Vampire Academy ~ review

Format: Audiobook

Size: 187 MB

Publication date: 28 August 2008

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with a rare gift for harnessing the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest vampires - the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a dhampir. Rose is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making Lissa one of them.

After two years of freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, a school for vampire royalty and their guardians-to-be, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. But inside the iron gates, life is even more fraught with danger . . . and the Strigoi are always close by.

Rose and Lissa must navigate their dangerous world, confront the temptations of forbidden love, and never once let their guard down, lest the evil undead make Lissa one of them forever . . .

★★★★★

I've read this one long long long time ago, when I was still in elementary school and honestly I  managed to forget what it was about. And oh boy.

I have the track from Audible and the  way it was narrated made me fall in love with Russian accent and especially Dmitri! (At the end of the book I was like...please love me? And say that name again....) I mean even if the narrator was a woman I was transfixed by the voice. It was a masterpiece.

The snark comments exchanged between Rose and Dmitri made it hard to listen to the book on public transport because it was hard for me not to smile at it. 

Dmitri is a complex and hard to comprehend character but as the end of the book was nearing I started to understand him better and actually even like him. Damn that Russian accent and..that end. Made me almost cry teh way it was narrated.

I liked how Rose was the only one that really understood what it was to take on the responsibility and that she knew that she had to do in order to protect Lisa. Even if she made few mistakes that resulted in them arguing. The author showed the true meaning of friendship, when they overcame their problems and talked to each other again.

I'm looking forward to jumping into the next book in the series and hell I want DMITRI to get together with ROSE. I don't give a freaking damn about their regulations, they are one of my OTP now. Deal with it.

Wrap up #3 (March)

So the BookMonth as it is called in Slovakia, was a little little better than the February was I read 2 books! 2!! See that improvement?! Anyway I'm currently reading through another book and I'm feeling really confident I can read more in April. (Let's hope so though. >.<) Onto the lists we go!

~ Reviews ~

Soundless by Richelle Mead - a short fantasy novel
The Passage, a Dance & a Little White Dress - Book No.2 in Enlighten series and oh boy, did I love the book.

~ Currently reading~
Throne of Glass by S. J. Maas - still I have to do somethign with that!! I lvoe the book and I want to move on, but..but..the end..

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - LOVE IT so far <3

School of Deaths by Christopher Mannino - slow read, not much liking it, but have to finish it right?

Soundless ~ review

Format: Paperback | 266 pages

Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 17mm | 191g

Publication date: 12 November 2015

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

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For as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village. Her people are at the mercy of a mysterious faraway kingdom, which delivers food in return for precious metals mined from the treacherous cliffs surrounding them.

When villagers begin to lose their sight, their rations shrink and many go hungry. Fei's home, the boy she loves, and her entire existence is plunged into crisis, under threat of darkness and starvation.

Then Fei is awoken in the night by a searing noise, and sound becomes her weapon . . .

★★★★

After long long long time I'm finally on-line. this few months had been hectic because I had MATURITA exam going on, which basically is a school leaving exam. Didn't really have time to read and then I went to AnimeShow and GameExpo in Bratislava during the weekend so yeah. BUT! I managed to read this novel in couple of days, thankfully.

Onto the review!

It's a G-rated book, good for the -teen year old. Not much of the gore nor the sexuality so it's fine. The romance that is going on in there was sweet and not too much for those who don't like  romance novels. Even though it is mentioned and hinted through out the entire book.

The book was slow paced though, however it is evenly spaced. There's action and then reaction. Each chapter has something particular about it. I think that the fact Richelle is an experienced author worked its magic here. She kept just enough tension for the book to be bearable.
I love the descriptions of sounds. How she took the time and in close detail described everything. How unnatural it felt for the main character to hear everything around her, the way it overwhelmed her and then how she used it to her advantage to help her village.

The development of the character is beautiful in here. The main character, Fei, had hard time choosing between what her heart says, which collided with her mind and the principles she had. But in the end it was all worth it, nicely developed character, satisfied with her life. Even if the ending was delayed as much as possible.