Blood Promise, Vampire Academy #4, by: Richelle Mead

Blood Promise
by Richelle Mead

Date Released: August 25, 2009
Pages: 503

Summary:

Rose Hathaway's life will never be the same.

The recent attack on St. Vladimir's Academy devastated the entire Moroi world. Many are dead. And, for the few victims carried off by Strigoi, their fates are even worse. A rare tattoo now adorns Rose's neck, a mark that says she's killed far too many Strigoi to count. But only one victim matters . . . Dimitri Belikov. Rose must now choose one of two very different paths: honoring her life's vow to protect Lissa—her best friend and the last surviving Dragomir princess—or, dropping out of the Academy to strike out on her own and hunt down the man she loves. She'll have to go to the ends of the earth to find Dimitri and keep the promise he begged her to make. But the question is, when the time comes, will he want to be saved?

Now, with everything at stake—and worlds away from St. Vladimir's and her unguarded, vulnerable, and newly rebellious best friend—can Rose find the strength to destroy Dimitri? Or, will she sacrifice herself for a chance at eternal love

My Review:


After finishing Shadow Kiss I was super pumped to read this one, but it fell short of my expectations. It did succeed in two things. 1. making me want to go to Russia, 2. making me like Adrian.

Spoilers!

After Rose found Dimitri, I was at first drawn into the book more, but after about a chapter, I wanted to jump into the book and stab a silver stake into him myself. The way he acted infuriated me to the point where I would have to set the book down for a minutes before continuing to read.

My favorite parts of the book (in other words the parts that didn't disappoint me) were when Rose was in Baia with the Belikovs, and when Rose was inside Lissa's head. And that is saying something, since in the previous three books I didn't really enjoy the inside Lissa's head parts.

All in all it wasn't horrible and I will be reading the rest of the series, mainly because my friend told the that last ones are really good, and I want to find out what happens to the other characters.

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