RELEASE DATE: August 1, 2009
SERIES: Vampire Academy, #4
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PUBLISHER: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin)
FORMAT: Hardcover
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The recent attack on St. Vladimir’s Academy devastated the entire Moroi world. Many are dead. And, for the few victims carried off by Strigoi, their fates are even worse. A rare tattoo now adorns Rose’s neck; a mark that says she’s killed far too many Strigoi to count. 

But only one victim matters . . . Dimitri Belikov. Rose must now choose one of two very different paths: honoring her life’s vow to protect Lissa—her best friend and the last surviving Dragomir princess—or dropping out of the Academy to strike out on her own and hunt down the man she loves. She’ll have to go to the ends of the earth to find Dimitri and keep the promise he begged her to make. But the question is, when the time comes, will he want to be saved? 

Readers who fell in love with Rose, Lissa, and Dimitri won’t want to miss Blood Promise, the much-anticipated, epic fourth novel in Richelle Mead’s enthralling Vampire Academy series.

MY REVIEW (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS) 

Have I mentioned before how much I love this series? Well, even though I’ve said it for the past books, I’m hoping that Richelle Mead has something up her sleeve for the next two installments because after this novel, while I still love it, I’m not impressed.

Let me say this – I loved the whole Rose/Dimitri thing that was going on. What I do not love is that now that I’m so into the Rose/Adrian thing, Richelle Mead has decided that Dimitri still has to be in the novel. And now there’s the whole idea of saving the Strigoi, turning them back to their previous vampire state? Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 10, 2008
SERIES: Vampire Academy, #2
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PUBLISHER: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin)
FORMAT: Paperback
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Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose… 

It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks… This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory. 

But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price…

MY REVIEW (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS) 

Oh Mason.

Because of something totally unrelated, I always find a soft spot in my heart whenever I hear that name. One of my favourite shows, Dead Like Me, featured a character named Mason and he was careless and reckless, much like the Mason in Frostbite, the second book in the Vampire Academy series. Continue reading →