Ordinarily I would write a review on the individual books at hand, however I feel it necessary to write a review of the series in general. I'm an enormous fan of the television show based on L.J. Smith's novels and once the season ended felt it would be ideal to read the books. Occasionally I find the books associated with films or television shows to be even better than the show itself. That said, this was not the case with The Vampire Diaries. I was disappointed that Elena would be such a predictable character, Blonde haired and popular as well as ever the diva. The biggest disappoint by far is definitely the sub-par writing and story line, however I found I couldn't put the books down. One after the other I was hooked and spent days just reading them and absorbing every single word. ( )