Shadow Kiss (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway: Main protagonist. A sarcastic, difficult, and joking guardian-to-be, best of her class. Though things are starting to get pretty weird for her and her life is taking a turn for the worse.
• Dimitri Belikov: Rose's mentor and lover. He is an incredibly strong Russian dhampir.
• Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir: Last in her family line and Rose's best friend. Lissa is a spirit user which she can use to heal people, though it comes with a heavy price.
• Christian Ozera: Moroi. Lissa's boyfriend. A fire user. His parents became Strigoi which cause others to look down on him.
• Adrian Ivashkov: Spirit user that knows too much of Lissa and Rose's life.
• Eddie Castile: Friend of Rose and ex-best friend of Mason's.
• Jesse Zeklos: A moroi royal who was once a romantic interest of Rose.
• Victor Dashkov: A Moroi royal who was like an uncle to Lissa
• Stan Alto: A guardian at the academy. Rose doesn't really like him.
• Ralf Sarcozy: Jesse's best friend
• Tatiana Ivashkov: The queen, a royal bitch.
• Ryan: A student at the Academy.
• Rhonda: A psychic Rose, Lissa, and Dimitri visit while at Court.
• Emil: A guardian at the academy
• Camille: A student at the Academy.
• Father Andrew: Priest at the academy church
• Deirdre: Add a description of this character.
• Brandon: A student at the Academy.
• Alice: An old feeder at the academy
• Stephen: A Guardian.
• Yuri: A guardian at the academy.
• Jill Mastrano: A younger student in Vampire Academy. Also a fan of Rose and Dimitri.
• Brett: a student at the Academy.
• Dr. Olendzki: The Academy's doctor.
• Shane: a student at the Academy.
• Priscilla Voda: Adviser and best friend to the queen.
• Ms. Carmack: The magic teacher at the academy
• Meredith: a student at the Academy.
• Dane: a student at the Academy.
• Abby Badica: fun out going awesome
• Suzanne: Rhonda's secretary
• Mia Rinaldi: Former enemy of Rose and Lissa, though they are now good friends.

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• “You will lose what you value most, so treasure it while you can.”

  Rhonda

• “He stepped back and threw his arms out."I'm always crazy around you Rose. Here, I'm going to write an impromptu poem for you."He tipped his head back and shouted to the sky:"Rose is in red But never in blue Sharp as a thorn Fights like one too."”

  Adrian Ivashkov

• “"Yeah. We were badasses."”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

• “"It's okay," I said soothingly. "You're just getting your stride back. Once you're up to full power, I'll go crack a rib or something so we can test it."She groaned. "The horrible part is that I don't think you're joking."”

  Rose and Lissa

• “What's up?" I asked. "You tell me," he said. "You were the one about ready to start making out with Adrian." "It was an experiment," I said. "It was part of my therapy." "What the hell kind of therapy are you in?"”

  Rose and Christian Ozera

• “"If you want some advice--which I'm sure you don't--you guys should lay off on the magic. Christian still thinks you're moving in on Lissa." "What?" he asked in mock astonishment. "Doesn't he know my heart belongs to you?" "It does not. And no, he's still worried about it, despite what I've told him." "You know, I bet if we started making out right now, it would make him feel better." "If you touch me," I said pleasantly, "I'll provide you with the opportunity to see if you can heal yourself. Then we'd see how badass you really are."”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway; Adrian Ivashkov

• “"Even I make mistakes." I put on my brash, overconfident face. "I know it's hard to believe--kind of surprises me myself--but I guess it has to happen. It's probably some kind of karmic way to balance out the universe. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair to have one person so full of awesomeness."”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

• “He sighed and then focused his eyes right on me. It was like drowning, drowning in seas of green. There was nothing in the world except for those eyes. "I want to kiss you, Rose," he said softly. "And I want you to want me too."”

  Adrian Ivashkov

• “Don't worry, little dhampir. You might be surrounded by clouds, but you'll always be like sunshine to me.”

  Adrian Ivashkov

• “"Vladimir did great things--so could she. Besides, they come first, right?" "Not always." I stared. I'd had they come first drilled into me since I was a child. It was what all guardians believed. Only the dhampirs who'd run away from their duty didn't subscribe to that. What he said was almost like treason. "Sometimes, Rose, you have to know when to put yourself first."”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway; Dimitri Belikov

• “"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you just defended Christian's honor. Isn't he a pain in the ass? Yes he is. But for the next 6 weeks he's MY pain in the ass. "”

  Eddie Castile; Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway

• “The three cards were the Moon, the Empress, and the Ace of Cups. Ambrose leaned over my shoulder to peer at the cards. 'Ooh,' he said. 'Very interesting.' Rhonda glanced up at him. 'Hush. You don't know what you're talking about.'”

  Ambrose & Rhonda

• “"Maybe you don't need beauty sleep, but some of us aren't so lucky."”

  Christian Ozera

• “"What other stories?” About how you and Adrian Ivashkov are-“ No, whatever you heard it’s not true.” But it was really romantic” Then it’s definitely not true!””

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway; Jillian

• “"You aren't afraid of throwing yourself in the path of danger, but you're terrified of letting anyone in."”

  Dimitri Belikov

• “"Your a dhampir," I breathed "So are you," he teased "Yeah but i just thought--" "That i was human? Because of the bite marks?" Yeah"i admitted,No point in lying We all have to survive," he said "And dhamphirs are good at figuring ways out to"”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway; Ambrose

• “"And besides, you don't hang out with him 24/7." "Neither will you. It's only 24/6." "Same difference. It might as well be 24/10." She frowned. "That doesn't make any sense."”

  Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway; Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir

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• “I love you, Roza.” He kissed me again. “I’ll always be here for you. I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”

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• “I only did because you were here.” He wrapped his arms around me, and I buried my face in his chest. “I can’t do it by myself,” I whispered. “You can,” he said. There was a tremulous note in his voice. “You’re strong—you’re so, so strong. It’s why I love you.”

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• I called a warning to Christian, just as a Strigoi grabbed him. But Christian was fast. Flames wreathed the Strigoi’s head. He screamed and released Christian, trying frantically to put the flames out. The Strigoi never saw me coming with the stake. The whole thing took under a minute. Christian and I exchanged looks. Yeah. We were badasses.

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• “Rose is in red But never in blue Sharp as a thorn Fights like one too.”

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• This trip might take awhile. “Then start walking, Rose,” I muttered to myself. I set off, off to kill the man I loved.

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• Christian put his dish in the oven. “You did not just say that. I have a feeling we’re on the verge of hugging and coming up with cute nicknames for each other.” He was trying to look disgusted at my sentiment, but I could tell he liked being told that Lissa cared about him. “I already have a nickname for you, but I’ll get in trouble if I say it in class.” “Ah,” he said happily. “That’s the Rose I know.”

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• “Like any book, it’s an escape. And there’s something . . . mmm. I don’t know.

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• “Took things a bit far, didn’t you?” I turned around and saw Ryan and Camille walking several steps back. If I’d been a guy, the appropriate response would have been, “You mean with your mom?” Because I was not a guy, though, and because I had manners, I just said, “Don’t know what you’re talking about.”

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• St. Vladimir Academy: the Academy's name.

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• Moroi: Vampires. These are born, not made. There are royal Moroi who lead the vampires. Though they do have heightened senses and ability to control limited magic, they are sensitive to the sunlight and are not known to be typically strong. They are protected by the dhampirs.
• Dhampir: Half-human, half-vampire. Dhampirs get the better traits of the two races, better senses and endurance, plus tolerance to sunlight. Most train as guardians to protect the Moroi.
• Strigoi: Evil, soulless vampires. These vampires are made. Whether the new Strigoi had been a dhampir, moroi, or even human, they can be turned by either 1) (Moroi) killing while feeding, or 2) exchanged blood with a Strigoi. Moroi blood is the most strengthening to them, so the dhampirs are forced to protect the Moroi against the Strigoi.

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"Yes. I mean, are you are you trying to spy on me? ..."
(pg. 133 - repeated wording)

"The last time Lissa had seen the queen, Tatiana had snubbed her and embarrassed her in front of the school for having running away with me."
(pg. 150 - " ... having running ..." doesn't make sense.)

"Glancing behind me , I saw that Christian was sitting up and alert. His eyes were on Lissa and Adrian, and he did not look happy about the victory hug. Lissa and Christian had broken apart, though not because they'd noticed his reaction." (pg. 268 - Actually it was Lissa and Adrian who had broken apart, not Christian. Christian was the one with the reaction.)

"Giving advice was a lot harder than following it."
(pg. 304 - Giving advice it actually a lot easier, not harder, than following it.)

"Let's finish this before the sun comes up."
(pg. 410 - It's suppose to say: " .. before the sun comes down." since they are already fighting during the day and are suppose to be worried about the night.)

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Frostbite, and followed by Blood Promise.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Richelle Mead (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PZ7.M478897 Shc 2008
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some sexual situations and profanity. Nothing explicit.

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• Books › Teens › Social Issues › Dating & Intimacy › Fiction
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance
• Books › Romance › Vampires

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