Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1)

BOOK review

Started on: 6 Desember 2015
Finished on: 8 Desember 2015

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1) by Penulis

Judul Buku : Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1)
Penulis : Richelle Mead
Penerbit :
Tebal : 414
Tahun Terbit: 2010
Rating: 3/5

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Blurb

SELAMAT DATANG DI AKADEMI ST. VLADIMIR Di balik gerbang kokoh Akademi St. Vladimir terdapat rahasia besar. Akademi tersebut bukan sekolah berasrama biasa. Di tempat itu para vampir Moroi dididik dengan ilmu sihir, sementara para Dhampir—makhluk setengah vampir setengah manusia—dilatih untuk melindungi mereka. Rose Hathaway adalah Dhampir yang bertugas melindungi sahabat karibnya, Lissa, seorang putri vampir dari kaum Moroi. Selama dua tahun mereka melarikan diri. Namun akhirnya mereka tertangkap lalu diseret kembali ke Akademi Vampir tersebut—yang sebenarnya merupakan tempat paling berbahaya....

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My Opinion

Over all, it's not a bad read if you're into teenage romances and school stories. The School aspect plays a major role in this book, particularly the politics of the average teen life. For those who were immensely glad to leave high school behind, this book may not be for you.

Sure, the reader has to cope with sentences--stuck in the midst of dead serious scenes--that read "And then, suddenly, he was there, charging down the hallway like Death in a cowboy duster"; sure, the character development is about as subtle as a blow to the head. And yes, it's true that the dialog is full of more dead wood than an old oak tree.

None of that matters when your story is narrated by a beautiful liquorish body guard who hates books and gets slap-happy whenever anyone else so much as gives her best friend and ward--a vampire princess (yes, a vampire princess)--so much as a funny look. Did I mention that this bodyguard and her princess share a psychic bond? That our tough narrator has a crush on her sexy Russian mentor (who quite obviously fancies her as well)? That all of the other vampire royals are full of malice and gossip? That the vampire princess has special powers? How about a war between "good" and "bad" vampires? Oh reader, this book is good fun.

The love story surprised me. I spent the entire book up until the last few pages thinking it was extremely gross, if not weird and awkward. I didn't and I still don't feel any chemistry between the main two love interests. They seem to be thrown together by the author with nothing real between them to make you think that they actually belong together. The last part of the book redeemed a lot of that for me though with the encouraging decisions made by the male romantic lead.