{"id":6179,"date":"2025-03-24T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6179"},"modified":"2025-03-22T11:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T15:34:19","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-261-vampire-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-261-vampire-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 261 &#8211; Vampire Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-261-vampire-academy\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tvd-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tvd-1-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Awakening (Vampire Diaries #1) by L. J. Smith\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tvd-1-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tvd-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tvd-1.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/carmilla.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/carmilla-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/carmilla-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/carmilla-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/carmilla.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dracula-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dracula-cover-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dracula-cover-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dracula-cover-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dracula-cover-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dracula-cover.jpg 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780061963865\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Awakening<\/em> (Vampire Diaries #1) by L. J. Smith<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781941360385\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Carmilla<\/em> by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780141439846\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dracula<\/em> by Bram Stoker<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape-147x220.webp\" alt=\"To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape-147x220.webp 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape.webp 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vampire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vampire-150x208.jpg\" alt=\"Vampire Academy: The graphic novel by Richelle Mead and Emma Vieceli\u00a0\" width=\"158\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vampire-150x208.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vampire-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/vampire.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/whywelove.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/whywelove-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Why We Love (and Hate) Twilight: The Highs and Lows of the Twilight Saga by Sarah Elizabeth Gallagher\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/whywelove-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/whywelove-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/whywelove.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593498286\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>To Shape a Dragon&#8217;s Breath<\/em> by Moniquill Blackgoose<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781595144294\"><em>Vampire Academy: The graphic novel<\/em> by Richelle Mead and Emma Vieceli <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781684817368\"><em>Why We Love (and Hate) Twilight: The Highs and Lows of the Twilight Saga<\/em> by Sarah Elizabeth Gallagher<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,2549,2502,12,2380,48,30,17,2548,2547],"class_list":["post-6179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-bram-stoker","tag-emma-vieceli","tag-joseph-sheridan-le-fanu","tag-l-j-smith","tag-moniquill-blackgoose","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-richelle-mead","tag-sarah-elizabeth-gallagher","tag-vampire-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6188,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179\/revisions\/6188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}