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Soulmate (Night World #6)

by L.J. Smith

4.12 · rating details · 1,505 ratings · 59 reviews

Eternal Love

Hannah Snow's life was so together. Friends, terrific grades, dreams of a career in paleontology. Everything was perfect... until the notes started appearing. Notes in her own handwriting, warning her of the danger that was coming. Dead Before Seventeen.

The psychiatrist was supposed to help. But what came out of the age regressions were memories of another ti

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Mass Market Paperbound, 240 pages

Published April 1st 1997 by Simon Pulse

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Mar 12, 2009

Abigail rated it

Recommends it for: Teens Who Like Romantic Vampire Fiction

Shelves: childrens-fantasy, childrens-fiction, vampires-werewolves

The sixth entry in L.J. Smith's Night World series, in which a hidden society of vampires, witches and shape-shifters exists alongside the human world, Soulmate follows the story of Hannah Snow, who begins to receive threatening notes - written in her own hand - as her seventeenth birthday approaches. As Hannah struggles with the incredible discovery that she is an "Old Soul," someone who was been reincarnated many times, she finds herself drawn into a deadly love triangle with Maya, t...more

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Mar 12, 2009

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Dec 03, 2009

Leeanna rated it

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Night World 6: Soulmate, by L. J. Smith

Hannah Snow has the perfect life - she's about to graduate from high school, she already has a college scholarship, and she even knows that she wants to be a paleontologist. But her perfect life starts to collapse when she finds notes that she doesn't remember writing, warning her of a dire event - "Dead Before Seventeen."

Increasingly disturbed by the notes and bad dreams, Hannah visits a psychiatrist. On her very first app...moreNight World 6: Soulmate, by L. J. Smith

Hannah Snow has the perfect life - she's about to graduate from high school, she already has a college scholarship, and she even knows that she wants to be a paleontologist. But her perfect life starts to collapse when she finds notes that she doesn't remember writing, warning her of a dire event - "Dead Before Seventeen."

Increasingly disturbed by the notes and bad dreams, Hannah visits a psychiatrist. On her very first appointment, a werewolf crashes into the building and tries to attack her, but a mysterious voice in her head helps her dodge each claw swipe. She's saved by the arrival of a second werewolf, who chases off the first.

Knowing that she has to get to the root of what's going on, Hannah and the psychiatrist try hypnosis, and she's plunged into a vision of a past life, where she was Hana, and a strange boy with blood around his mouth appears in her village...

Thierry is one of the oldest vampires in the world, created at the dawn of humanity. He's spent his lifetime searching for his soulmate, trying to find her before her 17th birthday so he can break a cycle of death. But when he finds her this time, she doesn't want his help...

"Soulmate" is my favorite Night World book. Coming 6th in the series, it exemplifies the soulmate principle Smith has used in each previous book, because Hannah and Thierry are the original soulmates. Hannah's past lives are a great plot device, because it allows Smith to give her lots of growth and abilities; and I really enjoy the stories of her past lives. I wish Smith had done more with that, she alludes to some interesting incarnations of Hannah but only fills in a few. Like other Night World heroines, Hannah's no wilting flower and she does take matters into her own hands when she needs to. Also in "Soulmate" Smith starts to introduce a bigger theme if classic theme, saving the world, and it'll be interesting to see where she takes it.

If you read any of the other in the Night World series, this book will also give a good update on what your favorite couples are up to, and what they are trying to do.

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Nov 29, 2009

Phoebe rated it

Shelves: horror, chick-lit

Soulmate is the sixth entry in LJ Smith's ambitious Night World series, which consists of nine books with an overarching story. Only at the end of this volume do the major themes of the series really begin to get underway. Unfortunately, the necessary development of these detracts from what, already, is only a mildly successful paranormal romance.

Sixteen-year-old Hannah Snow has been missing time. After these gaps in her memory, she finds notes--from herself, to herself--warning her ...moreSoulmate is the sixth entry in LJ Smith's ambitious Night World series, which consists of nine books with an overarching story. Only at the end of this volume do the major themes of the series really begin to get underway. Unfortunately, the necessary development of these detracts from what, already, is only a mildly successful paranormal romance.

Sixteen-year-old Hannah Snow has been missing time. After these gaps in her memory, she finds notes--from herself, to herself--warning her that she's destined to be dead by seventeen. She visits a psychologist to explore these events further; when he puts her under hypnosis, she flashes back to an earlier, pre-historic life. Meanwhile, a coterie of vampires she's met before seem to be chasing her--including Thierry, Lord of the Night World, who claims to be her soulmate.

All of this, particularly the flashbacks, are mildly entertaining; unfortunately, the character development in Soulmate is terrifically lacking. Hannah's counselor Paul stands out as being completely unconvincing as a character and a mental health professional, but even Hannah and Thierry themselves aren't major improvements. Both are flat characters, completely bland were it not for their situation. Villain Maya fares a little better than the rest, as her sinister intentions mean that she actually seems to have both motivations and desires, something lacking in the rest of the cast.

What's more, the novel's climax and denouement is muddled as Smith tries to explain Circle Daybreak, the coming apocalypse, and "the soulmate principle." Throughout the series, I've found the requisite discussions of this principle to be didactic--they almost always are composed of stiff, affectless dialogue that feels oddly juxtaposed to the supposedly passionate subject matter. It's too bad that Smith chose to sink a good handful of chapters in this volume into exploring this further. Hopefully, in the next three volumes, there will be a little less (dry, stiff, and humorless) talk, and a little more action.(less)

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Feb 26, 2010

Daniellesof2014 rated it

Shelves: grade-8-ir-books-chris

Hannah Snow's life was perfect; she had everything a 16 year old could need, that is until she found the notes. She was warning herself even though she doesn’t remember writing them, and one of them said dead before 17. Scared she went to look for help, and found a psychiatrist named Paul. Even though she found help, things kept getting worse and their first session didn't go so well. She finds out she is the reincarnation of Hana of the three rivers and continues to find out about the night wor...more

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Oct 23, 2011

Bibliotropic rated it

This used to be my favourite book in the Night World series, tied for first with Spellbinder. I loved the way that reincarnation was approached, the idea that love could follow people through lifetimes, always calling back to each other and finding each other once again, even when both parties could well be vastly different than their previous incarnation.

Reading this book again now, I'm sad to say, ruined the story for me. It was very hard to keep the shine of happy nostalgia going ...moreThis used to be my favourite book in the Night World series, tied for first with Spellbinder. I loved the way that reincarnation was approached, the idea that love could follow people through lifetimes, always calling back to each other and finding each other once again, even when both parties could well be vastly different than their previous incarnation.

Reading this book again now, I'm sad to say, ruined the story for me. It was very hard to keep the shine of happy nostalgia going when I found so many flaws.

As stories go, it was something of a creative one, and I can't fault Smith for that because the idea and ideals fits so very well with the established mythos of the Night World. The reader also gets to see, in a very close-and-personal way, the fabled first vampire Maya, whom we've really only heard about in passing back in Spellbinder, when Thea told the legend of Maya and Hellewise. Maya herself was quite an interesting character, carried through the ages by a singular obsession, one that went so deep and was so engrained in her mind that she herself really couldn't attach any logic to it. "I have to win," is all that mattered to her, even when it was clear that she didn't entirely know what her own idea of winning would even mean. It was interesting to see her be so flawed and unhinged and yet so very calm about it all.

However, the biggest problem I had with this book was exactly what I used to love about it: reincarnation. Not so much the concept, but the way it was carried out. Hannah's first incarnation was Hana, a Stone Age girl living in some place that I'm fairly sure is geographically and anthropologically impossible. She lives in a place where there are Arctic foxes and wild cattle, part of a tribe consisting of people with quite varied hair and skin tones (though it's established that they're all at least Caucasian), they worship Hekate as a dark goddess who also seems crossed with a mother goddess figure, and the tribe is run by a matriarch. Her best friend is somebody who "always has to wear something new to every festival" and is fretting because a man she doesn't quite like wants to "mate [her]". Sorry, honey, but when you're in that era and 16, you're approaching the end of the average lifespan, and you've probably popped out a couple of kids already. You're not a modern teenage girl in a furry bikini.

This all wouldn't have been quite so painful (the books all deal with hidden aspects of the world we live in everyday, so I might possibly have been able to suspend my disbelief for a while) if the psychiatrist character who was helping Hannah uncover her past didn't state quite bluntly that the majority of past-life regressions were always told in ways that made it quite clear that the people who romanticized living in the past actually knew nothing about the past they were talking about. I winced when I read that line, because the character was trashing the sort of people who were doing exactly what the author was doing! That entire situation was ironic and painful enough to have a lot of the gloss stripped from the memories of this book, and I'm sad to report that reading this now that I'm older does not have anywhere near the same appeal that it did when I was a teenager.

As far as its place within the series, this is one of the essential novels. A lot is revealed about Circle Daybreak, far more than the hinting mentions that appeared in other novels of the series. And we get to take an interesting look back at Night World history, looking at the characters of Maya and Thierry. If you're going to read the series, you really can't afford to skip over this one. But too much sat wrong with me for it to have a very high rating, in light of all the irony and historical mangling.(less)

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Jun 29, 2010

Mιss •kαthєяίиє• rated it

Shelves: paranormal-books, vampires

Thierry is the first made vampire. When Maya turned him and he tried to find who he was, he found his soulmate. But he almost drained her and branded her and still she forgave him. Every time she was reborn, he was there. Even though she turned killed before seventeen and she started to hate him, he still loved her and tried to protect her from their enemy: Maya.

Now Hanah Snow is reborn in Montana and when she goes to Paul, who is a shrink, she finds that she has lived many lives befor...more

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Dec 20, 2011

Chandra rated it

Shelves: 2011-reads, love-romance, sci-fi-fantasy, horror-thriller, kids-young-adult

Mixed feelings about this one and, wow, that cover isn't helping matters. So glad I have a kindle so I can spare myself the shame of toting these books around.

For the negative - past life regression as a major plot device and regressing to the Stone Age....ugh.

For the positive - I like that this is the first book in the series that starts to tie some of the threads together from the previous books. I like that we get to learn more about Night World and its history. ...more

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Dec 12, 2008

Misae rated it

Shelves: series, vamp

Soulmate is a great story. At first i was really confused as to what was going on and reading it hurt my head but thhe longer i read it i began to understand it. The story is about HAnnah and how she has had many past lives and in all of them she has died before her 17th birthday. The reson for this is because every past life shes had her soulmate finds her and kills her, at least thats what she remembers. But now that she's starting to remember the truth she's still a little shady about cert...more

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May 11, 2011

Amy rated it

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(Im a spoiler!!..Beware)

Ok .Maybe some of you are like 'Why is this chick giving away spoilers?' -or- some of you might be thanking me for them(lol). Either way I'd just like to say I dont like the idea of spoilers.So why do I do them? Because I hate it when I come across an old book I already read and be like 'What was this about again?'

Creepy? Imagine waking up to find a note in your fist.Then finding other notes in your pillow case and drawers.And its all in YOU...more

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Jan 08, 2012

VampireNovelFan rated it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, young-adult

Soulmate is book 6 of the Night World series. It centers around Hannah and Theirry. Hannah's a great student and well rounded with dreams of becoming a paleontologist. Everything seemed normal until she starts noticing messages written in her handwriting foreshadowing her death--before seventeen. She seeks help with a psychiatrist, but through therapy she gets visions (or are they memories) of former life in another time...and of a vampire (Thierry) who realized he loved her too late. Fast-for...more

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May 13, 2011

Rosie Day rated it

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Another addition to the Night World series; this one concerns Hannah and her previous life with her vampire soulmate Thierry. I love the concept of the Night World series, but my problem with the books is they always feel so rushed. Nevertheless, this is a fun piece of teen horror/romance.

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Jul 06, 2011

Quirkybird rated it

I could not freaking put this book down. It was so good, I think I'll read it a few more times (I never re-read books haha). SO GOOD.

Brilliant story, brilliant storytelling. Great characters, a formidable villain. I loved the expansion of the lore in this one. Would totally recommend.

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May 10, 2011

Suzanne rated it

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Shelves: audio-book

I think this one might be my favorite so far. I liked that they are bringing characters together from other books and you could definitely see they are finally moving somewhere with the mythology of these stories. The characters themselves weren't my favorite ones but I liked seeing aspects of Hannah's other lives.

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Oct 04, 2011

lisa rated it

Shelves: ebooks, mine-mine-mine

eh, just as bland as i remembered it. if you identify with the hannah types, this book is probably great- the story is pretty interesting and not something you see all the time.

i do still love lupe quite a bit though ♥

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Aug 07, 2010

Danielle Marsh rated it

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, ya

Hannah is our usual kind-hearted and pretty tame damsel who is wanted by a vampire dude. However, the interesting bit in this one is concept of their love, which is unlike any of the others. We get some minor time-traveling in this one.

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Feb 24, 2011

Susan rated it

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I love these books; they satiate my paranormal addiction with real believable characters. They have enough mystery, and excitement that I cannot put them down. There is enough romance to make them fun without being uncomfortable. I would have no problem letting my teen read these sweet stories. I have been able to find a message in most of them of becoming a better person in some way with a good ending. This is one of my favorite ones.

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Oct 02, 2010

Madibacon rated it

I can honestly say this one is one of my favorites of L.J. Smith's. It's so romantic with so many twists and turns that you don't even know who to like anymore... it's brilliant! I love it!

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May 04, 2009

Astoria rated it

my favorite of the Night World series. Thierry is jsut so adorabkle,a nd Hannah being an old soul and his soulmate can't help it but to want him, even if it means dead to her.

The book goes deeper into the "Soulmate principle", we learn about Maya's connection with Thiery, and more about him. He was briefly mentioned during "Secret Vampire" when Ash took Poppy to the party.

After finding the truth about her past deaths Hannah sets to Las Vegas to look ...more

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Aug 17, 2011

Allizabeth Collins rated it

I love this book and all of its Night World counterparts! Cute love story with a touch of horror. Recommend strongly to those who love the vampire genre.

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Mar 06, 2010

EverythingWas rated it

I was a teenager once. Sue Me. This was a book that changed my life, because I started writing after I read this. Campy but still one of my favs when I was younger.

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Dec 15, 2011

Szamicaela rated it

Shelves: crush-worthy-male-protagonist, fantasy, favorite-authors, favorites, foreign-authors, love-story, magic, part-of-a-series, reincarnation, past-lives, vampires, werewolves

It was my second time to read this but I still feel asdasdjdfjdjgdlk!!! ♥♥♥. It was a little bit shallow though. But I really liked it.

Thierry Descouedres! ♥♥♥

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Mar 15, 2011

Vanessa Sanchez rated it

A long-lasting love, a fight between opposing forces, and memories of times past made for a great time.

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Jan 23, 2009

Michelle rated it

This book was fun, though the male main character could have been developed a little more.

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May 15, 2010

Heidi rated it

Shelves: 2010, american, fantasy, fiction, romance, young-adult, vampires

Significantly better than all the prior books in this series. Actually made me look forward to the next set.

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Mar 15, 2011

Amy Jeebui rated it

This book opened my eyes to the prospect of reincarnation. Hannah Snow didn't realise that she was an old soul-reincarnated over & over until she could be with Thierry, Lord of the Night World. From here, I also discovered the origins of vampire & witch. Worth the read :)

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Jun 17, 2010

Mila Wiedeman rated it

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This story showed that if you are willing to never give up, you will eventually prevail. Even if it takes a few centuries :)

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Aug 05, 2009

Sophie *Ninja Rapunzel* rated it

i loved this book.. thierry is soo cute!! and hannah kinda annoyed me, but in the end she came thru :)

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Aug 13, 2009

Amanda rated it

Recommends it for: fans of vampire romance & LJ Smith

Shelves: ya-scifi-fantasy, vampires

An old favorite - I never get tired of reading LJ Smith's Night World series!

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Dec 14, 2011

Patricia Marie rated it

Shelves: read-2011, night-world-series, lj-smith, reviews

Soulmate is the sixth book of L.J. Smith’s Night World series. The book wasn’t as good as the other ones. Now I clearly understand what all the Night World books really want to say. Okay. Sorry if it took me six books to realize what it was.
L.J. Smith did it again! Unfortunately this book was one of the most boring books of this series. Sorry. I’m not a fan of vampire+human=love. SORRY. And it was too pathetic when Maya, the first vampire, died. It was like WTH!? And the fact that a human...more

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