I have read a good amount of vampire novels, or so it feels, since the explosion of the genre 5 years ago. I came upon the Vampire Academy series by chance one day at the book store, and purchased the first book of the series without even looking at the summary. What happened? I instantly became infatuated with this new twist of the vampire and human world in this story. Of course there’s the school where all vampire children go, with teachers and mentors, but they also have guardians. This was new. Guardians who are half vampire and half human called Dhampirs, protect vampires, but more importantly they protect a specific kind of vampire called a Moroi. So if they specify one kind of vampire, there must be more, and yes… there is another kind. This is what the Moroi need protection from, the Strigoi. Oddly enough, the Strigoi are the immortal type of vampire that never die and are evil. Hmm you say, aren’t all vampires immortal? Nope, not in this book. Just a new twist and a not so normal vampire saga.
I think that this interesting twist in the vampire world attracted me to this book, but what held me and made me continue reading the series was the girl Rose Hathaway. The main character of the book. For those of you who have read the House of Night Series, she’s strong like Zoey but mature. She doesn’t exhibit the same teenage tendencies and annoying girl problems. She’s tough, physically and emotionally, she’s raw, she’s smart, and she has some serious attitude. Her experiences with her best friend, who she wants to be assigned to someday as her guardian, and her super sexy mentor Dimitri, felt real to me. It’s an aspect to the vampire books that I haven’t felt before.
Yes, I do realize that vampires aren’t real, but even in that understanding I could still relate to the book. And if Dhampirs, Moroi, and Strigoi were real, then this is how I picture it would be. The plot isn’t so messy with a million character perspectives or plot lines or monsters or dangers, it’s real, as real as a vampire book can get. On top of that, it’s only what I can describe as awesome! It’s so entertaining and full of action that you will not be able to put it down.
A
Some Sexual Content: heavy making out, nudity, sex talked about
Moderate Language: F word is used on occasion
Moderate Violence: not very descriptive
Some Drinking, No Smoking or Drugs
Age Recommendation: 14 +
I finished this book in one afternoon because I couldn’t put it down. I didn’t read the review until I had completed the book but i completely agree with the description and ratings. It was great.
my gf is leaving me for Dimitri