Review: Frostbite by Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy, book 2)
| February 8, 2012 | Posted by ljquillyn under Reviews |
Frostbite by Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy, book 2)
In a nutshell: We rejoin Rose and Lissa a few weeks after the end of the first book. That whole mess with Victor Daskov trying to abuse Lissa’s rare magical ability is behind them (for now) and things are returning to normal. That is, until there are more Strigoi attacks on innocent Moroi families. We’re talking horrible massacres of whole families (including their guardians and children). Rose, meanwhile, is trying to finish up her training at the academy so that she’ll be ready for her field experience and then graduation. When she’s supposed to take a test administered off-campus by a famous guardian, she’s excited. When she gets to his house and finds that he and a whole family have been killed (and right before Christmas), things change. The authorities at the academy decide that the best possible choice is to take all the students to a secure Moroi-owned lodge for winter break. That way families can come and enjoy the vacation, but the Guardians can control the security of the place. That’s all fine until a few students leave the lodge to go hunt Strigoi. Rose feels responsible because she’s the one who tipped them off to the possible location of said Strigoi. Plus there’s more stuff going on with magic. And in the romance department, there may be a new lady in Dimitri’s life.
*Useful Definitions:
Dhampir – Offspring of Moroi and another dhampir or Moroi and human. Always turn out half vampire, half human. Dhampirs live to protect the Moroi (most of them grow up to be guardians).
Moroi – Living vampire. Seem kind of like the enlightened class of vampires. There are 12 royal families that sort of switch off ruling duties. There are nobles and non-royals as well among this class.
Strigoi – Undead vampire. Humans can be made into Strigoi if they are drained and then fed vampire blood. Moroi can become Strigoi by killing the person on whom they are feeding. Strigoi are thought to be immoral and evil by Moroi and Dhampirs.
What I like about this book:
1. Again, just like the first one, I couldn’t put it down. I read it all in one day.
2. Great suspense in this book. I love when an author hints at the worst thing that could happen and then makes it happen. At first hint, you think, “No, no, that’s too terrible. The author wouldn’t subject me to such worry.” Oh yes she would!
3. Great teenage drama in this book. I love being inside Rose’s head. It is so familiar to what it was like when I was a teenager. I often found myself so worked up and frustrated that I’d say things I didn’t mean just to get a rise out of somebody (usually my parents – sorry mom & dad). As words tumbled out of my mouth, I found myself thinking, “Did I really just say that? I don’t mean it. Oh well, I’m so pissed off right now!”
4. Lissa and Christian are a really adorable couple.
Drawbacks to this book:
I’m having trouble thinking of any.
Urgency to read: You should probably just go to the library and pick up the whole series (or buy the whole thing, it’s the type of series you could read more than once). As I said before, YA fiction & vampire enthusiasts will enjoy this series.
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