Thursday 13 October 2011

TV Show - The Secret Circle - S01E01

L. J. Smith, writer of The Vampire Diaries, wrote a trilogy of novels in 1992 that are now being made into the TV show The Secret Circle. It is a supernatural drama aimed at teens in an attempt to ride the twilight wave.

The series follows Cassie (Britt Robertson) who moves from California to live with her grandmother (Ashley Crow) in New Salem after her mother is killed in a mysterious manner. She falls in love with a guy, Adam (Thomas Dekker) but when she enrolls at the high school, she realizes that he, she and all the other elite students at the school are witches. She befriends their leader, Diana (Shelley Hennig) but soon discovers that Adam and Diana are dating, Let the supernatural drama ensue. The secret circle is the name the teens give to their group, trying to master their tricks without even their families knowing. The series is a the vampire diaries but with witches instead of vampires, keeping the realistic setting of their modern lifes with the added spice of the supernatural. If you like the vampire diaries and want more of the same (with a slightly younger cast) then this is for you.

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