Leading to publishing & producing of spin-offs and tie-ins. Vampires, Werewolves, Witches and the ever present humans, and viewers of all ages have fallen in love with this popular show.

Hugely successful, The Vampire Diaries, showcasing the paranormalia of and around Mystic Falls, Virginia. Original Link to the review at my blog Le' Grande Codex - hereĭamon, Stefan, & Elena, our Thursday trio. Smith, the first book in The Vampire Diaries, by clicking here! Smith's books and the TV series.Ĭheck out my review of The Awakening by L.J. The rest who is ignorant or a newbie like me, let's stick to L.J. However, I think this is a perfect addition to all hardcore fans of The Vampire Diaries. It took me a lot of time to finish this one due to the let-down of my expectations. Damon for being evil and cocky, Katherine for her angry vampire and seductress tactics that let me know more about her. The two characters I liked the most in those stories were Damon and Katherine, together or apart. I liked the drawing variety and different styles from very detailed life-like to cartoon and so on. Some helped to give some kind of depth to certain characters or accentuate their behaviors, but over all, it felt useless. While I haven't watched the whole series, I know a lot of the stuff that happened and this was simply very confusing, like side stories that had no relevance whatsoever to what was happening.

Instead I am met with a collection of short stories from different times, like before Damon met Elena, while they're together, Stephan in some town trying to be away from Damon, these two then siding against an ancient vampire, etc., becoming really confusing to know in which point in time I stood. I blame myself for not reading correctly, but also the description because at first it seemed it was about something else entirely. But this graphic novel was nothing of that. When I read the tiny description in Netgalley, I honestly expected a graphic novel of either the first novel or the series, which would have been really interesting to read about, maybe even more than series because at one point it became a bit boring for me. No sparkle nonsense or weird stuff we see in vampires nowadays. It wasn't my favorite vampire book nor series, but they were both interesting in their own ways and such, specially when it came to the vampire myths.

As some of the older fans may know, I read the first book in the Vampire Diaries when the blog was new in 2013 and I've seen about half the first season of the TV show. This graphic novel was a HUGE disappointment for me.

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