Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead

Title: Vampire Academy Author:  Richelle Mead  Published: Jan, 2007 Rating: 5/5

Summary:

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires - the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

  After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger . . . and the Strigoi are always close by.

Rose and Lissa must navigate their dangerous world, confront the temptations of forbidden love, and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever . . .

My Review:

This was one of my favorites in high school so it's a lot more tilted toward enjoyment than critical. I've read this book series up to book 5.

"I felt her fear before I heard her screams." 

The movie didn't do as well as hoped. Due to the influx of vampire-y stuff the way it was filmed as kind of the...anti-Twilight. I enjoyed the film as a different animal from the books all together. It was not as series or focused as the books were.

For what it was it was enjoyable.

But compared to the books..not so much. The books were great filled with rich people kind of drama. Soap operas without having to stay home to watch.

I didn't like Richelle Mead's Succubus series for adults. Thought I would because I enjoyed the VA series so much. 

Would I recommend this? Yeah, it's enjoyable and fun read that focuses on a different kind of vampire. 

Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid #1) - Richelle Mead

Statistics show that most mortals sell their souls for five reasons: sex, money, power, revenge, and love. In that order.

Score: 3/5

I read this after enjoying the Vampire Academy

Summary: Georgina Kincaid is a succubus who works at a bookstore. She's obsessed with and attracted to an author of her favorite books. Chaos ensues.

Good:

Succubus who works at a bookstore.

Bad:

This character is weird for me. She has a handful of men that she's concerned with or have been intimate with. She runs around making certain that they aren't all dying or in some sort of trouble. It's her trying to maintain some sort of chaos. To me, this aspect of the book doesn't interest me.

She's been around a long time. She lets us know this on a regular bases. Except her age does not correspond with her knowing anything about her life. She doesn't seem to know anything about her life or those involved in it.. in regard to the immortals.

This story would have made more sense if she was newly transformed into a succubus and is learning the ropes. But there doesn't seem like there is an actual reason why she doesn't know any of this..just doesn't???

There could have been something inserted to explain the reason why she was oblivious to the information needed about the people that run her life in a way.

She resolves the issue that they're dealing with...with keeping the villain occupied in bed. So, there's that at least.

I have no plans on going further into this series. But who knows?