The Vampire Diares, The Return: Nightfall by LJ Smith

This book was the first of a new series in the Vampire Diaries saga, which picks up shortly after Dark Reunion left off. However, this novel was not nearly as good as the first few books of the series.

I think the thing that bothered me the most about this book was the lack of consistency. The original series was written in the early 90s, and takes place in the early 90s. This book was just published over the summer and instead of taking place in the same year as the previous book, it's written as if it takes place this year. There's reference to video cell phones, a new century and of things that wouldn't have been referenced in the early 90s. Even though there's nearly 17 years between the publishing of these books, the most recent one should still take place in the same time period in order to be consistent.

The other thing that bothered me was that this book was much more fantastical than the previous books. I know they're all dealing with vampires and such, but this one was really out there and didn't seem as realistic as the first novels did. The writing also didn't seem quite as good this time around. I'm hoping maybe things will improve with the next book in the series, but I'm not getting my hopes up. If you really like the series, I recommend not reading this book, it might ruin things for you.