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The Fury

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This book was the best of the vampire diaries. I really loved the ending.(I have a thing for tradgedies).In this book you also get to know another side of Damon, witch is more gentle and nice compered to how cruel he was in the two first books.And I really love that kind of complexed persons, especially if they are as handsome as Damon.

though it has been over seven years since i first read the vampire diary series, the fury stands out as the most heart breaking and poignant of the books. The author did a masterful job of keeping the reader in suspense of the final outcome in the struggle between good and evil. Yhe author also does a wonderful job with the characters and the situations she has created, endearing the most unlikable character to the reader and creating such an atmosphere that the reader at one moment may cry then laugh at another

Let's catch up a little - We still have the love triangle - Elena (the girl), Stefan (good boy vamp), and Damon (brother to Stefan and also bad boy vamp). The last book ends with Elena dieing in the river and Stefan trying to kill Damon because he believes Damon is to blame for Elena's death. This book starts off with Elena waking up! Not dead but undead! Apparently between Stefan giving her blood (showing his love) and Damon black mailing her to take his blood - she had enough vamp blood to actually turn into a vamp herself! But... wait for it...... when she wakes up she thinks she belongs to ...wait for it....Damon! And that is how to start a book! So the rest of the book is about Elena finding her way through life as a vamp.

I loved the 3rd one too! It is a great series as all of L J Smith's series are!

"The Fury" is the third book in the "Vampire Diaries" saga by L. J. Smith, which really should have been the last in the series, but was followed up by an unfortunate and unneccessary sequel. But that belongs in another review, and "The Fury" is a reasonably satisfying wrap-up of the events begun in "The Awakening" and "The Struggle".

Elena Gilbert is in love with Stefan Salvatore, a vampire, but is also attracted to his brother Damon. Throughout the course of the first two books she has shared blood with both of them, which means that when she is driven by some unnatural force into the river she rises once more as a vampire after her human body has perished. The brothers hide her at a local house, planning to smuggle her out once the town has quietened down once more, but as soon as she awakens after a week-long slumber, Elena refuses. Now more than ever she is certain that a third Power is present at Fell's Church, endangering the citizens and the vampire brothers.

Along with her friends Meredith, Bonnie and Matt (who are privy to the secret of Elena's transformation), they begin investigating, and come up with a range of suspects. But whilst they continue with their detective work, more and more dangerous things are happening in the small town: the domestic pet dogs attack the mourners at Elena's funeral service, and some of the townsfolk have decided to take matters into their own hands - blaming the newcomer Stefan for the supernatural trouble. But the real source lies deep within the vampire's past...

L. J. Smith brings together her entire cast to battle the evil, instigating all their talents (ie, Bonnie's psychic abilities, Alaric's vampire lore, Meredith's leadership, Damon's shapeshifting), and then splits them up in order for the teenagers to defend the school students at the prom, protect Elena's family and go up against the third Power in a satisfying conclusion to the story with an unexpected twist and death. The tension that was building up in the first two books is finally paid off, though most readers wishing for a happy ending will be sadly disappointed.

L. J. Smith unfortunately leaves several plot threads dangling - she never fully wraps up the motivations behind Robert's actions, nor why it looked as though he knew what was going to happen with the dogs outside the church - presumably it was instinct, but she might have told us that! Furthermore, I was expecting a plot twist in the character of Ms Flowers - in this and the previous book the teenagers see her leaning against the window, refusing to help them when they call, and I suspected that somebody had killed her and propped her body up against the window. Nope. She was apparently just a crazy old lady.

There are some devices that L. J. uses that get rather annoying, and which reminded me of R. L. Stine - both of them would end chapters on tense, dramatic sentences, only for them to come to absolutely nothing, rendering them silly and melodramatic. For instance: when Stefan is being attacked, Smith ends the chapter with "A white hand reached out of the darkness and knocked the rifle away...Elena had arrived". Whoohoo, is she finally about to beat up someone? No, the tension drains away with the arrival of Alaric. Later on, when Elena and the brothers are at the mercy of the Power, it tempts Damon with an alliance: "Oh God, no, Elena thought. Please no. Slowly, Damon smiled". Oh heck, is Damon going to turn on them? Or perhaps only pretend to in order to get free? Again, the drama is drained away as Damon refuses. After a while these sentences on the chapters end would get annoying as well as disappointing.

Oh well, why am I complaining over a book that cost me three dollars in the local bookstore's bargain bin? On the whole, "The Fury" is the most worthwhile read in L. J. Smith's vampire series, but not in her entire collection of books. If you're searching for a book to give to a pre-teen female, then you can't go wrong with L. J. Smith - the only problem she has an annoying habit on un-necessarily dividing her stories into several volumes, and you'll have to track them all down to get the full picture.

I was pleasantly surprised with this third installment. If you've been struggling through the first two, keep with it because the third is actually enjoyable and worth reading.

It is still cliche and predictable at times, but much improved regarding detail and the story itself. It gains a depth that the first two never even touched. The ending was unexpected, and while it's not what I would prefer, it fits the story perfectly.

I am still annoyed with the random scene changes which distract from the story and cause it to flow unevenly, but they are less frequent than in the first two. I am thinking by now that this is just a quirk of the author which she seems to be maturing out of.

While it's still not up to par with other series or novels of it's genre and themes, it's extremely improved compared to Smith's previous works in the series. I'm actually glad to have kept pushing on.

I really enjoyed this series and each book just keeps getting better and better. I love the whole love triangle of two vampire brothers and the beautiful young girl torn between them!

It inspired me to write a vampire novel myself, THE DARKEST HOUR about a love triangle between a human, a vampire, and a beautiful young woman.

Hmm.... what to say when my title's already done it?!

I rfirst read this book, Oh, lets say about 7 years ago. I found it in a dingy little second hand book shop. I loved it. Although I hadn't read the first two. I Loved it. Did I mention I loved it? Now, especially considering I've read the rest of the series, it's still my fave. The way LJ Smith writes, it's with such passion and simplicity, it's hard not to get drawn into her writing. I felt horrible when Elena died. Even Elena the vampire, because of the way she sacrificed herself for Stefan and Damon. Tearjerker, but also full of laughs....

The Fury is the best out of these series. Elana dies when she drowned in the river. Instead of actually dying she turns into a vampire. She is irresitable drawn to both the vampire brothers. They have to work together to destory the Other Power. Who will she perfer: Stephen's gentleness or Damon's wilderness. The ending has an amazing twist that no one could've expected. I just love this series!

Elena woke up after drowning to death, and is now a vampire! She is totally irrational then, and found herself in a clearing where Damon and Stefan are fighting. She doesn't remember anything, though. She thinks that she was born to be with Damon (who wouldn't?), and tries killing Stefan, and claims that she loves Damon. Will Elena ever remember what happened? What will happen between Damon and Stefan? And why are all the animals acting wierd?

A great book! I couldn't help but cry in the end! That was horrible what Stefan and Damon went through! Well, Lisa Jane Smith is a great author of vampires and the supernatural. ....

I've read this book at least 5 times. And each time it seems o get better!I don't like it as much as the forbidde game trilogy, but it still is one of the best! I couldn't stop crying at the end. Very sad, and the next one was amazing!But Lisa Jane needs to continue with this series, it kind of leaves you hanging with Dark Reunion.