Never got into twilight. I like Vampire Academy Much Better

First of all, they are completely different. Comparing the two is why people often choose to hate one.

I read Twilight first. I love and have read the series many times. I thought YA novels would be boring, but I decided if one was good, why not try another? Vampire Academy is different, but equally un-put-downable. When you start comparing Rose to Bella and Dimitri to Edward is when you start finding extreme flaws in one or the other. I never compared. These are four of my six favorite characters, but I realize that they are different. I don't think they are even close to similar (the characters or the books). Someone I know loves Twilight, and I suggested VA. They didn't like it, because it was like "Stephenie doesn't write it that way". The worlds are different.

It's hard to say which is better. I'm still on my VA high (finished the three within the last week for the first time) and I'm in love with the whole concept. I'm also more emotionally invested in these characters than I have been with any others.

I know that Twilight would have only one known Breed of Vampire, the Strigoni Benefici, which could be able to survive from sunlight, while Vampire Academy would have the Moroi[Mortal Vampires] and the Strigoi....how come V.A has more breeds than Twilight, is beyond me!

I love both VA and Twilight.

But why must Twilight only have just one breed of Vampire, in any case?

Did it? You had golden eyed "vegetarians" and red-eyed "carnivores". That's kinda like two breeds.

I love both Twilight and Vampire Academy. Twilight was the series that got me addicted to Vampire books, so for that I was always love it. I know it has flaws (major flaws) but I can't help loving it. It displays intense and sometimes unrealistic love, but as a hopeless romantic I find that's part of it's appeal. I can identify with Bella more than Rose, mainly because Bella is more human than Rose; she's more on the intellectual than physical side of things; goes to a 'normal' high school and has 'normal' teenage crushes/friends (if you don't count the vampires and werewolves) But I like Vampire Academy is written, better than Twilight. It flows a bit more smoothly and the constant action makes it exciting.

So I can really say one is better than the other, because both appeal to me for different reasons. If I had to pick one at this moment it would be Vampire Academy. Why? Well there are at least 2 more books to be released, so the excitement continues. Twilight has stopped (if you don't count the movies which are never as good as the books anyway), so the excitement has kind of stopped to. But I still love them both.

I love both series.... iv read both too many times to count

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Tonystark616 wrote:

^But does Breaking Dawn kills, in all the wrong ways?

I don't think it does. It has it's moments when the plot is just ridiculous. But it does have a happy ending, so the warm and fuzzy feelings continue.

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SecretMagic wrote:

Tonystark616 wrote: ^But does Breaking Dawn kills, in all the wrong ways? I don't think it does. It has it's moments when the plot is just ridiculous. But it does have a happy ending, so the warm and fuzzy feelings continue.

I meant that, by the time you get to the ending, too many things end up going wrong with the novel, itself, like everyone becoming a magically powerful warrior without Combat Experience, or even a final battle, of course.

[quote="Tonystark616"][quote="SecretMagic"]

Tonystark616 wrote:

SecretMagic wrote: Tonystark616 wrote: ^But does Breaking Dawn kills, in all the wrong ways? I don't think it does. It has it's moments when the plot is just ridiculous. But it does have a happy ending, so the warm and fuzzy feelings continue. I meant that, by the time you get to the ending, too many things end up going wrong with the novel, itself, like everyone becoming a magically powerful warrior without Combat Experience, or even a final battle, of course.

I see you point. But despite all its flaws I still can't bring myself to hate it. I like the characters and their lives too much to escape the Twilight world.

I too was introduced to the satisfying genre of vampire novels by Twilight, and therefore the series will forever be one of my favorites. But as many have already said, I feel that VA was written better, "more flow" and I am not sure if this is just me, but whenever I start a new series at all I temporarily allow it to become my obsession.

But only afterwards can I look back on each series I have read and decide which one's were best and why.

And all books have their srengths and weaknesses, so I guess it really comes down to which strengths cling to you most and which weaknesses annoy you the most, haha.