The Vampire Diaries by L J Smith

The Vampire Diaries (The Vampire Diaries, #1)

by L.J. Smith

Elena is the school beauty, but she's bored. Until a new boy turns up in her class. Stefan is dark and mysterious - and she's determined to get to know him better. But Elena reminds Stefan of someone from his tragic past, and he's just as determined to resist her. Until a series of attacks in the area terrify the school and town and Stefan, the outsider, is held responsible. Elena is the only one who offers to help and, falling in love with her, Stefan tells her his terrible story. He is a vampire, on the run from his evil brother, Damon, who is also a vampire, but doesn't share Stefan's qualms about drinking human blood. And Damon is the one Stefan suspects of really being behind the recent attacks...Can Elena help prove his innocence - without revealing his secret?

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Rating 2015: 3 stars

Rating 2020: 1 star

Oh, I must have read this book a thousand times, but my rating must have come from my love for the tv show. I can’t explain otherwise why I would give it anything more than three stars. Sure, I enjoyed it, but objectively? It was so extremely bad. The characters are very one dimensional, the story is nothing special, the lore feels... too extreme. (Although the latter might be biased because I am used to the tv show). I want to finish reading these books to find all the differences that they’ve made for the tv show, but if it were another series, I wouldn’t have continued.

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