Well......I've finished the first four books in the Vampire Diaries and they're not great but I couldn't out them down (if that's possible!) I think I was generally interested in what happened but I really didn't like the lead character, the book seemed rushed and there was no depth of detail. Maybe it wasn't a great decision by me to read the books after a few months of reading Anne Rice, the queen of the finer detail.
Overall I've given them 3/5. Not great, but I can just see me buying the 5th book of the series when it's released to further punish myself