Book Review-Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4)

I RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE FIRST THREE BOOK THAT YOU DO NOT READ THIS DUE TO SPOILER ALERT.  

Rose Hathaway's life will never be the same. 

The recent attack on St. Vladimir's Academy devastated the entire Moroi world. Many are dead. And, for 

the few victims carried off by Strigoi, their fates are even worse. A rare tattoo now adorns Rose's neck, a 

mark that says she's killed far too many Strigoi to count. But only one victim matters . . . Dimitri Belikov. 

Rose must now choose one of two very different paths: honoring her life's vow to protect Lissa—her best 

friend and the last surviving Dragomir princess—or, dropping out of the Academy to strike out on her own 

and hunt down the man she loves. She'll have to go to the ends of the earth to find Dimitri and keep the 

promise he begged her to make. But the question is, when the time comes, will he want to be saved? 

Now, with everything at stake—and worlds away from St. Vladimir's and her unguarded, vulnerable, and 

newly rebellious best friend—can Rose find the strength to destroy Dimitri? Or, will she sacrifice herself 

for a chance at eternal love?

The forth and one of the most heart breaking books in the Vampire Academy series. When I sit down to read one of these books I  cannot stop reading. This book....well, at parts it did other parts it didn't. 

COVER: The first time I saw the cover my sister had brought it home for a present to  me along with the other books in the series. Yep, my sister's awesome. This cover isn't my favorite one but it isn't the worst either -coughVampireAcademycough- I love how she has the Nazar around her neck too.

PLOT: The plot is absolutely amazing-not that I would expect anything less from Mead. Rose has come such a long way from the clueless -sorry to say but a bit slutly- teen ager that she started as in the first book. And Dimitri is a big part of that, and for her to go out on this quest, group everything to put him out of his misery-even if he doesn't even know that the real him is screaming at him-it is one of the biggest acts of bravery that anyone could preform, I mean, think about it, if you loved someone with all your heart, the very first person you fell in love with, would you have the strength to keep a promise as massive as that? 

THE WORLD: I have never been out of the state I've grown up in even through I have a father who has lived in Portugal, India and other places all through out the world, I have never set foot out of Victoria (which sucks) I love how this was set in Russia, a place I have a strong-if not unhealthy-love for. I love how Mead sets out settings, it is wonderful, most of the time you can imagine yourself in Rose's place. I loved how you meet knew people, from the Unpromised, to Blood Whores, to the Striogi that she finds herself trapped with. 

THE CHARACTERS: Rose is so more mature than she was in the first books, she's grown into her rule of being a Guardian and she is still loyal to the people she loves. She has high principles which are tested a lot in this novel and she still stands by them. With everything that had happened in Shadow Kissed you just expect her to break down crying about Dimitri and about the lives lost, but she only dose twice one time it's when she's drugged out from vamp bites-she wasnt acting normally because of the drugging affect  it has on human and dhpamirs-and the over is when she sees Lissa again at the end of the book.

Lissa is.....unstable. She changes back to the party animal she used to be but the reason behind it is very shocking-it isn't even her doing-and very surprising. She eventually changes but into the Lissa we all know and love but when she is the animal I very much wanted to slap her.

Dimitri-well, he obviously isnt the same. He is twisted at times and it is like he is using Rose as a water bottle-yeah, horrible saying but I couldnt think of anything else. There are times, Ill admit, he seems like he still loves her but at those times I would shake myself and remind myself about the ending of the third book. At those times I would slam the book and sulk for a hour or two. 

Adrian-this is really ironic but I know a Adrian and he is very much like the VA Adrian. He is the same sarcastic, warm, slightly mad Adrian but we see a different side to him, he is much like my brother is towards me towards Jill, protective, a little teasing.....like a older brother. He really reminds me of someone who was falling in love and maybe he was, maybe he was finally falling for Rose whereas he used to just want a relationship with her but he wasnt in love with her. I'm actually at a dead end, I was on Team Dimitri but now...I'm not so sure. 

I love the book series and I am sure that the final two are gonna be amazing, she does wonderful cliffhangers.

Five stars out of five.  

Spirit Day

I'm  a massive Hunger Games fan and when I saw this I had to repost it. I know what it feels like
to be bullied, physically and emotionly. It's hard and you just wonder, why did they have to target me?
But really, after a while you realize that the person whose doing that to you, causing you that pain,
is just a kid banging on the inside of a cardboard trying to get out. You realize that you arent going to
let yourself be lower to their state-and even though it hurts, soon it will be as far away as a faraway galaxy.
You are not alone. Never think that you are.

(originally from f1nn1ck)

Book Review-Hourglass by Claudia Grey

Bianca will risk everything to be with Lucas. 

After escaping from Evernight, the vampire boarding school where they met, Bianca and Lucas seek 

refuge with Black Cross, an elite group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her supernatural heritage or 

risk certain death at its hands. But when Black Cross captures her friend—the vampire Balthazar—all her 

secrets threaten to come out. 

Soon, Bianca and Lucas are on the run, pursued not only by Black Cross, but by the powerful vampires of 

Evernight. Yet no matter how far they run, Bianca can't escape her destiny. Bianca and Lucas have always 

believed their love could survive anything—but can it survive what's to come?

Alright, so ah.....I'm a little confused about this book to be honest.


I didn't exactly liked the first two and I hoped that this one would you know, make me like the series more 


but all it did was make me more frigging confused. 


On one hand there were parts I loved but on the other....


COVER: I don't like it. In my opinion it makes Bianca look like a thirty five year old house wife.




PLOT: Not as great as I hoped. It just....didnt do it for me. It was a bit all over the place and blurry and I 


saw the ending a mile away.  And with Bianca's birth secret...that was the only logical answer so how 


come it took so long for them to figure it out? 

You tell 'em Spike

    
THE WORLD: NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. Like, BIG TIME. Most of the terms she used I've never even 


heard of. Yeah, they might be valid but make them easy to at least understand. Ok, that's it or else I'll start 


a rant.  








THE CHARACTERS: Bianca.....oh God Bianca. She is such a self centered person that I nearly threw the 


book at  my wall. And I don't like that someone named Bianca is a biatch because I have a cousin named 

Bianca and she's one of my best friends. Lucas seemed....old. He acted like my forty year old uncles put 

together. I love Vic though. He reminds me of a guy I knew and it was just hilarious. I didn't mind Ranulf, 

I loved how ignorant he seemed all the time.

Even though there were parts I enjoyed it didnt make up for the rest.

Two stars out of five. 

Currently Reading:

So I was at my library and they had a sale on-two YA books for two bucks.
Pretty cool right? So these are the two I got:

Yeah, I love my vamp books. I love Buffy but it is a gift for a friend because her mum isnt leting her buy more books and she loves Buffy (I got her into it) and I missed her brithday so yea. Afterlife I'm keeping because I've read the first two books and have the third but I didnt own the last one.
So, now I can finally read this,

Because I've heard it ends with a MASSIVE cliff hanger

Delirium By Lauren Oliver

So, my first book review (not that I haven't read any YA novels before this one) is Delirium by Lauren Oliver.

Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. 

They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. 

Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all 

citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when 

she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. 

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.

COVER: Yes, it is the old cover. I bought it back in May and the new one wasn't out yet. But....I prefer this one. It has something about it that I can't quite put a finger on. I don't know, might be just me. The only thing that annoys me about it is that once I buy the next on they'll be different height. 

PLOT: The plot is pretty easy to understand-girl meets boy, boy falls for her, she falls for him, and they'll get killed if anyone found out they were best friends let alone together. So it is basically that Lena Haloway  is going to her evolution and while in it she sees a boy.  And a few days later she sees him again. They end up falling in love but it is so fearful and frightening because they could get killed if they anyone ever knew....The book's ending is sort of a Romeo and Juliet ending. Sort of. I'm not saying anything else.

THE WORLD: The world is scary is you think about it. A world without love. I can't imagine living like that at all. You can't love your siblings or your friends and this is one of the biggest things I have a problem with-Your parents don't love you. Not because you aren't "good enough" but because they can't. 

They let people put them under and basically cut out the part in their brain that is what makes you able to love. Seriously, I would kick and scream and not let anyone near me that has that in their head. Another thing I hate about this world is that after you are forced into the so called 'Cure' you can't fall in love. You get married, have kids, sure but it doesn't mean anything to you at all. I can't imagine a world like this but good job Lauren for coming up with it.

THE CHARACTERS: Lena is a seventeen year old who is brainwashed until she falls in love and wakes up. Her growth is amazing through the whole book and Alex has a lot to do with that. She isn't afraid to voice her opinion but knows when to shut up.

Alex is charming and sweet. He isn't one of those guys who is all "I LOVE YOU! RUN AWAY WITH ME!" But he does genuinely love Lena and is willing to risk his life to make her safe. 

Hana is so much like someone I know it isnt funny. She has turned rebellious but not the type of rebellious that is all goth and tats. She helps Lena every way she can and is the only person who knows about how much Alex means to Lena. 

I give this this book four stars out of five. 

 

A Novel On A Summer Afternoon

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