History Literature / DaughtersOfTheMoon

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Serena and Stanton were this for the longest time. In ''Into the Cold Fire'', Stanton tries to tell Serena that they've been starting to get involved romantically, but Zahi has been removing her memories of their time together. He's still firmly on the side of the Atrox at this time, so she doesn't believe him. He turns out to be telling the truth and they begin dating at the end, despite their relationship being forbidden. Next, in ''The Sacrifice'', the two are clearly in love with each other but Stanton wants the two of them to break up since they are under constant threat of regulators, he feels a continuous urge to turn her into a follower and doesn't want to hurt her. Serena refuses this, saying that their relationship is stronger than that but she does leave him after witnessing him attempting to turn an innocent girl to the Atrox, since she had come to believe he had stopped doing that. They get back together once the Daughters manage to shed Stanton of his bond to evil and he becomes human again, but he willingly turns to the Atrox in order to gain back his powers to protect Serena when she is almost fatally attacked by Lambert. The book ends with them broken up since Serena doesn't know that he turned to the Atrox to save her and is disgusted with him for becoming a follower again, but Stanton hopes that they will get back together someday since his new ranking now means their relationship would no longer be forbidden. Finally, in ''Possession'', Serena still claims to hate Stanton, despite the fact that she clearly misses him. She finally comes to realize why he turned back when he saves her from her cliff fall and is horrified when he is captured by the Infidi. She and the Daughters save him and the two unite their powers to fight off the Infidi. They are back together by the end of the book, and stay that way for the rest of the series.

*** What kicks off the whole story is [[spoiler Tianna]] attempting to use the Secret Scroll to defeat the Atrox, which ends with everyone but Jimena being captured.

** Jerome to Serena in ''Possession'', especially once he [[TheDarkSide becomes a follower]].

** Cassandra to Stanton in ''The Sacrifice''.

** Jerome is this to Serena in ''Possession'', especially once he [[TheDarkSide becomes a follower]].

** ''The Choice'': Jimena is [[spoiler: actually turning 17 instead of 16]].

* {{The Reveal}}:
** ''The Secret Scroll'': [[spoiler: Toby]] is actually a regulator.
** ''The Lost One'': Tianna is the fifth Daughter.
** ''Moon Demon'': [[spoiler:Hector]] is the demon.
** ''The Choice'': Jimena is [[spoiler: actually turning 17 instead of 16]].

* BaitAndSwitch: There's a subplot in ''Moon Demon'' with Vanessa trying to work up the nerve to tell Michael what she wants for her birthday and getting embarrassed just thinking about, with it being heavily implied that she wants to ask him if they can have sex. It turns out she just wanted to ask if she could sing in his band.

** ''The Choice'': Jimena is actually turning 17 instead of 16.

* ItsAllAboutMe: One of Serena's poems, about a girl and her demon lover, is based on her relationship with Stanton and the feelings that went along with it. After hearing it in class, Jerome instantly assumes that it's about him.

* MementoMacGuffin: ''The Secret Scroll'' opens with Catty receiving one from her recently-deceased birth mother. It's a school test of hers, but dated a week from them, which leads her to realize that something isn't right.

* MementoMacGuffin: ''The Secret Scroll' opens with Catty receiving one from her recently-deceased birth mother. It's a school test of hers, but dated a week from them, which leads her to realize that something isn't right.

** ''The Secret Scroll'': [[spoiler Toby]] spoiler: is actually a regulator.

* {{The Reveal}} - Finding out that there is a fifth Daughter, Tianna.

Although it probably wasn't intended as such, the series is notable for being a well-done example of a western [[MagicalGirl Magical Girl]] series, with [[ThePowerOfFriendship a team of girls]] having [[ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl powers]], [[MagicalAccessory magical trinkets]], [[InTheNameOfTheMoon a catchphase-esce prayer mantra]], [[MentorArchetype a mentor figure]], a love interest who's a [[BefriendingTheEnemy former bad guy]]-turned-[[MysteriousProtector mysterious protector]], [[CompleteMonster a villain ]]and [[MonsterOfTheWeek it's minions]], [[LoveInterests relationship drama]], etc. The only thing they're lacking is a transformation sequence, but they do get [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery dolled up in order to fight baddies]]. Not to mention it has an ''amazingly'' [[TurnOfTHeMillennium early 2000s aesthetic]].

* {{Stalker with a crush}} - Stanton to Serena during ''Into the Cold Fire'' and to Vanessa in ''Goddess of the Night''.

** Jerome does this a couple of times towards Serena in ''Possession''.