Richelle mead is hitting the road in celebration of the release of her upcoming novel. Soundless is about fei, a girl from an isolated village on a mountain in china that has long ago lost the ability to hear and her quest to find answers and help when a mysterious illness is spreading through her village. The only book ive ever read by this author was vampire academy, and i. The entire first vampire academy novel has been adapted for book one by leigh dragoon and overseen by richelle mead, while the beautiful art of acclaimed british illustrator emma vieceli brings the story to life. For as long as fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village, where rocky terrain and frequent avalanches prevent residents from selfsustaining. Soundless by richelle mead penguin random house audio. Like her heroine, mead the vampire academy series paints with a delicate brush when fei sees brightly colored silk for the first time, readers feel it as an explosion of the senses, creating a fablelike story that melds folktale, sacrifice, romance, and the stark realization of humanitys capacity to exploit others for profit.
Last sacrifice is the 6th and final book in the wildly popular vampire academy series. Fans of characters like rose hathaway and sydney sage will flock to this impressive standalone novel. This book features an asian girl on the cover and is based on a chinese legend. Richelle mead graduated from the university of michigan and has an m. When she can actually tear herself away from books either reading or writing them, she enjoys bad reality tv, traveling, trying interesting cocktails, and. Richelle mead became a published author in 2007 with the novel succubus blues. Vampire academy book 1 kindle edition by mead, richelle. Net login register for bookmarks and favorites menu login. Below is a list of richelle meads novels in order of when they were first released. She is the author of several series, including the georgina kincaid series, the vampire academy series, bloodlines series and the dark swan series.
While nothing extraordinary, soundless tells a gritty story of a delicate artist with growing determination to save her village against greed and. You have to understand that my reluctance was due to the fact that this is a ya series and im not such a big fan of ya novels. Just like all of richelle meads books this is a highly addictive page turner with a perfectly balanced symphony of humor, romance, and drama. However, fei steps in whenever their masters arent looking and. The first vampire academy book was adapted into a movie with the title vampire academy. She currently lives in seattle with her husband, and is at work on her next vampire academy novel.
Soundless by richelle mead booksamillion online book store. Hathaway and sydney sage will flock to this impressive standalone novel. A lifelong reader, richelle has always had a particular fascination with mythology and folklore. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Scorpio richelle mead is a new york times and usa today bestselling author of urban fantasy books for both adults and teens. Originally from michigan, richelle now lives in seattle, washington where she works on her three series fulltime. His lips touch mine, and an intoxicating heat spreads through me as he leans me against the shed. The main character has a milder version of the fiery courage of author richelle meads rose vampire academy and the intelligence of her. Richelle meads writing has grown more sophisticated and despite the dark setting is full of humor and will make you race through the pages, leaving yourself blinking at the last page wondering where all the time went. After two years on the run, best friends rose, halfhumanhalfvampire, and lissa, a mortal vampire princess, are caught and returned to st. When i heard tell of this book, i was immediately intrigued, mainly for the fact that it takes a somewhat different path from the other bestselling books that this author has written which includes vampire academy and bloodlines. Fans of characters like rose hathaway and sydney sage will flock to this impressive stand.
So, reading soundless by richelle mead seemed like a no brainer. If i enjoyed richelle meads other books, would i enjoy this. From richelle mead, the numberone internationally bestselling author of vampire academy and bloodlines, comes a breathtaking new fantasy steeped in chinese folklore for as long as fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village, where rocky terrain and frequent avalanches prevent residents from selfsustaining. Not the type of book i would normally choose, but as ive enjoyed other novels by richelle mead, this title became an exception. Though soundless takes a big leap from the paranormal world of vampire academy and bloodlines, which together have 10 million copies in print in. Richelle mead has 76 books on goodreads with 4897890 ratings. So, i was, of course expecting something equally awesome from richelle mead again, even though soundless is a standalone fantasy book. Parents to know that soundless is bestselling author richelle meads vampire academy, bloodlines standalone fantasy novel set in ancient china. When she can actually tear herself away from books either reading or writing them, she enjoys bad reality tv, traveling, trying interesting cocktails, and shopping. Author richelle mead closes one door, opens another. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading vampire academy book 1. Richelle mead born november 12, 1976 is an american fantasy author. Soundless focuses on a young girl named fei a rising artist and the world she lives in. Vampire academy is the first book in the vampire academy series by richelle mead.
A richelle mead mustread soundless is a beautiful creation that only could have come from a richelle mead book. Vladimirs academy, and rose is close to graduation, but since making her first strigoi kills, things. The third book in the series of new york times bestselling adaptations of richelle mead s vampire academy. Richelle mead is a young urban fantasy writer on the rise. As a richelle mead fan especially when shes not writing love triangles, i was really expecting more from soundless. Im accustomed to epic plot lines and even more epic romances from her, and this ended up feeling lazy in comparison. Feis sister is blind and her skills as a painter are diminishing just as quickly as her sight. In honor of the launch of the final book in the glittering court series, the emerald sea, richelle is hitting the road. I was a huge fan of richelle meads vampire academy and bloodlines series. Perusetopia book of the month soundless, wirrten by richelle mead. Her general focus are teen fiction an adult fiction, he most famous being the vampire academy series which is about to hit movie theaters around the world. Soundless by richelle mead features a female protagonist named fei who lives in a village on top of a mountain, a village without sound. I like that it draws from chinese folklore and features such a diverse main cast.
Originally from michigan, she now lives in seattle, washington. Enter their dark, fascinating world through a new series of 144page fullcolor graphic novels. Soundless by richelle mead book nerds across america. My interview with richelle mead of the vampire academy series duration. As an avid reader and young adult i love the excitement of this book but most importantly i love the finality. Ive read other richelle mead books and this book did not even meet the low expectations that i had. I did wrestle with the question of whether this book. Soundless was a quick, quaint and entertaining quest.
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