Even though the Vampire Academy series is rated as Young Adult I truly enjoyed reading the first three books and I’m anxious to get my fingers on the fourth when it comes out later this month. I love reading Richelle Mead. She makes her characters so very realistic. I’m sure you recall me trying to read Twilight and I just couldn’t get into it? Well, Richelle Mead’s teen saga is 1000 times better and she puts you right in the middle of the mess.
The relationships between her characters are quite intense, too. I love to hate the characters that are trying to mess with the ones I love, but then that’s what she wants you to do. When I started the first book I figured that Lissa was going to be weak and constantly in need of reassurance and coddling. That was right, but wrong later on. She ends up turning out to be quite strong and self-assured. She still has all kinds of personal issues, but what teen doesn’t? She’s got the love of Christian and Rose to back her up.
The second book was even better. Love, Lust and Ass-Kickings. I absolutely fell in love with the character Dimitri. He’s an amazing personality and if he were real I’d love to meet him. Lissa starts losing it but Rose is there for her.
I enjoyed book three more than words can say. I laughed, I wanted to yell and I definitely cried. That’s all I will say about this book. I hope that it isn’t true about Dimitri but if it is I know Rose will take care of it and do the right thing. Seriously, you have to read these books if you’ve read the Succubus series. They are just as exciting, thrilling and heartbreaking.
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