SHADOW KISS by Richelle Mead

Reading Level: Young Adult
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Razorbill
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-59514-197-2

I've just finished SHADOW KISS by Richelle Mead, a Vampire Academy Novel, and I have to tell you now, this book is action packed.

This story goes beyond the complicated relationship between Rose and Dimitri. Rose is seeing ghosts left and right, but she can't tell anyone, not even her best friend, Vasilisa Dragomir. I mean, what would you have done in her shoes? Have everyone think you're crazy? Or just write it off as stress induced, like Rose did? Also having to be on alert 24/6 for "fake" Strigoi attacks (attacks designed by her teachers to test her ability to fight back) for the field test, you can only imagine what Rose is dealing with.

Adrian and Lissa are exploring and learning how to control their element of spirit together, which makes Christan, Lissa's boyfriend, mighty jelous. How else would you expect a teenage guy, even a Moroi one, to feel when his girlfriend is hanging out with the hottest royal around?

Initiation ceremonies, secrets, lies, kisses, fights, death, this book has it all.

I found myself wanting to scream out to Rose to tell her to run and not look back, but then I remembered that it was 3 o'clock in the morning and it wouldn't be a great idea to shout and wake everyone up. I even teared up a little at the end. Just wow.

Bottom line is this: I would recommend this book, this whole series, to anyone who likes vampires, romance, mystery, and uncertainty. If this sounds cool, then this book is for you!