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Night World, No. 2: Dark Angel; The Chosen; Soulmate (Night World #4-6)
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L.J. Smith
Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World.
In Dark Angel, Gillian is saved from drowning by her guardian angel. Only visible to Gillian, Angel will fulfill her heart's every desir...more
In Dark Angel, Gillian is saved from drowning by her guardian angel. Only visible to Gillian, Angel will fulfill her heart's every desir...more
Paperback, Omnibus, 662 pages
Published
November 24th 2009
by Simon Pulse
(first published December 1st 1996)
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So far, Night World is my favorite L.J. Smith series, because it is the most cracktastic. It is full of the kinds of stuff your sixteen-year-old id comes up with and incorporates into your private vast crossover-ridden original fiction playground. (Everybody mashes up all their favorite characters and tropes into a personal fantasy playground when they're sixteen, right? Right? Guys?) It has a secret history of the world, in which there is a Night World of witches, vampires, and shapeshifters, w...more
A collection of three books set in the Night World--the home of vampires, werewolves, and witches. Their rules are strict: fall in love with a human and break all of them.
Dark Angel: Gillian is saved from drowning by her guardian angel, someone only she can see and hear. He wants to help her become the person she's always wanted to be: popular, noticeable, likable. Most importantly she wants to attract the attention of the boy she's had a crush on ever since she started noticing boys...more
Dark Angel: Gillian is saved from drowning by her guardian angel, someone only she can see and hear. He wants to help her become the person she's always wanted to be: popular, noticeable, likable. Most importantly she wants to attract the attention of the boy she's had a crush on ever since she started noticing boys...more
The Nightworld series read like fanfiction, but don't let that deter you. It read like GOOD fanfiction (which, believe me, is hard to find!). While Smith's writing is easy to follow and simply flows, she gets down to business realtively quickly in each story. Evidently most people showing interest in this book is for the supernatural romance. And if you want a simple love story to pass the time without sitting through poorly constructed drivel comparable to Twilight, this is a good choice. It, l...more
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Dark Angel: I really like this plot idea. I've never read a book about an "angel" before. I liked Gary as a character, but he would have been cooler if her were more sinister and hadnt given up so easily. The characters are really cool too!
The Chosen: I love Quinn! Holy crap he is awesome. I was angry at him when he bit her, because that is her nightmare. I think it was out of character for Rashel to not care so much, but I guess the Soulmate principle changed things... I also li...more
The Chosen: I love Quinn! Holy crap he is awesome. I was angry at him when he bit her, because that is her nightmare. I think it was out of character for Rashel to not care so much, but I guess the Soulmate principle changed things... I also li...more
In Dark Angel a “thing” that calls himself Angel brought Gillian Lennox back to life after a near death experience! He became her best friend and best go to guy. He Helped changed her life, by giving her what every teenage girl wants- “to be popular”! Angel also gave her advice on how to make her crush…David Blackburn, well… ahhh… crush back? Until “ Angel AKA phantom” starts making peculiar requests and people start getting hurt. In trying to rid herself from Angel, Gillian learns about her...more
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I loved the story line, it was very intense. The writing was very simple and easy to comprehend, which made the book not much of a challenge at all. This can be both a positive and a negative. On one hand, It was easy for me to dive into Smith's writing with lots of commotion going on. But, I didn't feel that I gained anything new from reading NightWorld 2. I typically like to be challenged by the books I read, but this was an easy story to blow through in a few days. It seems like a huge book (...more
As I said before, I really don't like these covers but after reading the first book in the series I just had to read this one. I mean HAD to. I was/am in love with these books. They portrayed exactly what I wanted in a book at the time. Paranormal romance, a little action, and most importantly, a storyline that actually moves *cough* unlike Twilight *cough*.
At the time they were perfect for me. And at the time I really didn't have an eye for detail. I thought 'These stories are just...more
At the time they were perfect for me. And at the time I really didn't have an eye for detail. I thought 'These stories are just...more
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In "The Chosen", from volume 2 of Night World, Rashel is a 17-year-old vampire hunter bent on revenge. Wanting to avenge her mother and Timmy by killing the vampire who killed them, she learns all she can about the Night World and kills every vampire who she happens to see or that is in her area.
Being without any relatives or friends Rashel travels from foster family to foster family killing every vampire she happens to come across. Then, one night while staking out a ware...more
Being without any relatives or friends Rashel travels from foster family to foster family killing every vampire she happens to come across. Then, one night while staking out a ware...more
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So in this second installment of the Night World Series we have three different stories that are loosely connected. The First one, Dark Angel, we meet Gillian, an average teenager who just wants to be popular in school and date her crush. Things turn for her as a boy, Angel, gives her advice and helps her through school, but is he ultimately good or is there something sinister underneath?
In the second story, The Chosen, Rashel is a vampire hunter. She kicks butt and she does it with fancy ...more
In the second story, The Chosen, Rashel is a vampire hunter. She kicks butt and she does it with fancy ...more
This is a combination of my individual reviews for Night World 4: Dark Angel, Night World 5: The Chosen, and Night World 6: Soulmate.
I would give this collection a 3-3.5 out of 5. Smith continues her Night World series with Gillian and a guardian angel, Rashel the vampire-hunter with a vampire soulmate, and Hannah and Thierry, the original soulmates.
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Night World #4: Dark Angel, by L. J. Smith
At first "Dark Angel" doesn't seem like a ...more
I would give this collection a 3-3.5 out of 5. Smith continues her Night World series with Gillian and a guardian angel, Rashel the vampire-hunter with a vampire soulmate, and Hannah and Thierry, the original soulmates.
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Night World #4: Dark Angel, by L. J. Smith
At first "Dark Angel" doesn't seem like a ...more
Do I have to say... or is it obvious that this book is hundred...no...thousand times better than Night World No1! Contains some spoilers:-
Dark Angel: I loved Gillian...Strong and sweet Character.Gary "Angel" was mysterious and very interesting and David was hmm...ok...as usual as I always say...I love Dark Bad Characters...so Gary is my type :D Characters were good...now comes the story line...Story was absolutely amazing. The ending was great too ...the first line itself ga...more
Dark Angel: I loved Gillian...Strong and sweet Character.Gary "Angel" was mysterious and very interesting and David was hmm...ok...as usual as I always say...I love Dark Bad Characters...so Gary is my type :D Characters were good...now comes the story line...Story was absolutely amazing. The ending was great too ...the first line itself ga...more
This was not quite as strong as the first volume of Night World, but it had its charms. The volume contains three novels:
"Dark Angel": This was very entertaining. If the heroine had been a little more mature and spunky, it would have been even better, as she faces off against a very threatening villain.
"The Chosen": The weakest Night World tale I've read so far, this one was just dull, with a Buffy rip-off heroine and a love interest who is too muc...more
"Dark Angel": This was very entertaining. If the heroine had been a little more mature and spunky, it would have been even better, as she faces off against a very threatening villain.
"The Chosen": The weakest Night World tale I've read so far, this one was just dull, with a Buffy rip-off heroine and a love interest who is too muc...more
In Night World #2 there are three parts Dark Angel, Chosen and Soul-mate and In each story a human and a creature of the night world fall in love and turn out to be soul mates and join the daybreak circle which is a circle that has both human and night people in it. In "soul-mate" all the characters from the previous stories meet and together they form the daybreak circle and all of them are wanted dead because they broke the night world laws.
The 4th part "Dark Angel"...more
The 4th part "Dark Angel"...more
WARNING: THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS!
Dark Angel
Gillian seemed to me a very gullible person. I understand that she thinks she owes her life to "Angel" but there were way too many signs pointing to the obvious. Cutting your hair isn't that outrageous so that was okay, and even some of the things she was saying and doing to be popular seemed harmless. But what with the spells against those girls? That's where I would have drawn the line. And even though the other things...more
Dark Angel
Gillian seemed to me a very gullible person. I understand that she thinks she owes her life to "Angel" but there were way too many signs pointing to the obvious. Cutting your hair isn't that outrageous so that was okay, and even some of the things she was saying and doing to be popular seemed harmless. But what with the spells against those girls? That's where I would have drawn the line. And even though the other things...more
Dark Angel: This is one of my favorite books in the series. The plot twisted and left the reader in shock at the end. I think so many can relate to Gillian. She was basically invisible to the world until an angel came to bring out her beauty and give her an admirable personality. Through this she finds that her soul mate is her crush. She also finds herself. I was so happy at the end when Thomas was forgiven so he could forgive himself.
The Chosen: You can't help but admire Rashel for b...more
The Chosen: You can't help but admire Rashel for b...more
Same as the first one, I'm giving this three stars, though if Goodreads allowed half-star ratings, this would have been 3 and a half stars, just because I liked this compilation better than the first volume. The first book (Dark Angel) gets 2 stars because of the maudlin dialogue but the latter stories (The Chosen, Soulmate) get 3 stars each; Soulmate because of sentimental value I suppose (this was the first Night World book I read) and the characters were good looking AND more kickass than man...more
The second omnibus volume to L.J. Smith’s popular Night World Series does not disappoint. Rather, it surpassed all of my expectations and reminded me why I will, forever, read everything and anything published by Ms. Smith. This set of stories contains the usual elements of a L.J. Smith story that we have all come to know and love-the stories are intriguing, fast paced, and all around captivating; the characters are sexy, dangerous, witty, and well-rounded; and the universe is more developed and...more
Night world by L.J.Smith
Volume 2 : Dark Angel,The Chosen , Soulmate
Characters
Book One: Gillian Lennon, David Blackburn, Angel
Book Two: Rachel Jordan, John Quinn, Timmy
Book Tree: Hannah Snow, Thievery Descriptors
Vampires, werewolves, witches, shape shifters -- they live among us .
Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules.
And falling in love or tel an Human/mandarin breaks all laws ...more
Volume 2 : Dark Angel,The Chosen , Soulmate
Characters
Book One: Gillian Lennon, David Blackburn, Angel
Book Two: Rachel Jordan, John Quinn, Timmy
Book Tree: Hannah Snow, Thievery Descriptors
Vampires, werewolves, witches, shape shifters -- they live among us .
Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules.
And falling in love or tel an Human/mandarin breaks all laws ...more
Dark Angel:
This one is probably the least favourite one in the series so far. I didn't like it that much, but thought it was okay-ish. :/ The main character, Gillain, annoyed me a lot. She got on my nerves constantly. Angel annoyed me to.. he was always in her head and I was screaming 'Leave the girl alone! Let her be herself!' *sigh* -.- And the boy, David, didn't have much of a personality... he wasn't really a stand out for me. I think their relationship was a lie for some reason.. bec...more
This one is probably the least favourite one in the series so far. I didn't like it that much, but thought it was okay-ish. :/ The main character, Gillain, annoyed me a lot. She got on my nerves constantly. Angel annoyed me to.. he was always in her head and I was screaming 'Leave the girl alone! Let her be herself!' *sigh* -.- And the boy, David, didn't have much of a personality... he wasn't really a stand out for me. I think their relationship was a lie for some reason.. bec...more
Well...what can I say? I liked this *really, really*! The first story is Dark Angel...when a introverted girl falls into a winter creek and dies, she is returned by an Angel that helps guide her into becoming the most popular girl at school. He then tells her she is descended from a line of powerful witches and helps her try spells...she isn't comfortable with the meanness in these spells and comes to wonder if her "Guardian Angel" is REALLY an angel or something from the darker sid...more
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i just finished this book yesterday it is good i am glad that i decided to start reading this book i read the first one and it was good but i wasnt going to read it but then i was bored and i didnt feel like doing my school work so i decided that i should start reading it and i am glad i did so since i finished this book dis morning it was good the people that are i the first volume are in this book but i am not going to tell you what part of this volume but i recommend that if you start reading...more
First of all, this collection was a significant improvement over the first in the series. While the reading level is still on the low end of things (I would say middle school); the plots were more interesting, the writing flowed more, and Smith draws a more intriguing group of characters…carrying your interest from page to page. I really appreciate how she focuses in on the female protagonists; giving them diverse personalities and strengths; letting themselves sort through the problems presente...more
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| vampire fans!!: Soulmate | 1 | 1 | Aug 04, 2011 06:04am | |
| vampire fans!!: Dark Angel | 1 | 1 | Aug 04, 2011 06:03am |
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