Richelle cleverly plays with the idea of an alchemist twisting them, in her story, to be the humans that guard the vampires’ secrets and protect humans from massacre. However, in this series the main characters shift from the awe-inspiring vampire princess and her guardian to her younger sister and an alchemist. This is centered in the same conflicted, top-secret world of Vampire Academy where vampires keep themselves hidden in the upper class society, including a luxurious prep school filled with vampire royalty.

One closely related to this is her new Bloodlines series, a spin-off of Vampire Academy.

While Richelle Mead is well-known currently for the new blockbuster about to hit theaters based on her thriving series Vampire Academy, she has many other series which will be close to follow in the Vampire Academy’s footsteps. When Richelle finds herself in need of a break from vampires and succubae she enjoys traveling to new scenery, which has been known to spark a new idea or two. As well as her many novels she also contributes to several anthologies making it easy to find her compelling work. Now that writing is her only full-time occupation her writing has taken off producing several best-sellers. Through the both full-time jobs as being a mother and teacher she produced her first novel and quickly became a hit in bookstores around the world. She then proceeded to teach Middle School while she started a family, only writing in her spare time. After her first master’s degree she moved to Seattle where she attended the University of Washington and received Master’s degree in teaching Middle and High School English. She began her higher education at the University of Michigan and obtained a liberal arts degree before proceeding to Western Michigan University to achieve a Master’s degree in Comparative religions. Growing up in Michigan, Richelle Mead developed a thriving captivation with folk lore that spurred her creativity.

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. Richelle Mead is a young urban fantasy writer on the rise.

Blood Promise by Richelle Mead