Review
Frostbite
by Richelle Mead
You
might want to read Vampire Academy first
Otherwise this review might contain spoilers
First
sentences:
Things
die. But they don't always stay dead. Believe me, I know.
Summary:
Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to
be with Rose...
It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks... This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory.
But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price...
It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks... This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory.
But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price...
source: Goodreads
My
opinion:
Frostbite
is the second book in the Vampire Academy series and starts basically
where the first book ended. Dimitri and Rose continue their training
but one day they discover a massive Strigoi attack at a house near
the school. This alarms the whole school and all students are taken
on a mandatory ski trip to Idaho.
The second
book in the series takes us on a skiing trip with St. Vladimir
Academy but being a vampire academy means that this trip is not as we
imagine it. Not only are many parents, including Rose's mother and an
old friend of her tutor and love-interest Dimitri, also at the skiing
resort but the whole community is furious about the recent gruesome
attack. While everybody tries to continue living their life as normal
as possible some students plan to strike against the Strigoi and Rose
has to intervene.
Frostbite
is an absolute page-turner with many twists and an ending that took
me by surprise. Rose and Christian are forced to work together,
another guardian flirts with Dimitri, which annoys Rose tremendously,
and we get introduced to Adrian who tries hard to wake Rose's
interest and release her inner bad girl.
Due to the
fact that this book is almost solely set at the ski resort in Idaho,
the story gets an enclosed setting and all the emotions are really
strong due to the fact that all the members of the group are living
in a closed space for quite some time. The well-known cabin fewer and
all the characters are perfectly portrait.
With
Frostbite Richelle Mead wrote a stunning second novel and I cannot
wait to see what will happen in the third.
The books
in the Vampire Academy series are:
- Vampire Academy (read my review here)
- Frostbite
- Shadow Kiss
- Blood Promise
- Spirit Bound
- Last Sacrifice
I love vampire academy, read all of the books :) Good review:)
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