Search - Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, Bk 4)

Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com

Rose made the choice to hunt down Dimitri in the Strigoi form and kill him, but she has no idea how hard her decision will make her life.

First of all, she has to leave Lissa. Then she has to find Dimitri.

In a roundabout way, she ends up at his family home in Russia, where she tells them her story. They mourn his death and welcome her into the family. Anyone can see how she feels for him. Rose wants nothing more to stay there, but she knows she's just at the beginning of her journey.

When she tracks down Dimitri, she can't help but fall under his spell as he keeps her prisoner. He wants her to turn to the dark side with him. Rose doesn't want to when she's herself, but then he comes in and confuses her. Is she strong enough to escape and do what she came to do?

I love this series. It's so full of twists and turns - surprising the daylights out of me. Plus, each book hangs on a massive cliffhanger that makes the wait time very hard. I love the cover. I love the relationship between Lissa and Rose - and how that's changing. I just love it all!

Well written. I love how this author is able to write a closing/ending to each book, but still leave the plot open for the next one. I don't feel like I am left hanging after each book in the series. This series has grown on me and I am enjoying it. Be ready for some gore and violence in this one as Rose leaves for Russia to hunt Strigoi!! Pretty intense in spots!

As stated in my previous reviews of the first 3 books, this (in my opinion) should not be a YA series.

On a side note, I think I only caught 1 grammatical error so either this author changed editors or the ones she had got better! :o)

Always good. Rose is a great lead and Dimitri and Adrian are worthy companions. The secondary characters are well written.