Frostbite
Richelle Mead, 2008
Young adult FantasyHorrorRomance
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.
Feels like serenity and wonder. About love, friendship and identity.
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The honest inventory of a girl who knows exactly how much trouble she's in.
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. Richelle Mead.Frostbite arrived in 2008, a year after Vampire Academy; Mead completed all six books in the series by 2010.
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Blood Promise
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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
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Questions readers ask
- What is Frostbite like?
- Feels like serenity and wonder. About love, friendship and identity.
- What should I read after Frostbite?
- If you liked Frostbite, try Funny Story (Emily Henry), The Raven Boys (Maggie Stiefvater) and The Lost Hero (Rick Riordan).
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The moment you realize you’ve been recast in your own love story.
The story tipped onto its side. Found a fresh point of view. And in this new telling of it, I was no longer the leading lady, but instead the teensy complication that would forever be used to jazz up their story.
Funny Story · Emily Henry
Why the fullest love can feel, from the inside, like grief.
She recognized the strange happiness that came from loving something without knowing why you did, that strange happiness that was sometimes so big that it felt like sadness.
The Raven Boys · Maggie Stiefvater
The friend who makes your strangeness feel like a shared joke.
I have lightning and wind powers,“ Jason reminded him. ”Piper can turn beautiful and charm people into giving her BMWs. You’re no more a freak than we are. And, hey, maybe you can fly, too. Like jump off a building and yell ‘Flame on!’“ Leo snorted. ”If I did that, you would see a flaming kid falling to his death, and I would be yelling something a little stronger than ‘Flame on!
The Lost Hero · Rick Riordan
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