Book Review #4: Vampire Academy & Frostbite by RIchelle Mead

Oh. My. Gosh. Its books like these that gives me hope that my book will one day be published. I struggled to finish the 2nd book and that are 6 in this series. The story is pretty good... and I'm really not a fan of vampire books. (while I'm off on this tangent, I don't buy the whole vampire deal. Makes no sense to me, like how the heck are they supposed to be walking around, blood flowing in their veins, BUT yet they have no heart beat. I just don't get it!)

Anyway, the books. I REALLY wanted to like them because my little barn sister, Caela told me to read them. (She gave me the Mortal Instruments series and I loved those.) However, I just couldn't get into these.
They are about a girl named Rose who is a dhampire. She's half human half vamp. She is charged with protecting (as all dhampires are) the Moroi. More specifically her best friend, Lissa. The Moroi are a special race of vampire who are actually alive (with beating hearts!) and have elemental magic. They protect them from the Strigoi who are the evil vampires that kill anything, human, Moroi, dhampire... anything to gain increased power and immortality. Its more high school drama than actual supernatural coolness.
As I mentioned, the storyline... the actual idea of the books isn't bad but the writing sounds like something that I would have done in 8th grade. The main character, Rose, is loyal, dedicated, and hard working. She struggles with anger... great character but the writer lacks the ability to take the reader any deeper than the surface. I want to know more about her (actually all the "players"), but what ya see is what ya get. It will attract the middle school/high school age young people because it does have a lot of things they deal with in real life. (ie: pressure to have sex, cutting, gossip, etc...) Lots of cussing and adult situations so you may want to read it before your kid does (if you're a parent). Two hearts because I like the characters. ♥ ♥