I tried reading the book but found I couldn't get very far with it. it won't hold your attention for too long. instead of adding to the story, the excessive description of things became distracting and is a major detractor. At times the book felt like Smith kept going with descriptors just for the sake of increasing the size of the book. Why does Smith feel that Elena all of a sudden has to be Abraham Lincoln and emancipate the entire dark dimension from slavery? Should have just left that one alone. This story is about love, vampires and some action. 1/2 way through the book, it seems like Smith uses Elena to become a champion for woman's rights and tries making a statement about freeing the oppressed people. The childish portrayal of Elena in the book is disappointing. I realize she's supposed to be a high school level teenager, but Smith thus far has written her like a young adult who is capable of making adult decisions.

instead she behaves like someone who is bipolar as soon as there is anything to do with Damon. What happened in this book? all of a sudden her morality is out the window and she does not behave like the woman who has set out to the ends of the darkest dimensions to find her true love. In all the books before this one, Elena is a strong character with believable qualities.

I think the story is viable, but that gets lost in the way that Smith makes Elena drone on & on about things. I have read/listened to all the vampire diaries books thus far and have to say this one is the worst. Read it only if you feel like you have to They hastily try to follow Elena and warn her - only to be caught up in Elena's most dangerous adventure yet. Yet with each passing day the tension between Elena and Damon grows, and she is faced with a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want?īack in Fell's Church, Bonnie and Meredith have made some dire discoveries. It is rumored to be a world where vampires and demons roam free, but humans must live enslaved to their supernatural masters.Įlena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Along with her childhood friend Matt, they set out for the slums of the Dark Dimension, where Stefan is being held captive.

In order to find him, she entrusts her life to Stefan's brother, Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and soul. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore the evil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search of Stefan. Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havoc in Fell's Church.

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