The Vampire Diaries:The Awakening by L.J Smith review by Sarah Crowley

The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening

In this book Elena Gilbert returns from her summer vacation in France and returns to her highschool. She meets a strange new student named Stefan Salvatore. What she soon figures out is that he's a vampire and that he has been alive since the Renaissanse in Italy. She finds herself drawn to him... then his brother damon returns and tries to ruin the relationship. All of this is because of a girl named Katherine who was a vampire and who both Damon and Stefan were in love with long ago. She loved both of them and decided she would turn both of them into vampires and all three of them would live together forever.. that's not how it worked out though. They each wanted her to themselves so when Katherine had bitten them, they were so dissappointed that they killed each other for her, they werent actually dead though. They have to be bitten, killed, then they have to "feed" on human blood to "complete the cycle." When they woke up they found Katherines ring that allows her to walk in the sunlight, and ashes. They had found a note telling them to forget her and to move on. Since then they've blamed each other for the incedent. Now, Elena finds herself drawn to both of them. Damon and Stefan would kill each other for Elena, who will she choose?