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Passion (Dark Visions)

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In this excitiong conclusion to The Dark Visions Trilogy Gabriel has left and joined up with Mr. Zetes. But Kait knows this isn't the real Gabriel. So she decides to save him. She leaves the group and pretends to team up with Zetes. But while there Kait starts exploring her feelings and realizes she is crazy in love and holds a deep burning passion for...Gabriel. Can Kait save the day? And who will she chose? Rob or Gabriel? The light or the dark?

Kaitlyn definately made the right choice!!! This was my favorite of the trilogy. It was AWESOME! Make sure you read this and all of L.J.'s other books.

Gabriel defects to Mr. Zetes side. He comes after Kaitlyn and her other three mind-mates to get the crystal shard. He doesnt succeed. After he leaves, Kait decides to try and save him. She leaves her friends and goes to the Zetes Institute. While on her way, she gets attacked by a guy with a nasty mind. Gabriel hears her screams, and saves her. She lies to him, saying she wants to be on his side. That she loves him. He believes her, until that night when he finds out. While doing some snooping, Kait gets caught. Will Gabriel try to help her? Or will he let them let her go insane? Will Kait chose Rob, the first boy she ever loved, or Gabriel? Light or Darkness?

This was a great third book for the Dark Vision trilogy. I LOVE who Kait choses. I dont think theres one book of L. J. Smiths that I dont like that I've read. She's a fabulous writer and they should reprint most of her books. I wish I was half the writer she is.

Gosh Lisa has done it again! This is the third of the Dark Visions Trilogy.

Gabriel has left the group and teamed with Mr.Z. When Gabriel fails to claim the crystal from the group Kaitlyn senses his weakness torwards her. So Kaitlyn takes it upon herself to destroy the evil crystal and help him at the same time. SO she heads off and pretends to team with Mr.Z as well. But what she didnt expect were the new house guests occupying the old house and her newly discovered love for Gabriel....you do the math!
This book was SO good I cant even explain it in words. I mean this book had my heart racing at times. And the ending was absolutely PERFECT I couldnt have asked for a better book!!!!!!!..... Oh yea Kaitlyn's big DECISION was ummm...well I think Kaitlyn's choice was pretty uh......interesting.

I mean the character Gabriel alone is more than enough reasons to buy this book! Only in my dreams would I EVER encounter someone half his character!
So PLEASE buy the book, buy the trilogy. But no dont stop there buy ALL her trilogies. No as a matter of fact buy ALL of L.J Smith books she's brilliant! Trust me Im pretty picky about my authors And she's at the very TOP of my list!!!

L. J. Smith does it again with her wonderful way a weaving mystery, horror and a little romance, too. Gabriel has left his mind mates to join the evil Zetes Institute. Kaitlyn has now also left the guy she loves to follow and bring Gabriel back. But when her plan goes wrong she finds herself once again caught in a tumlut of conspiricy. When Gabriel finds out she's a spy, will he turn her in? And then the final battle. Kait must finally chose between the two guys she love. Rob or Gabriel? Light or Darkness? Email me if you wanna chat about L. J. Smith...I love her!!! Midnite363@aol.com

'The Passion' is the conclusion to L. J. Smith's 'Dark Visions' trilogy that began with 'The Strange Power' which introduced us to five teenagers brought to the Zetes Institute to enhance their psychic abilities only to find that the man in charge has plans to change them into a psychic 'swat team'. The trilogy continued with 'The Possessed' in which the five of them (Kaitlyn, Gabriel, Rob, Lewis and Anna) were on the run from Mr Zetes in their search to find a mysterious house from their dreams where the Fellowship lived, a passive Utopian society rich in psychic powers thanks to the power of a large perfect crystal. However, their strict rules of conduct meant that one of their numbers - Gabriel - was forbidden to enter their dwelling-place. Blinded by their goodness and ridgid purity Gabriel summoned Mr Zetes and his band of 'dark psychics' that had dogged the teens on their road trip across the country, and together they destroyed the great crystal, leaving only a shard that was placed in Kaitlyn's care. With the Fellowship disbanded and Gabriel reverted to the 'bad guys', the teenagers only hope seemed to be to destroy the Institute from the inside - by using their crystal shard to destroy Mr Zetes own crystal.

As you can see it is impossible to read any of the books out of order as 'The Passion' starts right where the last one ended. Kaitlyn decides to abandon her boyfriend Rob and best friends Anna and Lewis to return to the Institute, in the attempt to both convert Gabriel back to the white hats and find the dark crystal in order to destroy it. She successfully infilterates the Institute and finds herself surrounded by enemies - not only is Gabriel a tad suspicious of her, but there is also her ex-mentor Joyce Piper who betrayed them, Mr Zetes's daughter Lydia, and the malevolent Mr Zetes himself. As well as this are the 'dark psychics' of Mr Zetes former group: John 'Jackal Mac' MacCorkendale, Laurie Frost, Paul 'Renny' Renfrew and Sabrina 'Bri' Jessica Gallo (where does she get these names?!) Along with the new faces comes a new range of psychic abilities such as astral projection, psychometry and dowsing.

Other plot strands include the love triangle between Kaitlyn, Rob and Gabriel; the continuing destruction of the Fellowship; Rob, Anna and Lewis's quest to help both Kaitlyn and the comatosed Marisol of book one; Kaitlyn's struggle to find acceptance among the dark psychics; the dark psychic's deadly missions, and of finding Mr Zetes's very first students...

A fault however, is that L. J. is far too preoccupied with looks - so much so that it begins to get ridiculous, as are her long-winded descriptions on how beautiful Kaitlyn is; silly descriptions such as "a medieval witch princess against the dawn" and "eyes that people called witchy, smoky blue with darker blue rings in them". At one point Kaitlyn actually stands in front of the mirror and thinks to herself - "I look extremely witchy. Like someone who might go walking down the street like this, barefoot, hair wild in the breeze, singing strange songs." Please! It's a bit much. Likewise the simile for Rob as a 'golden, avenging angel' is too overused.

All in all, fans of L. J. Smith should be satisfied with this concluding novel to the trilogy. Unlike her other books it does not deal as much with supernatural qualities (such as vampires and witches) but many of her trademark features are there such as her famous love triangles. For once her heroine chooses the 'bad boy' - quite unprecedented in L. J.'s history (Cassie chooses Adam over Nick, Elena chooses Stefan over Damon and Jenny chooses Tom over Julian). The dark psychics were interesting despite their wackiness - I hope everybody noticed they were symbolic opposites of the original five (two boys, two girls in each group with Gabriel as the fifth member of both). The story wraps up quite quickly for a swift happy ending, but all loose ends are tied up and readers get the standard happily ever after they were hoping for.

I throughlly enjoyed the dramatic conclusion to Dark Visons. My one complaint is that in the third book, L.J. all but drops the narrative around Anna, Lewis, and Rob, who are all interesintg characters, in favor for the cookie cutter pshcos like Bri and Frost. I also wish there could be a seqeul (heck, L.J. had one for Vampire Diaries) so we can see paticuaraly what Lydia's power is (and I imagine she has one) and whether they ever brake the link up (or more likely, how they do it) All in all a good read.

Kaitlyn Fairchild must choose between Gabriel or Rob's love, when she joins Dr. Zete's evil psychic team for the second time to destroy the evil crystal and break the psychic link with her four friends. When Kaitlyn was discovered as a traitor, it made me laugh and cry. Laugh at the reaction of her "went bad" friends, and cry at her punishment. I fell in love with Gabriel just like Kaitlyn when I learned of the risk he took to keep Kaitlyn safe during her punishment.The romance and horror put together in this book are great to make it one of my favorite books yet

Okay, now, this was GOOD. No, it was GREAT! Like all of Ms. Smith's books, 'The Passion' was well written and I love how Kaitlyn actually gets with Gabriel. In so many of her other books, the girl always chooses the 'good guy'. The characters are well developed and she's clearly put a lot of thought into this trilogy. The way Gabriel kept Kait sane was so romantic. It showed that he really was capable of caring. of course, I had no doubt about that since the beginning...

i loved this book so much i've lost got half of the pages jammed in it, looseleaf because i've read it so many times, the pages are torn sometimes from holding it too hard, the cover is *long* gone. the characters in this were so wonderful, you had to love them. the ending was beyond incredibly done, i loved it so much it depresses me every time i read it that i'm not Kait. you will most likely fall completely in love with Gabriel, who's got the Mulder-sadness-puppy dog appeal, along with the stand-offish-"like-i-care" thing. . . he's perfect. . . but that's not the only reason you should read it- it has an intelligent plot, and Ms. Smith writes it with complete abandon, as if tossing herself completely into the story and weaving a beautiful tapestry of intrigue.

This book was beautiful! Gabriel as a character had just the right amount of tortured and vulnerability to make him irrestible. Kaitlyn's personal conflict of who she really loves gives the reader a sense of really being in tune with her character. An excellent book altogether!