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Cool Loser TRS cleanup, has been renamed to Unconvincingly Unpopular Character and is a YMMV audience reaction.


* CoolLoser: Jessica is described to actually be quite attractive, but everyone avoids her [[spoiler: due to her origins]].

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* ShoutOut: In ''All Just Glass'', Nikolas and Kristopher take Sarah to see [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} the musical Wicked]].

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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In ''All Just Glass'', Nikolas and Kristopher take Sarah to see [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} the musical Wicked]].Wicked]].
** One of the books is named after Creator/SalvadorDali's Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory.
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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.


* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: An interesting variation. How hard a person fights as a human before being turned equals how powerful they become as a vampire.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: An interesting variation. How hard a person fights as a human before being turned equals how powerful they become as a vampire.
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* AssassinOutclassin: It takes Turquoise and Ravyn a ridiculously long time to even get a chance to assassinate Jeshickah, although this was more due to [[IdiotPlot their stupidity]] than Jeshickah being good. [[spoiler: In the end, they just assassinate Lord Daryl instead.]]

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* AssassinOutclassin: It takes Turquoise and Ravyn a ridiculously long time to even get a chance to assassinate Jeshickah, although this was more due to [[IdiotPlot their stupidity]] stupidity than Jeshickah being good. [[spoiler: In the end, they just assassinate Lord Daryl instead.]]

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Commented out Zero Context Examples.


* ADarkerShadeOfGrey: Dominique, all in all.

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* %%* ADarkerShadeOfGrey: Dominique, all in all.



* AbusiveParents: Dominique is a somewhat mild example, but an example nonetheless.
* ActionGirl: Tons of them. There's Sarah and Adia in ''Shattered Mirror'' and ''All Just Glass'', Turquoise and Ravyn in ''Midnight Predator''. Also, Risika in ''In the Forests of the Night'', after she TookALevelInBadass.
** WorldOfActionGirls: Almost all of the women are some form of badass, even if it's just a BadassPacifist (Caryn), or an ActionSurvivor (Jessica). The only two exceptions are Nissa and Erin.

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* %%* AbusiveParents: Dominique is a somewhat mild example, but an example nonetheless.
* %%* ActionGirl: Tons of them. There's Sarah and Adia in ''Shattered Mirror'' and ''All Just Glass'', Turquoise and Ravyn in ''Midnight Predator''. Also, Risika in ''In the Forests of the Night'', after she TookALevelInBadass.
** WorldOfActionGirls: Almost all of the women are some form of badass, even if it's just a BadassPacifist (Caryn), or an ActionSurvivor (Jessica). The only two exceptions are Nissa and Erin.
TookALevelInBadass.



* ActionMom: Dominique.
* ActionSeries
* ActionSurvivor: Jessica.
** And Erin, to a lesser extent.

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* %%* ActionMom: Dominique.
* ActionSeries
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%%* ActionSurvivor: Jessica.
** %%** And Erin, to a lesser extent.



** [[spoiler: Sarah and Christopher in ''Shattered Mirror'']].
* SupernaturalAngst

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** %%** [[spoiler: Sarah and Christopher in ''Shattered Mirror'']].
* %%* SupernaturalAngst



* ThatWasNotADream: Often, Erin and Shevaun saw each others memories in dreams.
* TitleDrop: ''Shattered Mirror'' comes from a poem that Nikolas gave to Sarah.

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* ThatWasNotADream: Often, Erin and Shevaun saw each others other's memories in dreams.
* TitleDrop: TitleDrop:
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''Shattered Mirror'' comes from a poem that Nikolas gave to Sarah.



* TokenMinority: Nathaniel, who is Black.
** Also, Marissa is Asian.
* TookALevelInBadass: Risika when she [[spoiler: fights Aubrey and wins]].

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* %%* TokenMinority: Nathaniel, who is Black.
** %%** Also, Marissa is Asian.
* %%* TookALevelInBadass: Risika when she [[spoiler: fights Aubrey and wins]].



* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: New Mayhem and Midnight.

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* %%* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: New Mayhem and Midnight.



* WhoYouGonnaCall: Witches and vampire hunters.

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* %%* WhoYouGonnaCall: Witches and vampire hunters.



* WorldOfBadass

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* WorldOfBadassWorldOfActionGirls: Almost all of the women are some form of badass, even if it's just a BadassPacifist (Caryn), or an ActionSurvivor (Jessica). The only two exceptions are Nissa and Erin.



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You Keep Using That Word is only about characters being called out In Universe for misusing a word.


* YouKeepUsingThatWord: The word 'tiger' or 'tigress' can be found in almost every book in the series.
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Dewicked trope


* KnifeNut: Witches mainly use knives as weapons.
** Fala's sister also qualifies.

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