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    <body><![CDATA[I finished the second story in the series, &quot;The Struggle&quot; yesterday but didn't have a chance to record any thoughts. I'm not quite sure how to go about doing so without giving spoilers to readers who plan to read the books but haven't read them yet. That said, if you dislike spoilers this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81735319">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> Torn between two vampire brothers </p> <p> Damon: Determined to make Elena his, he'd kill his own brother to possess her. </p> <p> Stefan: Desperate for the power to destroy Damon and protect Elena, he gives in to his thirst for human blood. </p> <p> Elena: The girl who can have anyone finds herself in the middle of a love triangle . . . one that might turn deadly </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I gave the first book in this series, The Awakening, 2 stars, but The Struggle is 2 and a half.  The half comes simply from the surprise ending.<br/><br/>This book was just as plodding as it's predecessor, but had a little more action in the plot.  I still have pain in my face from all the grimaci...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80032941">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The second book picks up where The Awakening left off, and delves further into Damon's attempts to win Elena's affections and Stefan's struggle to survive. To find Stefan, Elena seeks out Damon and confronts him in the graveyard, knowing that it will be dangerous. Damon claims he killed Stefan the p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78178899">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One word to describe this book: EPIC. A HUGE improvement on The Awakening, because it deals with Damon increasing his reign over Fell's Church and over Elena's life. He's creepy as hell, totally dangerous, and really kept me reading on. I wasnt sure how I felt about Damon at the end of the first boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73586665">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[  The Struggle is a book about a girl who finds out a big secret about Stefan.<br/>The main character in this book is Elena Gilbert. Elena is 18 years old, and has blond hair and blue eyes. Her main internal struggle is that she really loves Stefan. Her main external struggle is that Damon is annoy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45076189">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The second entry in L.J. Smith's four-book <em>Vampire Diaries</em> series, which features the story of a young woman caught up in a bitter love triangle with two vampire brothers, <u>The Struggle</u> picks up exactly where the first installment (<u><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395922.The_Awakening_The_Vampire_Diaries_1_" title="The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1) by L.J. Smith">The Awakening</a></u>) left off. In the graveyard...<br/><br/>As the stakes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67392009">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As The Awakening ended on a cliffhanger I continued with The Struggle and boy did I struggle with it. Many a time I was thinking &quot;No you stupid b*tch, what are you doing?&quot; Elena is none too bright in this, it became fairly obvious that Damon wasn't as evil as she thought him to be but she ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80615189">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The Vampire Diaries&quot; continues on in the second book to create the guilty pleasure it is. It's like L.J. Smith threw the contents of the first book in a blender and put it on high! By the end of the book, it's such a fast whirl wind that you can't help but fly through it, wondering where ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59683614">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>A Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror...</strong><p>Damon<br/>Determined to make Elena his queen of darkness, he'd kill his own brother to possess her. <p>Stefan<br/>Desperate for the power to destroy Damon, he succumbs to his thirst for human blood. <p>Elena<br/>Irresistibly drawn to both brothers, her choice will decide their fate.<p>The terrifying story of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book was exciting and not too scary for me.  I wasn't scared reading the Twilight series, but I've been more nervous that this series could be and so far it has been just fine.  I liked trying to figure out Damon.  I definitely enjoyed seeing how Damon tries to work his way into Stefan and Elena...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80011809">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The best part of this book is the back story of how the brothers became vampires.  Again all the relationships seem very superficial.  The more evil and deadly brother Daemon becomes more a part of the story (without the wit of the one on TV).  He becomes obsessed with Elena because she looks like s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78546291">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> Torn between two vampire brothers </p> <p> Damon: Determined to make Elena his, he'd kill his own brother to possess her. </p> <p> Stefan: Desperate for the power to destroy Damon and protect Elena, he gives in to his thirst for human blood. </p> <p> Elena: The girl who can have anyone finds herself in the middle of a love triangle . . . one that might turn deadly </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong><em>[Quoted from this book:]</em></strong><br/><br/><em>“Damon!”</em><br/><br/>Icy wind whipped Elena’s hair around her face, tearing at her light sweater. Oak leaves swirled among the rows of granite headstones, and the trees lashed their branches together in frenzy. Elena’s hands were cold, her lips and cheeks w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47838059">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[enjoyable book; drew me into the series with more interest than The Awakening. I can't decide yet where this series falls in my favorite vampire stories list yet but I have read three of four so far and I have been both intrigued and confused or bored at times, but mostly intrigued. I do skip ahead ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38815171">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well this would be the extremely rare case of the second book in the series was better than the first.  I could actually feel the pull towards Damon in this book.  Yes, he’s dark and dangerous.  But, there’s something else there as well.  You don’t know what it is, you can just feel it.  Stefa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77895180">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Only 2 books into the series and really it is nine billion times better than that trainwreck we call Twilight. <br/><br/>Though I find Stefan to be a bit of a pussy and still haven't really decided if I like Damon either... they're both WAY stronger characters than Edward could ever hope to be.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48473470">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh no! Elena’s beloved Stephan is missing. But where can he be? Could it be his envies brother Damon hurt him? Elena has not limit till she finds it but Damon keeps getting in the way, would she start feeling g for both and a battle shall occur? This book gets even better than the first series you...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75672572">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm reading this one for work to prepare for the new tv series in hopes that our YA contingent might enjoy an alternative to Twilight.  <br/><br/>Since it was written in the 90's, when I went to high school, I was hoping for a connection.  <br/><br/>It's very hard to read...I just can't seem to get ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62114302">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like that the love story between the two is more developed in this one (and better explained). I like the conflict of no one wanting them to be together, and the extra frustration that Damon adds. But, oh the end.... It was not at all what I thought it would be. It was an interesting twist. I'm no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81270944">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>A Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror...</strong><p>Damon<br/>Determined to make Elena his queen of darkness, he'd kill his own brother to possess her. <p>Stefan<br/>Desperate for the power to destroy Damon, he succumbs to his thirst for human blood. <p>Elena<br/>Irresistibly drawn to both brothers, her choice will decide their fate.<p>The terrifying story of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Edward has nothing on Damon.<br/>Now he's my kind of vampire. <br/><br/>To all Twilight fan's: these books aren't as well written but to be honest i liked them a whole lot better. no joke.<br/><br/>There's just something about that edgy, dark, man in black persona that i find totally attractive...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27476021">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to give it a high rating because it was my most favoritest series in 8th grade. Have read it a couple of times since then and it's still fun. Just tore through the first four in a couple of days. <br/>There's a love triangle and all sorts of teen angst. Love it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think the second book is probably my favorite out of the whole series. Damon's character is revealed more. To give a hint - Elena and Stefan have a moment. While it may not be detailed like Ann Rice and be PG in comparison it gave enough details to get my imagination working. In my mind, I still s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24752732">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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