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'''Vampire Academy''' is a series of Young Adult [[Vampire Fiction]] novels written by Richelle Mead. The story follows Rose Hathaway, a 17 year old [[Dhampir]] who is training to be the guardian to her best friend, Lissa Dragomir, a [[Our Vampires Are Different|Moroi]] princess, with whom she shares a [[Psychic Link]]. They train at the [[Academy of Adventure]] called Saint Vladimir's Academy for young vampire children and their bodyguards. After spending two years on the run, Lissa and Rose are brought back to the school and are forced to re-acquaint themselves with the student body. They are soon joined by a new bodyguard named Dimitri, who is assigned to Lissa in place of Rose.
Despite being Young Adult novels, the books are rather accurate in their portrayal of teenagers. They cuss, drink, make out, have sex or try to. There is very little whitewashing done of the teenaged experience and the book becomes a much more satisfying read due to the realism of the portrayal. While still kept within a PG-13 definition of edgy, the works have gained a substantial adult following in addition to their intended audience.
== The books, in order of publication
* ''Vampire Academy'' (August 2007)
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* [[Academy of Adventure]]: Saint Vladimir's Academy.
* [[Action Girl]]: Rose and her mother.
** Any dhampir girl, really.
*** Or rather any female ''guardian''.
*** Or any of the female Keepers
* [[
* [[Back
** Another variation of this is {{spoiler|spirit can bring Strigoi back from the dead. This happens with two characters. Dimitri and Mrs. Karp.}}
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] - Rose and Dimitri do this regularly.
* [[Badass Longcoat]] - Dimitri, lampshaded in Last Sacrifice, when {{spoiler|Rose gives Dimitri a hard time about leaving his duster behind after the Guardians invade the Mastrano house, trying to capture Rose and Dimitri}}
* [[The Beautiful Elite]] - The Moroi, who all share the characteristic of looking like supermodels.
* [[Better Than It Sounds]] - Most synopses of the book are written to appeal to the [[Twilight (
* [[Betty and Veronica]] - Later in the series, {{spoiler|Adrian and Dimitri}} fill the roles of Betty and Veronica respectively. (Naturally, Rose is Archie)
* [[Bastard Boyfriend]] - Christian seems he will be this, but he softens.
* [[Battle Couple]] - Dimitri and Rose.
* [[Blessed
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: After {{spoiler|Dimitri’s recovery from being a Strigori, he}} is convinced this is the case.
** {{spoiler|He was wrong.}}
* [[Dead Ex Machina]] - Happens twice in ''Blood Promise.'' The first time was when Rose was overpowered by two Strigoi, and the second time was when she was fighting {{spoiler|Dimitri.}}
* [[Deader Than Dead]] - All Strigoi. And the fact that even though they're dead, they can still be killed. Again.
** Also, {{spoiler|Dimitri}}, in Blood Promise.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Christian.
* [[Death
* [[Death
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] - Mia. Tatiana, kind of.
* [[Dhampir]] - Ours Are Different Too. One is conceived when a Moroi has relations with a human or another dhampir. (They can't reproduce without Moroi for some reason.) They're tougher than both humans and Moroi, which is why the Moroi have fashioned them into their own personal bodyguards.
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* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: There are a lot of them. First there’s Mason, then Adrian, then a boy in a ‘primitive’ vampire village.
* [[Elemental Powers]] - All of the Moroi specialize in one of the four elements. Well, all except for those who specialize in spirit, which people used to think was not specializing at all.
* [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French|Everyone Looks Sexier If Russian]] - Most of the Moroi are of Eastern European origin.
** Dimitri. Just Dimitri.
* [[Follow the Leader]] - This is one of the series that cashed in from the success of [[Twilight (
* [[Happiness in Slavery]] - The Dhampirs sacrifice their lives and livelihood for the sake of protecting moroi, and few give any of it a second thought. Non-[[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|angsty]] Dhampirs are refreshing, but this one's a bit on the other extreme.
* [[Hemo-Erotic]]
* [[Hot for Student]] - Dimitri, through Rose shares his feelings.
* [[Hot for Teacher]] - Rose, to Dimitri.
* [[Ice Queen]]: Queen Tatina. She starts to become a Defrosting Ice Queen {{spoiler|but then is killed.}}
* [[If I Can't Have You]]: {{spoiler|Strigoi Dimitri seems to settle upon this conclusion.}}
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* [[Jail Bait]]: Jill. She even becomes known a this within the group, much to Adrian's mother's horror.
* [[Killed Off for Real]] - {{spoiler|Mason}} in ''Frostbite.''
* [[Kissing Under the Influence]] - Victor Dashkov gave Rose a necklace enchanted with earth, causing Rose and Dimitri to become overwhelmed by passion, which distracts them while he {{spoiler|kidnaps Lissa.}} In book 4, Lissa was drunk when she made out with Aaron, her ex-boyfriend.
** {{spoiler|When Strigoi-Dimitri has Rose, he keeps her drugged up with his [[G-Rated Drug|bites]]}}
* [[Last of Her Kind]] - Lissa is last remaining Dragomir.
** {{spoiler|Or not}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] - In ''Blood Promise,'' it is revealed that Rose's father is {{spoiler|Abe Mazur.}}
* [[Magnificent Bastard]] - Victor.
* [[
* [[Mentor Ship]] - Rose and Dimitri.
* [[Mercy Kill]]: When discussing what one would want if turned into a Strigoi, killing them could be interpreted as this, because if there was a shred of that person left, they would most likely want to be killed. Becomes a foreshadowing when {{spoiler|Rose}} has to do this to {{spoiler|Dimitri.}}
* [[Nobody Thinks It Will Work]]: Rose and Dimitri do eventually get together, but their concerns set out in the first book are never resolved, and are probably more pressing by the last book.
* [[Not Quite Dead]] - Rose receives a letter from {{spoiler|Dimitri}} at the end of ''Blood Promise.''
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]] - For one thing, there are three species of them. The Moroi are living vampires (meaning they are born, not made) who can subsist on human food, drink blood about once or twice a day, are susceptible to sunlight, and have [[Elemental Powers]]. The Dhampir are half-Moroi, half-Dhampir (or half-Moroi, half-human), can go out in the sunlight, do not need to drink blood at all, can't have children with their own kind, and the majority of them are [[Badass|BadAsses]]. The Strigoi are pretty much your traditional vampires, with pale skin, red eyes, no reflections, and are [[
** Both Moroi and Strigoi have chemicals in their saliva that [[G-Rated Drug|release endorphins in their victim's brain]].
* [[Parental Abandonment]] - It's common for Dhampir's to have a [[Disappeared Dad]], but Rose's mother dumped her at St. Vladimir's when she was 2 in order to continue her guardian duties. Lissa's parents and brother died in a car crash.
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** [[Space Amish]]: The Keepers live in secluded, old-fashioned areas and consider the rest of Moroi and dhampirs to be "Tainted" for accepting the modern world.
* [[Staking the Loved One]] - Rose has to do this to {{spoiler|Dimitri}} in ''Blood Promise.''
* [[The Stoic]]: Dimitri.
* [[The Call Put Me
* [[Their First Time]] - Rose got a dose of [[Squick]] when she happened to wander into Lissa's mind as she and Christian were about to have theirs. Then in ''Shadow Kiss,'' {{spoiler|Rose and Dimitri do it in a cabin. The afterglow is promptly overshadowed by a Strigoi attack on the school in which they lose Dimitri.}}
* [[These Hands Have Killed]]: {{spoiler|Rose}} has one of these in the last book, for killing {{spoiler|Victor.}}
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