![]() ![]() I also realized I’d been reading mostly ARCs and scheduling reviews out months in advance, and wanted to check out some older titles to mix it up a bit. ![]() If I understand the appeal factors, I can more easily help readers find similar titles. ![]() For reader’s advisory purposes, I want to be familiar with these titles for comparison purposes. It’s also on the list of NPR’s Top 100 Teen Novels, and I’ve been meaning to read more of those, not because they are the ones I necessarily think are the best, but because it represents a good portion of the most well-known book in YA. I’m a Buffy fan from way back and I love a good vampire book, so it’s one I’ve been meaning to check out. My thoughts: This book came highly recommended to me by supervisor at work, many teen patrons, and many friends on Goodreads. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi-the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires-make Lissa one of them forever. Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. Vladimir’s-the very place where they’re most in danger… They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school-it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. ![]()
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