Title Secret Vampire Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher Simon Pulse - 2016 First Printing Archway Paperbacks - 1996
	Title Daughters of Darkness Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Spellbinder Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Dark Angel Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title The Chosen Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Soulmate Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Huntress Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Jez and Morgead's Night Out Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Black Dawn Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Ash and Mary-Lynnette: Those Who Favor Fire Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Witchlight Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Strange Fate Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Thicker than Water Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Title Bryonwy's Lullaby Author L.J. Smith Cover Art --- Publisher --- First Printing ---
	Category Young Adult Warnings None Main Characters Poppy, James Main Elements Vampires, witches Website ---

Secret Vampire

Smith's Vampire Diaries were the first vampire books I read after Dracula. I remember buying them secretly as a used bookstore and hid them away so my family wouldn't know I was reading "vampire" books (oh how trends have changed, vampires are mainstream now!). I absolutely loved that trilogy. But years passed and the terrible TV series came out (why, why, WHY make sexy Italian Rennaissance vampires into colonial American ones? How boring, and gives the impression that Americans will only watch stuff if its about themselves, sigh).

So I was leery of more Smith books, even though Night World was written long before. But rivetedlit.com put the first book up for free this month so of course I couldn't resist.

I didn't love Secret Vampire. Oh, the characters were ok, the worldbuilding interesting, but I get the eebie jeebies reading about people dying from cancer and that was just a depressing first half or so of the book. It of course picked up after that. Which means the rest of the series has promise. And know what, it wasn't as nearly sappy/angsty as many more modern young adult novels (I'm currently gagging my way through the Hush, Hush series). No insta-love here, these lovebirds were friends since childhood and it took time for the girl to realize that the guy had a thing for her, and that just maybe, she had a thing for him. So I'll eventually hunt around for other books in the series, it's not my priority but I would like to learn a little more about this Night World.