They overcome petty jealousies, make real connections with each other, and generally mature and grow as humans based on their experiences fighting Julian. The other main characters of Audrey, Dee, Michael and Zack also change by the end of the third book. He grows to appreciate Jenny and gains some humility too. He won’t even say he loves her, and they have been dating since they were kids. Tom, Jenny’s boyfriend, starts the first book taking Jenny for granted.
By the end of the series she has rescued him three times and has started to think about what she wants out of the future. She dresses the way he likes and wears her hair the way he prefers. Jenny at the start is very dependent on her boyfriend. The best thing about this series is that the characters grow and change from the start to the end. I enjoyed revisiting this trilogy, and listened to it three times all the way through on Audible. Surprisingly enough, most of the books held up upon review. Ladies, I think we all know a guy like this.Įach book is Julian forcing or tricking the group into playing a different kind of game, with Jenny set up as the main player and the grand prize. Jenny turns him down several times through the trilogy and he continues to pursue her anyway, whining about how they belong together and she needs to stop dating jocks because they don’t deserve her. Instead he has to trick her and her friends into this game where she is literally the prize. Like a typical creep, Julian cannot just ask Jenny out. That is probably not the part about you constantly watching her for eleven years that bothers her, Julian! When she realizes the implications of this, Julian assures her he does not care if she is wearing makeup or sweat pants or has messy hair. Turns out Julian is in love with Jenny! He has been in love with her since she was five (gross) and has been secretly watching her since then (also gross). They are malevolent and tricky and love to play games and fulfill wishes with unintended consequences. The Shadow Men are an ancient race of creatures who are the basis of most fairy tales and mythology. Julian is a Shadow Man, described in each book as “like the sandman but he gives you nightmares.” The board game takes them to the Shadow Realm where they meet Julian.
One day she and her friends play a board game that sucks them inside, like Jumanji. Jenny Thornton is a junior in high school. There is a distinct lack of cell phones and internet, and only one computer which makes an appearance briefly.
The Forbidden Game trilogy consists of three books - “The Hunter,” “The Chase,” and “The Kill.” The series came out in the mid- to late-90s and it shows. While the Night World series never got any kind of satisfying ending - and I am still salty about it, Lisa Jane - Smith did manage to finish several other series, including my guilty pleasure - The Forbidden Game.
Book ten, which Smith promised would tie up all our lose ends and answer all questions, was, apparently, last heard about in 2012. Now, sadly, Lisa Jane Smith never finished her magnum opus of the Night World series. Smith book in publication - and then buy my mom a new house. In eighth grade we had a writing prompt about what we would do with a million dollars. Night World is about humans, vampires, werewolves and witches coexisting, falling in love and fulfilling prophesies. She is also the author of the much better Night World series. Smith is the author of the “The Vampire Diaries,” which has been poorly adapted into a CW television series.