Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy #5) by Richelle Mead

Synopsis: "Dimitri gave Rose the ultimate choice. But she chose wrong... After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri's birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's-and to her best friend, Lissa. It is nearly graduation, and the girls can't wait for their real lives beyond the Academy's iron gates to begin. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows he's out there, somewhere.

She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her. And this time he won't rest until Rose joins him... forever."

Title: Spirit Bound
Series: Vampire Academy #5
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, YA, badass
Pages: 489
Ages: 14+ (foul language sometimes and a sexual-ish scene)
My Rating: 5 stars (more if I could)
My Word(s): Unbelievable HolyFreakinMoly
My Fave Quote(s):

"If I learned anything about life and love, it was that they were tenuous thing that could end at any moment. Caution was essential-but not at the cost of wasting your life. I decided I wasn't going to waste it now" (438).

"He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can threaten my boyfriends myself" (39).

"What are you, Rose Hathaway? Are you real? You're a dream within a dream. I'm afraid touching you will make me wake up. You'll disappear" (439).
(So many more quotes I love, but I will strongly suffer through just so you guys could get to the review...)                
Review

Excuse my language, but HOLY. SHIT.

I..I have no words. This book just mentally killed me. Like, I can't even asdfghjkl; I'M DYING

Okay, okay I will try to actually write a decent review right now as my mind is swirling as to what may happen next. First of all, the whole damn plot I loveloveloved. Every plot so far in the Vampire Academy series has been amazing and it keeps getting better as the books continue.

I'm sorry, but I still can't comprehend everything. First with Dimitri and then the Adrian and Rose thing and then....AND THEN THE ENDING with the letter and Abe and I just can't even.

You can kill me right now.

The plot was so engaging just from the beginning where Rose put her earlier plan from the book Blood Promise into action. After that I couldn't even guess at all what would happen next, let alone think that Lissa would do what she did to help Rose out with Dimitri.

Okay that's all I'm going to say because by god I know that I will accidently type a spoiler because it was just that good that I can't help it. Anyway, I'm going off topic. Let's go to the characters...

I freakin love Rose Hathaway she has always been by far the top on my list of fictional role models because of her quick mind and the way she sticks to what she believes in and defends herself and all that...but this book just made me love her even more if that was possible. I literally worship her and my god the events that happened in this book and her actions and just everything...YES.

And Lissa and Christian I love them both hands down...

Adrian...oh Adrian I just love him and he has gotten such a better personality and a more serious tone (well... sometimes) in this book. I really really hope it ends well for him because we all know Rose still has her heart out for Dimitri and through this book I'm like Oh Rose, you are just leading him on and you don't even know it....

And lastly, Dimitri. I really don't want to say any spoilers so I'm just going to say this to all readers who've already read the book: YES.

Okay, I don't want to continue this forever in fear that I'll never stop. So, this was the fifth book in the series and I'm really wary of starting the last book because of the ending of this book and I'm scared for the outcome and because it's the last book in the series and I really don't want it to end for me D,:
★★★★★

Vampire Academy (The Vampire Academy #1) by Richelle Mead

Synopsis: "St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger...

Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever."

Title: Vampire Academy
Series: Vampire Academy Numero Uno
Genre: Roamnce, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy
Pages: 332
Ages: 13+
Date I Finished: August 24th, 2012
My Rating: 4 Stars
Book Format: Paperback (Library)
My Word/Phrase: BAD-ASS ATTITUDE (You'll know what I mean once you read my review ;) )

Review: Great start of a new series that I am DEFINITELY going to read :D! The best part of this book was Rose and her kick-ass attitude. This was also probably one of the first books that literally made me laugh out loud. IT WAS HILARIOUS. That might be over exaggeration, but I was laughing so hard throughout the story. I would put a little funny blurb on the book, but I couldn't find any funny parts right away, and I'm too lazy to look through the book like a usually do, so just read the damn book! :P

Anyway, the whole story plot was well thoughtout. At first I had no idea what they meant by Strigois and Dhampirs and Morois, but as the story went on, I finally started to understand it. HUGE twist in the end :O I'm not even going to talk about it as it will take away too much.
The characters! Rose is definitely my favorite. (as I said in the first paragraph) She's got that bad-ass attitude and she is super funny and can sometimes be reckless. I have to say, I'm nothing like Rose, but I wish I were! Lissa, on the other hand, is usually (not really in the story, but from Rose's perspective :D) calm and collective. She's cautious about everything, which is the opposite from Rose. As the stories rears, though, Rose becomes more and more protective of Lissa, and Lissa becomes a little more reckless. Moving on to Dimitri! Dimitri's the Russian mentor of Rose's and they both start liking each other (like like)even though Dimitri is 7 years older than her. They then realize it couldn't possibly work out since they both gaurd Lissa. BUT I HOPE THERE RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES IN THE NEXT BOOKS! Christian, oh my god I want to marry him! I'm less complicated than Lissa (I hope) and maybe he'll notice me HAHA! I LOVE Christian, but Lissa and Christian are PERFECT for each other in the story :).

This book had me on my toes (is that even an expression? :D) the whole time reading it. The font was actually pretty big so I read it almost in one sitting. (No complaints) I give this book a smacking 4 stars.
★★★★