I'm gonna be blunt. This is just a mix of the books (ALL of them) and original content. If you read the books, this will anger you, if you never read them, this will confuse you and leave you with many questions. Too many changes yet they have nods and references to book so who is the target audience?
Tatiana is not queen, some random new character is, Lissa and Rose never run away, Victor and Robert are married instead of half brothers, Jesse has his own storyline and Mia is with some random Dhampir novice girl. Someone said that this is an Americanized Idea of Diversity and I agree with that completely. Russian, Romanian and Slavic have all been washed away in favor of Black, Hispanic and Asian characters yet they still have Romanian/Russian Surnames? Give me a break.
The creators simply used Richelle Mead's characters and world to put out their own political beliefs and agenda, no different than the awful Interview With A Vampire Reboot that is also currently airing. I hope this gets canceled.
Don't bother, just reread the books or watch the movie, at least Richelle was involved in that one.
EDIT: It's been officially canceled. Because "they just didn't find the requisite audience to justify further seasons." Well, when you isolate book fans AND casual fans, what did you expect? SO happy they decided not to waste any more money on this.
Tatiana is not queen, some random new character is, Lissa and Rose never run away, Victor and Robert are married instead of half brothers, Jesse has his own storyline and Mia is with some random Dhampir novice girl. Someone said that this is an Americanized Idea of Diversity and I agree with that completely. Russian, Romanian and Slavic have all been washed away in favor of Black, Hispanic and Asian characters yet they still have Romanian/Russian Surnames? Give me a break.
The creators simply used Richelle Mead's characters and world to put out their own political beliefs and agenda, no different than the awful Interview With A Vampire Reboot that is also currently airing. I hope this gets canceled.
Don't bother, just reread the books or watch the movie, at least Richelle was involved in that one.
EDIT: It's been officially canceled. Because "they just didn't find the requisite audience to justify further seasons." Well, when you isolate book fans AND casual fans, what did you expect? SO happy they decided not to waste any more money on this.