Battle of the Souls

                There are so many things that I could say about L.J. Smith’s writing. Author of The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle and my personal favorite, the Night World series, she has a unique talent to tell stories of the supernatural. Speaking of the Night World series, I am almost halfway through my blog series on it. The next novel in Book 2 is Soulmate, and based on the title, I bet you can guess what it’s about. Yes, it’s about two people with connections to the Night World who find each other as soulmates.

                Thierry Descourdes is a Lord of the Night World. Being the second made vampire in history has had its perks for Thierry, a large mansion in Las Vegas, a flock of bodyguards and enough resources to find anyone on earth.  But there is only one he wants to find. He has looked for her for each generation since they first met thousands of years ago. His soulmate. He never even learned her name the first time they met, but he said he find her.

                In a small town in Montana, Hannah Snow walks into a therapy sessions unaware of what will happen. The first time, she is almost attacked by a werewolf, and the next time she goes to therapy, she finds herself under hypnosis. Under this, she sees her first life when her name was Hana of the Three Rivers and when she first saw the boy with the soft eyes that her tribe called a demon. When she tried to set him free, and thought she would never see him again.

                But, they were destined to meet again someday. When Thierry shows up on Hannah’s doorstep, Hannah remembers the truth about what he is, a vampire, what he is to her, her soulmate, and what he’s done to her. Apparently he’s a killer. The boy with the lost brown eyes has killed her in a=all her lives before she turns seventeen. What scares Hannah is that her birthday is in a few days. Her seventeenth birthday.

                Hannah’s situation gets dangerous and complicated as her relationship with Thierry and a strange woman named Maya increase. With the visions of her past haunting her dreams and her therapy sessions, Hannah recalls the real truth bit by bit. But it may be too late when she pieces it all together. Well-written again from L.J. Smith, and a classic tale of the battle between good and evil in one girl’s life.

RED’S ALL STAR REVIEW: 4 out of 5. Best of Book 2 in my opinion. Not too much action, a bit at the end and various parts in the middle, but a ton on mystery and suspense.

MASS APPEAL: Supernatural, mystery and suspense thriller book seekers will love, especially those with a love for reincarnated cave princesses or blood thirsty vampires. But please, read the whole series before you start this book, or it won’t make much sense. 

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