The Vampire Diaries, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Rebecca Mozo
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By:
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L. J. Smith
About this listen
The New York Times best-selling series!
The first book in L.J. Smith's New York Times best-selling 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 best-selling author L.J. Smith.
Listen to more Vampire Diaries.©1991 Daniel Weiss Associate, Inc., and Lisa Smith (P)2009 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about The Vampire Diaries, Book 1
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- CairoQueen
- 14-08-2020
All But the Narrator
I’m always reading autobiographies so thought I would switch to something a little lighter and having seen the TV series that seemed like a good option. Personally I felt the writing was a little clumsy and it gave me the impression the author was and inexperienced [I could be wrong]. But I have heard these books get better so I have just purchased the second book. The book is quite different to the TV series but still good, my only criticism would be the storyteller. I still haven’t warmed to her voice and tone and find the expense of the brothers a little irritating and far from Italian, they sound more like cheesy Eastern European vampire accents from a bad movie. Get past this and you all enjoy the book
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Brendon Anderson
- 22-04-2021
the book is a good lead up to the series
the book is a good lead up and setting the scene and and covering the backstories into what I hope will be a good series
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 20-01-2023
Mispronunciation and accents
Mispronounced names and annoying accents that don’t make sense for the characters was very distracting
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Stacey
- 03-09-2018
Good overall
Good overall audiobook. Would be better if the narrator could tell the difference between Italian and Russian accents. Story isn’t bad and holds up reasonably well given it was written in the 90s to appeal to 90s teenagers.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Belinda
- 09-04-2022
Cliches all around
Cringe-worthy writing. The cliches were palpable. As for the narrator... Accents shouldn't be done unless they can be done authentically! The result was a comical Count Dracula rendition of Stefan the vampire...
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 05-12-2019
Didn't really enjoy it
It's sad to say but I actually liked the TV show a LOT more. The story lacked romance and I didn't like Elana
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- Natty
- 07-02-2022
Terrible
Couldn't finish this book, it was just horrible to listen to.
I really enjoyed the TV series of The Vampire Diaries, and they pronounce Salvatore as "Sal-va-tor". The narrator of this book pronounces Salvatore as "Sal-va-tory". It had me cringing everytime she said it.
Stefans voice is so horrible, really couldn't tolerate listening to it.
It was hard to know what was happening at times - the book just seemed to jump between the present and past without any indication of where the timeline is at, and it would randomly jump between the perspectives of Elena and Stefan.
Perhaps reading the book would be a better experience than listening to it.
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