Ahhhhhh Dimitri Belikov!!

Rose Hathaway is a guardian stuck between finishing school and guarding the last Dragomir Princess Lissa or fulfilling a promise the love of her life.

The Academy faced a battle with Strigoi, which is vampires who have given up their soul, decimating their guardians. Many dead and gone and some victims were carried away. Among the ones taken, Rose’s true love and fellow guardian, Dimitri. Rose must decide to stay with Lissa or leave to find Dimitri. The world thought that he was dead and in a way he is. Rose and Dimitri made a promise to each other that they would rather die than come back as a Strigoi. So she drops out of the Academy and runs across the world to find him. She worries if she could actually kill her equal or if he would even want to be saved.

Definitely a must for Academy fans who have fallen in love with Rose, Lissa, Christian, Dimitri and of course Adrian.

I love these characters and couldn’t wait for this book, especially since Shadow Kiss ended as a cliffhanger. I had to find out about Dimitri. I cried when I found out he was turned Strigoi. He and Rose were just polishing up their relationship and figuring out how things would work. Rose is sworn to kill Strigoi but can she do it with the man of her dreams? It didn’t take me long to finish this work of art and I had to read it again. The author Mead really draws you into the characters and makes them come alive. I felt what Rose felt. It was amazing. I definately recommend this whole series and can’t wait for more.