The Vampire Diaries, Book 1

The Awakening

By: L. J. Smith

Narrated by: Rebecca Mozo

The New York Times bestselling series!

The first book in L.J. Smith’s New York Times bestselling Vampire Diaries series, the basis of the hit CW TV show starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder.

Elena Gilbert is a high school golden girl, used to getting what she wants. And who she wants. But when the boy she’s set her sights on—the handsome and haunted Stefan—isn’t interested, she’s confused. She could never know the real reason Stefan is struggling to resist her:

Stefan is a vampire, and Elena’s in danger just by being around him. What’s more, Stefan’s dark, dangerous vampire brother Damon has just arrived in town. And wherever Damon goes, trouble always follows.

Fans of The Vampire Diaries TV show will find this book packed with the same kind of heart-stopping suspense, fierce romances, and jaw-dropping surprises that they know and love, all brought to life by New York Times bestselling author L.J. Smith.

©1991 Daniel Weiss Associate, Inc., and Lisa Smith; (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

Okay but nothing exciting

The book itself: I liked the story but I feel like it was rushed and lacked substance. I was expecting more.

The narrator: She’s actually pretty good for most narrators in this genre however, she does not do Damon or Stefan well at all. I’m not sure if it’s the accent or what but she just could not convey the proper emotions at the appropriate times. It all sounded the same. They really should have had a male narrator for Stefan’s point of view.
The transitions between characters were terrible. They happened with no warning and it sometimes took a minute to realize she switched. She could have at least just said their name before switching to them.

STOP SAYING SALVATOR-IE AND BAD ACCENT

The way she pronounces the last name and makes Stefan sound silly ruined it for me.

My TVD review

Liked listening to the book. Very much disliked Stefan’s and Damon’s accents no offense I just wished they talked without the accents kind of a mood killer but thats just me. I would recommend this to my sister because she likes tvd and reads book.

The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening review By: Jaxon Richard Vinson

I thought the book/audiobook is good. When I started-reading this book, there are some things that I disliked about the book and most of the book I liked. #big Stelena fan@ no Staferine, Delena, Klaroline,etc.🙂

Guess I should have read before watching the show

Most of us readers know that we always regret watching a show/movie after reading the book. This time I'm perhaps regretful of reading after watching.

While Rebecca has a good voice she doesn't distinguish between any characters other than the Salvatore brothers. At times it's hard to tell whose talking until she says "Elena said or Caroline said, ect"

So far, the book and show differ extremely. I will give the next book (strong maybe) or two a try. So far if I hadn't of seen the show and only read first book on its own I'd have stoped reading as it's dry and slow without much to keep you interested. Perhaps more of the interesting bits that kept me intrigued from the show will come about in the following books.

Overall quite disappointed with it in its entirety. Let's hope the second book is better.