Smugglivus 2010 Book Reviews: Spirit Bound & Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
Hey, it’s a Smugglivus MIRACLE! Umm…ok, not really. But it IS a fun double feature. Today we bring you a double shot of one of the finest Vampire Boarding School Series’ on the market (and there are, surprisingly, quite a few of them): Richelle Mead’s final two titles in the Vampire Academy series.
Title: [...]
Title: Blood Promise
Author: Richelle Mead
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Razorbill (Penguin)
Publication Date: August 2009
Hardcover: 512 pages
Stand alone or series: Book 4 in the ongoing Vampire Academy series
How did I get this book: Review Copy from Publicist
Why did I read [...]
Happy Sunday, folks! Hope you all had a lovely weekend and are enjoying the fall weather.
Now let’s get down to business, shall we?
Giveaway Winners:
We’ve got three separate giveaway winners to announce! First up is Elegy Beach by Steven R. Boyett.
The TWO lucky winners [...]
We’ve got a special, unexpected treat for you today – we’re kicking off a long-awaited Richelle Mead Book Blog Tour, in honor of her most recent release, the fourth book in her ongoing Vampire Academy series, Blood Promise!
Rose Hathaway’s life will never be the same.
The [...]
Richelle Mead, author of the fantastic Vampire Academy series, has just posted the first chapter of Blood Promise, the fourth book in the six book series! We absolutely LOVE the Vampire Academy series (just see our reviews for Vampire Academy, Frostbite, and Shadow Kiss), and have been salivating over the release [...]
Title: Shadow Kiss
Author: Richelle Mead
Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy
Stand alone or series: Book 3 of the Vampire Academy series.
Why did I read this book: As if our recent Richelle-A-Palooza is any indicator, I’m a huge fan Richelle’s. I love her characters, her fast moving plots, and this young [...]
Title: Frostbite
Author: Richelle Mead
Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy
Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the Vampire Academy series
Why did I read this book: Read Vampire Academy in a day, and needed more. Pronto. (This was one of those rushed-drive-to-Borders-at-10:59PM-to-frantically-find-the-next-book-in-the-series-because-you-NEED-MORE type of book)
Summary: (from RazorBill.com)
Rose Hathaway’s got [...]
Title: Vampire Academy
Author: Richelle Mead
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Stand Alone or Series: Book 1 in the Vampire Academy series
Why did we read this book: Other than the fact that we are having a Richelle-A-Palooza? Thea had read Ms. Mead’s Succubus series, and had fallen in love with her [...]
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