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Title: Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, Book 3)
ISBN: 1595141979
Author:
Richelle Mead
Publicate Date: 2008-11-13
Publish: 2008-11-13
List Price: $8.99
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Kiss St. Vladimir's Academy Good-bye
After the tragedy of Frostbite, Rose and her friends are coping as best they can. Bearing her first molnija marks might be a bit of a status symbol but their earning was bittersweet. As her final months at St. Vladimir's begin winding down the guardians are facing their field experience testing. They'll be facing weeks of practice guarding their Moroi classmates from their instructors pretending to be Strigoi. Expecting to be paired with Lissa, Rose's field experience should be easy. But when she sees the ghostly image of Mason and freezes at her first attack everything goes downhill.
For the first time in her life Rose is beginning to question the life of a Dhampir. Becoming Lissa's guardian means she will never choose what classes to attend or where she will live. The guardian standard "They come first." suddenly doesn't have such a great ring to it. Meanwhile, Lissa continues to practice her spirit magic with Adrian causing turmoil with Christian. When Adrian begins to see how Lissa's magic use is affecting Rose the mystery of St. Vladimir and shadow kissed Anna holds answers Rose isn't ready to face. She's always known she may one day have to give her life to protect Lissa but can she? When an unexpected threat breaks over the academy the students' lives are forever changed but none moreso than Rose who has to choose whether to protect her best friend or fulfill a promise to the man she loves.
As with the first two books, I very much enjoyed being emersed in the world of St. Vlad's. In just three short books Rose has gone from mouthy runaway to seasoned guardian. It was great to see her beginning to question whether she really wants to live her life for Lissa. That aspect of the Dhampir/Moroi relationship has always bugged me. It was also enjoyable seeing Rose put into a position she didn't expect no matter how upset she got.
I will say that I struggled with the pacing this time around. I also felt that the events of Frostbite seemed as if they were being overlooked almost as if they had happened a very long time ago instead of just a couple of weeks. I've always looked forward to Rose's interactions with Christian and Adrian but both characters seemed different this time around, not bad just... as if they weren't being written with their usual stronger personalities. The focus was definitely more on Dimitri and I know many readers of the series adore him but I've always found him boring. I had hoped that the extra focus would make me like him more and approve of his relationship with Rose but I was again unable to find a spark for him. Without spoiling anything I feel it is safe to say that the next book, Blood Promise, will be mostly Rose and Dimitri again.
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2: Amazing. Simply Amazing
This book, along with the others in the series, is just completely amazing. Higher than Twilight in my opinion. The stories have both romance yet action and for the last half of the book i was pasing around, dieing to know what happens. I couldnt turn the page fast enough!
Im not going to write about what it is about, because im pretty sure there are enough out there, but i am saying you have to read it!
My boyfriend called me alittle after i read it and all i could do was talk about it! I can not wait till August. Yes the ending maybe alittle sad.. but it just makes you more pumped up to see what the fourth is going to be like.
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3: BEAUTIFUL
This book deserves MAD props. I mean, seriously. To read it was draining and at times so disheartening so to write it must've taken a great deal of strength. You have to dig deep, really connect with those sort of emotions or they WILL NOT come across. Believe me, I know. I will admit to skimming her and there, but only on the parts that had to do with her actually finding out about being Shadow Kissed. It was dull for me and I was so much more consumed with everything else that was happening that I just couldn't bring myself to invest in it, ya know. In the end, I'm glad I didn't but those reasons are spoilers that I refuse to post. At any rate, I loved this book. It's the only book, ever, to actually bring me to tears at the end. I've been hooked from the beginning and will remain devoted to this series. Well worth the time, readers, well worth the time.
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4: Sad, but still fabulous
Shadow Kiss is another great read in the Vampire Academy series. Once you begin the book, I promise it will be hard to stop. I disliked the ending, but if you like bittersweet conclusions, you will definitely enjoy this one. Even if you hate sad endings, this book is too engrossing to skip!
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5: I Loved to Hate this book!! Next ones called "Blood Promise"
Okay..DO NOT read this book if you havent read the first two which are great..If you do you really wont catch the right emotions..I loved the portrayal of Rose, and the "issues" she was having being shadow kissed.She grew up in the last book with what happened at the end, and if shows.I love the relationship between Demetri and her.Also in my mind the only person who comes before Demetri is Edward Cullen from Twilight and thats a huge compliment compared to how much i love Edward..Demetri stole a peice of my heart and Richelle wrote him beautifully..The relationship between Lissa and Rose took an serious turn, and bascically loved this book!!!!Blood Promise should be great, maybe it can give me hope for what happened at the end of Shadow Kiss...
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