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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.
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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
* [[Exclusively Evil]] - The Strigoi.
* [[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.
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* [[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 with Suck]] - The shadow-kissed. They share a [[Psychic Link]] with their spirit users, which is very useful if the Shadow-kissed is a guardian, but because the nature of Spirit [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|often drives the user crazy,]] the Shadow-kissed end up absorbing all of that negative energy. Oh, and being able to see ghosts isn't as wonderful as some people make it out to be.
* [[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 by Origin Story]]: The accident that Lissa’s family {{spoiler|and Rose}} died in happens before the book starts, and causes just about everything else in every book to happen.
* [[Death by Sex]] - {{spoiler|Dimitri becomes a Strigoi}} in ''Shadow Kiss'' after he and {{spoiler|Rose}} do the deed.
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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 (novel)|Twilight]]. To be fair, the idea of a YA vampire novel came from Richelle Mead's editor.
* [[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.}}
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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 on Hold]] - Before everyone realized that Lissa specialized in spirit, she spent years thinking that she hadn't specialized at all when all the other kids did.
* [[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.}}
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