I just finished the sixth and final book in the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead.
Rose Hathaway is a 17 year old dhampir (child of a vampire and human) who is training to be a bodyguard for her best friend, a moroi (good vampires) named Vasilisa “Lissa” Dragomir, who is also a princess and the last of her family line. They attend St. Vladimir’s Academy and Rose’s trainer and love interest is Dmitri Belikov, another dhampir who is supposed to be Lissa’s other bodyguard after they graduate.
The characters are good and they develop and the series improves as you read through it.
If you liked Twilight, then I think you will like this. In fact, if you didn’t like it, I’d give this a try instead, as I personally liked this series better. The characters are more lovable (especially the love interests), the overall plotline more interesting and well developed and the overall writing is better.
I definitely recommend these. 5/5 stars.
There is a spin-off of this series, starting with the book Bloodlines, set to come out August 23, 2011. (Which I hope to get my hands on as soon as it’s possible to hunt down an advanced readers copy, haha!)
Wikipedia says: “It follows the story of narrator Sydney Sage.[..] Jill Mastrano, Eddie Castille, Sydney and Adrian Ivashkov are confirmed characters, and the main setting is going to be a California high school.”
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