What I do have to complain about is everything that's happening in Fell's Church. The Dark Dimension story plot with the kitsune keys was fascinating. It shows a softer, more vulnerable side to Damon he only shows around her, and she begins to realize that maybe Stefan isn't her only world.

I completely loved this book! It was all about Damon and Elena, and that's what I loved about it. The book is mainly about Damon and Elena getting Stefan back from Shi no Shi, right? So why add the Oh my God.

They have little in common with the flawed and intriguing people I met two decades ago. (It also foreshadows another tedious quest.) LJ Smith has successfully done one thing for me with this book: after waiting twenty years for more of the VD series, and Damon specifically, I no longer care what happens to these characters. The last pages and a sudden change for one of the major characters is just unbelievable and very disappointing. Am I the only one getting whiplash trying to keep up? After decreeing that no sex is possible in the last novel, ElenaвЂ™s not-quite-human aura seems to make Damon capable of feeling for/wanting from a woman something he has not felt in 500 years. And LJ Smith canвЂ™t seem to make up her mind about the physical capabilities of the vampires. He maintains that he will die for Elena as they make their dangerous quest, yet there is no real spark or chemistry left between them. I thought Damon had lost all of his charm in Nightfall, but again, I underestimated just how bad it could really get. The book meanders all over the place at times, and so slowly that I had to put the book down in frustrated boredom several times. She spends so much time on period detail that is unnecessary- do we really need to know the color of the veils that each of the girls wears during their procession though the city? Magical Auras, demon dogs, gate keepers, fierce falcons- ugh. Much like the previous book, Smith seems determined to cram a bunch of folklore and fairy tales clichГ©s into Shadow Souls, and this time most of them fit into the messily-detailed dark-age other world she creates. I am embarrassed for LJ Smith and all of the readers (including myself) who held out hope that the story of the Vampire Diaries could be redeemed after her last mess of a novel. Shadow Souls is truly awful, and I thought nothing could be worse than Nightfall. I'm kicking myself for buying this book and putting the emotional investment into reading it. (Seriously- have read fan fiction that was better.) But I'm curious to see if the author redeems herself.ДЄnd the answer is. I am embarrassed for LJ Smith and all of the readers (including myself) who held out hope that the story of the Vampire Diaries could be redeem Hated Nightfall.

(Seriously- have read fan fiction that was better.) But I'm curious to see if the author redeems herself.

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