Milagros C. (mec51) reviewed Night World, Vol 3: Huntress / Black Dawn / Witchlight (Night World, Bks 7-9) on + 43 more book reviews
If you like L.J.smith night world 1 and 2 your going to love this one
daedelys -
Huntress
This one started out a little slow for my tastes and the author's writing style seemed to have regressed to something similar to previous books in the series where it feels like all you're reading is a lot of pointless drama. But, about a third of the way through it picked up the pace quite nicely and I had a hard time putting the book down even though it wasn't hard to figure out who the Wild Power in the story was. Overall, it was a good read and I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.
Black Dawn
I thought that this was an okay read, but at times it felt a lot more juvenile than previous stories in the series. I mean, come on, a fantasy-like kingdom in the mountains of Washington? There was also a lot of the usual overly-dramatic plot devices and dialogue that sometimes drove me nuts. It was definitely not one of my favorites in the series.
Witchlight
This story was another okay read in the series, but I really felt the author could have done better. Dragons? Ninjas? Seriously? In addition to cameos by popular icons such as these, the story was just too predictable and hokey too often. It was like the author had no clue where to go with her series after creating a lot of build-up that just leaves you feeling empty. I was really disappointed that it wasn't a better read and perhaps it explains why it took a decade to wrap it up and offer a conclusion (coming out next year). I have a feeling I'll be waiting for the book via using a credit and not buying it when it does come out.
This one started out a little slow for my tastes and the author's writing style seemed to have regressed to something similar to previous books in the series where it feels like all you're reading is a lot of pointless drama. But, about a third of the way through it picked up the pace quite nicely and I had a hard time putting the book down even though it wasn't hard to figure out who the Wild Power in the story was. Overall, it was a good read and I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.
Black Dawn
I thought that this was an okay read, but at times it felt a lot more juvenile than previous stories in the series. I mean, come on, a fantasy-like kingdom in the mountains of Washington? There was also a lot of the usual overly-dramatic plot devices and dialogue that sometimes drove me nuts. It was definitely not one of my favorites in the series.
Witchlight
This story was another okay read in the series, but I really felt the author could have done better. Dragons? Ninjas? Seriously? In addition to cameos by popular icons such as these, the story was just too predictable and hokey too often. It was like the author had no clue where to go with her series after creating a lot of build-up that just leaves you feeling empty. I was really disappointed that it wasn't a better read and perhaps it explains why it took a decade to wrap it up and offer a conclusion (coming out next year). I have a feeling I'll be waiting for the book via using a credit and not buying it when it does come out.
Virginia K. (Moo) -
Night World: Huntress
Jez, with flaming red hair and silvery blue eyes, is the epitome of the wild teenage vampire, riding her motorcycle and chasing skinheads through the woods. She and Morgead regularly challenge each other for leadership of the gang, and Jez believesânaturally enoughâthat the handsome, dark-haired vampire hates her. But suddenly the world changes for Jez. She discovers that she has no right to the Night World, because one of her parents was human. Now Jez has turned into a vampire huntress, and one with a special job: find one of the four Wild Powers who can fight off the Apocalypse, the end of the world. To do so, though, she must challenge her dearest enemy once again for the leadershipâknowing that she has only half-vampire Powers.
Night World: Black Dawn
Maggie is the picture of an ordinary human teenager. Yet when her brother's lovely girlfriend reports that he has been killed in a mountaineering accident, she knows it is a lie. The chase leads her to discover an entire community of human slaves ruled by vampires in the hollow of a Washington mountain. There also, she finds Delos, the second of the Wild Powers, the vampire ruler of this kingdom where she is a slaveâand her soulmate. Her modern clothes cause the other slaves to hail her as a messiah come to bring them freedom. Can even level-headed Maggie deal with her arrogant soulmate and an entire kingdom to be freed?
Night World: Witchlight
Keller is a seventeen-year-old shapeshifter, a panther, who goes by her last name only. She's an operative for Circle Daybreak and her mission is simple: find the third Wild Power who can fend off the Apocalypse. Keller does find Iliana, and much more, as well: a dragon in the shape of a human, and her own liege lord Galen. So, she learns: dragons walk the Earth again, even if in disguise. And Iliana is as far from a serious Wild Power as Keller can imagine. A love triangle quickly develops between the handsome princely Galen, the exquisite but bubble-minded Iliana, and Kellerâwho counts herself out with her favorite saying, âI'm just a grunt.â Life has surprises in store for the cynical, embittered Keller, and her opinions of both Galen and Iliana are in for a radical change...http://www.ljanesmith.net/booklist.php
This was a interesting story to read, however it's a story for Teens to YA. I liked it, and it kept me entertained. I am interested enough to read the next book, Night World Vol.4.
Jez, with flaming red hair and silvery blue eyes, is the epitome of the wild teenage vampire, riding her motorcycle and chasing skinheads through the woods. She and Morgead regularly challenge each other for leadership of the gang, and Jez believesânaturally enoughâthat the handsome, dark-haired vampire hates her. But suddenly the world changes for Jez. She discovers that she has no right to the Night World, because one of her parents was human. Now Jez has turned into a vampire huntress, and one with a special job: find one of the four Wild Powers who can fight off the Apocalypse, the end of the world. To do so, though, she must challenge her dearest enemy once again for the leadershipâknowing that she has only half-vampire Powers.
Night World: Black Dawn
Maggie is the picture of an ordinary human teenager. Yet when her brother's lovely girlfriend reports that he has been killed in a mountaineering accident, she knows it is a lie. The chase leads her to discover an entire community of human slaves ruled by vampires in the hollow of a Washington mountain. There also, she finds Delos, the second of the Wild Powers, the vampire ruler of this kingdom where she is a slaveâand her soulmate. Her modern clothes cause the other slaves to hail her as a messiah come to bring them freedom. Can even level-headed Maggie deal with her arrogant soulmate and an entire kingdom to be freed?
Night World: Witchlight
Keller is a seventeen-year-old shapeshifter, a panther, who goes by her last name only. She's an operative for Circle Daybreak and her mission is simple: find the third Wild Power who can fend off the Apocalypse. Keller does find Iliana, and much more, as well: a dragon in the shape of a human, and her own liege lord Galen. So, she learns: dragons walk the Earth again, even if in disguise. And Iliana is as far from a serious Wild Power as Keller can imagine. A love triangle quickly develops between the handsome princely Galen, the exquisite but bubble-minded Iliana, and Kellerâwho counts herself out with her favorite saying, âI'm just a grunt.â Life has surprises in store for the cynical, embittered Keller, and her opinions of both Galen and Iliana are in for a radical change...http://www.ljanesmith.net/booklist.php
This was a interesting story to read, however it's a story for Teens to YA. I liked it, and it kept me entertained. I am interested enough to read the next book, Night World Vol.4.
