Name: Frostbite
Rating: 4.172141918528252 (761 reviews)
ISBN: 9781410429995

Richelle Mead

While on a school skiing trip, guardian-in-training Rose faces everything from misunderstandings between friends to fights among factions of Moroi as reports of horrific Strigoi attacks raise tensions, ultimately leading Rose and some of those closest toher into a battle that teaches her much about life, death, and love.

Frostbite

Love gone awry, secret crushes, an upcoming holiday ski trip, and a recent attack by Strigoi has got Rose and the Academy on edge, especially when Rose's friends set off to fight Strigoi and end up in desperate need of a rescue by Rose and Christian. Original.

Vampire Academy

becky oh

I don't like any of it. But I want to know what might happen next?? Why am I into a book that is totally worse than the first book?

RTC

Just fun. Rose is both infuriating and amazing. I didn’t think I’d actually enjoy these books but they’re just fun. 

Liv N.

Kelsey Joëlle

I don't like this ending as much as I loved the first and third one. It was still good!

Beatrix Haase

This book was so amazing. I loved every minute of it. The characters and plot were amazing. 

I unfortunately do not have the next book. When my tbr is lower. I will be getting the rest of the book series. I need to know about Dimitri and Rose, Lissa and Christian. 

Now lets talk about this book!!!

The characters were amazing like always. Dimitri and Rose... I love them. They are so cute and wonderful it makes me all giddy inside. Lissa and Christian are amazing also (I know, I know, I keep saying amazing, wonderful, and love... I can't help it) they are just so fun and loveable. 

The plot in this book was super entertaining and fun. It had a ton of action, love, and sacrifice. I really enjoyed it. It made me laugh and feel sad at times. I loved this book!!!

I cannot wait to get the next book. I NEED SHADOW KISS!!!

xoxo,
Bebe

Anna Ureta

Now I know why people were trying to get me to read this series a long time ago; it just gets better and better. And I hope it continues to get better! I have several WONDERFUL things to say, as well as a few DREADFUL ones that need to be said but I promise the wonderful outweighs the dreadful.
 
After the events that occurred in Vampire Academy the students of St. Vladimir’s start to get back into their regular routines. Rose is off to be tested by a famous Guardian, only to find that he and his Moroi family were murdered by Strogoi. After this opposing threats to the Moroi comes to light the faculty decides to send everyone to a ski resort for the winter break. Relationships form and grow stronger, Lissa’s madly in love with Christian, Rose is fighting her feelings for Dimitri, Mason is still one of her biggest fans, but who is this new Moroi royal who’s come to play? After the Moroi are attacked even in daylight the guardians start to wonder how these attacks are taking place. Deciding to take matters in their own hands the students decide to go out on their own and do a little hunting.
 
I love how the tone in Frosbite stayed the same as in Vampire Academy. Less bullying perhaps, less dead animals, but there was still that constant dread that the Strogoi were going to attack any minute. I have this nasty feeling that all the events of the series are going to take place within the year and I’m not sure how I feel about that…Such big events should be more spaced out, BUT it is a YA novel/series after all. Imagine, Rose and Lissa’s entire world changing in the course of a year. It’s worse than Harry Potter. At least big things happened only once a year at their school.
 
As serious as it is there’s still a high school playfulness about Rose and her friends. Like any other teenager they all look forward to winter break; especially winter break at a fancy ski resort. All-expense paid, mostly stress free…. It’s kind of nice how the seriousness is taken away by common high school events.
 
Let’s get to the juicy part…. The new Moroi royal – Adrian Ivashkov.HOLY MOTHER!
 I thought Dimitri was hot, now I can’t even categorize them on a scale.
 Where Dimitri is classic, strong silent zen master, all-out badass, and has a SEXY Russian accent, Adrian is charismatic, arrogant, full of himself, and even a TAD BIT stalkerish. And when I say tad, I mean VERY MINIMAL…mostly. He just has this charm you’re instantly attracted to and wish he would pay attention to you the way he pays attention to Rose. Two very different boys pining after one very special Dhampir. I seriously can’t decide who I like or WANT more…Dimitri or Adrian…AHHHHH!!!!!!As for the dreadful stuff…the ending was pretty bad. And I mean bad as in like I cried. I’M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHY! But it was sad….it was just….really sad. You remember in the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix film, where Sirius died (OH SPOILER SIRIUS DIES) and the whole movie goes silent and you see Harry kicking and screaming but there’s only faint music in the background. Yeah, this scene is THAT INTENSE. I literally felt like everything happened in slow motion and it was just downhill from there….
 
The PLUS side to all of that is the last chapter is REALLY FREAKING GOOD! And that’s all I’m going to say to that affect. Onto book 3 – Shadow Kiss. 2 down and four to go! Don’t think or know if I’m going to read the spin-off series…
 
4/5 Hearts of Love
 Again, because I can’t give it an extra point just because Adrian is so yummy!

I felt the first half of the book did drag, however there was an emotional second half! which made up for the slow start. There were some exiting plot twists and I fell more in love with all the characters!

Nicole Goldstein

I loved the increase in action in this one. And the more Christian Ozera the better. But I am starting to not like the use of the bond between Rose and Lissa. It feels like a poor crutch.

Certainly a step down from the first book imo, but still very much worth it. Prose was still top notch, but I felt like it was trying to appeal to a very large audience in the first half. It kept explaining things that had already been developed in the first book (presumably) to make the book easier to understand for people who hadn't read the first book.

That said, the second half more than made up for it. Things actually happened, but I think that the romance was a bit "forced". Not going to spoil anything, but the focus on romance was too much in my opinion.

I felt like the book could have been a lot longer (I finished it in ~4 hours and I'm not an especially fast reader), but its okay I guess. I didn't like it nearly as much as the first book.

Still going to read the 3rd book, but I hope that it wasn't as "meh" as this one.

(sorry for the scuffed review, a bit busy right now)

Devansh Patil

Certainly a step down from the first book imo, but still very much worth it. Prose was still top notch, but I felt like it was trying to appeal to a very large audience in the first half. It kept explaining things that had already been developed in the first book (presumably) to make the book easier to understand for people who hadn't read the first book.

That said, the second half more than made up for it. Things actually happened, but I think that the romance was a bit "forced". Not going to spoil anything, but the focus on romance was too much in my opinion.

I felt like the book could have been a lot longer (I finished it in ~4 hours and I'm not an especially fast reader), but its okay I guess. I didn't like it nearly as much as the first book.

Still going to read the 3rd book, but I hope that it wasn't as "meh" as this one.

(sorry for the scuffed review, a bit busy right now)

Retold in graphic novel format, guardian-in-training Rose faces everything from misunderstandings between friends to fights among factions of Moroi during a school skiing trip as reports of horrific Strigoi attacks raise tensions, ultimately leading Rose and some of those closest to her into a battle that teaches her much about life, death, and love.

Im trying very hard but I cant seem to stay unattached to this series.

The story has took an unexpected turn. There is totally more action and this is where we truly find out just how great of a guardian Rose truly is, as she claims to be. Plus major, and I mean major, character development for Rose and Lissa. Plus we get to see more interesting characters that make the story even more complicated, which is a really good thing. I can finally see some self discipline in Rose when it comes to Dimitri, and she's made better choices and deals with her job epicly. Lissa also has matured quite a lot. She doesnt rely that much on Rose anymore, largely because of Christian Ozera. This is good especially when Rose is off doing her ... business. 

Rose's love life is certainly getting much more complex.There are lots of prospective ships (for us fangirls). We have Mason (at first), and the ladies gotta watch out for Adrian, although Im still not sure if I like his character. 

Overall, the Mead took it to a whole new level. Very action packed, thrilling, romantic, and an explosive ending to match.

Im trying very hard but I cant seem to stay unattached to this series.

The story has took an unexpected turn. There is totally more action and this is where we truly find out just how great of a guardian Rose truly is, as she claims to be. Plus major, and I mean 
  major
, character development for Rose and Lissa. Plus we get to see more interesting characters that make the story even more complicated, which is a really good thing. I can finally see some self discipline in Rose when it comes to Dimitri, and she's made better choices and deals with her job epicly. Lissa also has matured quite a lot. She doesnt rely that much on Rose anymore, largely because of Christian Ozera. This is good especially when Rose is off doing her ... business. 

Rose's love life is certainly getting much more complex.There are lots of prospective ships (for us fangirls). We have Mason (at first), and the ladies gotta watch out for Adrian, although Im still not sure if I like his character. 

Overall, the Mead took it to a whole new level. Very action packed, thrilling, romantic, and an explosive ending to match.

Annabella

And the reread goes on... Things are starting to get interesting

Ofelia

** spoiler alert **
           
Le mie simpatie sono di poco cambiate, principalmente rimango delle idee del primo volume: Lissa è odiosa, veramente non riesco a soffrirla. E' la principessina, ricca e viziata ultima della sua stirpe. Ha Rose, amica del cuore da sempre, che non fa altro che usare e buttare via secondo i propri comodi. Le serve? benissimo allora va da lei e le spiattella tutti i fatti propri aspettandosi che Rose abbia le soluzioni o che la possa comunque consolare. Non le serve? allora non le parla e non la cerca neppure. Il massimo lo ha toccato quando sapeva che Rose si era fatta male per via del pugno che le aveva dato la madre ma dice lei stessa di non essere neanche venuta a cercarla, perché tanto che poteva mai essere? Insomma non le importava. Se io sapessi che la mia migliore amica, ma anche senza scomodare la migliore amica! se qualsiasi mia amica stesse male ed io lo venissi a sapere mi farei sentire di corsa!
Lei invece conosce Christian e boom! sono subito piccioncini. L'unica nota di interesse della loro storia è stato quando hanno litigato, almeno è successo qualcosa in Paradiso. Christian è un personaggio più interessante di lei, ma a forza di starle appiccicato ormai sta diventando noioso anche lui nel suo non fare niente. 
Rose è nettamente migliorata, almeno in questo libro non l'ho trovata forzata ed odiosa, ed è riuscita anche a starmi simpatica in certi punti. Certo si comporta spesso come una bambina ma infondo ci sta in una 17enne, ed è anche vero che la lovestory con Dimitri sta prendendo la via della banalità ma gli posso perdonare anche questo per ora. 
Mi dispiace per la morte di Mason, perché è fin troppo evidente che è morto solo per non dover separare Rose e Dimistri. Ed è anche triste che il giorno dopo praticamrnte lei baci Dimitri. Ok Mason non lo hai mai amato ma lo hai illuso, e non credo che Mason sarebbe tornato dentro la casa per proteggere chiunque altro di loro a parte Rose quindi magari un po' di lutto almeno per un mesetto potevi tenerlo.
Adrian è un personaggio interessante, vedremo come verrà sviluppato. Almeno lui dimostra che avere lo spirito non significa essere una palla al piede lagnosa come è Lissa.

Gisela Ayala 

Great continuation and thank the heavens, the narrator changed! BUT, I think Rose's (although being my favorite character) voice is off putting. I think this narrator did a great job with everyone else, but the main character. You can't mess that up! 

Besides that, I think this book was better paced then the first one. Still slow, but a lot better! I enjoyed listening to Rose's character grow and watch her kind of be put in her place a few times. Even though I think the other characters underestimate her too much. I really, REALLY want something cool to happen to her. I want her to have this epiphany or this kind of ah-ha moment, but I guess it will eventually come since there are six books in the series. 

After the ending, I'm looking forward to certain friendships (and maybe something more) developing... cough cough, Adrien. I REALLY liked Adrien's character, but not only him, I found a new appreciation for Mia. I kind want her and Rose to become friends. (I never thought I would say that.)

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