Vampire Academy
Lissa is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from the fiercest and most dangerous vampires: the Strigoi. Lissa's best friend, Rose Hathaway , is a Dhampir; she is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making her one of them. After two years of illicit freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. Here, the cutthroat ranks of the Moroi perform unspeakable rituals and their secretive nature and love of the night creates an enigmatic world full of social complexities. Rose and Lissa must navigate through this dangerous world, confront the temptation of forbidden romance, and never once let their guard down, lest the Strigoi make Lissa one of them forever...
ALA Teens' Top Ten (2008)
About the Vampire Academy Series
Books in series order
- 1.Vampire Academy(2007)
- 2.Frostbite(2008)
- 3.Shadow Kiss(2008)
- 4.Blood Promise(2009)
- 5.Spirit Bound(2010)
- 6.Last Sacrifice(2010)
Reading age: 13+ years
This series should be read in order.
St. Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding school - it's a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They've been on the run, but now they're being dragged back to St. Vladimir's - the very place where they're most in danger. Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy's ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi - the world's fiercest and most dangerous vampires - make Lissa one of them forever.