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The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Midnight

By: L. J. Smith
Narrated by: Rebecca Mozo
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New York Times bestselling series

The Return: Midnight is the seventh book in L.J. Smith’s New York Times bestselling Vampire Diaries series.

Elena Gilbert is back from the Dark Dimension, having successfully freed her vampire boyfriend Stefan Salvatore from imprisonment. Saving Stefan had an unlikely consequence: his vampire brother Damon Salvatore has become mortal. While the trio reels from this latest twist, they must still deal with the demons that have taken over Elena’s hometown, Fell’s Church. But the battle will take Elena, Stefan, and Damon to their darkest moments yet…

The Return: Midnight is perfect for fans of the hit CW TV show The Vampire Diaries, as well as fans of the original New York Times bestselling series who can’t wait to see what happens next with Elena, Stefan, and Damon.

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Featured Article: Elena Gilbert—The Vampire Diaries Character Guide


Elena Gilbert is at the heart and soul of The Vampire Diaries series by author L. J. Smith. The novels follow her romances and dramas with the Salvatore brothers, Damon and Stefan. Both are vampires who were turned centuries earlier and find their way to Elena's hometown of Fells Church, VA. She is doppelgänger of the vampire who turned the Salvatore brothers nearly 500 years earlier—Katherine von Swartzchild. As the series unfolds, Elena finds herself being pulled between the two brothers.

Featured Article Elena Gilbert The Vampire Diaries Character Guide
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This is probably my second favorite installment of the series so far after Shadow Souls. We say goodbye to a few characters and we learn about the backgrounds of others. Bonnie is still only a quasi-psychic and Elena still can’t decide between Stefan and Damon to save her life, but overall, it was well done.

I do wonder how the series will continue to develop.

Very well done

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I loved this book but hated the way it ended. It wasn't a bad ending but one so wonderful that I didn't want the book to end there. I can't wait to start the next one to find out what happens next!

Major cliffhanger!

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If you could sum up The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Midnight in three words, what would they be?

Ok. I like the ending. The middle was kinda boring, but it was a great story nevertheless. I just love the dark dimension.

It is sad that the next series are not in audio

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The first book is not great but as Elaina grows up fast and the books gets better. what an ending! I have more questions than i did at the beginning of the book. Next book Oct 2011 cannot wait!

love this series

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I love this series. I think the midnight series is pretty much the best out of all of the series. butt it is infuriating that I cannot get the next three books on audiobook.

mad the hunters series wasn't picked up for audiob

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