Blood Promise

Love-bound but vowed to slay...

Everyone assumed Dimitri had passed away. And he was, to a certain degree. But there was a discussion I'd once had with him that I couldn't seem to forget. It was mutually agreed upon that we would prefer to be dead, for real, than to roam the earth as Strigoi. Now was the moment to keep our pledge.

Rose Hathaway, the guardian, will never live the same. The world of Moroi was utterly destroyed by the recent assault on St. Vladimir's School. Many are lost. Furthermore, the outcomes are significantly worse for the few victims who were taken by the Strigoi. Rose now has an unusual tattoo around her neck that reads, "I've killed too many Strigoi to count."

But only Dimitri Belikov is a victim that counts. Rose is now faced with a decision between abandoning the Academy to go it alone and find the man she loves, or keeping her life's promise to protect Lissa, her closest friend and the only living Dragomir princess. To locate Dimitri and fulfill the vow he pleaded with her to make, she will have to go to the ends of the planet. But the real issue is, will he desire to be rescued when the time comes?

Can Rose find the resolve to kill Dimitri now that everything is on the line—and that she is worlds away from St. Vladimir's and her open, vulnerable, and now rebellious best friend? Or is she going to give herself up in the hopes of finding true love?

The eagerly awaited epic fourth book in Richelle Mead's captivating Vampire Academy series, Blood Promise, is an epic read that will not disappoint readers who fell in love with Rose, Lissa, and Dimitri.