A Professional Summary:
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 ost 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 MAaggie, 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 kindgom 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...
Diana's Opinion:
I like this one and the many of the characters within it. Especially seeing the blind maiden. I also like how L.J.Smith tells the story about the Wild Power instead of the hunt for the Wild Power. Old castles...Vampire Princes...Legendary girls that walk along in pj's...hey...who could ask for anything more?
Faye's Opinion:
Black Dawn was a good book, I guess. I enjoyed the details with the shapeshifting, and I liked Delos. Delos was a cool guy. I wonder if his arm will give him trouble in the future... I wonder if there really are lost kingdoms in the Californian hills... Oh and I think that Sylvia was the bomb. I had to picture her as my friend Rachel, who has long blonde hair and always looks like she stepped out of a rennaissance painting. Okay, thats enough. Book was good, I liked it.
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