Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy

Written By: Richelle Mead

Two races of vampires walk our world. One, the Moroi, are alive and wield elemental magical. The other, the Strigoi, are undead and evil--feeding on the innocent to survive. Rose Hathaway--a half-vampire with poor impulse control--is training to be a bodyguard for a Moroi princess. Learning to decapitate and stake is hard enough, but Rose's real danger may lie in an illicit romance with one of her instructors... 
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Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Penguin Group 

Date: (November 25, 2009)

Personal Rating:  4 Stars/ Crave and Covet
 

                Among three branches of vampire the Moroi who are tied to elemental magic and rule over a strict hierarchy. The Dhampirs who are half Moroi and have heightened strength and reflexes.  Finally the Strigoi who are dead and feed on the living and grow stronger on Moroi blood. The Moroi must be protected and Dhampirs are born to protect them. 

               Rose is Lissa's Guardian and despite what everyone believes she has always protected Lissa. When danger appeared at St.Vladimir Academy Rose did what she thought was best; she, took Lissa away to keep her safe. Now its been two years and they are being dragged back, literally. Now Rose has more to deal with than ever before with Moroi politics, high school drama and the fact that the danger that they ran away from never left. And if that isn't enough there is the unfortunate fact that she is falling in love with her instructor and no one can know.

  I loved this book and gave it a 4 Stars/ Crave and Covet rating. Rose is one of those characters who just jump off of the page, giving the book a better feeling. She is a tough and dedicated bodyguard standing behind the facade of a frivolous party girl. The book has a great pace, not to fast or slow. This is a great vampire book and the romance is present but not overblown.