Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5/5 stars
319 pages
source:Friend told me about it

The story:

St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger...

Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever.

My thoughts:

       What make me love this book? Everything. I love the new take on vampires and how little Richelle Mead involves humans. I admire how she manages to balance romance and action. Rose is one of my favourite characters because she's strong, brave but also reckless and immature in the beginning at the same time. Dimitri intrigues me; he's the silent and brooding type but behind that bad-ass exterior he's quite cool. However Lissa's character has me conflicted; I get that spirit is messing with her brain and all but sometimes her behaviour is a little too scary. Mia is annoying and a bitch in this book and I honestly can't picture the whole "popular girl" thing going on in the vampire community, so I loved it, and I do feel a bit guilty about this, when she was knocked off the top of the social ladder.

      I also believe that Richelle Mead's writing is exceptional, one of the best in young adult.Of course I'll be reading the rest of the series and posting my reviews of it and I might even pick up 'Bloodlines' which is the series following this one :).