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Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

36 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This was always my favorite vampire book series. Lots of original content, addressing classism, plenty of drama, and a ton of adventure. My only criticism is that there isn’t a ton of build up for either of the romances. I understand that a decent amount of time passed in the book and the author couldn’t write about every little interaction that made people fall in love but she could’ve spent a smidge more time on it. Other than that a great read with good plot twists! The narrator was good but she said Strigoi weird

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Classism, Grief, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Torture, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent

rrstockton's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I will admit, vampires are not my thing, so I was only gonna like this so much. It's not bad. I see why people like it. There's just too much angst and vampires for me. Also the love interest age gap is weird. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Bullying

Minor: Car accident and Grief

The love interest is seven years older than the teenage main character. Also no sex but some graphic make outs depicting a minor.

giulia_acobac's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I’ve been wanting to read this series for years. When the books came out I was a teenager and I was scared by the fact that it was a 6 book series! 

Well now 10 years later I can say WOW. I absolutely loved this. The found family aspect, the romance , the tension , the mystery!!! 


I’m obsessed and I can’t wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death

homesweetread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death of parent, Mental illness, Car accident, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Medical content

gaby_readsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Car accident, War, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Sexism, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

sim_ile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

In books like this, Lissa would be the main character, so it’s refreshing to read the story through Rose’s POV. She’s not the princess, she doesn’t have any special powers, she’s not one of the few people alive that can do what she does. A great book, just lacks that oomph factor I give my 5 star reads.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, and Blood

queerandweird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I can imagine the author writing this book in sections with different voices, almost as if challenging her writing from various perspectives and venues - it seems disjointed at times & I think the editor could've helped more with the flow, her second book already has a more unified voice. 

I skipped about a third of this bc YA is dull, cishet YA romance is even duller. Fun for vampire lore, loved the female BFFs and their focus in the story. Has been fun for research on drama of fantasy royalty, and inspires me to write more!

Reminiscent of Buffy; I dig this TV series A LOT - maybe moreso than the way the books have the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness