Rose’s Journey to Protect Vasilisa
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead follows Rosemarie Hathaway, a teenage guardian-in-training vampire who is learning to protect her best friend, Vasilisa Dragomir. Although the novel is through Rose’s perspective, Vasilisa is the main character throughout the storyline. Rose is “shadow-kissed” to Vasilia, meaning they’re subconsciously bonded and Rose can see in Vasilia’s mind. Since Vasilisa is the last surviving member of her royal family line, she’s very important in the vampire government and expected to be the future queen. Usually, they would pair the most experienced vampire guardians, called dhampirs (Rose is a dhampir), to protect Vasilisa, but Rose’s bond with Vasilisa gives her an almost guaranteed spot to be her guardian. However, this requires Rose to train more than the average high school student at the Vampire Academy. At the beginning, every time Rose was sucked into Vasilisa’s mind, she would instantly try to block the connection...