster.”
― Vampire Academy
― Vampire Academy
“The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless while carrying me in his arms.”
― Vampire Academy
― Vampire Academy
Reading Progress
November 18, 2013
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November 18, 2013
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March 6, 2014
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March 9, 2014
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March 9, 2014
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Finished Reading
March 16, 2014
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fantasy
March 16, 2014
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vampires
March 16, 2014
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romance
March 16, 2014
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I love him! That Russian accent :) You?
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