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Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4) Richelle Mead Published: 2009 (Razorbill) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars **While we tried to avoid specific spoilers for this particular book, events of the prior novels are referenced freely. ** I’ve said many times that Blood Promise is my favorite Vampire Academy novel. It’s actually in my favorite books altogether. I know many other... 
We’ve made no secret about how excited we are for the release of the final Vampire Academy novel Last Sacrifice. We’re hosting a re-read challenge (you still have time to join in and get entered for sweet prizes) and have loved reading your reactions to each book. But now it’s time to speculate. Join us Dec. 4 — just a few days before the Dec. 7 release of Richelle Mead’s Last Sacrifice — to talk about... 
This year we fell in love with several new authors, found new series and even decided we could really get into steampunk. We’ve narrowed the list down to these gems. All the books on this list are ones we’ve told friends, family and random people at the bookstore about. These are the books we tell you are musts for your to-read piles. As a matter of fact, print it out and make it a checklist. We were... 
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3) Richelle Mead Published: 2008 (Razorbill) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars **While we tried to avoid specific spoilers for this particular book, events of the prior novels are referenced freely. ** Each Vampire Academy novel advances in tone and depth as the characters age. In terms of time, only six months has passed from the beginning of... 
Wow! We had a great turnout for last night’s Vampire Academy group read chat. Author Richelle Mead even poked in for a few minutes. We weren’t able to squeeze any Last Sacrifice tidbits out of her, but she did say the book is like a weapon. We totally buy that. You can view the transcript from last night’s #VBC03 chat on Twitter here. Considering how many of you really wanted to speculate about what will... 
Yesterday a couple blog friends were talking about a book on Twitter. I caught the middle of the conversation focused on how Spaz P threw the damn book across the room. Being a reading masochist, I couldn’t help but ask what book. She and Nat (Wicked Lil Pixie) were chatting about the fantastic agony-inducing Zodiac series by Vicki Pettersson, specifically the fourth book City of Souls. Hearing that a... 
Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) Richelle Mead Published: 2008 (Razorbill) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4 stars If you read this blog with any regularity, you know I love the complicated, kind of alpha bad boys (Terrible, Rhys, Prince Ash, Mal). So, it’s a little surprising that the first time I read Frostbite, I found Adrian’s cocky, entitled attitude less than appealing. Oh,... 
Join us this coming Wednesday, Nov. 3, to talk about Richelle Mead’s series opener Vampire Academy (a.k.a. the October group read). We know most of you re-read the book as part of our challenge, so we’ll talk about the new things you took away this time through, Rose and Lissa’s friendship, Moroi royalty and, of course, lust spells and Dimitri. If you’re game to join us, we’ll be holding the Vampire... 
