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Vampire Academy by RIchelle Mead
August 10, 2010

REVIEW: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

JohnBook ReviewsB Reviews / Richelle-Mead / vampires / Young-Adult15 Comments

Dear Ms. Mead, I’ll admit that the first time I saw your book series was when Twilight came out.   I was recently getting into YA at the time, but after having read Twilight, I felt like your series was just a pretender.   Vampire Academy.   You have to admit it’s a ... more >

February 9, 2009

OMNIBUS REVIEW: Vampire Academy, Frostbite and Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

JiaB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsforbidden-love / Richelle-Mead / vampires / Young-Adult8 Comments

Dear Ms. Mead, While it’s true I’m not a fan of your succubus novels, I do enjoy your young adult books.   In fact, I vastly prefer your voice in that genre.   When Jane linked the Publishers Weekly article about how well your Vampire Academy series was doing in this post-Twilight ... more >

January 30, 2008

REVIEW: Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead

JiaBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C- ReviewsRichelle-Mead / succubus5 Comments

Dear Ms. Mead, I don’t share Jane’s reservations about the succubus story, even in novels billed as romances. These days I take the romance label on spines with a grain of salt since there are an increasing number of books shelved in the romance section that are anything but. So ... more >

March 9, 2007

REVIEW: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead

JaneB Reviews / B Reviews CategoryFirst-Person / Richelle-Mead / Seattle / succubus13 Comments

Dear Ms. Mead: When I pulled up your book out of the stack to read, I thought that if I had to read one more female first person narrated paranormal that I I may poke out my eyes and never read again. Then I began to read and remembered why ... more >

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