The Awakening and The Struggle

     After realizing that I loved the TV series of The Vampire Diaries I decided that I might as well try out the books. The book took me by surprise though and toke a different approach towards the plot. In the first book, Elena begins to meet Stefan, who, in the beginning of the book is very quiet and tries to avoid seeing or being anywhere near Elena for one major reason...he's a vampire.
     Most of these stories tend to be about a girl who is really beautiful and doesn't really know yet; Elena though knows that she is the person that every girl wants to be and every guy wishes was his and is actually quite ego-full. When Stefan shows up she is utterly surprised when he seems to pay no attention to Elena and basically ignores her after the multiple attempts Elena shows to get his attention. Elena then begins to have her friends Bonnie, who is sure that she is psychic(later on actually becoming a witch) and Meredith help her to make an extravagant plan to make Stefan hers. In the process of doing so Elena figures out what and who Stefan really is.
     While Elena is scheming the perfect plan to make Stefan hers, Mystic Falls is having odd events occur. Reports of people lying dead with their throats ripped out start to appear all around the town and Stefan is being spotted at each crime seen. As Stefan battles with the constant accusations, he starts to believe he could actually be the killer. Stefan though is a "vegetarian" with blood. He tries to be the kind gentle vampire (or however much he can be) and soon begins to worry that he has lost control and become the ripper he has tried so hard not to be.
     During all the attacks in Mystic Falls Stefan comes to the awful realization that his brother Damon is in town that then leads to Stefan relizing that Damon is the true killer of all the people killed in Mystic Falls that the press says are "animal attacks". Damon unlike Stefan is a full on vampire who chose to feed on humans and take advantage of what he is. Now, the battle begins of stopping Damon.

For this book I gave a 5 out of 5 Stars. I absolutely love this book and this series. Also, if you enjoy this book be sure to check out the TV series on cwtv network. Also, be sure to read the rest of the series by L.J. Smith. Also check out the preview for season one on youtube.