Strongly Character Driven | Review of ‘The Golden Lily’

By: Cynthia Ayala

The Golden Lily amazes readers with intrigue and shows off Mead’s incredible talent with characterization and character dynamics, making them come alive as she gives fans of the vampire genre a new spin on her new mythos.
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Strongly Character Driven | Review of ‘The Golden Lily’ – Emertainment Monthly

By: Cynthia Ayala ’16 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer

‘The Golden Lily’ is the second novel in the Bloodlines series, the spin-off series of Richelle Mead’s best-selling series ‘The Vampire Academy.’ The novel delves into the paranormal and gives the young adult genre something new in the realm of vampire fiction. Continue reading “Strongly Character Driven | Review of ‘The Golden Lily’ – Emertainment Monthly”

Bite or No Bite? | Cyn’s Movie Review of Vampire Academy

By: Cynthia A. Directed by: Mark Waters Screenplay by: Daniel Waters Based on Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead Starring: Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne, Dominic Sherwood, Olga Kurylenko, Sarah Hyland, Cameron Monaghan, Sami Gayle, Ashley Charles, Claire Foy & Joely Richardson The story features a 17-year-old Dhampir (half-human/vampire) guardian-in-training Rose Hathaway, and her royal Moroi (the peaceful, mortal vampires) best friend Lissa … Continue reading Bite or No Bite? | Cyn’s Movie Review of Vampire Academy

‘Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters’ casts Olga Kurylenko as headmistress

By:  Jen Lamoureux (@jenlam26) Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters is moving quickly with Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, and Danila Kozlovski already in fight training. Now they have cast Olga Kurylenko as the headmistress. Olga Kurylenko was recently seen opposite Tom Cruise in Oblivion. According to Deadline, she will be playing Kirova, the head mistress of St. Vladmir’s Academy, a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train … Continue reading ‘Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters’ casts Olga Kurylenko as headmistress

Bloodlines (A Bloodlines Novel: Book 1)

Bloodlines By: Richelle Mead Published: August 23, 2011 Publisher: Razorbill Series: Bloodlines, #1 Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Dark fantasy Spinning out from the pages of the Vampire Academy Series, is Bloodlines.  Alchemist Sydney Sage, who is on thin ice for helping rogue Dhampir Rose Hathaway evade justice. Her career is in jeopardy, with the fear that she may have to undergo re-education.  Woken late … Continue reading Bloodlines (A Bloodlines Novel: Book 1)

‘Vampire Academy’ Film Takes Flight; Mark Waters Directing Daniel Waters’ Script

By:  MIKE FLEMING JR. AND NANCY TARTAGLIONE | Deadline.com EXCLUSIVE: Hoping to tap a new vein in the young adult vampire genre that made Twilight Saga such a global hit, Reliance Entertainment and IM Global are co-financing the first installment of a new film franchise based on the six-volume Richelle Mead young adult novel series that will come to the screen as Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters. Daniel Waters, who wrote the … Continue reading ‘Vampire Academy’ Film Takes Flight; Mark Waters Directing Daniel Waters’ Script

Last Sacrifice (A Vampire Academy Novel)

Amazing book.  Completely enthralling, gripping story until the very end of this book.  There was just so much going on here and the ending, oh my god, I did not see that coming.  The person who killed the queen was the last person I suspected, Michelle Mead wrote such an amazing book, I loved it!  Everything about this book was amazing.  It was such a … Continue reading Last Sacrifice (A Vampire Academy Novel)

Spirit Bound (A Vampire Academy Novel – Book 5)

Tantalizing and masterful book!  Rose began to annoy me at some points because she just needs to let some things go but unfortunately she does not and she’s too hot headed sometimes and she let her pride get the better of her.  All in all though, I do love her still even though she annoyed the hell out of me though.  Still the writing was … Continue reading Spirit Bound (A Vampire Academy Novel – Book 5)