Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead is the story of a dhampir (or Guardian) and her Moroi (full Vampire) best friend. Rose is protecting Vasilisa in the outside world when they're caught and hauled back to the school they ran away from: St. Vladimir (located in the wilds of Montana! haha). Their return to the school doesn't go as smoothly as they would like. To be honest, I'd heard of these books when they came out but hadn't taken the time to read them. When I saw the commercial for the movie, I decided it was time to pick up a copy and read it. I've always been a read it before I see it when I can girl. To my shock, I found a copy of it on my shelf when I was looking for a different book, so I started reading it as my first "old" book of 2014. I was surprised to find that I really really liked it! My copy is an early edition--at least, I'm hoping it is because there is a ridiculous amount of errors in it (bad copy editor bad!) which dist...