Vampire Academy

[Andrea]

Rose Hathaway is a dhampir, half-vampire and half-human, who is training to be a guardian at St Vladimir's Academy along with many others like her. There are good and bad vampires in their world: Moroi, who co-exist peacefully among the humans and only take blood from donors, and also possess the ability to control one of the four elements - water, earth, fire or air; and Strigoi, blood-sucking, evil vampires who drink to kill. Rose and other dhampir guardians are trained to protect Moroi and kill Strigoi throughout their education. Along with her best friend, Princess Vasilisa Dragomir, a Moroi and the last of her line, with whom she has a nigh unbreakable bond, Rose must run away from St Vladimir's, in order to protect Lissa from those who wish to harm the princess and use her for their own means.

Main Characters

Zoey Deutch as Rose Hathaway
Lucy Fry as Lissa Dragomir
Danila Kozlovsky as Dimitri Belikov
Gabriel Byrne as Victor Dashkov
Dominic Sherwood as Christian Ozera
Olga Kurylenko as Headmistress Kirova
Sarah Hyland as Natalie
Cameron Monaghan as Mason
Sami Gayle as Mia
Ashley Charles as Jesse
Claire Foy as Ms. Karp
Joely Richardson as Queen Tatiana
Dominique Tipper as Guardian Gabriela
Edward Holcroft as Aaron
Bronte Norman-Terrell as Camilla
Chris Mason as Ray
Ben Peel Spiridion as Ben Peel
Ramon Tikaram as Mr. Meisner
Rory Fleck Byrne as Andrew
Macey Chipping as Young Rose

[R.J.]

I know I'm probably in the minority, but I actually enjoyed the movie. Zoey was a kick--- Rose, I loved her energy...I was pleased with the casting! Danila definitely wasn't a disappointment ;)! I am bummed that they decided to cut the rest of the movies. It was a great series, but a couple of things bugged me...the romance was drawn out a bit for me. I mean it's like you had to wait to basically three books in and then they're separated again?! Ah, but it's still a great series and I enjoyed it.

[Andrea]

Oh someone else who loves it too.

[R.J.]

Yes, I do. I bought the movie without seeing it, and I've watched it several times :). I've only read the series once though...they should have totally continued with the movies.

[Andrea]

They should have. I love the books so much. And oh man Demitri. I just cannot get enough of that sexy Russian.

[R.J.]

Umm....yeah! He was perfect...they did so good casting! Why did they have to cut it?!

[Andrea]

I have no clue maybe we should research this. I think part of the problem was the lack of advertising for it and the trailers they did release for it made it seem stupid.

[R.J.]

I guess...it's lame lol. Just like beautiful creatures...i know the books were amazing and they changed the movir from the book, but it was still good.

[Andrea]

They truly did not advertise Beautiful Creatures enough. It was like one weekend I saw the trailer the next it was in theaters. I enjoyed it. I didn't love it but I enjoyed it.

[R.J.]

I needed the aunts in the movie, but I still liked it.

[Andrea]

I have not read the last two Beautiful Creatures books.

[R.J.]

I loved the series...it has been a while, but the writing is so gorgeous.

[Andrea]

It is, I finally got the courage to buy books written by each of the authors individually.

[R.J.]

I haven't yet....

[Andrea]

I have not yet read them but I have bought them.

[R.J.]

Correction: I thought you were talking about beautiful creatures....and not reading Stohl and Garcia individual works. I haven't read anything by them individually.

I have read all of the vampire academy books and enjoyed them...my only issue was that it took three books for a relationship to break through between Rose and Dimitri only to have it ripped apart again...

[Andrea]

I loved all of the Vampire Academy books. I think we all knew deep down the relationship was there which is why it may have taken three books. The moment he calls her Rosa rather than Rose you know there are feelings there. There was no denying that. I did dislike that they were torn apart and of course it took forever for them to kind of like get to the end of the book and be together in the last one. I was scream at the book that they were being stupid. Of course after finishing Bloodlines I wish she would go back to the Vampire Academy World and expand upon some things that were left open-ended.

[R.J.]

I have not read bloodlines yet !

[Andrea]

You must go read them! They aren't really as fast paced as Vampire Academy but I still think they are a great read especially once you get to like book four or five. I cannot remember.

[R.J.]

I don't know I've never been one to get into spin offs I know they're the same writer and they're usually good...but I'm just not into them. One of my friends keeps nagging at me to get over the spin off thing...lol

[Andrea]

I want to nag now. Because the rumor that has been running around is that she is going back to Rose and Demetri since the bomb that was dropped at the end of the last book of Bloodlines. It was a big bomb. HUGE!!! I was not prepared for it however, I squealed like a little girl when I read it.

[R.J.]

What?! This is big time :)

[Andrea]

See you must read now. lol

[R.J.]

No, wait-what? I'm confused. Is she writing another book with Rose and Dimitri, or are they just in the the last book? I'm sorry, I thought you meant she was going to write another book with them. If she did that would be awesome.

[Andrea]

Rose and Demitri show up in these books but there is rumor of another series with them.