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Reader reviewed by Reader Rabbit 1

The second book in the Vampire Academy Series left us hanging leaving off with a horrid Strigoi attack which left Rose's friend, Mason, dead. The much-awaited third book picks up soon after the second book ends.

In order to test the soon-to-be guardians abilties, a trial period is held where each of the guardian students is assigned to guard a Moroi from the "Strigoi" (aka the teachers). Except things don't go always go as planned...Rose knows she's going to be Lisa's guardian as soon as she graduates. So why do they assign her to guard Christian, Lisa's boyfriend, especially considering how she can barely stand him.

On top of all that, after her first Strigoi kills Rose has also been...seeing things. Or more like, seeing Mason's ghost and she knows she can't tell anyone, not even Dmitri, or they'll think she's insane.

But when the Academy is attacked by Strigoi's, Rose is forced to make some serious decisions. Decisions which could force her to lose the person that means the most to her...
Reading it was easy, smooth and I just sat down and read the entire thing in one sitting. There were no points in this book where I felt like I could stop and finish it later.

All of the main cast of Frostbite appears again in Shadow Kiss. Adrian, one of my favorite secondary characters, plays a pretty vital role in this book as well. Hopefully he shows up in the fourth VA book. Now that certain people have died *lala you dont need to know who* maybe he can play a bigger role in the story. Relationships are further developed and the writing is superb.

Anyways, I reccommend this book to everyone. But first read the first ones (Vampire Academy and Frostbite)