Vampire Academy: Frostbite (Book 2)

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.

Reader reviewed by Mis24

2 THUMBS WAY, WAY UP! the second book in the series is even better then the first! There's kidnapping, Declarations of love and death.
   Rose, the  main character has soo much going on that she needs a vacation, and going to a snowy mountain tops the answer. Until, she gives out secret information that gets her and her feinds kidnapped from eveil vampires. and it doesnt end well, but at least Dimieti, her love/ teacher, realizes he to, cant be with anyone but her. read it many times and straongly suggest it.

Reader reviewed by mirian

omg, i can't believe what happened to Mason its so sad. i can't believe Rose and Dimitra can't be together, but ther would make a cute couple. Lisa might the shy but she is get braver by the minute. omg i totally thought Dimitra was going to go with that woman; when i was reading it i was yelling put NO

Reader reviewed by Brooke

This book is even better than the first book of this series. This book tells almost all of the secrets that you would love to hear. The two Shadow Hunters finall notice each other. I mean its the perfect love story that any one could get addicted too. It fun for anyone to read. If I loved it, then EVERYONE will love it, because i'm a picky reader.

Reader reviewed by Julie

This book was way better than the first one. You didn't have to learn as much new stuff and it had more action. I thought this book would be predictable, but it was the complete opposite. The ending of this book, was awesome, but really sad. This book was a great read and I would recommend it to everyone.

Reader reviewed by Megan S

This book was one of the best!!! they went to a place to stay for a while sorta i guess a trip and a hideout! then there was another attack and mias parents got killed! so her and mason and some others decided to leave and run after the strigoi so rose and christian decided to go after them and got kidnapped by strigoi! then rose and all of them got out of their room and ran into the top dogs! rose ended up killing both but in the way was mason...He got killed also :o( but in the end dimitri and her mom came to save them...Very sad at the end but i loved loved loved this book and the series!!!

Reader reviewed by Erica

Frostbite: Vampire Academy Book 2
Richelle Mead
Release Date: April 10, 2008
Publisher: Razorbill
Pages: 336
Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose...

It's winter break at St. Vladimir's, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy's crawling with Guardians--including Rose's hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if handto- hand combat with her mom wasn't bad enough, Rose's tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason's got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa's head while she's making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy's not taking any risks....This year, St. Vlad's annual holiday ski trip is mandatory.

But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price...

This was an outstanding continuation of the Vampire Academy series! I am 100% hooked on them now. The plot in this one was not less thrilling then the last. Once again, readers are hooked in with the first sentence. Richelle Mead's style of writing is fascinating to read.Once again, readers fall in love with the characters especially Dimitri. Who could be more perfect than him? The entire series is a must read!

A really great book. It kept me hooked especially the last chapters. I absolutly LOVE it.

Reader reviewed by cintia

not the best of sequels but it was pretty good!! rose and her mom better their relationship. unfortunately one of the good characters die. rose gets two molninja marks and her and dimitri kinda decide to stop fighting against their feeling.. i love how rose is kinda maturing but still reckless sometimes!!

Reader reviewed by Linda L

*previously posted on my book blog, Most Important Letter*

Frostbite
Author: Richelle Mead
Publisher: Penguin
Release date: April 10, 2008
Copy: Paperback, gifted

L: Frostbite, I believe, was harder to get into than Vampire Academy. I think it was gloomier than the first book; then again, this made it more believable. Because it didnt focus so much on the everyday doings of high school cliques and so forth, I found it more understandable.

I tend to find that romances in books that are the second in series tend to be more downplayed than the first. Usually, Im right like in here. Rose and Dimitri are going through tough times; Dimitri seems to have taken interest in someone else, and Rose is busy trying to deal with her friendship that could possibly turn into love life with Mason, her friend. And wait until she meets &

At first, I found this book to be what I call a filler a book to fill the gaps of the series. But in the end, when the book reached its climax, I changed my mind.

Rose, gradually turning from the sarcastic girl we met in the first book to the person who started to deeply understand others, changed, giving me insight into the other parts of one of my favorite kick-ass heroines. The influence from Dimitri and Lissa both changed her. And then, then came the tragedy &

Rating: 4 out of 5 letter blocks

Sexual content: Kissing and references to sex
Profanity: Slight swearing
Violence: Mostly only training
Other notables: Drinking, smoking