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Underground exclusive societies: paranormal secrets in Smith’s books

By Kali Shevlin
IV Leader Book Critic

    Imagine that there is a secret underground exclusive society. A society made up of vampires, witches, shape shifters and other paranormal creatures. Now picture yourself a teenager in this society trying to deal with finding out your soul mate is a human without getting yourself killed.      
    This is only one of the many questions and adventures in L.J. Smith book “Night World Volume 1,” containing three fantastic and memorizing stories.
    Story number one, “Secret Vampire” pushes the boundaries of friendship and love. With enough passion, euphoria, suspense and intensity to light up the Las Vegas strip, Poppy, James and Poppy’s twin brother Phil will do whatever it takes to keep her alive.
    In the second story “Daughters of Darkness,” Ash and his sisters, Rowan, Kestrel and Jade, learn that the outside world can be a dangerous place. When the three sisters run away to their great aunt Opal in a desperate attempt to escape the Night World, they find more than they’re bargaining for.
    Between vampire killers, suspicious neighbors and a renegade werewolf, this is one story readers don’t want to miss.
    In the last story, “Spellbinder,” two witch cousins are in serious trouble. Wild Blaise keeps using her magic irresponsibly causing problems for Thea. When a contest between the two gets out of control it’s up to all the witches and mortals to band together to stop a vengeful spirit from a murder spree.
    They may just have to pay the ultimate price.
    All three “Night World Books” guarantee a good read!