The Awakening / The Struggle

If you only want to read this book because you watched and LOVED the TV show - don't do it! It's VERY different from the TV show and I kept thinking that it wasn't right, that the book was wrong. But of course it wasn't - the TV show has made the storyline more complex. The storyline in the book is very basic and very unrealistic. I feel the book could have been written in one book instead of 2 or 3.

I was very disappointed - if you want to enjoy this book, only read it if you are under 15 years old and haven't watched the TV show.

So different from the show, but I did enjoy it. I just thought some of the characters could be more fleshed out, and it is very Elena-centric. Also, there's no diversity in this book; it seems like everyone is perfect and skinny, with blond hair and blue eyes.

Another strong book in the series, I don't personally think it's as strong as the show but that won't stop me reading more!

Onto book #4!

Just watch the TV show

More an episode than a novel, and still not bad without being the equal of the TV series.

It was interesting, and Damon is still hot, but it's poorly written, not intriguing, and nowhere near as awesome as the tv show. A rarity!

I like this series a lot but it should have ended with book three. The fourth book was just really pointless and was more or less a repeat of what the last three books had been saying. However, it didn't take away from the rest of the series - it just didn't add anything.