Keller is a werepanther born in half form who never really knew a loving family. She was rescued by Circle Daybreak and their cause. Now as teen she’s thrown herself into trying to be the perfect Circle Daybreak field agent. She has little room for anything else, which is probably why she’s rather annoyed that […]
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Night World #7: Black Dawn by L.J. Smith
February 21, 2012Smith tries to keep her Night World books interesting, despite the presence of the soulmate principle as a major plot point in each one. In Black Dawn things get shaky (for me). Maggie, an ordinary-type teen who adores her older brother, knows something’s wrong when her brother goes missing with only his girlfriend’s word detailing […]
Review: Katana by Cole Gibsen
February 15, 2012Flux, 2012 ISBN: 0738730408 Available: Print and multiformat digital Billed as Kill Bill meets Buffy Katana is the story of an ordinary skater teen with a gay BFF who, after being attacked in a mall parking lot one night, discovers she’s the reincarnation of a 500 year old samurai (yes, there are famous female samurai). […]
Night World #6: Soulmate by L.J. Smith
February 3, 2012By six books in readers should be familiar with the Night World M.O. by now. In the stifling, anachronistic world of vampires, witches and shape shifters old powers are rising and the monsters are finding new ties to the world of the mortals. Soulmate takes a slightly different path and ups the power level. Theirry has been […]
Blood Feud: The Saga of Pandora Zwieback by Steven A Roman
February 1, 2012StarWarp Concepts, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-9841741-0-2 Available: Paperback Pandora Zwieback is a perfectly normal goth/punk teenage schizophrenic. Since she was six years old, therapists have been telling her two things: “Take your pills”, and “There’s no such thing as monsters.” Then one day, a thrilling series of intertwining events leads her to save the life of a gorgeous boy, […]
Night World #5: The Chosen by L.J. Smith
January 27, 2012So far I think I’ve been enjoying rereading the Night World series more than I enjoyed reading them as a teen. What were enjoyable stories before are now much more because I can pick out how layered the stories are. I think though, #5 The Chosen is the exception. I remember this being my favorite […]
Night World #4: Dark Angel by L.J. Smith
January 26, 2012I’ve pointed out before that the Night World books, so far, often have a touch of real life conflict in them, under all the vampires and witches and true love. In Secret Vampire, Poppy and James have to learn how to be on their own in a world that almost certainly is dangerous to them. […]
Night World Girls and Why I Love Them
January 23, 2012Sometimes I feel like I’m the last person in the world to discover LJ Smith. Ten years ago I was surrounded by her works – working in a bookshop during my gap year – but I was very firmly a high fantasy and horror reader back then, and Smith’s books just didn’t hit my radar. […]
Night World #3: Spellbinder by L.J. Smith
January 19, 2012Finally we get to something without vampires! Don’t get me wrong, I loved the first two Night World books, but it’s always fun to read about something other than vampires. (It was true when this book came out too. There were lots of vampire and teen serial killer stories. Not so much with the werethings […]
Night World #2: Daughters of Darkness by L.J. Smith
January 18, 2012“Ash, get bent and die.” Mary-Lynette and Ash are, without a doubt, my favorite Night World couple. she’s a headstrong teen who loves stargazing and wants to find someone to share the night with. He’s the bad, vampire playboy who secretly really does care about others and wants the would to be a better place, […]