I had decided to re-read the series in preparation for the new continuation (yes, there's still more!), but after seeing how badly Dark Reunion fit with the rest, I shudder to imagine how much worse it can get and haven't been able to bring myself to pick up Nightfall. Maybe it wasn't meant to be re-read by adults. The Vampire Diaries was never my favourite of her trilogies, but I hadn't remembered the ending being quite so disappointing.
I say this even though I was a huge fan of L.J. It's just not satisfying to read about a world that has no rules, where actions have no permanent consequences. Needless to say, the strength of my initial positive feelings was matched by the strength of my subsequent disappointment, when it was revealed that meaningful events don't actually happen in this world, there are no final outcomes, and even death can be reversed for those who deserve it. I can't properly express how moved I was by some of the final events of The Fury, like when Elena visits her little sister as a vampire before her final fiery death and convinces her that she's a guardian angel who will always be there watching over her. But hey-she's back! Needless to say, a lot of the impact of the story is lost. Our heroine had died at the end of the third book, in a beautiful moment of self-sacrifice. Smith decided for whatever reason that she didn't want to stop at the natural end of the story, and instead continued on in a way almost reminiscent of fan-fiction. Show More the best resolution to the trilogy, you should stop here.Īnd stop reading this review too, because it contains spoilers beyond this point.
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