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* BlackSheep: Jer, a thousand times Jer.
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* TheChick: Amanda
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* AbusiveParents: Michael Deveraux takes this [[UpToEleven way too far]], even going so far as plotting to kill his own son.
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* AbusiveParents: Michael Deveraux takes this [[UpToEleven way too far]], far, even going so far as plotting to kill his own son.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Averted. Although the Cahors are very wealthy and influential, Catherine is not a queen and Isabeau is not a princes.
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* HotMom: Marie-Claire
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The Three Faces Of Eve: Holly(Mother), Nicole(Seductress), Amanda(Child)
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Holly Cathers moves in with her aunt, uncle, and cousins after her parents die in a rafting accident. She soon encounters the Deveraux men: Jer, Eli, and Michael. Michael and Eli develop a plan to eliminate Holly and her cousins, Nicole and Amanda, while Jer is intent on saving the trio.
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Holly Cathers moves in with her aunt, uncle, uncle and cousins after her parents die in a rafting accident. She soon encounters the Deveraux men: Jer, Eli, Eli and Michael. Michael and Eli develop a plan to eliminate Holly and her cousins, Nicole and Amanda, while Jer is intent on saving the trio.
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* Flashback: Used heavily. Isabeau and Jean's story is told throughout the course of the books, as well as the stories of other Cahors, such as Cassandra, Ginny, Veronica, and Giselle.
* Foreshadowing: Avalon is mentioned before Jer and Nicole and imprisoned there.
* Foreshadowing: Avalon is mentioned before Jer and Nicole and imprisoned there.
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* Flashback: {{Flashback}}: Used heavily. Isabeau and Jean's story is told throughout the course of the books, as well as the stories of other Cahors, such as Cassandra, Ginny, Veronica, and Giselle.
*Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: Avalon is mentioned before Jer and Nicole and imprisoned there.
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* GondorCallsForAid: The Cathers witches ask the Mother Coven for help in their feud with Michael Deveraux.
* GrandFinale: The final battle leaves warlocks and witches questioning how righteous the Horned God and the Goddess truly are, as they both went into the battle and did not discern witches from warlocks when they went on a killing rampage.
* GreatEscape: Nicole and Jer's escape from Avalon.
* HappyEnding: As surprising as it is, given the series' dark and despairing nature, the characters do genuinely get a happy ending. Holly and Jer get to live in an alternate dimension for all eternity, Tommy and Amanda are engaged, Nicole and Eli are going to raise Owen, and Eve and Derek get together.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Many characters point out that Holly, in the interest of protecting her coven, has increasingly turned to the darkness for power.
* TheHeavy: Michael Deveraux
* HeldGaze: Jer and Holly
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Michael Deveraux. He raised his children to be merciless killers, so it should not have been a surprise when Eli killed him.
* HotMom: Marie-Claire
* GrandFinale: The final battle leaves warlocks and witches questioning how righteous the Horned God and the Goddess truly are, as they both went into the battle and did not discern witches from warlocks when they went on a killing rampage.
* GreatEscape: Nicole and Jer's escape from Avalon.
* HappyEnding: As surprising as it is, given the series' dark and despairing nature, the characters do genuinely get a happy ending. Holly and Jer get to live in an alternate dimension for all eternity, Tommy and Amanda are engaged, Nicole and Eli are going to raise Owen, and Eve and Derek get together.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Many characters point out that Holly, in the interest of protecting her coven, has increasingly turned to the darkness for power.
* TheHeavy: Michael Deveraux
* HeldGaze: Jer and Holly
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Michael Deveraux. He raised his children to be merciless killers, so it should not have been a surprise when Eli killed him.
* HotMom: Marie-Claire
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: This is the reason Nicole ran away to Europe.
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* FalseStart: Jer and Holly in Witch & Curse.
* FateWorseThanDeath: The Black Fire times a million. Also, in Resurrection, Jean pours a powder on Catherine de Cahors that sends her to Hell.
* FieldPowerEffect: Inverted. Water is especially dangerous for Cahors and all who are beloved of a Cahors.
* FirstGirlWins: Averted, in the case of Jer and Holly. Before he met Holly, Jer met Amanda, who had the hots for him; Nicole, who was possessed by Isabeau's spirit; and Kari, whom he dated. Before Holly met Jer, she met Tommy Nagai, though he clearly had something going on with Amanda.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Sasha, when she travels back in time and gets stuck.
* Flashback: Used heavily. Isabeau and Jean's story is told throughout the course of the books, as well as the stories of other Cahors, such as Cassandra, Ginny, Veronica, and Giselle.
* Foreshadowing: Avalon is mentioned before Jer and Nicole and imprisoned there.
* TheFourLoves: [[LikeBrotherAndSister Storge]], played straight with the Cathers/Andersons and inverted with the Deverauxs. [[JustFriends Phileo]], mainly in Tommy and Amanda's relationship in the beginning. [[LoveInterest Eros]], used a lot with Isabeau/Jean, Holly/Jer, Nicole/Philippe, and Amanda/Tommy. [[UndyingLoyalty Agape]], which is the biggest one. Most of the characters show willingness to die for the ones they love.
* FreeRangeChildren: Holly's parents are dead, Nicole and Amanda's mother is dead and their father goes along on the adventures with them, and Jer and Eli's mother is missing and their father is a murderer. They really do not have to deal with much parental involvement.
* FreudianExcuse: Jer's identity issues spring from being the BlackSheep in a family of evil warlocks. Eli's violent nature is from being raised by a sadistic murderer who denied him fatherly affection. Eve is cruel and apathetic because she was raised by the Supreme Coven.
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* TheGift: Holly
* FateWorseThanDeath: The Black Fire times a million. Also, in Resurrection, Jean pours a powder on Catherine de Cahors that sends her to Hell.
* FieldPowerEffect: Inverted. Water is especially dangerous for Cahors and all who are beloved of a Cahors.
* FirstGirlWins: Averted, in the case of Jer and Holly. Before he met Holly, Jer met Amanda, who had the hots for him; Nicole, who was possessed by Isabeau's spirit; and Kari, whom he dated. Before Holly met Jer, she met Tommy Nagai, though he clearly had something going on with Amanda.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Sasha, when she travels back in time and gets stuck.
* Flashback: Used heavily. Isabeau and Jean's story is told throughout the course of the books, as well as the stories of other Cahors, such as Cassandra, Ginny, Veronica, and Giselle.
* Foreshadowing: Avalon is mentioned before Jer and Nicole and imprisoned there.
* TheFourLoves: [[LikeBrotherAndSister Storge]], played straight with the Cathers/Andersons and inverted with the Deverauxs. [[JustFriends Phileo]], mainly in Tommy and Amanda's relationship in the beginning. [[LoveInterest Eros]], used a lot with Isabeau/Jean, Holly/Jer, Nicole/Philippe, and Amanda/Tommy. [[UndyingLoyalty Agape]], which is the biggest one. Most of the characters show willingness to die for the ones they love.
* FreeRangeChildren: Holly's parents are dead, Nicole and Amanda's mother is dead and their father goes along on the adventures with them, and Jer and Eli's mother is missing and their father is a murderer. They really do not have to deal with much parental involvement.
* FreudianExcuse: Jer's identity issues spring from being the BlackSheep in a family of evil warlocks. Eli's violent nature is from being raised by a sadistic murderer who denied him fatherly affection. Eve is cruel and apathetic because she was raised by the Supreme Coven.
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* TheGift: Holly
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* TheDragon: Michael DeverauxDeveraux. Although he is conspiring against Sir William, he still pledged loyalty to the Supreme Coven.
* TheDrifter: Jer, after he gets burned by the Black Fire but before he is picked up by Eve.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Marie-Claire's death
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Boy, did they ever.
* EnemyMine: The Cathers witches are usually fairly reluctant to work with the Mother Coven, and only do so because they are united by a common enemy.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Averted. Although the Cahors are very wealthy and influential, Catherine is not a queen and Isabeau is not a princes.
* EvilIsBurningHot: Black Fire
* EvilOldFolks: Sir William
* Evil Prince: Inverted. James Moore and Jean de Deveraux would definitely count, but they are not princes. They are a rough equivalent, though.
* EvilerThanThou: Sir William and Michael Deveraux. Sir William routinely chastises Michael Deveraux as though he were a small child.
* TheDrifter: Jer, after he gets burned by the Black Fire but before he is picked up by Eve.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Marie-Claire's death
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Boy, did they ever.
* EnemyMine: The Cathers witches are usually fairly reluctant to work with the Mother Coven, and only do so because they are united by a common enemy.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Averted. Although the Cahors are very wealthy and influential, Catherine is not a queen and Isabeau is not a princes.
* EvilIsBurningHot: Black Fire
* EvilOldFolks: Sir William
* Evil Prince: Inverted. James Moore and Jean de Deveraux would definitely count, but they are not princes. They are a rough equivalent, though.
* EvilerThanThou: Sir William and Michael Deveraux. Sir William routinely chastises Michael Deveraux as though he were a small child.
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* DarkActionGirl: Eve, definitely. And Holly falls more and more into this category as time goes on.
* DarkestHour: Jer, when he learns Holly is in thrall to Michael Deveraux. Holly, when she is possessed by demons from the Nightmare-Dreamtime.
* DeadpanSnarker: Eli, and Eve gets in some good ones a lot.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Nicole frequently induces this trope.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: When Holly is visited by Sasha in a dream, there is the sorcerer's hat in the chamber that Sasha warns her not to touch. We never find out what the sorcerer's hat was.
* DoomedHometown: Seattle does not fare too well when Michael Deveraux's fury is unleashed in the form of sea monsters, fires, floods, etc.
* TheDragon: Michael Deveraux
* DarkestHour: Jer, when he learns Holly is in thrall to Michael Deveraux. Holly, when she is possessed by demons from the Nightmare-Dreamtime.
* DeadpanSnarker: Eli, and Eve gets in some good ones a lot.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Nicole frequently induces this trope.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: When Holly is visited by Sasha in a dream, there is the sorcerer's hat in the chamber that Sasha warns her not to touch. We never find out what the sorcerer's hat was.
* DoomedHometown: Seattle does not fare too well when Michael Deveraux's fury is unleashed in the form of sea monsters, fires, floods, etc.
* TheDragon: Michael Deveraux
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* CainAndAbel: Jer and Eli, as well as Jean and Paul-Henri, though the former were arguably a reincarnation of the latter.
* CantCatchUp: In Witch & Curse, the Cathers witches display this. However, they more than make up for it by the end of the series.
* CastCalculus: It seems like you never get the same combination of characters twice.
* CatapultNightmare: Amanda has these very frequently when she, Nicole, Richard, and Owen are staying in the Moores' mansion.
* ChaseScene: After the battle with Michael Deveraux in Curse, when the Cathers coven gets split up.
* TheChick: Amanda
* ChickMagnet: Lampshaded by Eli when he explains that both magic and working out are how he gets girls. And Jer would also definitely count before he was burned by the Black Fire.
* TheChosenOne: Holly, as she possesses both Isabeau's spirit and the most magical power of the age. Nicole was too, when Isabeau tried to possess her first.
* CliffHanger: "That's not Alex Carruthers!"
* ComingOfAgeStory: Subverted. The Cathers/Anderson witches are high school seniors when the story starts, and they even attempt to make it in college for a little while. However, that is all quickly given up in favor of fighting evil. Amanda and Tommy try to make up for it, and even get engaged. Nicole loses any enjoyable young-adult years she may have had, though, when she is already a widow with a baby before she turns twenty.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Kari gets a lot of flack for complaining about a life of danger and magic that she didn't sign up for, and has every reason to hate.
* ConflictBall: Holly has to carry this for most of the time once she becomes High Priestess of the Cathers Coven. Jer and Alex toss it back and forth when they are both vying for Holly's affection.
* ConsummateLiar: Eve
* CouldHaveBeenMessy: Averted. The blood, guts, and gore are described in extreme detail. Resurrection is nauseatingly descriptive at some points.
* CurbStompBattle: At first, all of Michael Deveraux and the Cathers witches' battles go this way. And then in Resurrection, once the Horned God and the Goddess join the final battle, it becomes a chaotic bloodbath where the magical deities kick everyones' ass (until Holly steps in).
* CantCatchUp: In Witch & Curse, the Cathers witches display this. However, they more than make up for it by the end of the series.
* CastCalculus: It seems like you never get the same combination of characters twice.
* CatapultNightmare: Amanda has these very frequently when she, Nicole, Richard, and Owen are staying in the Moores' mansion.
* ChaseScene: After the battle with Michael Deveraux in Curse, when the Cathers coven gets split up.
* TheChick: Amanda
* ChickMagnet: Lampshaded by Eli when he explains that both magic and working out are how he gets girls. And Jer would also definitely count before he was burned by the Black Fire.
* TheChosenOne: Holly, as she possesses both Isabeau's spirit and the most magical power of the age. Nicole was too, when Isabeau tried to possess her first.
* CliffHanger: "That's not Alex Carruthers!"
* ComingOfAgeStory: Subverted. The Cathers/Anderson witches are high school seniors when the story starts, and they even attempt to make it in college for a little while. However, that is all quickly given up in favor of fighting evil. Amanda and Tommy try to make up for it, and even get engaged. Nicole loses any enjoyable young-adult years she may have had, though, when she is already a widow with a baby before she turns twenty.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Kari gets a lot of flack for complaining about a life of danger and magic that she didn't sign up for, and has every reason to hate.
* ConflictBall: Holly has to carry this for most of the time once she becomes High Priestess of the Cathers Coven. Jer and Alex toss it back and forth when they are both vying for Holly's affection.
* ConsummateLiar: Eve
* CouldHaveBeenMessy: Averted. The blood, guts, and gore are described in extreme detail. Resurrection is nauseatingly descriptive at some points.
* CurbStompBattle: At first, all of Michael Deveraux and the Cathers witches' battles go this way. And then in Resurrection, once the Horned God and the Goddess join the final battle, it becomes a chaotic bloodbath where the magical deities kick everyones' ass (until Holly steps in).
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* BigBad: The Supreme Coven and Sir William Moore
* BilingualBonus: The books have a heavy amount of French, and later sequences with the Spanish witches involve copious amounts of Spanish.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Subverted. Although it seems as if this will be the case at first glance, this gets more and more subverted as the books go on.
* BlackSheep: Jer, a thousand times Jer.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Holly becomes this when she is in thrall to Michael Deveraux.
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* BigBad: The Supreme Coven and Sir William Moore
* BilingualBonus: The books have a heavy amount of French, and later sequences with the Spanish witches involve copious amounts of Spanish.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Subverted. Although it seems as if this will be the case at first glance, this gets more and more subverted as the books go on.
* BlackSheep: Jer, a thousand times Jer.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Holly becomes this when she is in thrall to Michael Deveraux.
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Holly Cathers moves in with her aunt, uncle, and cousins after her parents die in a rafting accident. She soon encounters the Deveraux men: Jer, Eli, and Michael. Michael and Eli develop a plan to eliminate Holly and her cousins, Nicole and Amanda, while Jer is intent on saving the trio.trio.
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* AbusiveParents: Michael Deveraux takes this [[UpToEleven way too far]], even going so far as plotting to kill his own son.
* ActionGirl: Almost every female character displays this trope, but especially Holly.
* AerithAndBob: Not one of the more extreme examples, but the warlocks range from Michael to Jeraud and the witches have everything from Isabeau to Amanda.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: There is not a single warlock that is not at least a little evil.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Inverted. Holly wants to save Jer from the island of Avalon, even though it would put the rest of her coven in danger.
* AncientTradition: The blind justices.
* ArrangedMarriage: Isabeau and Jean.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: When Holly becomes a blind justice.
* AscendedExtra: Anne-Louise Montrachet
* AstralProjection
** Jer visits Holly in her dreams and tells her not to search for him.
** Sasha shows Holly the island of Avalon in another dream.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Nicole and Eli have their moments at the end of Resurrection. And Jean and Isabeau, despite conspiring to kill each others' families, really do care about each other.
* Badass: Eli, Eve, Nicole, Holly, etc.
* BadassFamily: The Cahors and the Deveraux.
* BadassNormal: Richard Anderson
* BadPowersBadPeople: Warlocks
* BattleCouple: Quite a few. Holly/Jer, Jer/Kari, Amanda/Tommy, Nicole/Eli, Nicole/Philippe, the list goes on.
* BetaCouple: Tommy and Amanda
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* AbusiveParents: Michael Deveraux takes this [[UpToEleven way too far]], even going so far as plotting to kill his own son.
* ActionGirl: Almost every female character displays this trope, but especially Holly.
* AerithAndBob: Not one of the more extreme examples, but the warlocks range from Michael to Jeraud and the witches have everything from Isabeau to Amanda.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: There is not a single warlock that is not at least a little evil.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Inverted. Holly wants to save Jer from the island of Avalon, even though it would put the rest of her coven in danger.
* AncientTradition: The blind justices.
* ArrangedMarriage: Isabeau and Jean.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: When Holly becomes a blind justice.
* AscendedExtra: Anne-Louise Montrachet
* AstralProjection
** Jer visits Holly in her dreams and tells her not to search for him.
** Sasha shows Holly the island of Avalon in another dream.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Nicole and Eli have their moments at the end of Resurrection. And Jean and Isabeau, despite conspiring to kill each others' families, really do care about each other.
* Badass: Eli, Eve, Nicole, Holly, etc.
* BadassFamily: The Cahors and the Deveraux.
* BadassNormal: Richard Anderson
* BadPowersBadPeople: Warlocks
* BattleCouple: Quite a few. Holly/Jer, Jer/Kari, Amanda/Tommy, Nicole/Eli, Nicole/Philippe, the list goes on.
* BetaCouple: Tommy and Amanda
