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What follows is a series of stand-alone yet interrelated stories that tell what happens when (wait for it...) these rules get broken. The first four or so books set the ground-work for the series as a whole, introducing characters who turn up in later books and concepts such as the Soulmate Principle and Circle Daybreak, as well as the mythos and history of the Night World. Book Six, ''Soulmate'', introduces the onset of the apocalypse. The rest of the series deals with the measures that good and evil forces take to prepare for it.

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=== This series provides examples of: ===

* [[Action Girl]]: Three in particular: Rashel Jordan, Jez Redfern and Raksha Keller.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: There are some extra stories on her website that show other part of characters' lives. [http://www.ljanesmith.net/stories.php Link.]

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* [[Better As Friends]]: Jez and Hugh.

* [[Bigger Bad]]: In ''Witchlight'', the gang goes up against an astoundingly powerful [[The Dragon|dragon]], who tells them he was woken from his slumber by "a witch who is not a witch." Whoever ''that'' is, is bound to be even more terrifying.

* [[Big Screwed Up Family]]: The Redferns, starting ''all'' the way back with its founder, Maya, who drank the blood of babies to achieve immortality, turned a fellow tribesman into the first made vampire against his will, and fought her sister to the death.

* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: The Redferns, starting ''all'' the way back with its founder, Maya, who drank the blood of babies to achieve immortality, turned a fellow tribesman into the first made vampire against his will, and fought her sister to the death.

** The Harmans fare a little better, but ''not'' when they are forced to marry into the Redfern clan.

* [[Blind Seer]]: Aradia.

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* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Pierce}} in ''Huntress'' and {{spoiler|Jaime, who is actually [[The Dragon]] in disguise}} in ''Witchlight''.

* [[Narm]]: Quite a few silly bits, but special mention has to be made of the covert SWAT team in ''Witchlight'' who drive around on their secret missions in a ''white limousine''. At one stage they even illegally park it on the footpath.

* [[Non Action Guy]]: Hugh. He does his best though, bless him.

* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Hugh. He does his best though, bless him.

* [[Our Ghouls Are Creepier]]: In this continuity, ghouls are humans that did not successfully complete the transition into vampirehood, leaving them nearly brain-dead, difficult to kill, and with an insatiable bloodthirstiness. They're also really, really gross.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: As with ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' the only aspects of vampirism retained from folklore is their need for human blood, and their immortality. Unlike ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' the condition is not glamorised, and is considered a somewhat lonely, melancholy state of existence.

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* [[Schedule Slip]]: Nine books done at a pace normal for the length...the span between the ninth and tenth is a decade and counting.

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Ash and Mary-Lynette. Complete with literal slapping.

* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]: All the couples to some extent, considering they're all breaking the No. 2 rule of Night World society, but Rashel and Quinn get special mention: he's a vampire, she's a vampire hunter (and yes, ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' is referenced by another character).

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: All the couples to some extent, considering they're all breaking the No. 2 rule of Night World society, but Rashel and Quinn get special mention: he's a vampire, she's a vampire hunter (and yes, ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' is referenced by another character).

* [[Theme Naming]]: It is traditional for lamia to be named after natural things (birds, plants or precious stones); ie. Rowan, Kestrel, Jade, Garnet, Lily, Dove, Hunter (all of whom belong to the Redfern clan). There is also the tradition of any werecreature being named after whatever animal s/he happens to be able to change into in his/her native language.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Gillian in ''Dark Angel''. Would you go investigate a strange noise, in a forest, by yourself, in the middle of winter? ''By yourself?'' {{spoiler|Somewhat subverted in that she ''does'' actually die from this stupidity...}}

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* [[Was It All a Lie]]: Poppy, upon Phil's fight with James.

* [[We Are Everywhere]]: They are, as James points out.

* [[Well Intentioned Extremist]]: The Lancers of ''The Chosen''.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: The Lancers of ''The Chosen''.

* [[Witch Species]]: Way back in the beginning of the world there was a 'blessed tribe' and now they're a race.

* [[The White Prince]]: Delos, who has been raised in a kingdom cut off from the human world, and with very little idea of what's going on in the outside world (or in his own kingdom, judging from his reaction to Jeanne's scars).