Vampire Academy (Book 1) by Richelle Meade

Synopsis

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.

Review

We meet Rose the fiery guardian of Lissa a vampire princess as they’re caught after 2 years on the run from St Vladimir’s Academy. Rose and Lissa ran away to protect Lissa after the a rough period in school, and had no intention of going back. We also meet Dimitri the tough badass guardian who comes to feature through out the book, he is tall, dark and devastatingly handsome and Rose couldn’t help but notice ! Once back at the academy they receive a dressing down from the head teacher and staff who want to expel Rose from the school who as lissa’s guardian should have known better than running away.

The story is light and well written and has a thread running through it which attempts to make Lissa feel like she’s mentally unstable. What I liked about this was the incredible way the author manages to hide the final twist until the end of the book and I would never have guessed who the culprits were. It is a well written book, with some great characters which I look forward to finding about as I read the other books in the series.

Overall this is teen fiction, but I would suggest it is more for the younger teens or someone who’s not sure about the genre and wants an easy book to read. I liked the book and enjoyed it even though I’m not a teen anymore, and would recommend it. If you saw the film or the bad reviews it had, ignore those and read the book instead!!

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