Vampire Academy! This is by far one of my favorite Vampire series, because it is so raw and so real.
There are 6 books in this series (with a spin-off coming soon):
Vampire Academy
Frostbite
Shadowkiss
Blood Promise
Spirit Bound
Last Sacrifice
The series starts with the heroine Rose Hathaway and her best friend, Lissa Dragomir on the run from the authorities. The two had escaped their school, St. Vladimir academy, which is an elite school filled with Moroi and Dhampirs. A Moroi is a full-blooded vampire and they have a ranking system much like a kingdom, Queen and all. The Dhampirs are at St. Vlads' being trained to become guardians, who work to keep the Moroi safe. Once Rose and Lissa are captured and taken back to school, Rose is hellbent on becoming Lissa's guardian, this means that she must prove herself to the administration. It also means that she has to work her ass off with her trainer to catch up on lost time. Enter Dimitri *collective sigh*. The series shows Rose and her trials and tribulations while trying to become Lissa's guardian. I do not want to give a lot out about the series, so we will end it on that note.
I think the series as a whole really comes down to loyalty and friendship. The message gets lost in the action at points, but after stepping back and thinking, I was able to see that everything that Rose did, was for others. And believe me, Rose does some really stupid stuff, there were plenty of times I wanted to smack her. But every time she did something that stupid, she was doing it to help someone she loves. I cannot hate that. no matter how badly I wanted to at times.
The characters that you need to keep track of:
Rose Hathaway- Lead heroine- Dhampir
Vasilisa Dragomir- Rose's best friend- Moroi elite
Christian Ozera- Lissa's boyfriend- Moroi elite
Dimitri Belikov- :Lissa's Guardian-Dhampir
Adrian Ishakov- Moroi elite
I would recommend this series to anybody who loves young adult paranormal books, or vampires.
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