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Review: Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Vampire Academy was pretty good. This is only the second vampire book I've ever read (after 'Salem's Lot by the great King himself) and I wasn't sure what to expect.

It was filled with high school drama, so if you're not a fan of that then this might not be the book for you. Though of course I can't speak for the rest of the series.

The main character, Rose, is so real. She is different from most young adult heroines. She's not the timid little good girl that so often stars in books these days. For once that character is pushed to the side and the main character is the curvaceous bad girl with a bad attitude who loves to party and flirt with boys. Not to mention she won't think twice about knocking a bitch out stone-cold if they mess with her. God, that is the most satisfying of character traits. Rose was the greatest breath of fresh air to read about as a protagonist for once. She was so fleshed out, and like I said, real. 'Preciate that.

The rest of the characters were G. If I didn't like certain main characters right away I did by the end of the book which is good. The dialogue was amusing. The story was pretty G too. I don't really know what to say. Lots happened, which is always good in my book. Vampires. Yeah. Wow what a half-assed review.

Got the next... What? Five? Books waiting for me on the ol' bookshelf, so gonna get to those... Eventually. United as One came out today though so I want to get to that as soon as possible without any other books as distractions.

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