Showing posts with label vampire academy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vampire academy. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Book Review ⋯ Vampire Academy

Title: Vampire Academy
Series: Vampire Academy ⋯ Book 1
Author: Richelle Mead
Pages: 332
Stars: ★★★★★


Summary: 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: I absolutely love this book! I love Rose and Lissa and Dimitri and Christian! This was a reread and it was soooo much fun, because I knew what was going to happen, but the characters didn't, so I shouted at my book a lot. I just love this book so much!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

In My Mailbox {Week 8}

I didn't get anything in my mailbox this week, so I'm going to post what I picked up at Barnes & Noble.

Title: Bleeding Hearts
Series: The Drake Chronicles ⋯ Book 4
Author: Alyxandra Harvey
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback


Summary: As vampires from all over the world descend on the Drake farm for the Blood Moon gathering, security is ramped up. Lucy has been temporarily banned, for her own safety—and to allow Solange some time to adjust to her new existence. But their enemies realize how much Lucy means to the family, and plan to abduct her to use her for leverage against the new royal family. Instead, Lucy’s cousin Christabel is kidnapped by mistake—and Connor Drake immediately heads off in pursuit, but isn’t in time to prevent Christabel’s infection by the Hel Blar. He can’t save her human life, but he can still try to save her new vampire life, and is willing to put his own life on the line for the girl he has grown to care so much about. Can he save Christabel, the Blood Moon, and his mother’s newly forged Vampire Alliance?

I have read the first three books, and I loved them, so I'm glad I was able to get this just in time for vacation.


Title: Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide
Series: Vampire Academy
Author: Michelle Rowen & Richelle Mead
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback


Summary: The official guide to the #1 international bestselling Vampire Academy series

Sink your teeth into the perfect holiday gift and must-have collector's item for every fan of Richelle Mead's totally addicting Vampire Academy series.

Discover the history of St. Vladimir's Academy, explore the dark psychology behind Rose and Lissa's spirit bond, and find out even more illicit secrets about Moroi society. This ultimate guide will feature everything readers want and need to go even deeper into the world ofVampire Academy, Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound, and Last Sacrifice . . . every heartache, every betrayal, every sacrifice, and so much more!


Have read the VA series, and I loved it!! It's amazing, and I'm so excited that there's a guide for it.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Waiting On Wednesday {9/28}

So since I missed the last couple Wednesday's, I'm going to post three upcoming books I'm waiting for instead of one.


Title: Last Breath
Series: Morganville Vampires ⋯ Book 11
Author: Rachel Caine
Pages: 352
Release Date: November 1, 2011


Summary: With her boss preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when she learns that three vampires have vanished without a trace. She soon discovers that the last person seen with one of the missing vampires is someone new to town-a mysterious individual named Magnus. After an uneasy encounter with Morganville's latest resident, Claire is certain Magnus isn't merely human. But is he a vampire-or something else entirely?


Title: Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide
Series: Vampire Academy
Author: Michelle Rowen & Richelle Mead
Pages: 272
Release Date: November 15, 2011


Summary: The official guide to the #1 international bestselling Vampire Academy series

Sink your teeth into the perfect holiday gift and must-have collector's item for every fan of Richelle Mead's totally addicting Vampire Academy series.

Discover the history of St. Vladimir's Academy, explore the dark psychology behind Rose and Lissa's spirit bond, and find out even more illicit secrets about Moroi society. This ultimate guide will feature everything readers want and need to go even deeper into the world ofVampire Academy, Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound, and Last Sacrifice . . . every heartache, every betrayal, every sacrifice, and so much more!



Title: Clockwork Prince
Series: Infernal Devices ⋯ Book 2
Author: Cassandra Clare
Pages: 497
Release Date: December 6, 2011


Summary: In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends.

With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister's war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move and that one of their own has betrayed them.

Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will; the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?
As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Waiting On Wednesday {7/13}

Title: Bloodlines
Series: Bloodlines ⋯ Book 1
Author: Richelle Mead
Pages: 421
Release Date: August 23, 2011


Summary: When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning. 

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive - this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone's out for blood.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Literary Crush-A-Thon

The Literary Crush-A-Thon is narrowing it down to the final fifteen crushes, and they are:
- Jace Wayland, The Mortal Instruments                     - Peeta Mellark, The Hunger Games
- Will Herondale, The Infernal Devices                      - Sirius Black, Harry Potter
- Jem Carstairs, The Infernal Devices                         - Edward Cullen, The Twilight Saga
- Adrian Ivashkov, Vampire Academy                       - Finnick Odair, The Hunger Games
- Dimitri Belikov, Vampire Academy                         - Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- Jacob Black, The Twilight Saga                               - Eric Northman, Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood
- Patch Cipriano, Hush Hush                                      - Gale Hawthorne, The Hunger Games
- Marcus Flutie, The Jessica Darling Series


My Favorite is Jace Wayland. And he is, of course, in the lead. My next two are Will Herondale then Jem Carstairs. Here are vote banners for them: ↓