Blood Promise Chapter 1

No secret that I am a huge, huge fan of Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series. Well, for all of you waiting to find out what will happen in Blood Promise, Richelle has posted Chapter 1 on her web site here.

I'm going to post the first few paragraphs here to whet your appetite.

CHAPTER 1

I was being followed.

It was kind of ironic, considering the way I’d been following others for the last few weeks. At least it wasn’t a Strigoi. I would have already known. A recent effect of being shadow-kissed was the ability to sense the undead—through bouts of nausea, unfortunately. Still, I appreciated my body’s early warning system and was relieved my stalker tonight wasn’t an insanely fast, insanely vicious vampire. I’d fought enough of those recently and kind of wanted a night off.

I had to guess my follower was a dhampir like me, probably one from the club. Admittedly, this person was moving a little less stealthily than I would have expected of a dhampir. Their footsteps were clearly audible against the pavement of the dark side streets I was traveling on, and once, I’d caught a brief glimpse of a shadowy figure. Still, considering my rash actions tonight, a dhampir was the most likely culprit.

I read the book in manuscript form a few weeks ago and promise I'll have a review posted asap. But don't wait - check out the rest of the chapter as soon as you can!