Frostbite by Richelle Mead - ADVISABLE

Mead, Richelle Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2), 327 p. Penguin, 2008. 

MS – OPTIONAL, HS – ADVISABLE. 

Lissa and her guardian Rose have returned to St. Vladimir’s after their time on the run, but that doesn’t make life any easier. Rose has too many feelings for her much older tutor, Dmitri, the kinds of feelings that would interfere with her life’s work. She also has jealousy issues when the sister of Lissa’s beau appears and offers Dmitri a seemingly irresistible offer. Feelings aside, danger also lurks; when the usually singular Strigoi orchestrate a mass assassination of a family of Moroi and their Guardians the entire Moroi society is put on high alert. Rose and here group may be young, but they may also have vital skills and the intuition to help avert a greater tragedy. 

While Frostbite and its predecessor Vampire Academy are probably right up the alley of Twilight fans, be aware that there are almost 50 swears (one “f”). The romance and action don’t quite make up for that. 

Cindy