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bayfleming's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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
4.25
blurrypetals's review against another edition
4.0
November 8, 2017
[re-read for my Greatest Hits Bookshelf Tour 2017]
It's crystal clear to me that I've become extremely bitter toward Rose and these first six books in general, but I had more fun with this book than I did with the first book because Adrian Fucking Ivashkov is in it. He's honestly the main, withstanding reason I love these books at all so it's really great to be revisiting his story again. I honestly couldn't give less of a fuck about Rose and Dimitri, of course, so I'm basically just zoning out during their parts until Christian, Lissa, or Adrian are around. This is THEIR show, not Rose and Dimitri's because Rose and Dimitri's show makes me wanna barf.
[re-read for my Greatest Hits Bookshelf Tour 2017]
It's crystal clear to me that I've become extremely bitter toward Rose and these first six books in general, but I had more fun with this book than I did with the first book because Adrian Fucking Ivashkov is in it. He's honestly the main, withstanding reason I love these books at all so it's really great to be revisiting his story again. I honestly couldn't give less of a fuck about Rose and Dimitri, of course, so I'm basically just zoning out during their parts until Christian, Lissa, or Adrian are around. This is THEIR show, not Rose and Dimitri's because Rose and Dimitri's show makes me wanna barf.
meowmeowkitty_reader's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
2.5
Rose is so annoying. V teen irrationality
bookwormchels's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
ananas_iris's review against another edition
2.0
So they are orthodox Christians, celebrating catholic Christmas and giving presents (which we do not do on Christmas, but on new years)....
akiikomori's review against another edition
4.0
Now I know why people were trying to get me to read this series a long time ago; it just gets better and better. And I hope it continues to get better! I have several WONDERFUL things to say, as well as a few DREADFUL ones that need to be said but I promise the wonderful outweighs the dreadful.
After the events that occurred in Vampire Academy the students of St. Vladimir’s start to get back into their regular routines. Rose is off to be tested by a famous Guardian, only to find that he and his Moroi family were murdered by Strogoi. After this opposing threats to the Moroi comes to light the faculty decides to send everyone to a ski resort for the winter break. Relationships form and grow stronger, Lissa’s madly in love with Christian, Rose is fighting her feelings for Dimitri, Mason is still one of her biggest fans, but who is this new Moroi royal who’s come to play? After the Moroi are attacked even in daylight the guardians start to wonder how these attacks are taking place. Deciding to take matters in their own hands the students decide to go out on their own and do a little hunting.
I love how the tone in Frosbite stayed the same as in Vampire Academy. Less bullying perhaps, less dead animals, but there was still that constant dread that the Strogoi were going to attack any minute. I have this nasty feeling that all the events of the series are going to take place within the year and I’m not sure how I feel about that…Such big events should be more spaced out, BUT it is a YA novel/series after all. Imagine, Rose and Lissa’s entire world changing in the course of a year. It’s worse than Harry Potter. At least big things happened only once a year at their school.
As serious as it is there’s still a high school playfulness about Rose and her friends. Like any other teenager they all look forward to winter break; especially winter break at a fancy ski resort. All-expense paid, mostly stress free…. It’s kind of nice how the seriousness is taken away by common high school events.
Let’s get to the juicy part…. The new Moroi royal – Adrian Ivashkov.HOLY MOTHER!
I thought Dimitri was hot, now I can’t even categorize them on a scale.
Where Dimitri is classic, strong silent zen master, all-out badass, and has a SEXY Russian accent, Adrian is charismatic, arrogant, full of himself, and even a TAD BIT stalkerish. And when I say tad, I mean VERY MINIMAL…mostly. He just has this charm you’re instantly attracted to and wish he would pay attention to you the way he pays attention to Rose. Two very different boys pining after one very special Dhampir. I seriously can’t decide who I like or WANT more…Dimitri or Adrian…AHHHHH!!!!!!As for the dreadful stuff…the ending was pretty bad. And I mean bad as in like I cried. I’M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHY! But it was sad….it was just….really sad. You remember in the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix film, where Sirius died (OH SPOILER SIRIUS DIES) and the whole movie goes silent and you see Harry kicking and screaming but there’s only faint music in the background. Yeah, this scene is THAT INTENSE. I literally felt like everything happened in slow motion and it was just downhill from there….
The PLUS side to all of that is the last chapter is REALLY FREAKING GOOD! And that’s all I’m going to say to that affect. Onto book 3 – Shadow Kiss. 2 down and four to go! Don’t think or know if I’m going to read the spin-off series…
4/5 Hearts of Love
Again, because I can’t give it an extra point just because Adrian is so yummy!
After the events that occurred in Vampire Academy the students of St. Vladimir’s start to get back into their regular routines. Rose is off to be tested by a famous Guardian, only to find that he and his Moroi family were murdered by Strogoi. After this opposing threats to the Moroi comes to light the faculty decides to send everyone to a ski resort for the winter break. Relationships form and grow stronger, Lissa’s madly in love with Christian, Rose is fighting her feelings for Dimitri, Mason is still one of her biggest fans, but who is this new Moroi royal who’s come to play? After the Moroi are attacked even in daylight the guardians start to wonder how these attacks are taking place. Deciding to take matters in their own hands the students decide to go out on their own and do a little hunting.
I love how the tone in Frosbite stayed the same as in Vampire Academy. Less bullying perhaps, less dead animals, but there was still that constant dread that the Strogoi were going to attack any minute. I have this nasty feeling that all the events of the series are going to take place within the year and I’m not sure how I feel about that…Such big events should be more spaced out, BUT it is a YA novel/series after all. Imagine, Rose and Lissa’s entire world changing in the course of a year. It’s worse than Harry Potter. At least big things happened only once a year at their school.
As serious as it is there’s still a high school playfulness about Rose and her friends. Like any other teenager they all look forward to winter break; especially winter break at a fancy ski resort. All-expense paid, mostly stress free…. It’s kind of nice how the seriousness is taken away by common high school events.
Let’s get to the juicy part…. The new Moroi royal – Adrian Ivashkov.HOLY MOTHER!
I thought Dimitri was hot, now I can’t even categorize them on a scale.
Where Dimitri is classic, strong silent zen master, all-out badass, and has a SEXY Russian accent, Adrian is charismatic, arrogant, full of himself, and even a TAD BIT stalkerish. And when I say tad, I mean VERY MINIMAL…mostly. He just has this charm you’re instantly attracted to and wish he would pay attention to you the way he pays attention to Rose. Two very different boys pining after one very special Dhampir. I seriously can’t decide who I like or WANT more…Dimitri or Adrian…AHHHHH!!!!!!As for the dreadful stuff…the ending was pretty bad. And I mean bad as in like I cried. I’M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHY! But it was sad….it was just….really sad. You remember in the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix film, where Sirius died (OH SPOILER SIRIUS DIES) and the whole movie goes silent and you see Harry kicking and screaming but there’s only faint music in the background. Yeah, this scene is THAT INTENSE. I literally felt like everything happened in slow motion and it was just downhill from there….
The PLUS side to all of that is the last chapter is REALLY FREAKING GOOD! And that’s all I’m going to say to that affect. Onto book 3 – Shadow Kiss. 2 down and four to go! Don’t think or know if I’m going to read the spin-off series…
4/5 Hearts of Love
Again, because I can’t give it an extra point just because Adrian is so yummy!
_josi_'s review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
belle2022's review against another edition
5.0
Loved Adrien. And loved how he can connect with Lissa and use spirit. Poor Rose, it was hard to see her so broken down at the end after Mason. But I know it will only make her stronger. And finally Dimitri and Rose. Can’t wait to read more on them.
Reread: 28/07/22: Can’t believe I forgot how brutal Masons death was and seeing Rose after that and what she was going through. She’s so strong like come on she’s absolutely incredible. Adriens entrance was amazing. Dmitri and Rose are absolutely everything.
Rose has those bouts of self doubt and loneliness that I feel in my soul. You can see her pining for someone and it’s just so sad that she gets slut shamed every five minutes especially when she’s just talking to a guy. It’s not fair and if people actually knew her they would know that’s not what she’s like. Even if she is, so what? God it felt so frustrating for me to read that all now and really see her be slut shamed even by her own mother and mentor.
Reread: 28/07/22: Can’t believe I forgot how brutal Masons death was and seeing Rose after that and what she was going through. She’s so strong like come on she’s absolutely incredible. Adriens entrance was amazing. Dmitri and Rose are absolutely everything.
Rose has those bouts of self doubt and loneliness that I feel in my soul. You can see her pining for someone and it’s just so sad that she gets slut shamed every five minutes especially when she’s just talking to a guy. It’s not fair and if people actually knew her they would know that’s not what she’s like. Even if she is, so what? God it felt so frustrating for me to read that all now and really see her be slut shamed even by her own mother and mentor.
kaitiecakes's review against another edition
5.0
This book still makes me cry! Even after reading it 11 times now. This book still gets to me! This is an amazing series, the writing, the story, the characters, just everything!!
I can’t get over how much I love this series!
I’ve read it 10 times now and it gets me every time.
I love rose and dimitri’s chemistry and the building of their relationship. I will never bore of reading this series!!
I can’t get over how much I love this series!
I’ve read it 10 times now and it gets me every time.
I love rose and dimitri’s chemistry and the building of their relationship. I will never bore of reading this series!!
beachybookstack's review against another edition
4.0
I definitely wouldn't have guessed the ending from where it started. Lots of inner struggle and jealousy, but not to the point of being annoying. Rose is still a hot-head but as a character, she's making progress. The last 50 pages hold most of the punch, literally.