Another series of books!

The Night World by L. J. Smith series is another set of young adult books that I decided to check out. Vampires, werewolves, witches and shapeshifters all living right along side of us without our knowledge. There's a secret society called Night World that is guarded with very strict rules and falling in love with humans breaks all the rules at once.

Volume one includes;
Secret Vampire
Poppy is secretly in love with her best friend, James and is suddenly diagnoses with terminal cancer. James is secretly in love with Poppy but for different reasons, it's against Night World law. He can save her life by making her immortal but that would mean breaking all the laws at once.

Daughters of Darkness
Three vampire sisters run away from home and the Night World to live among humans. They vow to live good lives and not to hurt humans but find that it is not as easy as it sounds. Their brother Ash, a ruthless vampire known to hate humans is sent to bring them home. Things get a little complicated when he falls in love with their human friend.

Spellbinder
Two witch cousins raised as sisters go to school with the humans. Lots of schools! They are kicked out of one school after another. This time has to be different. Yet they end up in a battle over a guy. White magic versus Black magic and falling in love with a human, will the Night World law ignore this?

Volume Two includes:
Dark Angel
Gillian a girl who has never really fit in with the kids she wants to is saved from drowning by an angel. No one else can see Angel and he makes all her hearts desires start to come true. She becomes suspicious of what Angel really is when some of Angels suggestions become strange and sinister.

The Chosen
Rashel is one of the most ferocious and successful vampire hunters seeking to avenge her mother's death. She finds a group of vampires with one of the most vicious vampires heading it up are luring young girls for a human slave trade. She knows she is destined to stop this evil but did she know she was destined to find love at the same time?

Soulmate
Hannah writes note in her sleep. She knows she must be writing them, they are in her handwriting. She does not know what they mean. She also feels as though she is being followed. She must be crazy right? When two wolves break through the psychologist's window, one trying to kill her and one saving her even he knows something more then crazy is going on. She doesn't know that only the love of the Lord of the Night World can save her.


Volume Three includes:
Huntress
Jez hunts the vilest of humans with her vampire gang. At least she used to, until she found out that she is only have vampire. Her mother was human! unable to explain to her gang who would be compelled to kill her she leaves to live with relatives of her mothers. Now she hunts bad vampires. Is it against Night World law to love a half human?

Black Dawn
Maggie's brother is dead and something is not right about it. On impulse she leaves immediately to investigate only to find thing are more wrong then she ever imagined. Finding herself kidnapped into slavery she doesn't know she is being transported into fighting to save all of humanity and forbidden love.

Witchlight
Circle Daybreak an underground organization of both human and Night World members hires Keller a shapeshifting panther to protect the new Wild Power, a young girl who is key in saving humanity. When Keller falls in love with the Wild Power's soulmate will she sacrifice her love for humanity or let it destroy all the good in the world.


These were initially introduced as pocket novels and now are sold as three story volumes. I really liked the way this author mixed the human and Dark World. It was captivating and a good read. I do admit that as time went on I was ready to get to the end of the story and kept on for that purpose. What did I expect? It is written for teens and they are all about the forbidden love! Despite the over the top romantic musings in every single story it was very interesting and I found myself ready for the next. I was ready for the finale and then found it had not been written yet! It really felt as though it was winding up to a big finish so I have high expectations of the final chapter. This one is definitely a good choice for young readers and it is a good PG13 type read. I would even suggest it for anyone who likes the romance genre books as well. They have happy endings and are not horribly graphic with the romance or the bloodshed. If you believe in love at first sight, or not, you will believe that these people, and uh, vampires, witches, werewolves and shapeshifters have found it! Feel good endings with characters from the underworld!

Looking forward to
Strange Fate
The conclusion of the Night World series to be released July 2010

L. J Smith has written other books that I will have to check out soon as in the Vampire Diaries, Secret Circle, Forbidden Game and Dark Visions. All appear to be books in series and I have found I like that. Stories that go on a little longer and then a little more and so on! Oh the fun that awaits!