Vampire Academy
Richelle Mead, 2007
A teenage bodyguard and her vampire best friend hide in plain sight until their past catches up, forcing Rose to fight for the girl she'd die for.
Richelle Mead
Feels like love, longing and friendship.
Start with Vampire Academy.
Mead has a master's in comparative religion; the Moroi and Strigoi names draw on Slavic folklore, giving her vampires a rule-bound, almost bureaucratic afterlife.
A seventeen-year-old's job description, if the job were killing vampires.
By the way, my name’s Rose Hathaway. I’m seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires, in love with a completely unsuitable guy, and have a best friend whose weird magic could drive her crazy. Hey, no one said high school was easy. Books by Richelle Mead
Frostbite
Richelle Mead, 2008
A half-vampire bodyguard-in-training, a best friend with forbidden magic, and a mentor she can't want: Rose Hathaway's second year at vampire school is a crash course in danger.
Blood Promise
Richelle Mead, 2009
Rose crosses a frozen Russia to find the vampire she loves—and do what a guardian must. Grief, banter and stakes, literal and otherwise.
Spirit Bound
Richelle Mead, 2010
Rose has graduated as a guardian, but the man she loves is undead, and the only plan to save him looks a lot like treason.
Last Sacrifice
Richelle Mead, 2010
A jailed guardian, a murdered queen, and a bond that lets her watch her best friend hunt for the real killer.
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