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ceecee9093's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, and Self harm
Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Death, and Terminal illness
There is some girl-on-girl hate and slut shaming a la 2000s high school storymalomegh's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Self harm
booksandtea997's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, and Car accident
leahjanespeare's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Whoa that holds UP
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Torture, and Self harm
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, Murder, and Cursing
just_klaudia's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Self harm, Blood, Car accident, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Animal death
Minor: Mental illness
noellelovesbooks's review against another edition
4.25
Content Warnings: Self-harm [cutting], animal death/animal cruelty, blood, bullying, death, murder, suicidal ideations, violence, sexism, grief, torture, sexual harassment, sexual assault, age gap [17 and 24], toxic relationships, homophobia, sexual content, forced institutionalization, ableism, and stalking.
Decided it was time for a re-read ahead of binging through the new Peacock show.
A few summers ago I binged through the entire series, so fast, I could not remember what happened per book. Rereading at a slower pace while annotating, highlighting, and writing summaries every 50 pages was fun and will make it easier to remember in the future. 😅
We get a bit of a slow start as the girls are forced out of hiding and returned to the academy. As the girls attempt to readjust to living among their peers we slowly start to unravel the mystery of why they left while also being introduced to a few new mysteries.
This book was so much to reread and re-immerse myself in. I absolutely adore Rose and Lissa, the strong bond they share, and their fierce desire to protect each other. 💜
Decided it was time for a re-read ahead of binging through the new Peacock show.
A few summers ago I binged through the entire series, so fast, I could not remember what happened per book. Rereading at a slower pace while annotating, highlighting, and writing summaries every 50 pages was fun and will make it easier to remember in the future. 😅
We get a bit of a slow start as the girls are forced out of hiding and returned to the academy. As the girls attempt to readjust to living among their peers we slowly start to unravel the mystery of why they left while also being introduced to a few new mysteries.
This book was so much to reread and re-immerse myself in. I absolutely adore Rose and Lissa, the strong bond they share, and their fierce desire to protect each other. 💜
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, Violence, Ableism, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Stalking, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Homophobia
a_dara_ble's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Starting to reread a bunch of series I read in highschool. For what it is- a highschool vampire series, the first book is pretty good. I don't really get why they're in highschool if all the things happening seem a bit more college age (drinking, sex, dorms etc) but I guess if they're in highschool then the mc attraction to her teacher is more "forbidden."
the back cover is sort of a fake out, the strigoi don't even show up or even pose much of a threat (other than "one day you'll have to fight them") until the very last chapter . It's mostly teen drama, but if that's what you're looking for, then this one's pretty good
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Self harm
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Torture
psydneigh's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This was good. The movie was true to this book, so unfortunately I pretty much knew what was going to happen. Rose is a great character to view this world through. The age gap didn’t really bother me in this book because Rose seemed a lot older than 17 in my mind, but when I think about real life 17 and 24. Yeah creepy. Excited to see where this goes!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Self harm
filipacarvalho's review against another edition
dark
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Car accident and Chronic illness
emilyrainsford's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Phew, what to say about this book??
To start with, I should say that I'm reading this for the first time as a 37 year old woman. Yes, it's a book for teenagers. Having said that, I read a lot of YA and the good ones can be enjoyed at any age. And having problematic content isn't excusable just because something is meant for teenagers - in fact, that just makes it all the more inexcusable.
Vampire Academy opens as our first person protagonist Rose and her bestie Lissa are caught on the outside and forced to return to vampire-Hogwarts, which they'd run away from two years ago.
What follows is a possibly interesting world and mystery, buried amongst a lot of teenage relationship drama and bitchiness and a looot of slut shaming. Like, a lot. Our main character Rose is supposed to be feisty and strong, but she's actually just a massive bitch and incredibly controlling of her best friend. Most of the boys at the school are awful pigs and most of the girls are fake and catty.
This book has a lot of consent issues. Rose can accidentally slip into Lissa's head and see from her perspective. Lissa is unaware of it when it happens and can't stop it or agree to it. So Rose starts using it deliberately, to check up on her friend. That's CREEPY folks. She justifies it towards the end with "sorry I just wanted to make sure you're okay". IT'S STILL CREEPY and an absolute non-consentual invasion.
There's a really disturbing scene where a bunch of vampire guys bring a human girl ("a feeder" gross) who is drugged up on blood loss and vampire saliva or whatever to a party, then all start doing things to her that she's too out of it to consent to. There's a word for that, folks. Rose only drags herself away from her make out session to address the situation because Lissa begs her to. Even then, she only succeeds in making the ringleader guy take the girl somewhere more private, and Lissa is like "wtf now he'll just do worse things" and Rose is like "meh, what can you do?" and goes back to her pash session. Then when Lissa follows them and takes vengeance on the would-be rapist (let's call it what is is), Rose acts like it's Lissa who's crazy and tells her off for "scaring" the human victim. Are you kidding me??
Have I mentioned yet that 17 year old Rose develops a crush on her 24 year old teacher... and that crush is clearly reciprocated by said older man? EW! And the moment he/we realise that is when he pulls Rose off some teenage guy she was dry humping, and he looks at her and realises she's sexy. EWWWWW!
Oh have I mentioned that all the vampire girls are suuuperrr slenderrrrr but have no boobs, but Rose has wOmAnLy CuRvEs and big boobs. She has big boobs folks. If you don't catch that the first time, don't worry, she'll remind you. About her bosom. So much bigger than the other girls.
Oh there's a bunch of vampire lore. I dunno, I couldn't explain it to you cos honestly it was kind of confusing.
The last 15-20% of the book really picks up the pace and interesting things start happening. Weirdly, the book ITSELF seems to undergo some kind of maturing process, even though the protagonist doesn't. But I don't that it's enough to save it from the mess that preceded it.
It's a shame because I feel like there's the potential for a really good story in there, but it is absolutely smothered by the questionable content. SO much questionable content. I struggle to understand who the intended audience is for this, because tbh I'd be horrified at the thought of young girls reading it.
To start with, I should say that I'm reading this for the first time as a 37 year old woman. Yes, it's a book for teenagers. Having said that, I read a lot of YA and the good ones can be enjoyed at any age. And having problematic content isn't excusable just because something is meant for teenagers - in fact, that just makes it all the more inexcusable.
Vampire Academy opens as our first person protagonist Rose and her bestie Lissa are caught on the outside and forced to return to vampire-Hogwarts, which they'd run away from two years ago.
What follows is a possibly interesting world and mystery, buried amongst a lot of teenage relationship drama and bitchiness and a looot of slut shaming. Like, a lot. Our main character Rose is supposed to be feisty and strong, but she's actually just a massive bitch and incredibly controlling of her best friend. Most of the boys at the school are awful pigs and most of the girls are fake and catty.
This book has a lot of consent issues. Rose can accidentally slip into Lissa's head and see from her perspective. Lissa is unaware of it when it happens and can't stop it or agree to it. So Rose starts using it deliberately, to check up on her friend. That's CREEPY folks. She justifies it towards the end with "sorry I just wanted to make sure you're okay". IT'S STILL CREEPY and an absolute non-consentual invasion.
There's a really disturbing scene where a bunch of vampire guys bring a human girl ("a feeder" gross) who is drugged up on blood loss and vampire saliva or whatever to a party, then all start doing things to her that she's too out of it to consent to. There's a word for that, folks. Rose only drags herself away from her make out session to address the situation because Lissa begs her to. Even then, she only succeeds in making the ringleader guy take the girl somewhere more private, and Lissa is like "wtf now he'll just do worse things" and Rose is like "meh, what can you do?" and goes back to her pash session. Then when Lissa follows them and takes vengeance on the would-be rapist (let's call it what is is), Rose acts like it's Lissa who's crazy and tells her off for "scaring" the human victim. Are you kidding me??
Have I mentioned yet that 17 year old Rose develops a crush on her 24 year old teacher... and that crush is clearly reciprocated by said older man? EW! And the moment he/we realise that is when he pulls Rose off some teenage guy she was dry humping, and he looks at her and realises she's sexy. EWWWWW!
Oh have I mentioned that all the vampire girls are suuuperrr slenderrrrr but have no boobs, but Rose has wOmAnLy CuRvEs and big boobs. She has big boobs folks. If you don't catch that the first time, don't worry, she'll remind you. About her bosom. So much bigger than the other girls.
Oh there's a bunch of vampire lore. I dunno, I couldn't explain it to you cos honestly it was kind of confusing.
The last 15-20% of the book really picks up the pace and interesting things start happening. Weirdly, the book ITSELF seems to undergo some kind of maturing process, even though the protagonist doesn't. But I don't that it's enough to save it from the mess that preceded it.
It's a shame because I feel like there's the potential for a really good story in there, but it is absolutely smothered by the questionable content. SO much questionable content. I struggle to understand who the intended audience is for this, because tbh I'd be horrified at the thought of young girls reading it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, and Rape