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A review by lunaroo
Dark Angel by L.J. Smith
1.0
The weakest Night World book so far. Only mild interaction with Night World itself.
Ok let's do a rundown of heavy-shit-in-the-Night-World books:
Secret Vampire: Swift and terminal cancer in a teenager, the sudden loss of all she knows due to becoming a made vampire. Previous loss of parent (alive but abandoned them more or less).
Daughters of Darkness: Attempted rape. Animal cruelty on more than one occasion. Dead parents (the Redferns have lost both parents, the Carters have lost their mother). Finding dead relatives. Running away from dangerous, cultlike community. Accidental murder.
Spellbinder: Maniacal manipulation of vulnerable people. Dead parents. Excommunication.
Dark Angel: Alcoholism. Abandonment. Murder of a child. Extremely mentally and emotionally abusive relationship. Angel/Gary (lol Gary) is manipulative as all get out and is basically the PG version of Lasher from Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches novels.
Dang, L. J.!
In terms of continuity, we have finally met a lost witch in Gillian. We see Ash briefly, and we are introduced to Melusine (even though I think she may have been mentioned previously?). More talk of Circle Daybreak. More soulmate principle (Gillian/David).
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Ok let's do a rundown of heavy-shit-in-the-Night-World books:
Secret Vampire: Swift and terminal cancer in a teenager, the sudden loss of all she knows due to becoming a made vampire. Previous loss of parent (alive but abandoned them more or less).
Daughters of Darkness: Attempted rape. Animal cruelty on more than one occasion. Dead parents (the Redferns have lost both parents, the Carters have lost their mother). Finding dead relatives. Running away from dangerous, cultlike community. Accidental murder.
Spellbinder: Maniacal manipulation of vulnerable people. Dead parents. Excommunication.
Dark Angel: Alcoholism. Abandonment. Murder of a child. Extremely mentally and emotionally abusive relationship. Angel/Gary (lol Gary) is manipulative as all get out and is basically the PG version of Lasher from Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches novels.
Dang, L. J.!
In terms of continuity, we have finally met a lost witch in Gillian. We see Ash briefly, and we are introduced to Melusine (even though I think she may have been mentioned previously?). More talk of Circle Daybreak. More soulmate principle (Gillian/David).