Night World, Vol 3

Smith, L.J.  Night World vol. 3 part 1: Huntress  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 

               

Audience:  Young-adults or anyone into fantasy

Genre:  Young-adult fantasy

Topics of Focus:  Teenage love, Self identity, Feeling like you belong

Red Flags:  Very brief language

 

“Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters – they live among us without our knowledge.  Night World is their strict secret society, a secret society with very strict rules.  And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World.”

“The apocalypse is drawing near. But four Wild Posers can save the world from the impending doom.  Circle Daybreak, an underground organization with both Night World and human members, is searching for the four who can stop the darkness.”

The Night World series is a wonderfully crafted set of stories.  All of the characters have some sort of connection at one point or another.  Part one of book three, Huntress, is about a young woman named Jez Redfern, who thought she was a full vampire but was actually half-human and ends up running away from her gang to live with her uncle’s human family.  She only goes back to her gang of vampires when Circle Daybreak asks her to go on a dangerous mission: to fight her worst enemy, best friend, and soulmate, Morgead Blackthorn for the Wild Power.

This book would be a fantastic addition to any classroom or library because it is about finding love, the challenges someone faces to feel accepted and fighting for what you believe in.  

Annotation by Kat Torvell