Thank you Richelle Mead! You have given fans of the Vampire Academy series a wonderful third novel. SHADOW KISS is probably the best out of the three. Reading VAMPIRE ACADEMY and FROSTBITE first is a must in order to really understand what is going on in the series.Rose Hathaway is training to be a Guardian. Once she graduates from St. Vladimir’s Academy she will be assigned to guard her best friend Lissa for the rest of her life. Even though everything is going along as planned, she is feels waves of jealously and anger. A lot of these feelings come from the fact that she can never have what she truly wants - love. Dimitri, her mentor and teacher, is set to be her partner after graduation. He and Rose will be the team that guards Lissa on a daily basis. The problem is, Rose and Dimitri are in love. Knowing their love isn’t allowed, they make sure to keep their relationship professional - when they can.Rose has started seeing ghosts and she feels sure they are trying to tell her something. Soon she begins to understand they are telling her that danger is on the way. Danger that will involve everyone at St. Vladimir’s. Rose is no stranger to fighting, but this time it is going to be war. Not everyone survives and Rose ends up having to make the hardest decision of her life - one that will effect both her and Lissa.SHADOW KISS left me breathless and in tears. I can’t wait for the next book in the series to come out. The way SHADOW KISS ends leads me to believe that the next one will be even better. There are so many possibilities that it makes my head spin. ( )

Incredible! This series continues to get better. This is one of the best vampire themed series’ out there. After my disappointment with other series’ losing there touch, I have to say that it is not the case with these books. Everything that initially drew me in is still there and then some. I’ve been in anticipation for this book for a long time, and when I finally got a copy it trumped everything else! There were parts of the story that I figured out, and even though I wanted the novel to end one way, I applaud Mead’s unpredictability. Does that sentence totally contradict itself?? Let me see if I can explain. In my quest to keep this spoiler free it may be more difficult, but here it goes. I knew that something big was going to happen to one of the characters in this novel. The clues where there the foreshadowing was set up wonderfully. And even though I had an idea of what was going to happen, Mead was still able to surprise me in the end. Why? Because, I never really thought she would do it. The ending wasn’t what I wanted I’ll admit that, but I don’t think I would have been happy with it being any other way. One of the reasons I’m such a fan of this novel, besides the extraordinary writing ability of Richelle Mead, is Rose Hathaway. Let me just tell you how much I love Rose. She’s beautiful, smart, confident, she’s a smart ass and she kicks ass. I want to be her. She is one of my all time favorite literary characters. I absolutely cannot wait to read the rest of this series. ( )

I was davasted and surprised at the end of the book! It was so sad and unexpected! I do feel sorry for rose. THis is a good series! ( )

So sad. I was depressed by the ending and couldnt get it out of my head the whole day. I would not be able to do what she has to do. I look forward to reading the next book. If you have not read this serise I strongly suggest that you do. ( )

What? What?! Ack! I need the next book! ( )