Vampire Huntress Legend

A vampire series by L.A. Banks following Damali Richards, the ultimate vampire huntress, and her team as they fight...well vampires and other supernatural beings, which are in this series demons from Hell that mainly attack people with darkness in their hearts. This job becomes more difficult when Carlos Rivera, Damali's love interest, is turned into a vampire because of his lifestyle as a drug dealer. The twelve-book series uses religious and mythological lore as the Neteru team fights demons while becoming physically and emotionally stronger, whereas Carlos works as a Reverse Mole for Damali's team, ultimately   Afterwards, the series shifts from fighting random vampires to fighting Satan's wife Lilith, who is setting up the Apocalypse while tending to the Antichrist, who will rule the world it not stopped.

The twelve books in the series are:
 * The Minion
 * The Awakening
 * The Hunted
 * The Bitten
 * The Forbidden
 * The Damned
 * The Forsaken
 * The Wicked
 * The Cursed
 * The Darkness
 * The Shadows
 * The Thirteenth

Besides these, there are short stories exploring what some characters were during before the start of the series, and ones called Between the Books that tell stories about things that happened between the books. The latter stories can be read on the series website http://www.vampirehuntress.com. A comic series taking place after the last book will begin in July.


 * Backstory: Bits of many characters' histories are shown throughout the series, with Damali and Carlos', Rider and Tara's, and Jose and  having short stories outside of the series.
 * Badass Decay: When Carlos, he believes that this has happened to him because    Turns out,    Go figure.
 * Badass Crew: Started off as Damali, her Mother Seer Marlene, and her five "big brothers", and ended as conglomerate of Battle Couples who would protect everyone with their lives.
 * Badass Family: The Berkfields, especially when   Badassness increases when
 * Berserk Button: In general, anytime anyone in the Neteru group gets hurt, specifically their partner. Others include anytime   is brought up around Rider,   is brought up around Yonnie, and anytime Inez thinks that her daughter Ayana is in danger.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Heather, the sweetest person on the Neteru team,
 * Birds of a Feather: JL and Krissy. Both spend all their time on the team's computers, and even   before the end of the series.
 * Bookworm: JL and Krissy again, when they're not...
 * Badass Bookworm: Helping the team fight the legions of Hell.
 * Break the Cutie: Krissy after seeing demons corrupt young people like herself,, and Heather    Heather's husband,  , is also broken by the above spoiler, but completely loses it when
 * Break the Haughty: Carlos has several spectacular ones throughout the series.
 * But You Can't Be Pregnant!:
 * The Chains of Commanding: Averted with Damali, but played straight with Carlos, who stresses over not being strong enough to protect everyone.
 * Chekhov's Gunman:  all appear in the series before they become imperative to the plot.
 * Chekhov's Skill: Dan's management skills and Damali's singing abilities really come in handy throughout the series.
 * Children Are Innocent: Outright stated in the series.
 * Daddy's Girl: Ayana is this to, subverted in that
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Shabazz, who  before the start of the series, but moreso Yonnie, who
 * Dark Is Evil: Most of the villains in the series are residents of Hell, but...
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Both  worked as Reverse Moles during their time as Vampire Councilmen.  Tara, , and two half-demons from Nod were never evil in the first place.  Subverted, however, with Gabby, who helped the Neteru team, but  , and the citizens of Nod, who were neither evil nor good at first, but most of them became evil when
 * Light Is Not Good:
 * Fatal Flaw: Carlos's, and somewhat Damali's, is Pride.
 * Female Angel, Male Demon: Mostly played staight, but subverted with Lilith and the vampire wives.
 * Flaw Exploitation: The vampire council uses this effectively against the heroes.
 * Good Costume Switch:  traded in their tailored suits for jeans and T-shirts once they stop working for the Vampire Council.
 * Good Is Impotent: Averted, although Carlos believed so in the beginning.
 * Historical Hero Upgrade:  are basically historical, mythological, and biblical people made into
 * Historical Villain Upgrade:  are all made vampires in this series.
 * Home, Sweet Home:
 * Hormone-Addled Teenager: Krissy becomes this way
 * Light Is Good: Most of the characters against the Legions of Hell are working for Heaven/Nirvana/whatever different religions called their most hallowed place.
 * Menacing Stroll: Carlos, Fallon Nuit, Lilith, and the Devil himself have all done this before.
 * Mook Face Turn: Yonnie was just a random third-gen vampire when he was first introduced. When , however, he becomes completely loyal to Carlos, and therefore the entire Neteru team.  By the end of the series, this turns out well for him.
 * Opposites Attract: Damali and Carlos, and.
 * Orcus on His Throne: Lucifer basically sits around in the seventh level of Hell while his wife Lilith and her minions do all the dirty work. Subverted, in that.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Most of the vampires,
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Fiery, passionate, aggressive Damali and calm, cool, collected Carlos. Their zodiac signs are even Leo (fire sign) and Scorpius (water sign), respectively!
 * Screaming Warrior: Val, more than likely because she.
 * Shoot the Dog: Victims include Raven,, and    This nearly happens to Yonnie, but
 * Smoking Is Cool: Rider. Subverted in that he stops eventually.
 * What the Hell, Hero?:  was her way of giving this to Carlos.
 * Wild Card: The Light calls Carlos theirs.
 * Wild Card: The Light calls Carlos theirs.