Elena Gilbert, a sophomore in high school, is beautiful and popular. Every girl wants to be her and every guy wants to be with her. She has blonde hair and wears the most fashionable clothes. She’s the Barbie doll with power in Robert E. Lee High School.
But underneath all that perfection and glory, Elena feels empty inside. Her parents had been killed in a road accident and she’s living with her aunt and aunt’s boyfriend. When the mysterious Stefan Salvatore arrives on the first day of school, Elena becomes captivated by him. Just like every other girl in school who has fallen for the handsome, brooding guy.
The shocking thing for Elena was that Stefan completely ignores her. Which guy in their right mind would not look at the beautiful Elena? Or even die for the chance to talk to her? She tries to strike up conversations with Stefan but is only left hurt and disappointed. The question burning in her mind is why doesn’t he like her???
The Awakening
Elena is not a likeable character. She thinks only of herself and will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. On a positive note, she’s a determined sort of girl. She’s strong, defiant and won’t take no for an answer.
On the other hand, the Stefan character is quite dull. He doesn’t do much except try to avoid Elena. She describes his eyes as containing the deepest kind of sadness, the most painful kind of sadness a person can ever have. Stefan’s older brother, Damon is more exciting. Damon’s described as “sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him.” When Elena meets Damon, she is surprised to find herself drawn to him. Well, who wouldn’t if he’s such a hot guy?
Do you watch the The Vampire Diaries TV series
I’ll be looking forward to reading the next book in the series, The Struggle
Popularity: 8%
I’m not a fan of Vampire stories but the cover on this one is great! enjoy
@Diane: It is a really nice cover, don’t you think??
But this isn’t the edition that I have. Mine has a picture of Stefan, (I assume it’s him) on the cover.
I watched the 1st three episodes on a flight, and I quite liked it. At first, I thought Elena was a bit dull, but I ended up liking her.
And yeah, Stefan is the boring but nice guy, and Damon is the bad, hot boy. Same old love triangle, but I still enjoyed it.
Thanks for the book review. It was good to read how it fared in comparison with the TV series.
@Nishita: It must have been a really long flight if you managed to watch three episodes! Yeah, I think Elena’s a likeable character too.
Hope you will read the books. But don’t expect it to be the same as the TV show!
The book’s a little on the old-fashioned side.
I haven’t had a chance to watch this yet, but am anxious to read the books in the series!
@April: Hope you get the chance to read the books and watch the show. I think the series is really good though some of the lines are quite corny but who cares?? I’ve just finished watching Episode 8.
I read The Awakening and The Struggle and watched the first dozen or so episodes of the show, but then it was on at the same time as another show I like – Flash Forward – and I decided to watch that one instead.
@charley: I’ve not heard of Flash Forward before and I’m going to finish the Vampire Diaries season 1 soon too! Looking forward to reading The Struggle and the rest of the books.