Reread: July 13th, 2016 
 Rating: 4.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers, spoilers for books 1-2*** 
 After the fiasco at Spokane, Rose has returned to classes at St. Vladimir's Academy. Not long after, she begins the field experience required for every Dhampir who is going to graduate. She must guard her assigned Moroi, Christian, all day for six days of the week, and guard against "Strigoi" attacks - when the guardians at the school attack them to test them. While Rose thinks she's going to ace this, something pops up that may jeopardize everything - she begins to see Mason. And while vampires exist, she's pretty sure anyone would call her crazy if she said she was seeing a ghost. She, of course, feels the need to hide that she's seeing Mason, while at the same time trying to figure out what the hell is going on with her. 
 Once again, I have so much love for this series. I tried to read The Glittering Court and didn't really like it much, but I still really enjoy the books in this series, and I can't believe it's been almost 5 years since I first read it. Luckily, I forgot pretty much everything that happened in this book, minus one or two scenes as well as what happens (view spoiler)[ with Dimitri (hide spoiler)] in the end. As always, my favourite part of this book was Rose. While she deals with her issues with seeing Mason, she continues to be sassy and witty. I also really like the progression with Rose and Dimitri's relationship in this book. 
 I also really enjoyed the bigger role Adrian plays in the story in this book. He's always been one of my favourite characters, and I think that maybe after I finish rereading this series, I may reread the Bloodlines series, or at least the first few books in it. I can't remember much about Christian from the rest of the series, but I really like him in this book and I'm going to enjoy seeing him grow as a character throughout the rest of the series, which I don't remember as well as the first three books. While it took a little while for the action to really get going, it was really exciting when we finally got around to it. It was nice seeing Rose come into her own and to see the adults begin to give her the respect she deserves. 
 Overall, as I expected, I enjoyed this book a lot. I loved rereading this and revisiting the series, which is one of my favourites of all time. There was a lot of character development within this book that I enjoyed, and while the action was great I think that was what I really valued. I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series, this has become my obsession again. If you aren't sure if you should continue on with this series, you definitely should. And if you haven't picked up Vampire Academy at all, go for it! 
 Original Date Read: November 2011 
 Rating: 5/5