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  <title><![CDATA[The Struggle (The Vampire Diaries, #2)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;A Love Triangle of Unspeakable Horror...&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Damon&lt;BR&gt;Determined to make Elena his queen of darkness, he'd kill his own brother to possess her. &lt;P&gt;Stefan&lt;BR&gt;Desperate for the power to destroy Damon, he succumbs to his thirst for human blood. &lt;P&gt;Elena&lt;BR&gt;Irresistibly drawn to both brothers, her choice will decide their fate.&lt;P&gt;The terrifying story of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1991</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Struggle (The Vampire Diaries, #2)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[L.J. Smith]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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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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    <review id="73586665">
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Oct 06 01:13:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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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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  <date_added>Sun Feb 01 16:15:26 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 01 16:38:50 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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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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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Teens with a Taste for Vampire Fiction / L.J. Smith Fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Aug 19 18:07:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="59683614">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 14 20:29:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 14 09:06:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="78546291">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 21 11:21:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 21 11:29:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="47838059">
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    <location><![CDATA[Indonesia, Indonesia]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Oct 05 20:27:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[[in this book:]<br/><br/>“Damon!”<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 were numb,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47838059">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38815171">
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 28 12:11:43 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 28 12:21:50 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="48473470">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nightfalltwen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint John, Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Mar 09 14:46:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="75672572">
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    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 25 09:46:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 25 19:07:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="62114302">
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  <date_updated>Sat Jul 04 08:18:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="27476021">
    <user id="1316686">
    <name><![CDATA[Lex]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[West Point, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who needs to broaden their Vampire love interest horizens]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 16 18:40:09 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 16 18:47:24 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="66102628">
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    <location><![CDATA[Canton, NC]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 03 22:28:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 03 22:29:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="24752732">
    <user id="394977">
    <name><![CDATA[Kristal]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Clinton, MI]]></location>        
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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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    <review id="77783123">
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    <name><![CDATA[Carrie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lakefield, ON, Canada]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was better than the first. More realistically, it was a 3.5 rating, but I gave it 4. Elena wasn't as horrible as she was in the first book, and things still moved fast in the relationship aspect, but I believed it more in this one. ]]></body>
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    <review id="76914639">
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 06 08:28:08 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is about sibling past issues and high school drama, where a most hidden secret can soon be discovered. Elena is dealing with a lot right now, and keeping secrets from everybody, and doesn't know where to go but to Stefan, her vampire boyfriend.]]></body>
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    <review id="68276570">
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this one a bit more although I still feel like the relationship is a bit forced.  However, I found Elena less annoying in this one.  I also just saw the preview for the show and she doesn't seem quite as full of herself in the show which should be good... on to the next one...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book better than the first one, but I still prefer Twilight. Maybe it is the Damon angle that brings me in, I don't know, but I do find it more appealing than the first. I don't find it such a chore to read as the first.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such wonderful trash. Such a guilty pleasure. Perfect for days when you need a distraction and your mind is hard to rein in. Continuing the tradition of the first book (The Awakening), the main character is incredibly self-centered and her attitude is full-on angsty teen &quot;I will do what I want,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73368920">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this one a bit more than the first one. Don't know why. It just kept twisting and turning and the ending was killer. Elena had to deal with not only supernatural beings fighting over her but here ex friend trying to ruin her and her boyfriend vampire. Awesome.<br/>~Tori]]></body>
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