A definite page-turner. This picks up right after the events of the fourth book and does provide some information about what happened to Elena. As usual, the romance between Elena and Stefan is not as strong or as interesting a storyline as the other supernatural goings-on in Fell's Church. Smith is at her best when she's writing Damon's adventures and all the action sequences. Damon has grown into the most complex and intriguing of the characters. Plenty of thrills, chills, and shudders for all
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So excited but sooo disappointed!! The reason I don't like the Twilight series is because of the Edward and what's-her-face's undying, boring, endless love for each other. Neither has faults, neither has stinky breath in the morning and as a teenage she gives up all her relationships to belong to this 100 year old man....blah! The first set of books in the Vampire Diaries series were great! Although Elena and friends are a bit too much for me...seriously does Bonnie ever stop whimpering, Meredith ever say anything, or Matt ever just say 'NO' to self-centered Elena?? Apart from that, I really liked the first books and flew through them. Damon is probably the reason I liked them so much, and he is such a huge part of this book that I really should have liked it...but it just didn't even go with the others...yes Damon is the bomb and I devoured every page he was on...but as soon as we went back to Elena or Matt or Bonnie...snooze-fest!! The lovely-love, head bumping the chin thing was too much for me...come on! I really hope LJ fixes the problems with the 2nd book...come on LJ..you can do it!!!!
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