I sped through these latest three books in Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy series this weekend in record time. Her books are such page-turners. I’m glad I gave the first book a second chance because these book #3 was so damn good.
Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) by Richelle Mead
4 of 5 stars
The second novel in this series sets up the next ones nicely. The reader is introduced to more of the politics of magic usage. Just by reading this book, I can tell there’s going to be a big offensive magic showdown.
The whole Dimitri/Tasha angle was meant to be exciting and thrilling, but I kind of knew the way it was going to turn out anyway, so it wasn’t a big surprise to me. It was sweet to see Dimitri start to get more honest about his feelings though.
I’m glad that part of this book took place in a setting other than St. Vladmir’s because even though there wasn’t too much action going on, the change in scenery made the story more enjoyable.
The introduction of Adrian is great way to start a love triangle.
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) by Richelle Mead
4 of 5 stars
What a cliffhanger ending! The action sure picked up between the 2nd book and the end of this 3rd one. The fighting scenes were fierce. There’s finally a pay-off with Rose’s love life. Rose kicking ass.
I’m constantly surprised that this is a YA book. There’s some mature subjects being touched on, and the violence is a bit PG-13.
Other than the agonizing ending, what’s not to like about this book?
Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
3 of 5 stars
I initially rated this book a 4, but dropped it down to a 3 after thinking about it. I skimmed through half of this book because the Lissa parts were so awkward and dull. I could see the Lissa/Christian/Avery/Adrian plot line coming a mile away and just wasn’t interested in it.
Blood Promise suffers through the separation of Rose and Lissa, which I thought I could deal with because Lissa is actually one of my least favorite characters. But the fact that Rose had to constantly mentally check in on Lissa made those parts skippable for me.
The introduction of Sydney was also a bore. I could tell that she and her people are going to play an important role in the later books (why else mention her?) but she was just annoying in this book. I’m glad that Rose finally got to meet Abe and honestly, I didn’t see that one coming.
The last quarter of the book shows us just how good Mead is at making me feel like the characters are finally safe, then popping up another “Aha!”, rinse repeat. Add the next book to my “eagerly anticipating” list.
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