This series had to be one of the best I have EVER read. There are six to the full set, and I loved them all! Completed under two weeks, they are that good.If you love vampires, and you love to be able to connect with the characters, feel what the characters feel, then this series is PERFECT for you. Lissa and Rose have to be the best people ever, you get so much from them. Their romances with the men they love just make you feel as though you could be part of it all! Rose has the forbidden romance going on... and I'll tell you what, I love it! It just pulls you into the book even more! The feeling of something forbideen yet one hundred percent right. It just makes you connect with the characters to well!I think the age range for this must be the teens... It's got teen drama, everything a teen has to cope with during the few years we are truly finding ourselves. So, 13-17 maybe? But anyone older can read, I just think the teens would connect more, but everyone is sure to love the book. I did anyway!READ IT, ITS WELL WORTH IT!!!!!!!-Paige'xo I'm not one to typically read young adult novels, especially when vampires are involved. I run the policy of "vampires are evil." So when this book was handed to me as a friend, I expected to hate it. If that doesn't say something about how good it is that I read through the series multiple times (and bawled the entirety of one book), I'm not sure what would.First, the story isn't what you think it is at first. I mean, it presents itself obviously when you read it a second time, but at first I imagined a very different path. Two best friends running away from school, one's a fighter and the other's a "noble" of sorts, yeah I figured they'd do the standard "fight over a guy" trick but no, it's all centered around the magic that bonds the two. Without spoiling anything, the two are connected by both friendship and magic, and the latter results in a majority of the conflicts surrounding them. It is both a blessing and a curse to the two girls and presented rather well. I cannot say that it's perfect as it's centered around the idea that no one knew about it (a case that to me feels less believable as time goes on), but we're also dealing with the idea that people didn't discover vampires or an entire school filled with them so some leeway should be permitted.Second, the characters are amazing. Well, that may be a bit too much to say as many are underdeveloped, including several key characters, but there are enough of them to keep the story strong and even those that aren't fully fleshed out are interesting enough. A good example is Adrian Ivashkov, who gets developed pretty well but not enough to be a (minor spoiler) love interest, in my opinion. Still, he helps pull the storyline along and is a strong support, as well as somewhat a problem, for the two main girls. And he does one of my favorite things a secondary love interest has ever done in a book. It doesn't just end with him either! Keep in mind, Rose is our main character but Lissa, while not sharing the same amount of spotlight, does a pretty damn good job of holding up a story of her own. She starts off as a "goody" girl but her development as she is revealed, to the readers, as something more. She is just as strong a main character as Rose.Third, and keep in mind this is more for my own peace of mind, the lore and magic is well done as well. It's kept, for the most part, simple. The major elements (fire, earth, water, and wind) are involved and their uses are interesting most of the time. The other two (and for preventing spoilers, I shall keep it hidden) are shrouded in enough mystery that the facts become twisted. It's actually surprisingly well done. I'd talk about the convoluted idea of kids not even thinking of practicing magic offensively, but this goes along with the "cannot find a vampire school" issue. The lore is where I got really hooked. Moroi and Strigoi are actual vampire types from history. While they aren't defined the way this book defines them (it was more based on what they fed or how they were revived, including witch souls), it was interesting to see that there was more than just a "oh hey, vampires drink blood" concept behind it, and the two separations allowed for both the "good" and "evil" vampires to be represented.Overall, I loved the story. I has most of the same standard issues that many young adult novels have, but it handles many of the ones I typically have an issue with rather well. The relationships are believable, for the most part, and the characters are strong even if they aren't all fully developed. There are a couple of storyline plot holes, but you can glance over them easily when something stronger than the missing link pulls the story along. And the romance between the two main characters, the strain that keeps them apart and the logic the two have that draws them to each other while telling them they can't be together is well written. A 4/5 and a highly recommended book to any young female looking for a darker, stronger story with a true feeling of love and magic.
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This collection (the first three books) was my christmas gift from my friends and I can't even express how glad and happy I was at the moment, thaw I've already had read four books (e-books), but printed books make me feel different...Some people think the books about vampires, paranormal and supernatural things are not worth to read. They are too stupid, too pathetic and s.o. Somehow I agree, because lot of books of the genre are really awful. And all of that vampire-human love and vampire idealizing thing is quite boring and not interesting anymore. But I can't tell anything like that about Vampire academy series. When I first read those books, I kind of could not decide whether I liked them or not, because they were totally different in every aspect and in every way from other books. Main characters are not a lovely, sweet and dolly like girls or boys. They are fighters and interesting people or creatures. And storyline is quite tens and every time you decide, that you know what is happening and what will wait for you in next chapter, author turns everything upside down. And each book ends so dramatically, that you can't wait to take second book and start to find out, what's happening. And all the humor makes you laugh and read the same moments over and over again. Sometimes some moments made me seriously cry and my hurt sinking and some moments made me really angry and furious... So please, please read those books and you will find out, that even books about vampires can be too interesting and fascinating. :) Good luck. :))))))
—kale2013
Just finished reading this series on a recommendation and I've got to say i was really surprised and i thoroughly enjoyed it! there are many vampire books around at the minute and this isn't as well known as the twilight series for example but this series was much more interesting then the others. sometimes i thought the writing was a little simplistic but it didn't stop me from reading each book in one sitting! fantastic
—karaivanov11
This is probably one of the best series I have ever read. Amazing.
—Rox0919
