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Alive or Undead, the love of my life was a badass.

—-Rosemarie Hathaway


Blood Promise is the fourth book in Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead.

Summary[]

It follows Rose's journey to find Dimitri Belikov, Lissa Dragomir's former guardian and Rose's love interest and mentor throughout the first half of the series, so she can kill him after he's been turned into a Strigoi following a battle at St. Vladimir's Academy.

Plot[]

The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimir's Academy was the deadliest ever in the school's history, claiming the lives of Moroi students, teachers, and guardians alike. Even worse, the Strigoi took some of their victims with them—including Dimitri. At the end of Shadow Kiss, Rose chose to leave St. Vladimir's Academy to hunt and kill Dimitri, whom she suspects has returned to his homeland, Russia. In Russia, she meets Sydney Sage, an Alchemist, who guides her to Dimitri's village. She meets his family and starts living with them. She also meets the bonded couple, Oksana (a spirit-user) and Mark (a shadow-kissed dhampir).

Abe, an infamous and powerful Moroi, is trying to send her back to the USA. She accepts his deal to leave the Belikovs when she learns that it is the only way to protect Viktoria, Dimitri's younger sister, from a Moroi man who wants to seduce her for sex. She goes along with some unpromised vampire slayers to interrogate some Strigoi to learn of Dimitri's whereabouts. Dimitri finds Rose, knocks her out, and makes her his captive. He also drinks from her and attempts to convince her to allow him to awaken her. However, she runs away, knowing it was either becoming a Strigoi, or death. Dimitri chases her while she attempts to commit suicide on a bridge, but Rose stabs him with a silver stake.

She mentally fights against Avery, an unknown evil spirit user, with Lissa and Adrian. After this, she goes back to St. Vladimir's, where she learns from Janine that Abe is her father. She also agrees to become Adrian's girlfriend. However, soon she receives a bloody stake and death threat/love letter from Dimitri, whom she thought she had killed. She realizes that after graduation, she and Lissa will have to release Victor Dashkov from prison in order to find his spirit user brother and find a way to turn Dimitri back to his dhampir state.

Characters (In Order of Appearance)[]

Aaron DrozdovAlbertaAmbroseAnna (mentioned)ArturMason Ashford (mentioned)Robin Badica (mentioned)Dimitri BelikovKarolina BelikovaOlena BelikovaPaul BelikovSonya BelikovaViktoria BelikovaYeva BelikovaZoya BelikovaEdison Castile (mentioned)Trenton Dashkov (mentioned)Victor Dashkov (mentioned)DeirdreDenisRobert Doru (mentioned)Vasilisa DragomirGalinaGrant (mentioned)Janine HathawayRosemarie HathawayInnaIsaiah (mentioned)Adrian IvashkovTatiana Ivashkov (mentioned)Sonya Karp (mentioned)Headmistress KirovaRolan KislyakAvery LazarEugene LazarReed LazarLevMs. MalloyMarina (mentioned)MarkMarlenJillian MastranoIbrahim MazurNathanNikolaiOlegDr. Olendzki (mentioned)OksanaChristian OzeraNatasha Ozera (mentioned)PavelSerena (mentioned)SergeySimonSydney SageTamara • Timosha (mentioned) • Vasily (mentioned)St. Vladimir (mentioned)

Translations[]

The book has been translated into Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

  • Brazil/Portugal: Promessa de sangue - publ.: February 28, 2013
  • Bulgaria: Кръвно обещание - publ.: July 22, 2010
  • Croatia: Krvna zakletva - publ.: 2011
  • Czech Republic: Krvavý slib - publ.: August 30, 2010
  • Estonia: Verevanne. Vampiiride akadeemia 4. raamatu 1. osa - publ.: April 8, 2013
  • France: Promesse de sang - publ.: May 13, 2011
  • Georgia: სისხლიანი დაპირება - publ.: January 1, 2018
  • Germany: Blutschwur - publ.: March 15, 2010
  • Greece: Υπόσχεση αίματος - publ.: December 1, 2010
  • Hungary: Véreskü - publ.: January 1, 2010
  • Indonesia: Blood Promise - publ.: October 11, 2011
  • Iran: پیمان خون - publ.: July 1, 2019
  • Italy: Promessa di sangue - publ.: November 22, 2011
  • Latvia: Asins zvērests - publ.: January 1, 2014
  • Lithuania: Kraujo pažadas - publ.: March 1, 2012
  • Netherlands: Academicus Vampyrus 4: Bloedbelofte - publ.: July 15, 2011
  • Poland: Przysięga krwi - publ.: February 23, 2011
  • Romania: Jurământ de sânge - publ.: August 1, 2010
  • Russia: Кровавые обещания - publ.: January 1, 2010
  • Serbia: Obećanje krvi - publ.: July 26, 2011
  • Slovakia: Krvavý sľub - publ.:June 23, 2013
  • Slovenia: Krvna zaveza - publ.: January 1, 2011
  • Spain: Promesa de sangre - publ.: January 1, 2012
  • Sweden: Löftet - publ.: July 26, 2010
  • Thailand: สัญญาสีกุหลาบ - publ.: 2009
  • Turkey: Kan Sözü - publ.: January 1, 2010
  • Vietnam: Hẹn Máu - publ.: January 1, 2011

Quotes[]

You forgot another lesson: Never turn your back until you know your enemy is dead. Looks like we’ll have to go over the lesson again the next time I see you—which will be soon. Love, D

—Dimitri Belikov to Rosemarie Hathaway


Trivia[]

  • The cursive Vampire Academy font used on the US covers is Voluta ScriptTM Regular, which is a commercial font.[1]
  • Dimitri's family is introduced in this book, along with Bloodlines narrator Sydney Sage and Rose's father, Abe Mazur.
  • The US cover shows Rose.[2]

External Links[]

Book Covers[]

References[]

  1. linotype.com December 19, 2009
  2. richellemead.com FAQ, December 19, 2009
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