The Night World Series Volume 3

Huntress, Black Dawn, Witchlight

Huntress

Jez Redfern is unique. She's a vampire hunter who is half human. Raised in the Redfern family, the girl with fiery hair and silvery-blue eyes was the undisputed leader of a gang of vampire raiders.

Then came the discovery that shattered her life - her mother was a human. Now, Jez hunts vampires for Circle Daybreak, protecting humans from the Night World.

But when she's sent on a search for one of the legendary Wild Powers, Jez has to rejoin her old gang. They all want her back -- especially Morgead. A gorgeous, green-eyed vampire and Jez's former second-in-command.

She can't allow herself to taste blood again... it would be too easy to fall into the life she once lived. A huntress praying on humans... using them as toys and treating them like vermin.

And if Morgead ever found out she was half human, he'd probably kill her. He hates humans. But Jez can't seem to help herself. With danger and temptation around, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him- her soulmate. Read more Jez and Morgead on LJ Smith's website.

Black Dawn

First he put her in a dungeon. Then he realized they were soulmates. Now he wants to make her a vampire princess.

Maggie Neely is a short, spunky sixteen-year-old with auburn hair and an iron will. When her brother turns up missing, she’s determined to find him.

But she never suspects that the trail will lead her into the most secret heart of the Night World, a kingdom where no outsider has stepped in five hundred years.

The kingdom is ruled by the young vampire prince Delos…who keeps all humans as slaves. When Delos falls in love with Maggie, he frees her and demands that she join him in his life of dark pleasure. He’s handsome, he’s romantic – Maggie can hardly resist him.

But did he kill Maggie’s brother? And who are the strange people searching the kingdom for a Wild Power? Maggie won’t give up until she learns the truth – even if it means destroying Delos and his secret land. If he doesn’t destroy her first…

Witchlight

Keller is a black panther. At least when she’s not being a tough, no-nonsense seventeen-year-old girl.

She’s a shapeshifter who grew up on the streets and will do whatever it takes to survive. But when Circle Daybreak hires her to protect a new Wild Power, Keller meets her match.

Iliana Harman is blond, a little bit ditzy, has been raised as a human, and her only concerns are clothes, boys, and parties. Can this clueless bit of fluff really be the legendary Witch Child, one of the four teenagers who can fend off the end of the world?

Keller and the team must persuade Iliana to take her destiny seriously, but Iliana simply refuses to believe any of it. And it doesn't help that she's been promised to lord Galen, the gorgeous prince of the shapeshifters.

Because he and Keller are falling in love. But it's a love that can potentially destroy everything. It doesn't matter that he's Keller's soulmate. She knows she has to give him up – but her heart won’t listen. Meanwhile, the Night World is closing in, to kill all three of them. Can't get enough? Read more of Keller and Galen's story on LJ Smith's website.

Our Rating for the N.W. Volume 3

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Our Review of The Night World: Volume 3

All three stories in this volume are fantastic. There was a lot more action, and we got to witness more of the darker side of the Night World and some of what's to come in the apocalypse. Now I'm dying to know what happens in Strange Fate.

Huntress

I love Jez and Morgead's story. The fact that even though she is half human, Morgead- who hates humans, doesn't really care. All he wants is the chance to be with her. And I really loved the twist in the end. The revelation of who the real Wild Power is. I sort of expected it after the train incident, but it was definitely a nice touch.

Black Dawn

My favorite thing about this story is how unselfish Maggie is. When her only chance at freedom is to run, she refuses to leave anyone behind. Even if it means she'll have to figure out another plan of escape. And I love that she believes in Delos, and refuses to give up on him when everyone else thinks she's crazy.

Witchlight

I loved the action in this story as well as the fact that, while Keller started with negative opinions about both Galen and Iliana, by the end of the story things changed drastically. And that it was Iliana who made things right in the end.