Frostbite
core novel 2008 Vampire Academy / Bloodlines
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (375,559 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781595141750 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Frostbite is the second novel in the Vampire Academy series, opening not long after the events of the first book, as Rose Hathaway continues training to become a guardian at St. Vladimir's Academy. The Moroi vampire world is on edge after a Strigoi attack wipes out a royal Moroi family along with their guardians, an assault that appears to have had human collaborators, suggesting a conspiracy beyond ordinary Strigoi predation. When the school responds by sending students on a supervised ski vacation instead of holding classes as normal, the break becomes an uneasy retreat rather than a rest, since the same danger seems to be following them. Rose, still bonded psychically to princess Lissa Dragomir, must balance guardian training and the threat of further Strigoi violence with her feelings for her instructor Dimitri Belikov, while questions about who helped the attackers remain unresolved.
Where it sits
- Universe: Vampire Academy / Bloodlines
- Series: Vampire Academy core; position 2 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Richelle Mead
Notes
- From the series record (Vampire Academy): A YA series following Rose Hathaway, a half-vampire guardian, at a boarding school for vampires and their protectors.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Vampire Academy: position 2 of 6: previous Vampire Academy (2007) · next Shadow Kiss (2008)
- Internal chronology, within Vampire Academy / Bloodlines: position 3 of 12: previous Bloodlines (2011) · next The Golden Lily (2012)
Sources
← Vampire Academy / Bloodlines dossier · All universes
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