Books 1 and 2:
Elena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants.
Stefan: brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past.
Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him. Determined to have Elena, he'd kill to possess her.
Collected here in one volume for the first time, volumes one and two of The Vampire Diaries, the tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.
http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Diaries-Awakening-Struggle/dp/006114097X/ref=bxgy_cc_b_img_a
Books 3 and 4:
Elena: transformed, the golden girl has become what she once feared and desired.
Stefan: tormented by losing Elena, he's determined to end his feud with Damon once and for all-whatever the cost. But slowly he begins to realize that his brother is not his only enemy.
Damon: at last, he possesses Elena. But will his thirst for revenge against Stefan poison his triumph? Or can they come together to face one final battle?
Collected here in one edition are the third and fourth volumes of The Vampire Diaries, a riveting conclusion to the tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.
http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Diaries-Fury-Dark-Reunion/dp/0061140988/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208582167&sr=1-1
They might sound cheesy, but so does Twilight.
I think
the writing is much better, still YA and simple.
