What are the differences between The Vampie Diaries book and the TV series?

Answer 1

In the books, Elena Gilbert is portrayed to have pale skin, blond hair and dark blue eyes. However, in the television series, Elena has light olive skin, dark brown hair and brown eyes. One of Elena's best friends in the novels is Meredith Sulez doesn't exist in the TV series. Bonnie also has both a physical appearance and name change in the television series, trading in her red curls and pale skin, for an African-American girl with dark skin and black hair and she is not timid and damsel-in-distress like as Bonnie is in the book, but instead, is rather courageous, confident and strong-willed. Caroline Forbes on the television series has a big personality change. In the books, she is mainly nasty, manipulative, scheming and always plotting ways to bring Elena down but in the television series, she is Elena's self-involved, oblivious friend, who is in love with Matt. In the books, Elena has a much younger four-year-old sister named Margaret but in the TV series, she has a slightly younger brother named Jeremy. In the TV series, Vickie is Matt's older sister, while Matt has no siblings in the books. In the novels, Katherine, the vampire whom both Salvatore brothers fell in love with, was originally from Germany. On the TV series, Katherine was originally from Bulgaria. Also, in the books, Katherine's full name is Katherine von Schwartzschild, while on the TV series, Katherine's full name is Katerina Petrova. In the TV series, Stefan has a strict 'no human blood' rule. However in the novels, he and Elena exchange blood very often and willingly. But recently, this has changed, as in the TV series, Stefan has began drinking some of Elena's blood in order to gain strength. In the books, after Elena's parents died, her Aunt Judith (who is engaged to Robert) came to look after her and Margaret, but in the TV series, Elena and Jeremy's Aunt Jenna looks after them and Robert does not exist. Stefan was renting a room at a boarding house in the book, while on the TV series, the Salvatore's own the boarding home since the brothers are originally from Mystic Falls, Virginia. In the novels, the Salvatore brothers are born in Florence, Italy while on the TV show, the Salvatore brothers are born in Mystic Falls, Virginia. They are also both significantly younger than the brothers in the books, Damon and Stefan in the novels were both born in the 1500's, while Damon and Stefan on the TV show, were both born during the 1800's.