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The Vampire Diaries Awakening + Struggle by L.J.Smith

 The Vampire Diaries 

The Awakening + The Struggle (390 pages Paperback)

By L.J.Smith 


Rating : 4/5 😄😄😄😄

Genre : Vampires, Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, High school Drama.



Stefan Salvatore is the new student at the high school in Fells Church - a fictitious town founded centuries ago. He is shrouded in mystery for everyone who wants to know him. He looks brooding, introverted and lets no one into his private world. Elena is the most popular girl in the school and she gets what she wants - usually. Until she comes across Stefan. She realizes that he is as drawn towards her as she is but is keeping his distance. She wants to find out his secret and also the reason why bad things started happening in her town since his arrival. Is he the cause behind them or is there someone else? 😉🤔

Two vampires - Stefan and Damon Salvatore - united by their brotherly bond vie for the hand of a woman in the past. That woman was the reason they have turned vampires. Now they rekindle their battle for the hand of Elena - each without the knowledge of the other initially and then take it way too far once they find out. 🤐 Where Stefan is self repressive, sometimes self loathing and inhibited, Damon is over indulgent, non apologetic and totally fine with the way of life he leads and the trouble he causes. Damon is hot like raging fire and Stefan is cold and insipid like a block of ice. 

This book has been on TBR list ever since I watched the season 1 of the very popular TV series. I didn't expect it to be very much modified and altered on screen. Many of the scenes and names, character relationships are changed from the book. Nevertheless, both are intriguing and gripping in their own ways. The book lives upto the expectations - I can't imagine a more weak vampire on paper than Stefan and felt a bit incredulous that a character like Elena would choose him over the very powerful and mascot of darkness Damon. But what happens and whom she ends up with..the rest of the books only could tell! Very eager to read on!! 💖💯🤗


 




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