The Awakening

Not as good as the show but not nearly as bad as I'd expected.

What I loved:

- The writing style. It is unique and really good; simple and easy to understand.

- The plot. I loved the fact that it's both familiar and different from the TV show. It was really great.

- The characters were awesome. Even Elena whom I hate on the TV show was so cool and good to read about.

- The suspense, the secrets, the fights are all great.

- The end is a cliffhanger! I love cliffhangers <3

What I hated:

Nothing.

SO, this is a tough one to honestly review, i'm a big fan of the TV show and I see a lot of similarities although the plot and story are still very different... the main difference is Elena, Elena is basically Katherine in the books so that was a big difference to get use to.
Moving past that, Damon is painted in the same light as the first few VD series, the big bad with no good in him... anyone who's watched the show to its end knows that couldn't be further from the truth, I hope the following books will continue to shed more light on the characters as I know them but then again book and show are different so we will see!

Some changes just confuse me... Bonnie Bennett in the books is in fact a ginger Scottish Pagan, very different to the Salem esk story line I know. But again is it fare to compare book and TV?

100% i'll continue reading the story and its close enough to the show for me to enjoy it!

If your not a VD fan, I dont think these books will be for you, if your a fan of the show, there well worth a read!