Vampire Academy (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway: She is a strong heroine, a wise crack, loud mouth, and very protective of her best friend, Lissa Dragomir. She is in training to be Lissa's guardian.
• Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir: A Moroi princess, and Rose's best friend. She is the last in her family line and has had hard times with her emotions because of her strange magical abilities.
• Dimitri Belikov: Rose's love interest. Rose's mentor. Rose describes him as Death in a cowboy duster. Likes western novels and has an eccentric music taste ('80s and country). He is from village called Baia in Siberia, Russia, and is described as being extremely handsome and tall with long brown hair.
• Victor Dashkov: Lissa's "sort of" uncle and Natalie's dad.
• Mason Ashford: Rose's best dhampir friend who trains with her and is in love with her.
• Christian Ozera: Part of one of the disgraced royal Moroi families whose parents turned Strigoi.
• Natalie Dashkov: Very shy. She is the daughter of the royal Victor Dashkov.
• Mia Rinaldi: A snobby Moroi who quickly rises in popularity despite the fact that she's not royal (though she can dream) and has some nasty grudge against Lissa, and, indirectly, Rose, though the reason is unknown. She looks like a porcelain doll.
• Headmistress Kirova: She is the tough headmistress of St. Vladimir Academy.
• Tatiana Ivashkov: The Moroi Queen who humiliated Lissa in front of everybody.
• Aaron: Lissa's on-off again boyfriend and Mia's popularity riser.
• Jesse: Student of the Moroi side of the school.
• Alberta: Head School Guardian

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• “Lissa and I had been best friends ever since kindergarten, when our teacher had paired us together for writing lessons. Forcing five-year-olds to spell Vasilisa Dragomir and Rosemarie Hathaway was beyond cruel, and we'd—or rather, I'd—responded appropriately. I'd chucked my book at our teacher and called her a fascist bastard. I hadn't known what those words meant, but I'd known how to hit a moving target. Lissa and I had been inseparable ever since.”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

• “My hatred notwithstanding, I had to admit Dimitri Beli-whatever was pretty smart.”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

• “Doing that…protecting her like that—it was very brave." He paused. "Stupid, but still brave. Why did you even try it?” I glanced over at him, brushing my hair out of my face so I could look him levelly in the eye. "Because I'm her guardian." I turned back toward the window.”

  Dimitri Belikov, Rose Hathaway

• “They have a bond." Dimitri's low, accented voice broke the heavy tension, and we all turned toward him. I think Kirova had forgotten he was there, but I hadn't. His presence was way too powerful to ignore. He still stood against the wall, looking like some sort of cowboy sentry in that ridiculous long coat of his. He looked at me, not Lissa, his dark eyes staring straight through me. "Rose knows what Vasilisa is feeling. Don't you?” I at least had the satisfaction of seeing Kirova caught off guard as she glanced between us and Dimitri. "No…that's impossible. That hasn't happened in centuries.” "It's obvious," he said. "I suspected as soon as I started watching them.” Neither Lissa nor I responded, and I averted my eyes from his. "That is a gift," murmured Victor from his corner. "A rare and wonderful thing.” "The best guardians always had that bond,” added Dimitri. "In the stories.”

  Dimitri Belikov, Headmistress Kirova, Victor Dashkov

• “Surely you aren't suggesting we let her stay at the Academy after everything she's done?” He shrugged. "She might be wild and disrespectful, but if she has potential—” "Wild and disrespectful?" I interrupted. "Who the hell are you anyway? Outsourced help?” "Guardian Belikov is the princess's guardian now," said Kirova. "Her sanctioned guardian.” "You got cheap foreign labor to protect Lissa?”

  Headmistress Kirova, Dimitri Belikov, Rose Hathaway

• “You see? Completely undisciplined! All the psychic bonds and very raw potential in the world can't make up for that. A guardian without discipline is worse than no guardian.”

  Headmistress Kirova

• “Guardian numbers have gone down too much to risk losing another. A girl, in particular.”

  Dimitri Belikov

• “I'm inclined to agree with Guardian Belikov. Sending Rose away would be a shame, a waste of talent.”

  Victor Dashkov

• “Hey Mason, wipe the drool off your face. If you're going to think about me naked, do it on your own time.”..."This is my time, Hathaway. I'm leading today's session.” "Oh yeah?" I retorted. "Huh. Well, I guess this is a good time to think about me naked, then.” "It's always a good a time to think about you naked.”

  Mason Ashford, Rose Hathaway, Eddie Castile

• “No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself infront of you.”

  Dimitri Belikov

• “"The spell. Victor said you had to want me... to care about me... for it to work." When he didn't say anything, I tried to grip his shirt, but my fingers were too weak. "Did you? Did you want me?" His words came out thickly. "Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish... we could be together." "Then why did you lie to me?" We reached the clinic, and he managed to open the door while still holding me. As soon as he stepped inside, he began yelling for help. "Why did you lie?" I murmured again. Still holding me in his arms, he looked down at me. I could hear voices and footsteps getting closer. "Because we can't be together." "Because of the age thing, right?" I asked. "Because you're my mentor?" His fingertip gently wiped away a tear that had escaped down my cheek. "That's part of it," he said. "But also... well, you and I will both be Lissa's gaurdians someday. I need to protect her at all cost. If a pack of Strogoi come, I need to throw my body between them and her." I know that. Of course that's what you have to do." The black sparkles were dancing in front of my eyes again. I was fading out. "No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you."”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway, Dimitri Belikov

• “Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

• “The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless while carrying me in his arms.”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

• “"Do you think I'm pretty?" "I think your beautiful" "Beautiful?" "You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

  Rose and Dimitri

• “Did you see that dress?” "I saw the dress.” "Did you like it?” He didn't answer. I took that as a yes. "Am I going to endanger my reputation if I wear it to the dance?” When he spoke, I could barely hear him. "You'll endanger the school.” I smiled and fell asleep.”

  Rose & Dimitri

• “I crossed my arms over my chest. "Are you lost, little girl? The elementary school's over on west campus." A pink flush spread over her cheeks. "Don't you ever touch me again. You screw with me, I'll screw you right back." Oh man, what an opening that was.”

  Rose and Mia

• “Wow." I hadn't thought Dimitri could be any cooler, but I was wrong. "You beat up your dad. I mean, that's really horrible...what happened. But, wow. You really are a god." He blinked. "What?" Uh, nothing.”

  Rose and Dimitri

• “She Might be wild and disrespectful, but if she has potential-" "Wild and disrespecful? Who the hell are you anyway? Oursourced help?" "Guardian Belikov is the princess lissa's guardian now, her sanctioned guardian." "You got cheap foreign labor to protect Lissa?”

  Dimitri, Rose and Kirova

• “But I couldn't help myself, couldn't help the way I felt as I recalled the bliss and rush of a vampire's bite.”

• “Hey Mason, wipe the drool off your face. If you're going to think about me naked, do it on your own time.”<...>"This is my time, Hathaway. I'm leading today's session.” "Oh yeah?" I retorted. "Huh. Well, I guess this is a good time to think about me naked, then.” "It's always a good a time to think about you naked," added someone nearby, breaking the tension further.”

• “The incident with Dawn hadn't been one of my finer moments. I honestly hadn't expected to break any bones when I shoved her into a tree. Still, the incident had given me a dangerous reputation. The story had gained legendary status, and I liked to imagine that it was still being told around campfires late at night. Judging by the look on the girl's face, it was.”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

• “A ghostly smile flickered across his face. "If you weren't so psychotic, you'd be fun to hang around.” "Funny, I feel that way about you too.” He didn't say anything else, but the smile grew, and he walked away.”

  Rose & Christian

• “Oh, so that's why you're up here. For a pity party." This isn't a joke. I'm serious." I could tell Lissa was getting angry. It was trumping her earlier distress. He shrugged and leaned casually against the sloping wall. "So am I. I love pity parties. I wish I'd brought the hats. What do you want to mope about first? How it's going to take you a whole day to be popular and loved again? How you'll have to wait a couple weeks before Hollister can ship out some new clothes? If you spring for rush shipping, it might not be so long.”

• “And than suddenly he was there, charging down the hallway like death in a cowboy duster.”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

• “I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal" Anger replaced my fear. I didn't like being treated like a child. "Stop calling me that. You don't even know what you're talking about" "Sure I do. I had to do a report on the R.S.S.R. last year.”

  Dimitri and Rose

• “The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows.Remember that.”

• “We are not staying here," i looked around campus,"I'm going to find a way to get us out.”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

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• Dhampirs had originally been born from Moroi mixing with humans. Unfortunately, dhampirs couldn’t reproduce with each other—or with humans. It was a weird genetic thing. Mules were the same way, I’d been told, though that wasn’t a comparison I really liked hearing. Dhampirs and full Moroi could have children together, and, through another genetic oddity, their kids came out as standard dhampirs, with half human genes, half vampire genes.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Portland: Around the area Rose and Lissa were hiding from the Academy.
• Montana: St. Vladamir's Academy is located here.
• St. Vladimirʹs Academy: A place where Dhamphir and Moroi can be taught and protected in the one place.

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• St. Vladimir Academy: A place where Dhamphir and Moroi can be taught and protected in the one place.

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• Dhampir: A cross between a vampire and a human. They guard the moroi. (See moroi definition below.)
• Moroi: Vampires that have a magical ability to control the elements.
• Strigoi: Undead vampires who either chose to be (killed someone), or forced to be (bitten by one and shared blood) Strigoi. They have no magical abilities and are vulnerable to the sun. Pretty much a stereotypical vampire.
• Spirit: An element of magic wielded by very few Moroi that can do amazing and impossible things
• Shadow-Kissed: Kissed by the shadows means that the person was dead and was brought back to life by a spirit user. They are forever bonded to the spirit moroi that brought them back. Also they are forever attached to the spirit world.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Vampires: Three types of vampires in this series ~~ Moroi: good,alive vampires * Dhampir: half-human,half-moroi * Strigoi: undead,evil vampires

Errata edit see section history

(page 142, First paragraph, third sentence) "They lit up his face. 'Gorgeous' no long adequately describrd him." Describrd should be described. (page 165, Third paragraph, third sentence) "People stopped looking at Lissa so much. The started looking at me." The should be they. (page 208, Seventh paragraph, second sentence) "I didn't want to see the feeder get taken advantage of anymore than Lissa did--it reminded me too much of what a lot of Moroi guys thought they cold do to dhampir girls." Cold should be could. (page 225, fourth paragraph, fourth sentence) "I flinched. know. I'm sorry. it must have been . . ." It should be capitalized. (Chapter 2, first paragraph) ". . . they carted us off to the airport to and onto . . ." The second to shouldn't be there.

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Followed by Frostbite.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Richelle Mead (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• ALA Best Book for Young Adults (2008, #4)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PZ7.M478897 Vam 2007
• Dewey: 813.54

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Mild profanity

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Romance › Vampires

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• Official Book Webside of Vampire Academy
• Vampire academy (novel): Wiki

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