![]() ![]() I just wish more time was dedicated to actually explaining it. A place that is very weird, and hard to define. We’re no longer in some small town in the middle of Virginia. The two series felt just completely different. Everything in this book is just outright told to us as they become curious about something because there is an answer that can be found. The original series did an amazing job of leaving things creepy, where it could be anything. The story feels different because it just isn’t as mysterious. The characters are almost exactly the same as they were, but not quite. There are so many side adventures and things that really, really didn’t need to happen at all.Īfter 17 years, things changed yet they stayed the same. The problem is, is that this is just not focused. Yet it also, in this case, meant that so many more things ended up happening. It also allows for more perspectives to be fit in. While longer than the original series, where everything feels rushed, this series is longer and has so much room to explore in. ![]() It is perhaps no real shock to anyone that this was probably commissioned by the publisher to capitalize on that TV money. Nightfall was released 17 years after the last book was released, just before the TV series made its debut. The Vampire Diaries: The Return Average Rating: 65 points, 3 ½ stars. Then Dark Reunion is almost like an epilogue. The first three books are really one story that got broken up into three parts, and then have a great ending. Then again, one of them does say they have psychic powers, so…Įach book flows into the next seamlessly, with perhaps the exception of Dark Reunion. I just.why is no one surprised?! Everything is creepy and weird, and they just accept it. When her friends finally find out they aren’t surprised in the least and barely even react. ![]() Elena is all “I don’t care, I want you Stefan!”. What kills me the most, though, is the fact that no one cares when they find out about the supernatural. Over the series we also see a lot more elements come in, such as werewolves and the “Originals” who are the progenitors of certain supernatural races. The great thing about this series is it has a lot of the older vampire tropes, such as being able to turn into other creatures and being incapable of crossing running water. At first, we just learn that vampires exist. The supernatural elements unfold throughout the series. There is even an entire book that isn’t from Elena’s perspective. Specifically, it is the story of how Stefan and his brother got changed into vampires. Most of it is flashbacks about Stefan’s past. Yet, a solid portion of the book is also written from Stefan’s perspective. She is the primary perspective, certainly. This series isn’t only from Elena’s perspective, as much as it sounds. Her friends all add something to the story, such as Bonnie being a psychic. Except Elena keeps secrets from them, like the fact that Stefan is a vampire, because she doesn’t know how her friends will react. Yet, like other young adult urban fantasy series, the main character relies heavily on her friends. She is so self absorbed, so magnetic a personality, so who everyone looks up to, that they are all completely willing to go along with anything Elena wants. And we get to see all of it, mostly in flashbacks.Įlena is one of those characters that is so utterly selfish, others around her don’t realise she is being selfish because they’re so used to her acting that way. Well, at least it is a love triangle that ends in murder. Stefan and Katherine and Stefan’s brother, Damon, are involved in just a regular old love triangle. Which isn’t even the only tangle in this mess. There is a lot more to it than that, but that is the core of what drives the series.Īlso on the relationship side: There is also a love triangle within a love triangle with a love triangle within a…? Stefan, Damon, and Matt all love Elena, but Elena says she only loves Stefan. While I really enjoyed reading The Vampire Diaries, mostly it is the story of a selfish, popular teenage girl who falls in love instantly with a vampire who seems to hate himself. The Vampire Diaries Average Rating: 75 points, 4 stars! Yet they were much better and much more fun than I was expecting them to be. They’re kind of completely cliched, in a good way. Overall, I liked the books written by L.J. Complete series with 13 novels in 4 series. ![]()
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