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Reader reviewed by Natalie

The book picks up about a month after the 1st book and Christmas is quickly approaching. The students are all looking forward to their holiday break until a brutally Strigoi attack a family of Moroi royals and their Dhampir guardians. This leaves the vampire community in shock and weary of thier surroundings. Fearing for the safety of the students and their families, the students of St. Vlad's head to Idaho for a ski trip in a Moroi owned resort.

Rose and Lissa are back, with new problems brewing. Rose keeps getting sucked into Lissa's mind when her friend is with her boyfriend, Christian. But Rose has boy troubles of her own. She's in love with her mentor, Dimitri, who is 7 years older than her and will be guarding Lissa with her after graduation. To try to get over her love of Dimitir, Rose tries to LOVE her best guy pal, Mason. When she realizes that she cannot get over Dimitri, a fight between her and Mason brews. This leads Mason and group of fellow students out of the safety of the resort to try to fight the Strigoi themselves.

Rose, with the help of Christian, manage to leave the ski resort, without telling anyone-even Lissa- to go find their friends and bring them back to safety. Things get complicated when they are caught by 2 evil and dangerous Strigoi. Trapped in a basement for days without food and water, Rose and her friends have to come up with a plan to get out of there alive. Unfortuneatly, sacrifices had to be made and not everyone gets out alive.

Rose has to deal with the first death of a friend while realizing that her future life as an adult guardian will not be easy or fun. She now realizes what Dimitri has been trying to tell her all this time.Rose is forced to grow up, mature.

Look out for the next book in the series, Shadow Kiss.