![]() The opening pages of the book see Elena, the protagonist of this story, returning home from her European vacation at the start of a new school year. The Awakening gets the series off to a solid start. Smith’s fans are legion and to all the site readers who asked, this review is dedicated to you… Seriously, I can’t count how many emails I have received telling me about these novels and asking why they are not listed on the LoveVampires site. The Vampire Diaries were popular at the time of their original release but seem to have gathered a new following 17 years later with a whole new set of teen fans. ![]() Written for the Young Adult (YA) market and originally published in the early 1990’s, The Vampire Diaries were re-released by HarperTeen last year (2007) as a result of the flurry of popularity that YA vampire genre novels have received since Stephenie Meyer’s huge success with the Twilight series. The Awakening is the first of four novels in L.J. The Vampire Diaries, a tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them. ![]() Determined to have Elena, he’d kill to possess her. Stefan: brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past.ĭamon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him. First Published 1991 (this edition 2007) 253 pages Summary (from the book jacket)Įlena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants. ![]()
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