LJ Smith won a legion of fans with *The Vampire Diaries*, which surpassed the impressive milestone of one million copies sold in Brazil alone. In 2010, her books sold over 4 million copies in the United States. A benchmark in the youth pop universe, the collection has spawned several spin-offs. In addition to the eponymous TV series, it spawned a sort of 'subseries.' The return, new adventures centered on the same characters but in a different timeframe, comes to a close in this third volume. *Midnight* continues the plot begun in *Dark Souls*. Elena can hardly believe she managed to rescue Stefan from the terrible prison where he found himself, desperate and on the brink of madness. But such a rescue came at a heavy cost. Back at Fell's Church, Stefan is so weakened that even his beloved's powerful blood seems incapable of restoring his strength, and Damon is the target of a powerful, almost unimaginable magic that transforms him into the being he most abhors: a human. Willing to do anything to regain his former power, Damon doesn't hesitate to deceive his friends to get what he wants, and not even Bonnie's insistence can stop him from returning to the ominous Dark Dimension. But what he didn't expect was that she would also stop at nothing to convince him to stay, and they both end up lost in that inhospitable world, with no way to return. Stefan and Elena can't abandon their innocent friend to the mercy of the ruthless Damon, so they leave Matt and Meredith behind and rush back to the Dark Dimension in search of Bonnie. But while the powerful couple embarks on this perilous journey, their friends find themselves trapped in their own town. Fell's Church is under threat; the kitsune demons' plan finally reaches its climax, and terrifying events unfold day by day. Dangerous spirits have taken over the town, and the children seem to be succumbing to the demonic hordes. And as they try to stop the advance of the Last Midnight, Matt and Meredtih will discover that the origin of this evil is darker – and closer – than they could ever imagine.
