Author: Richelle Mead
# of Pages: 327 (paperback)
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis: Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose... It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks... This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory. But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price.
Review: It amuses me how much the synopsis gives away. If you end up reading this book, I recommend rereading it after you finish.
The story is your typical YA paranormal-romance. Most of my thoughts on this book are the same as the first, with the biggest complaint being how unlikable Rose is as a protagonist. She is incredibly conceited and will not stop talking about how much better she looks than her mother.
“I might have my mom’s curvy figure and pretty face - though I could smugly say mine was much prettier than her nowadays....” (p.82)
“I wore a C-cup and had a body much covered in a school where most girls were supermodel slim. And as I’d noted earlier, my face was pretty to. On a typical day, I was a nine around here - ten on a very good one” (p.98).
By making a physically attractive main character, Mead neglects to make her personable.
Despite this fatal flaw, this book was good enough to make me consider reading the next book. No, there is nothing mentally stimulating about this book, but it's an easy read and makes me intrigued about what will happen with the Rose, Dimitri, Lissa, and the rest (although it is fairly predictable from book 1). If you enjoyed the first book, you will enjoy the second just as much.
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