Jan 15th pre-review 
 ...."the gang goes to college".... 
 What is this? 90210? 
 After reading: 
 I want to like this. Every single book I want to like it, but the thing is, I despise Elena. And I can't support Damon or Stephan, because she flat out says "I love both of you" and they're just like oh ok whatever. 
 I'm sorry, but that's not ok. If I were in that situation I'd be like pick one of us, stop leading the other on, and if you can't then we'll both move on. 
 No girl is THAT great. Not even Elena Gilbert. 
 Bonnie is whiney. Meredith is IDK what she is but she's no superhero. Matt needs to grow some balls. Aleric needs to run far far away from their teen drama. And Mrs. Flowers, hahaha, that character is comical. 
 This story has such potential. It could be absolutely fantastic. But we hear too much about how pretty Elena is, how her hair is so perfect, how Stephan is so great and worthy, how horrible Damon is and how stupid Elena is to love him, and delicate Bonnie is, how badass Meredith is, and how all American Matt is. I swear, if they took out those descriptives half of the time the book would be half as thick. It's annoying.