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Being the hopelessly romantic sap that I am I'm engrossed. I've been spoiled by True Blood and needed to give this a try. I was initially shocked by how similar the original premise of the story was. It's basically a cleaner version of True Blood.

My one critique is that the lead actress is terrible. There I said it. I knew who she was and always thought she was a stunning beauty but had never seen her act. She's bad. The character is also just not likable. She's super boring. Why are these men pining for her?! Even as the other, evil, character Nina portrays she's just not good. Generally, bad guys are always the most interesting characters but she really takes me out of it.

I know that critique sounds really harsh and die hard fans will hate me but oh well. I still like the show despite how dead pan Nina Dobrev is.

This filmmakers took advantage of portraying the grotesque lifestyle Dorian lived over the moral of the story. After all, sex sells. Do yourself a favor and watch the 1945 film instead. Funnily enough the 1945 film is much more terrifying than this version.

I'd say her character arc and development makes sense but I'm not an expert on the subject. However, I compare Cassie to another show where the main character is a drunk, Shameless, but that character somehow manages to be likable despite how awful he is. Cassie's neuroses and selfishness really make me want to slap her. My biggest pet peeve is the phone. Her phone is constantly going off, it's never on silent and in the middle of fighting with loved ones she answers it?!? Waiting for ANYONE to grab her phone and throw it.

Deadpan humor is also getting really old.