Stand Alone or Series: Book 2 of the Vampire Academy series
Source: Public Library
Format: Print
Summary
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...
Review
This book was intense! I've already come to the conclusion that I'll read anything that Richelle Mead writes. I think that if you're a fan of either of her other two series' you'd also like this one a lot, even though it's a teen series.
This doesn't read like a normal teen series though. There is some of the normal stuff that teens have to deal with; peer pressure, the requisite blond "mean girl," and sexual frustration among other things. The difference here though is that Rose is brave. She doesn't take crap from people. I'm am really starting to get sick of reading about teen girls that let the popular kids do whatever they want to them. Rose doesn't let anyone bully her, but she knows when to pick her fights and when to back down.
This book picks up after the end of the first book. Lissa is still being medicated to keep her dark thoughts away and her powers tamped down. Rose has slowly caught up to the rest of the novices in her studies and is about to take a test that she should have taken the year before. She and Dimitri take a trip to visit another guardian who will administer the test to her. When they get to the house of the guardian and the Moroi that he protects, Rose and Dimitri find everyone dead, killed by Strigoi. They go back to the academy and it's decided that there's safety in numbers. So for Christmas break, everyone goes to a ski lodge together. Unfortunately though, there's another attack on one of the royal families and the guardians and Moroi struggle for an answer for keeping everyone safe.
We meet a couple of new characters in this book, Adrian, who is obviously my favorite. Once everyone gets to the ski lodge, the story really picks up and the ending was pure madness. It was all just really sad and intense.
I loved everything about this book, I can't really find any faults with it. Even though the end was sad, it didn't make me like it any less. This series is already my favorite.
Page Count: 327 Pages
Starred Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Publisher: Razorbill
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