Rose worries about running out of lipgloss and engages in gossip about which of her classmates are hooking up. This is a story about a teenager who does teenager stuff. Against the backdrop of political intrigue and life and death situations, this is a story of friendship and sacrifice as well as a steamy romance between Rose and her mentor, Dimitri. Rose Hathaway is the Dhampir protagonist who trains to be the bodyguard to her best friend Lissa, a Moroi princess. Lastly, there are Dhampir, who are the half-human bodyguards to the Moroi, more resilient than the Moroi but have better reflexes, vision, and resistance to disease when compared to humans. Moroi are elegant tall magic vampires that sunburn easily, have their own royalty, and are being hunted down by the evil vampires.

There are three kinds of vampires in this series: Strigoi are evil vampires that are afraid of the sun. Baby Eliza meeting Richelle Mead, author of Vampire Academy, at a book signing. So, here’s what you should know before you start reading or watching Vampire Academy. I still have a lot of nostalgia for the series, though, and recently started a re-read. If you’d have asked middle school me, both were my favorites at different times. I’m not interested in engaging in any ‘ Oh, this series is better than that one’ type narratives, because I don’t think I’d have picked up this series without its peer novels.

Like much of the fanbase, we’d read and fangirled over Twilight, and then moved on to all of the other paranormal romance YA novels we could get our hands on. I told him it was.When I was fifteen, my best friend and I were obsessed with the book series Vampire Academy. : Dear Diary, a chipmunk asked me my name today.: 'It makes them feel better, Damon.' So what? For how long? A min.ĭear Diary, a chipmunk asked me my name today.I didn't get the girl, remember? I'm just stuck here fighting my brother and taking care of the kids. And a rock with a birthday carved into it that I'm pretty sure is wrong. And I know what you're going to say: 'It makes them feel better, Damon.' So what? For how long? A minute, a day? What difference does it make? Because in the end, when you lose somebody, every candle, every prayer is not going to make up for the fact that the only thing you have left is hole in your life where that somebody that you cared about used to be. Stupid, delusional, exasperating little children. Or pretending Elena's not going to end up just like the rest of us murdering vampires. Like lighting a candle's going to make everything OK, or even saying a prayer.

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