History Literature / CassandraPalmer

* GetARoom: Casanova shouts this at Cassie and Pritkin in ''Tempt the Stars'' during their [[RescuedFromTheUnderworld escape from hell]].

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Cassie and Pritkin. As of ''Brave the Tempest'', [[spoiler: [[TheyDo they are in a committed relationship.]]]]

** [[spoiler:Caedmon]] and [[spoiler:Nimue]] are also demigods. [[spoiler:John Pritkin is one-sixteenth god as he is Nimue's great-grandson]].

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Both Dory and John Pritkin generally read as human and magical human, respectively, although they are both actually [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human]]...or at least part human. Both of them use this seeming humanness to their advantage so they are underestimated by those of their opponents who don't know better.
** [[spoiler: Cassie]] is also only half human since her mother was a [[spoiler: goddess]].
* AnotherDimension: There are many dimensions which exist. Earth is the highest hell and [[LandOfFaerie Faerie]] is the lowest heaven.
** While most action takes place on Earth, brief incursions into Faerie, the Shadowlands, and Kazallu (the realm of the incubi) occur as well over the course of the series.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Pretty much how the vampire senate works. Master vampires constantly challenge each other to duels for seats on the Senate, and for fun.

* OlderThanTheyLook[=/=]Really700YearsOld: Vampires don't age and mages age very slowly. Mircea is over five hundred years old. His daughter, Dorina, is also over five hundred. Pritkin is even older, [[spoiler:being a half-demon with fey blood who is, in fact, Merlin himself. Although he was born in the sixth century, he's lived several hundred years all told, given he spent a lot of time in the demon realms, where time moves differently]].

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:His wife/Dory's mother Elena, who died at the hands of his brother Vlad]] for Mircea.

* ''Junk Magic'', a full-length novel, publication date TBD

* CoolPet: In ''Curse the Dawn'', [[spoiler:Jordan Marsden has a demon-possessed dog]].

* DeusSexMachina[=/=]SexMagic: [[spoiler: In ''Ride the Storm,'' Cassie and Pritkin generate the necessary magical energy needed to kill a pair of gods by having sex with each other. This is possible because Pritkin is half-[[{{incubus}} incubus]] (a demon who can feed off of sexual energy) and Cassie is a [[{{demigod}} demigod]], and certain kinds of demonic sex can generate magical energy.]]

* TheGhost: Billy Joe
* GoodIsNotNice
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Cassie has really good sex with [[spoiler:Mircea]] and later with [[spoiler:Pritkin]].
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Pritkin

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Pritkin

* ContemptibleCover: The covers of the Cassie books 1-4 aren't too bad, featuring a straight haired blonde(as the curly haired Cassie) in a slinky dress posing with a random city backdrop. However, the Hunt the Moon cover is ridiculous, with a (again straight haired) blonde in nothing more than a skimpy red dress and open toed heels standing IN THE SNOW at night. And no, it doesn't relate to the story.

# ''Ignite the Fire: Inferno'' (scheduled for publication in 2021)

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Both Dory and John Pritkin generally read as human and magical human, respectively, although they are both actually [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human]]...or at least part human. Both of them use this seeming humanness to their advantage so they are underestimated by some of their opponents.

* YearOutsideHourInside: Time moves differently in the other worlds attached to Earth, such as the other hells and Faerie. Pritkin spent [[spoiler: at least a thousand years, between the sixth century and sometime in the late 1700s]] in Earth time in the demon realms, but it felt like a few decades to him.

* BigBad: Jonathan, to a greater or lesser degree. Also the gods: Apollo, Ares, and [[spoiler:Zeus]].

* CantHaveSexEver: [[spoiler: Pritkin tried to kill his father after he more or less manipulated him into killing his wife on their wedding night. Pritkin was sentenced to death for attempting to kill a member of the Demon Council, but his father wanted him to keep alive, albeit not out of love. The compromise was that he was banished from the hells and sent to Earth, but that he could never have sex with a human or demon while on Earth. If he did, he'd be forced to stay in the demon realms and become his father's slave for all eternity. This was seen as a fitting punishment since Pritkin is half-incubus.]]

* YearOutsideHourInside: Time moves differently in the other worlds attached to Earth, such as Faerie and the other hells. Pritkin spent [[spoiler: at least a thousand years, between the sixth century and sometime in the late 1700s]] in Earth time in the demon realms, but it felt like a few decades to him.

** In ''Ignite the Fire: Incendiary'', Cassie [[spoiler: has a [[ThreeWaySex threesome]] with Pritkin and Mircea, initiated by Pritkin's incubus, to save her own life after being attacked by Zeus, as she absorbed some of his energy and he then tried to use it to kill her. This enables the three of them to generate enough energy to fight off Zeus.]]

* FantasticRacism: Vampires and mages can't stand each other, though they may collaborate sometimes. Especially those attached to Cassie. The Fey tend to look down on everyone who is not Fae, including the Dark Fae, whom they view as lesser, as well as any half-breed Fey.

** The Fey who know about Pritkin's heritage also dislike and distrust him, to the point where a Fey soldier at one point comments, albeit not to his face (about the young then-[[spoiler:Myrddin]]) that he is an abomination who should have been drowned at birth.

* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: As the Pythia is supposed to be neutral and is not supposed to have romantic relationships for fear of losing objectivity, Cassie has to hide her relationship [[spoiler:with Pritkin, to the point where they sneak around and have sex in closets and empty hotel rooms]].

* FantasticRacism: Vampires and mages can't stand each other, though they may collaborate sometimes. Especially those attached to Cassie. The Fae tend to look down on everyone who is not Fae, including the Dark Fae, whom they view as lesser, as well as any half-breed Fae.

** The Fae who know about Pritkin's heritage also dislike and distrust him, to the point where a Fae soldier at one point comments, albeit not to his face (about the young then-[[spoiler:Myrddin]]) that he is an abomination who should have been drowned at birth.

* OurGodsAreDifferent: The gods are powerful energy beings from a distant dimension who hunt and consume demons for energy, and who [[spoiler: created the vampires and the Fae to fight their wars for them]].

* FantasticRacism: Vampires and mages can't stand each other, though they may collaborate sometimes. Specially those attached to Cassie. The Fae tend to look down on everyone who is not Fae, including the Dark Fae, whom they view as lesser, as well as any half-breed Fae.

* DeusSexMachina[=/=]SexMagic: [[spoiler: In ''Ride the Storm,'' Cassie and Pritkin generate the necessary magical energy needed to kill a pair of gods by having sex with each other. This is possible because Pritkin is half-incubus (a demon who can feed off of sexual energy) and Cassie is a demigod, and certain kinds of demonic sex can generate magical energy.]]