

After hiding in the human world for two years, the friends are caught and returned to St. Lissa is Moroi, a living vampire with magical abilities, and Rose is Dhampir, part human, part Moroi, with super strength and enhanced healing. Rose Hathaway is the scrappy, badass warrior whose mission in life is to protect her royal best friend, Lissa Dragomir. The mythology is well-developed over the course of the books as well. The characters are multi-faceted and believable as people. Each book is complex and detailed without being stuffy or difficult to follow. There is adventure, friendship, true love, and plenty of kickass fight sequences. Despite the name, this series is about so much more than a school for vampires. I have read and listened to this series several times, but the new TV adaptation of the series motivated me to do so again this month. I feel like I couldn’t get enough of them! Of course, I had my favorites, but it was the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead that topped my list. and the Strigoi are always close by.īack in the 2000’s there seemed to be a glut of YA vampire series on the market. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana.


Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.Īfter two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi the fiercest vampires - the ones who never die. Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. Amazon, Audible, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble, Apple
