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** In ''Dark Angel'', Angel attempts to trick Gillian into saying 'these aren't the droids you're looking for', an obvious comedic nod to StarWars.
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** In ''Dark Angel'', Angel attempts to trick Gillian into saying 'these aren't the droids you're looking for', an obvious comedic nod to StarWars.Franchise/StarWars.
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* RidiculouslyLonglivedFamilyName:
** The Harman family have kept their surname for thousands of years, dating back to the family's founder, Hellewise, in the Stone Age, though it should be noted that originally their surname was Hearth-Woman (which was originally treated more like an inherited title) and over the centuries it morphed into Harman. The family has been known as the Harmans since the 17th century at the very least. It helps that witches are matrineal, so surnames are passed from mother to daughter, and female witches are far more common than male witches. Some Harmans who became separated from witch society have different surnames due adopting patrilineal naming conventions of, though they're still considered Harmans.
** The Redfern family named themselves after their prehistoric founder Red Fern and have retained this name up to the present day (1990s). In their case, this is a bit easier to maintain, considering they're vampires and so can potentially live for centuries. It's also explicitly stated that Hunter Redfern decreed that his daughter Garnet and her descendants would bear his surname to keep the family line going, as he officially had no male heirs (although another of his daughters, Roseclear, followed witch conventions by taking her mother Maeve Harman's surname).
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** The Harman family have kept their surname for thousands of years, dating back to the family's founder, Hellewise, in the Stone Age, though it should be noted that originally their surname was Hearth-Woman (which was originally treated more like an inherited title) and over the centuries it morphed into Harman. The family has been known as the Harmans since the 17th century at the very least. It helps that witches are matrineal, so surnames are passed from mother to daughter, and female witches are far more common than male witches. Some Harmans who became separated from witch society have different surnames due adopting patrilineal naming conventions of, though they're still considered Harmans.
** The Redfern family named themselves after their prehistoric founder Red Fern and have retained this name up to the present day (1990s). In their case, this is a bit easier to maintain, considering they're vampires and so can potentially live for centuries. It's also explicitly stated that Hunter Redfern decreed that his daughter Garnet and her descendants would bear his surname to keep the family line going, as he officially had no male heirs (although another of his daughters, Roseclear, followed witch conventions by taking her mother Maeve Harman's surname).
%%* RomanticVampireBoy: Several, including James, Thierry, Quinn and Delos.
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** TheChick: Iliana. She’s [[TheHeart the most gentle and compassionate]] of the group, though also [[TheLoad rather delicate and helpless]]…[[TookALevelInBadass at first]], anyway.
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** TheChick: TheHeart: Iliana. She’s [[TheHeart She's the most gentle and compassionate]] compassionate of the group, though also [[TheLoad rather delicate and helpless]]…[[TookALevelInBadass helpless]]...[[TookALevelInBadass at first]], anyway.
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* HollywoodBoardGames: Playing TabletopGame/TicTacToe on someone's skin is usually a harmless prank. Using red-hot blades instead of markers turns into the kind of ColdBloodedTorture the vampire slave ring would inflict on a girl who's been caught trying to escape.
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* OurWitchesAreDifferent: Witches are considered a separate species from humans, albeit very similar and capable of interbreeding with them. They're born with the ability to perform magic, which is refined through training. Witches tend to live longer than humans, but also tend to have fewer children. There are far fewer male witches compared to female witches, which has resulted in witch society being largely matriarchal (and contributes to the population problems, especially as the Night World has outlawed witches from knowingly entering relationships with humans; witches who didn't realize they were witches are let off the hook). Too much iron is toxic to witches, much more so than humans. Witches can also be turned into vampires like humans. Witches who become disconnected from the Night World and don't realize their true natures are known as lost witches. Some lost witches who find out about the Night World are usually welcomed as long as they keep the rules, although some of these witches have little magical power they never find out about the Night World or are treated as humans who merely have a bit of witch ancestry.
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* OurWitchesAreDifferent: Witches are considered a separate species from humans, albeit very similar and capable of interbreeding with them. They're born with the ability to perform magic, which is refined through training. Witches tend to live longer than humans, but also tend to have fewer children. There are far fewer male witches compared to female witches, which has resulted in witch society being largely matriarchal (and contributes to the population problems, especially as the Night World has outlawed witches from knowingly entering relationships with humans; witches who didn't realize they were witches are let off the hook). Too much iron is toxic to witches, much more so than humans. Witches can also be turned into vampires like humans. Witches who become disconnected from the Night World and don't realize their true natures are known as lost witches. Some lost Lost witches who find out about the Night World are usually welcomed as long as they keep the rules, although some of these witches have so little magical power they never find out about the Night World or are treated as humans who merely have a bit of witch ancestry.
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* {{Matriarchy}}: [[OurWitchesAreDifferent Witches]] are depicted as having a matriarchal society. The three highest ranking positions in their society, Maiden, Mother and Crone, are always held by women and most of the Inner Circle (the main governing body) are women. Lineage is passed down through women and witches belong to their mother's clan and take her surname. They also have a tendency to worship goddesses or 'the Goddess'. They don't really seem to look down on men though; they still worship male gods as well as female ones, male witches seem to generally have the same rights and opportunities as female witches and are allowed to become members of the Inner Circle. The matriarchy seems to also partly be out of practicality – male witches are much rarer than female witches (in the distant past, before it was outlawed, it wasn't uncommon for female witches to take human husbands as a result of the unbalanced male to female ratio amongst their species). The only time this really becomes a problem is in ''Black Dawn'', where [[TheDragon Sylvia Weald]] is ''[[DrivenByEnvy deeply]]'' [[NotGoodWithRejection unhappy]] about not being considered a Harman because she's not descended from the female line (whilst her distant cousins, who have human fathers, are still accepted despite not being 'pure' witches because their mothers ''are'' descended from the female line).
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* {{Matriarchy}}: [[OurWitchesAreDifferent Witches]] Witches are depicted as having a matriarchal society. The three highest ranking positions in their society, Maiden, Mother and Crone, are always held by women and most of the Inner Circle (the main governing body) are women. Lineage is passed down through women and witches belong to their mother's clan and take her surname. They also have a tendency to worship goddesses or 'the Goddess'. They don't really seem to look down on men though; they still worship male gods as well as female ones, male witches seem to generally have the same rights and opportunities as female witches and are allowed to become members of the Inner Circle. The matriarchy seems to also partly be out of practicality – male witches are much rarer than female witches (in the distant past, before it was outlawed, it wasn't uncommon for female witches to take human husbands as a result of the unbalanced male to female ratio amongst their species). The only time this really becomes a problem is in ''Black Dawn'', where [[TheDragon Sylvia Weald]] is ''[[DrivenByEnvy deeply]]'' [[NotGoodWithRejection unhappy]] about not being considered a Harman because she's not descended from the female line (whilst her distant cousins, who have human fathers, are still accepted despite not being 'pure' witches because their mothers ''are'' descended from the female line).
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* OurWitchesAreDifferent: Witches are considered a separate species from humans, albeit very similar and capable of interbreeding with them. They're born with the ability to perform magic, which is refined through training. Witches tend to live longer than humans, but also tend to have fewer children. There are far fewer male witches compared to female witches, which has resulted in witch society being largely matriarchal (and contributes to the population problems, especially as the Night World has outlawed witches from knowingly entering relationships with humans; witches who didn't realize they were witches are let off the hook). Too much iron is toxic to witches, much more so than humans. Witches can also be turned into vampires like humans. Witches who become disconnected from the Night World and don't realize their true natures are known as lost witches. Some lost witches who find out about the Night World are usually welcomed as long as they keep the rules, although some of these witches have little magical power they never find out about the Night World or are treated as humans who merely have a bit of witch ancestry.
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* TheHecateSisters: Mother, maiden and crone are shown as witches' ranks. The 'mother' of all witches is Hecate Witch-Queen.
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* TheHecateSisters: Mother, maiden and crone Witches' ranks are shown described as witches' ranks. a mother, a maiden, or a crone, depending on their age. The 'mother' absolute heads of all the witches are also split up into this, with each being described as the head of their third of the group. During the events of the series, the current holders of these titles fit this trope well. The Maiden is Hecate Witch-Queen.Aradia, a beautiful and gentle young woman who is named after a woodland goddess. The Mother is Cybele, described as a plump middle-aged woman who can be stern yet compassionate, who is named after a mother goddess. The Crone is Edgith, often called Grandma Harman, who is a direct descendant of Hecate, is close to a hundred years old and whose frail appearance belies her toughness; she can be crotchety and blunt, but is also wise and just.
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* BigFancyCastle: Black Dawn Castle in the Dark Kingdom is a massive, centuries' old castle made of black stone that dominates the landscape and looks straight out of a gothic novel/film. Naturally, it's the home of the resident VampireMonarch and lends its name to the title of the eighth book.
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* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: In ''Black Dawn'' [[spoiler: Prince Delos goes back in time to warn Maggie to leave the Dark Kingdom. However, when Maggie sees Delos in present-time, the fact that she recognises him from her dream ensures her determination to learn more about him, and events proceed as they originally did. Interesting, as she tells him about the dream, so he is aware that he already changed the past]].
-->[[spoiler: "I know," [Delos] said, and his voice was tired and a bit forlorn. He sounded very young, just then. "But it was worth a try."]]
-->[[spoiler: "I know," [Delos] said, and his voice was tired and a bit forlorn. He sounded very young, just then. "But it was worth a try."]]
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* ChekhovsGun: One of the earliest scenes in ''Daughters of Darkness'' has Mary-Lynette filling up her car. As a sign of her middle-class roots (as opposed to the ridiculously wealthy upbringing of Ash and his sisters) her car is an old beater; the gas cap is always stuck and she keeps a scrolled fruit knife in the car to prise it off. At the climax, she confronts the murderer, [[spoiler: who is also a werewolf. She remembers that the fruit knife is ''silver'', and uses it to kill him and save her own life]].
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* CoupledCouples: Mary-Lynette and Ash, coupled with their respective siblings, Mark and Jade, in ''Daughters of Darkness''. The relationships serve as a {{Foil}} to each other; Mark and Jade pretty much [[LoveAtFirstSight fall in love upon sight]], have a rather smooth transition into OfficialCouple and go around holding hands and making goo-goo eyes at each other like the love-struck teens they are. Meanwhile, Ash and Mary-Lynette are almost instantly [[BelligerentSexualTension hostile, yet also unwillingly attracted, to each other]], spend much of their time [[SlapSlapKiss bickering and making snarky comments, and eventually fall for each other kicking and screaming all the way]].
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* BurnTheWitch:
** Suzanne Blanchett's backstory: ForcedToWatch as her [[WouldHurtAChild young siblings are tortured into confessing they're witches]], then [[CruelAndUnusualDeath burnt alive]].
** Played with in ''Spellbinder''. After accidentally releasing the vengeful spirit of a witch whose siblings were burnt at the stake, Thea and Eric reenact the burning with dummies in the attempt to draw the spirit away from the school dance.
** Suzanne Blanchett's backstory: ForcedToWatch as her [[WouldHurtAChild young siblings are tortured into confessing they're witches]], then [[CruelAndUnusualDeath burnt alive]].
** Played with in ''Spellbinder''. After accidentally releasing the vengeful spirit of a witch whose siblings were burnt at the stake, Thea and Eric reenact the burning with dummies in the attempt to draw the spirit away from the school dance.
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* ChekhovsGunman: At the start of ''Dark Angel'', Gillian goes into the woods after hearing a child crying and she thinks of Paula Belizer, a little girl who went missing in the woods a year ago. [[spoiler: The ending reveals that the reason Angel cannot move onto the afterlife is his guilt over accidentally killing Paula and never being able to tell anyone where she was buried]].
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* {{Filler}}: ''Dark Angel''. Though it features [[TheCameo a cameo]] from Ash, it's the one book in the series that can be skipped without doing much damage to one's understanding of the over-arching story.
** Though it does better explain the [[spoiler: Lost Harman babies]] back story.
** Though it does better explain the [[spoiler: Lost Harman babies]] back story.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Much of the Night World and even a few protagonists prior to CharacterDevelopment (such as Ash, Jez and Delos) believe it's fine to treat humans however they want – including enslaving, physically/psychologically torturing and killing them – because Night People are seen as the superior species; some also see it as just because humans persecuted and killed many Night People during the Burning Times. The narrative takes the stance that this is just plain old FantasticRacism and the majority of the protagonists strive to change their society's views.
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey / GRatedSex: In ''Spellbinder'', there’s a scene late in the book where Eric and Thea end up falling into each other arms in a secluded spot near the desert after declaring their love for each other. It’s mentioned that “some time” passes before the action picks up again and they’re lying in each other’s arms, and although it’s never made explicitly clear that anything sexual happened, it’s quite easy to interpret it this way.
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* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: In ''The Chosen'', Rashel kills a vampire who has been specifically targeting young children. Because he's a vampire, no one will ever find out what really happened to the missing children - the only comfort is that other kids will be safe.
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* BigFancyHouse: A few appear, most notably Thierry's luxurious mansion in Las Vegas and the old mansion on the island enclave.
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* BigFancyHouse: A few appear, most notably Thierry's luxurious mansion in Las Vegas and the old mansion on the island enclave. [[VampiresAreRich They're mostly owned by vampires]].
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** Made Vampires' symbol is an Black Rose.
** Witches' symbol is an Black Dahlia.
** Lost Witches' symbol is an Black Violet.
** Werewolves' symbol is an Black Foxglove.
** Shapeshifters' symbol is an Black Lily.
*** Poppy has a dream in ''Secret Vampire'' during which she's given a black poppy. It [[spoiler: foreshadows that she was never really human in the first place.]]
** Witches' symbol is an Black Dahlia.
** Lost Witches' symbol is an Black Violet.
** Werewolves' symbol is an Black Foxglove.
** Shapeshifters' symbol is an Black Lily.
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** Made Vampires' symbol is an a Black Rose.
** Witches' symbol isan a Black Dahlia.
** Lost Witches' symbol isan a Black Violet.
** Werewolves' symbol isan a Black Foxglove.
** Shapeshifters' symbol isan a Black Lily.
*** ** Poppy has a dream in ''Secret Vampire'' during which she's given a black poppy. It [[spoiler: foreshadows that she [[spoiler:she was never really human in the first place.]]
** Witches' symbol is
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* MarketBasedTitle: In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, ''Spellbinder'' was published under the title ''Enchantress'' for some reason.
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* MonsterSlayerRomance: VampireHunter Rashel and RomanticVampireBoy Quinn.
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** Eric is loved by both Thea, a witch, and Pilar, his human classmate and coworker. He picks Thea because she's his soulmate and he only likes Pilar as a friend; [[spoiler: he actually calls out Thea for trying to put a love spell on him and Pilar so they'll be together, saying it's unfair to Pilar and that Thea is the one he wants]].
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** Eric is loved by both Thea, a witch, and Pilar, his human classmate and coworker.co-worker. He picks Thea because she's his soulmate and he only likes Pilar as a friend; [[spoiler: he actually calls out Thea for trying to put a love spell on him and Pilar so they'll be together, saying it's unfair to Pilar and that Thea is the one he wants]].
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: In regards to the three original main witch circles, as opposed to individuals.
** Circle Daybreak was the most peaceful and open-minded, being dedicated to harmony between humans and witches, forbidding the harming of humans and even trying to teach humans spells. Circle Daybreak officially no longer exists because of the Burning Times, although it's eventually revealed some witches (alongside other Night People) are trying to revive it.
** Circle Midnight is the most malevolent; they most closely follow the Night World creed of seeing humans as "vermin" they can treat however they want and have few taboos about using darker magics.
** Circle Twilight is more moderate than Midnight but not as open-minded as Daybreak; they don't encourage associating with humans and look down on them, but frown upon intentionally harming them and tend to shun dark magic.
** Circle Daybreak was the most peaceful and open-minded, being dedicated to harmony between humans and witches, forbidding the harming of humans and even trying to teach humans spells. Circle Daybreak officially no longer exists because of the Burning Times, although it's eventually revealed some witches (alongside other Night People) are trying to revive it.
** Circle Midnight is the most malevolent; they most closely follow the Night World creed of seeing humans as "vermin" they can treat however they want and have few taboos about using darker magics.
** Circle Twilight is more moderate than Midnight but not as open-minded as Daybreak; they don't encourage associating with humans and look down on them, but frown upon intentionally harming them and tend to shun dark magic.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: As with ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' the only aspects of vampirism retained from folklore is their need for human blood, and their immortality. Unlike ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' the condition is not glamorized, and is considered a somewhat lonely, melancholy state of existence.
** There are two types of vampires at work in the world: those known as the lamia, who are born to the condition, are able to procreate, and can control their aging process, and made vampires, who are (obviously) humans who have been turned. All made vampires are also teenagers, because the stress of conversion can only be handled by people under the age of twenty. Attempts of conversion on someone twenty years old and over causes their bodies to "burn out".
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent / OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They have powers that allow them to track people by something that appears to amount to psychic scent. They also can transform into a variety of animals, and, though it is never outright stated, look like they pick up some characteristics of their animal.
** There is some confusion over the difference between "werewolves" and "shapeshifters" in the series. Shapeshifters can seemingly change at will, whereas werewolves are bound by lunear cycles. Likewise, werewolves are prone to more prejudice within the Night World, whereas the shapeshifters of ''Witchlight'' (book 9) seem fairly respected.
*** Werewolves aren't bound by lunar cycles in he series, Jeremy Lovett changed at will and Mary-Lynnette even mentally commented on the fact that it wasn't a full moon.
** Shapeshifters can usually [[VoluntaryShapeshifting transform at will]], though when they're young or if they're under stress they can experience PowerIncontinence (as an infant Keller would get stuck between her human and panther forms).
** There are two types of vampires at work in the world: those known as the lamia, who are born to the condition, are able to procreate, and can control their aging process, and made vampires, who are (obviously) humans who have been turned. All made vampires are also teenagers, because the stress of conversion can only be handled by people under the age of twenty. Attempts of conversion on someone twenty years old and over causes their bodies to "burn out".
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent / OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They have powers that allow them to track people by something that appears to amount to psychic scent. They also can transform into a variety of animals, and, though it is never outright stated, look like they pick up some characteristics of their animal.
** There is some confusion over the difference between "werewolves" and "shapeshifters" in the series. Shapeshifters can seemingly change at will, whereas werewolves are bound by lunear cycles. Likewise, werewolves are prone to more prejudice within the Night World, whereas the shapeshifters of ''Witchlight'' (book 9) seem fairly respected.
*** Werewolves aren't bound by lunar cycles in he series, Jeremy Lovett changed at will and Mary-Lynnette even mentally commented on the fact that it wasn't a full moon.
** Shapeshifters can usually [[VoluntaryShapeshifting transform at will]], though when they're young or if they're under stress they can experience PowerIncontinence (as an infant Keller would get stuck between her human and panther forms).
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**existence. There are two types of vampires at work in the world: those known as the lamia, who are born to the condition, are able to procreate, and can control their aging process, and made vampires, who are (obviously) humans (or witches) who have been turned. All made vampires are also teenagers, because the stress of conversion can only be handled by people under the age of twenty. Attempts of conversion on someone twenty years old and over causes their bodies to "burn out".
*OurWerebeastsAreDifferent / OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: In the series, shapeshifters have powers that allow them to track people by something that appears to amount to psychic scent. They also can transform into a variety of animals, and, though it is never outright stated, look like animals (although unless they're a dragon shapeshifter they have only one animal form) and pick up some characteristics of their animal.
** There is some confusion over the difference between "werewolves" and "shapeshifters" in the series. Shapeshifters can seemingly change at will, whereas werewolves are bound by lunear cycles. Likewise, werewolves are prone to more prejudice within the Night World, whereas the shapeshifters of ''Witchlight'' (book 9) seem fairly respected.
*** Werewolves aren't bound by lunar cycles in he series, Jeremy Lovett changed at will and Mary-Lynnette even mentally commented on the fact that it wasn't a full moon.
**animal. Shapeshifters can usually [[VoluntaryShapeshifting transform at will]], though when they're young or if they're under stress they can experience PowerIncontinence (as an infant Keller would get stuck between her human and panther forms).forms).
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: There's some confusion over the exact difference between werewolves and shapeshifters, although they are treated as a separate subspecies. Werewolves are prone to more prejudice within the Night World, whereas the shapeshifters of ''Witchlight'' (book 9) seem fairly respected (shapeshifters have a royal family, where as werewolves don't even have representation on the Night World Council). Werewolves also aren't bound by lunar cycles and can change voluntarily; in ''Daughters of Darkness'' Jeremy Lovett changed at will and Mary-Lynnette even mentally commented on the fact that it wasn't a full moon, while in ''Soulmate'' Hannah is attacked by a werewolf and another comes to aid during the day.
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** There is some confusion over the difference between "werewolves" and "shapeshifters" in the series. Shapeshifters can seemingly change at will, whereas werewolves are bound by lunear cycles. Likewise, werewolves are prone to more prejudice within the Night World, whereas the shapeshifters of ''Witchlight'' (book 9) seem fairly respected.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: There's some confusion over the exact difference between werewolves and shapeshifters, although they are treated as a separate subspecies. Werewolves are prone to more prejudice within the Night World, whereas the shapeshifters of ''Witchlight'' (book 9) seem fairly respected (shapeshifters have a royal family, where as werewolves don't even have representation on the Night World Council). Werewolves also aren't bound by lunar cycles and can change voluntarily; in ''Daughters of Darkness'' Jeremy Lovett changed at will and Mary-Lynnette even mentally commented on the fact that it wasn't a full moon, while in ''Soulmate'' Hannah is attacked by a werewolf and another comes to aid during the day.
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* TheNineties: The series was first published in the 1990's and is presumably set then, with [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece the upcoming millennium being a plot point in later books and references to 90's pop culture]]. Some later additions of the books tried to update the setting by switching out words like "Walkman" for "iPod", but the majority of fans accept The 90's as the series' setting (including on [[TheWikiRule the wiki]]) and most editions stick with this.
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* TheNineties: The series was first published in the 1990's and is presumably set then, with [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece the upcoming millennium being a plot point in later books and references to 90's pop culture]]. culture. Some later additions of the books tried to update the setting by switching out words like "Walkman" for "iPod", but the majority of fans accept The 90's as the series' setting (including on [[TheWikiRule the wiki]]) wiki) and most editions stick with this.
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* AimForTheHorn: Dragons can be weakened by damaging or removing their horns; [[spoiler:when fighting Azhdeha in Witchlight the protagonists aim for his horns to weaken him enough to kill him]].
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* AimForTheHorn: Dragons can be weakened by damaging or removing their horns; [[spoiler:when fighting Azhdeha in Witchlight ''Witchlight'' the protagonists aim for his horns to weaken him enough to kill him]].
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** ''Secret Vampire'': [[spoiler: ends with Poppy talking to her mother while she sleeps and gives her an happy dream, telling her "I'm okay now, Mom. You don't have to worry about me anymore." before driving off into the night with her soulmate, James.]]
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* ChekhovsGun:
** In ''Secret Vampire'', when James is explaining to Poppy the different kinds of Night People, he mentions that some witches become disconnected from the Night World and don't realize what they are. [[spoiler: It's later revealed Poppy and her twin brother are actually lost witches on their dad's side, which in turn solves the issue of Poppy being a renegade vampire: witches are already Night People so it's legal to turn them]].
** One of the earliest scenes in ''Daughters of Darkness'' has Mary-Lynette filling up her car. As a sign of her middle-class roots (as opposed to the ridiculously wealthy upbringing of Ash and his sisters) her car is an old beater; the gas cap is always stuck and she keeps a scrolled fruit knife in the car to prise it off. At the climax, she confronts the murderer, [[spoiler: who is also a werewolf. She remembers that the fruit knife is ''silver'', and uses it to kill him and save her own life]].
** In ''Secret Vampire'', when James is explaining to Poppy the different kinds of Night People, he mentions that some witches become disconnected from the Night World and don't realize what they are. [[spoiler: It's later revealed Poppy and her twin brother are actually lost witches on their dad's side, which in turn solves the issue of Poppy being a renegade vampire: witches are already Night People so it's legal to turn them]].
** One of the earliest scenes in ''Daughters of Darkness'' has Mary-Lynette filling up her car. As a sign of her middle-class roots (as opposed to the ridiculously wealthy upbringing of Ash and his sisters) her car is an old beater; the gas cap is always stuck and she keeps a scrolled fruit knife in the car to prise it off. At the climax, she confronts the murderer, [[spoiler: who is also a werewolf. She remembers that the fruit knife is ''silver'', and uses it to kill him and save her own life]].
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* ChekhovsGun:
** In ''Secret Vampire'', when James is explaining to Poppy the different kinds of Night People, he mentions that some witches become disconnected from the Night World and don't realize what they are. [[spoiler: It's later revealed Poppy and her twin brother are actually lost witches on their dad's side, which in turn solves the issue of Poppy being a renegade vampire: witches are already Night People so it's legal to turn them]].
**ChekhovsGun: One of the earliest scenes in ''Daughters of Darkness'' has Mary-Lynette filling up her car. As a sign of her middle-class roots (as opposed to the ridiculously wealthy upbringing of Ash and his sisters) her car is an old beater; the gas cap is always stuck and she keeps a scrolled fruit knife in the car to prise it off. At the climax, she confronts the murderer, [[spoiler: who is also a werewolf. She remembers that the fruit knife is ''silver'', and uses it to kill him and save her own life]].
** In ''Secret Vampire'', when James is explaining to Poppy the different kinds of Night People, he mentions that some witches become disconnected from the Night World and don't realize what they are. [[spoiler: It's later revealed Poppy and her twin brother are actually lost witches on their dad's side, which in turn solves the issue of Poppy being a renegade vampire: witches are already Night People so it's legal to turn them]].
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* ContinuityCameo: L.J. Smith ''loves'' these. Ash and Thea have small roles in ''Secret Vampire'', and the two subsequent sequels feature them as the protagonists. Ash turns up again in ''Dark Angel'' and ''Soulmate.'' Likewise, Quinn features in ''Daughters of Darkness'' and then stars in ''The Chosen'', Aradia is in ''Spellbinder'' and then ''Black Dawn'', Hunter and Lily Redfern are introduced in ''The Chosen'': the former reappears in ''Black Dawn'' and the latter in ''Huntress'', and all the soulmates introduced up to that point appear in ''Soulmate.''
** [[spoiler: Timmy]] is implied to be at Thierry's Summer Solstice party in ''Secret Vampire''.
** [[spoiler: Timmy]] is implied to be at Thierry's Summer Solstice party in ''Secret Vampire''.
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* ContinuityCameo: L.J. Smith ''loves'' these. Ash and Thea have small roles in ''Secret Vampire'', and the two subsequent sequels feature them as the protagonists. Ash turns up again in ''Dark Angel'' and ''Soulmate.'' Likewise, Quinn features in ''Daughters of Darkness'' and then stars in ''The Chosen'', Aradia is in ''Spellbinder'' and then ''Black Dawn'', Hunter and Lily Redfern are introduced in ''The Chosen'': the former reappears in ''Black Dawn'' and the latter in ''Huntress'', and all the soulmates introduced up to that point appear in ''Soulmate.''
**'' [[spoiler: Timmy]] is implied to be at Thierry's Summer Solstice party in ''Secret Vampire''.Vampire'' before being featured more prominently in ''The Chosen''.
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* CurseThatCures: One of the books is about a girl with cancer whose vampire boyfriend offers to turn her to save her life.
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* KissOfTheVampire: When the victim is willing or in a trance.
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* KissOfTheVampire: When the victim is willing or in a trance.trance, the experience of being bitten is actually quite pleasant.
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* TheTopicOfCancer: A major plot point in ''Secret Vampire'' is Poppy learning she's dying of pancreatic cancer, leading to James attempting to turn her into a vampire to save her.
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* WerewolfThemeNaming: Werewolves often have eirher first names or last names meaning wolf or associated with wolves in various languages, including Lupe (Spanish for "wolf"), Lovett (Anglo-Saxon for "wolf cub"), Rudi (German for "famed wolf"), Ulf (Scandinavian for "wolf") and even Autolykos (Greek for "the wolf itself").
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* WerewolfThemeNaming: Werewolves often have eirher either first names or last names meaning wolf or associated with wolves in various languages, including Lupe (Spanish for "wolf"), Lovett (Anglo-Saxon for "wolf cub"), Rudi (German for "famed wolf"), Ulf (Scandinavian for "wolf") and even Autolykos (Greek for "the wolf itself").
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* ''Secret Vampire'' (June, 1996)
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* ''Secret Vampire'' ''Literature/SecretVampire'' (June, 1996)
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Some of the books take place over only a few very eventful days. ''The Chosen'' is especially notable: with the exception of the first few chapters taking place during Rashel's childhood (which themselves take place over a single day) and the twelve-year TimeSkip, the novel takes place over about three days, during which Rashel infiltrates a vampire slave ring, meets her soulmate, faces off with her vampire archnemesis [[spoiler:and ultimately decides to give up vengeance]], her soulmate has a HeelFaceTurn [[spoiler:and they both decide to join Circle Daybreak]].
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* AdultFear:
** In ''Secret Vampire'', your teenage daughter is fine one minute, the next she's been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer which will be extremely painful and debilitating, she only has three months to live, tops, and there is ''nothing you can do about it''.
** Suzanne Blanchett's backstory: ForcedToWatch as your [[WouldHurtAChild young siblings are tortured into confessing they're witches]], then [[CruelAndUnusualDeath burnt alive]].
** The parents of the babies Maya sacrificed to become the first vampire probably went through this.
** In ''The Chosen'', Rashel kills a vampire who has been specifically targeting young children. Because he's a vampire, no one will ever find out what really happened to the missing children - the only comfort is that other kids will be safe.
** Jez's parents had to beg for their four year old daughter's life to be spared when vampires came to execute them for breaking Night World law.
** In ''Secret Vampire'', your teenage daughter is fine one minute, the next she's been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer which will be extremely painful and debilitating, she only has three months to live, tops, and there is ''nothing you can do about it''.
** Suzanne Blanchett's backstory: ForcedToWatch as your [[WouldHurtAChild young siblings are tortured into confessing they're witches]], then [[CruelAndUnusualDeath burnt alive]].
** The parents of the babies Maya sacrificed to become the first vampire probably went through this.
** In ''The Chosen'', Rashel kills a vampire who has been specifically targeting young children. Because he's a vampire, no one will ever find out what really happened to the missing children - the only comfort is that other kids will be safe.
** Jez's parents had to beg for their four year old daughter's life to be spared when vampires came to execute them for breaking Night World law.
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* BurnTheWitch: Played with in ''Spellbinder''. After accidentally releasing the vengeful spirit of a witch whose siblings were burnt at the stake, Thea and Eric reenact the burning with dummies in the attempt to draw the spirit away from the school dance.
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* BurnTheWitch: BurnTheWitch:
** Suzanne Blanchett's backstory: ForcedToWatch as her [[WouldHurtAChild young siblings are tortured into confessing they're witches]], then [[CruelAndUnusualDeath burnt alive]].
** Played with in ''Spellbinder''. After accidentally releasing the vengeful spirit of a witch whose siblings were burnt at the stake, Thea and Eric reenact the burning with dummies in the attempt to draw the spirit away from the school dance.
** Suzanne Blanchett's backstory: ForcedToWatch as her [[WouldHurtAChild young siblings are tortured into confessing they're witches]], then [[CruelAndUnusualDeath burnt alive]].
** Played with in ''Spellbinder''. After accidentally releasing the vengeful spirit of a witch whose siblings were burnt at the stake, Thea and Eric reenact the burning with dummies in the attempt to draw the spirit away from the school dance.
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* DelicateAndSickly: In ''Secret Vampire'', teenager Poppy North is fine one minute, the next she's been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer which will be extremely painful and debilitating, she only has three months to live, tops, and there is ''nothing her parents can do about it''.
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* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: In ''The Chosen'', Rashel kills a vampire who has been specifically targeting young children. Because he's a vampire, no one will ever find out what really happened to the missing children - the only comfort is that other kids will be safe.
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* BiggerBad: In ''Witchlight'', the gang goes up against an astoundingly powerful [[TheDragon dragon]], who tells them he was woken from his slumber by "a witch who is not a witch." Whoever ''that'' is, is bound to be even more terrifying.
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* {{Weredragon}}: In the distant past, the world was terrorised by [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent dragon shapeshifters]] (who can also take the forms of other people or animals). They were defeated by the witches eventually, save for one young dragon, whom they [[OrcRaisedByElves raised among their own kind]] – her descendants are the Drache family, the rulers of the shapeshifter race. In ''Witchlight'', it's revealed [[spoiler: the BigBad, Ahzdeha, is a dragon who has been awoken by a "[[BiggerBad witch who isn't a witch]]"]].
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* {{Weredragon}}: In the distant past, the world was terrorised by [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent dragon shapeshifters]] (who can also take the forms of other people or animals). They were defeated by the witches eventually, save for one young dragon, whom they [[OrcRaisedByElves raised among their own kind]] – her descendants are the Drache family, the rulers of the shapeshifter race. In ''Witchlight'', it's revealed [[spoiler: the BigBad, Ahzdeha, is a dragon who has been awoken by a "[[BiggerBad witch "witch who isn't a witch]]"]].witch"]].
