Turtleback The Awakening

well, I decided to read this story 'cause I have wacthed the TV series, honestly the tv series is completely different and more better than the book. any way if you're looking an easy book for spending your free time, this story is perfect for you.

Même si les personnages et leurs caractères diffèrent un peu de la série, ce livre vaut le coup d'être lu en anglais : il utilise un vocabulaire simple et facile d'accès pour ceux qui souhaitent commencer à lire dans cette langue, et cela permet de s'intégrer facilement dans l'histoire. Un livre à offrir à un adolescent.

I am a sucker for vampire lore as well as teenage drama so this series was just plain amusing fun. It's nothing deep or profound but I just enjoyed them and found them enticing and intriguing. Since I researched them a little bit before buying, I discovered that there were originally three books and the author obviously meant for them to be a trilogy that (a la Star Wars) ties everything up neatly so the reader can have closure at the end. To clarify any confusion, The Awakening is followed by The Struggle and then finally The Fury. They were meant to be read all three in order. I'm not sure why the author didn't just combine them into one novel but I noticed another reviewer commented that the book just ended. This is true but the following books pick up exactly where the previous ones left off.At first I thought they were silly and I had no love for its heroine, Elena, and not too much love either for its hero, Stefan. However, they grew on me and I fell in love with the Damon character- first for his evil bad-boy persona but then later because he softens and actually becomes lovable. The other characters in the story are actually interesting as well.I have only seen the show a few times but am trying to catch up with it now by watching episodes online. I'm finding the show is also growing on me. It's obvious there are many many differences between the show and the trilogy of books. Though there was resolution at the end of the third book, the author eventually started writing further sequels due to its popularity. The show obviously takes a different direction and uses some creative liberties that are necessary for it to continue on as a show instead of a movie. So really the show is loosely based on the novels and they are indeed very different.It's amazing to me also that these books came out in 1991- way before the Twilight saga as well as True Blood and even before Buffy the Vampire Slayer. One can't help but wonder if maybe the creators of those sagas borrowed from these. Anyway, I found that after a bit of a cheesy slow start, I was absorbed by them and read all three in about three days. If you are in to teenage vampire love stories (similar to Buffy the Vampire Slayer,) these books deliver entertainment (thrills, chills, suspense and romance plus an unexpected storyline twist at the end) without over the top drama (such as Twilight.) They are just good clean high school fun and I enjoyed myself while reading them even at the age of 35.

This is the first time I have bought anything from this vendor. When it came the book was in great condition. The listing said some wear on the cover but I couldnt tell. I would absolutly buy from them again.