History Literature / Evernight

** ''Evernight'' ends with Bianca and Lucas being forced to part ways for their own safety, but they vow to always love one another and find a way to be together. Bianca is holds onto the hope that will see each other again.
** At the end of ''Stargazer'' [[spoiler: Bianca runs away from Evernight to be with Lucas; they're happy to be together but it's tainted by the fact Bianca has to leave her family and friends behind, they're currently stuck with Black Cross who will likely kill her if they figure out she's a vampire, plus ghosts are still coming after her]].

** The fifth book's ending. The main bitterness comes from the fact [[spoiler: Skye and Balthazar will have to face the constant threat of vampires coming after Skye for her blood, and her parents are still in denial about their son's death and will now lose their daughter too]].

* FantasticRacism: Vampires and humans are pretty prejudiced against each other and everybody hates ghosts (the feelings generally mutual).

* GothicHorror: Has some of the trappings of this genre, such as {{Haunted Heroine}}s (both literally and figuratively), a [[BigFancyHouse fancy]] but [[OldDarkHouse eerie]] old building with a secret past (and [[HauntedHouse ghosts]]!) as the main setting, [[StarcrossedLovers forbidden love]], [[ByronicHero brooding love interests]] with {{Dark and Troubled Past}}s, a reasonable amount of {{Angst}}, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] and more than a few {{Dark Secret}}s dragged to light. It's even set primarily in LovecraftCountry.

* JerkJock: Erich comes across as this. It turns out he’s much, much worse than that…
** Subverted by Craig. He comes across as one, though this is because we mostly see him from Skye's point of view: he dumped her shortly after sleeping with her for the first time for another girl, whilst she was grieving for her dead brother. However, Craig himself admits he made a mistake and that he had been intending to end things with Skye sooner, but put it off due to Dakota's death. He dumped Skye rather than cheat on her and clearly regrets his crappy timing. He also makes a huge effort to help Skye when she gets kidnapped.

'''''Evernight''''' is a series of young adult ParanormalRomance novels, published between 2008 and 2012. The series was written by Creator/ClaudiaGray (real name Amy Vincent); ''Evernight'' was her debut novel.

The series (with the exception of ''Balthazar'') revolves around Bianca Olivier, a teenage girl attending the mysterious [[AcademyOfAdventure Evernight Academy]], where she doesn't seem to fit in with the [[RichBitch snooty]], [[TheBeautifulElite predatory students]]. Bianca falls in love with a fellow outsider named Lucas Ross, but their relationship is threatened when they find themselves caught on opposite sides of a deadly conflict between [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] and [[VampireHunter the humans that hunt them]]. Surrounded by enemies on both sides and not knowing who to trust, Bianca and Lucas can only rely on each other to survive and uncover the secrets behind Evernight Academy. The series often draws comparisons to ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', for obvious reasons.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Bianca and Balthazar in ''Stargazer''. Balthazar clearly likes Bianca more than she likes him; she mostly thinks of him as a friend but does start to find him attractive as they spend more time together. However, she only gives in to her attraction to him out of loneliness after [[spoiler: she and Lucas break up, only for them to be interrupted . Nothing comes of it]].
** Skye and Balthazar in the fifth book, though it's more Balthazar's fault due to his rule against not being with humans. [[spoiler: They eventually resolve it]].

** Averted by Dana, who is described as being "black" or "dark skinned".

* AlienBlood: Wraiths have silver blood. Bianca is actually surprised they have blood at all considering they’re ghosts, though if they’re injured in a corporeal form they do indeed bleed. [[spoiler:Their blood is also usually toxic to vampires, burning them like acid]].

* AllMythsAreTrue: Averted: vampires and ghosts are real, but apparently witches and werewolves are not, or at least no one has ever found proof they exist.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: In Hourglass, this happens to both [[spoiler: Lucas, who becomes a vampire]] and [[spoiler: Bianca, who becomes a wraith]]. It actually works out okay for them in the end.

** Raquel and Dana become this after Raquel .

** Lucas and Bianca fight together on a few occasions (though Lucas initially does most of the fighting due to Bianca’s lack of experience).

* TheBeautifulElite: The 'Evernight types'. They're the top of the food chain at Evernight Academy, are extremely beautiful, elegant and otherworldly, and generally leave the other students awed and intimidated. They're also vampires.

** Raquel and Dana’s romantic relationship forms a minor subplot in ''Hourglass''. Because the books are primarily told from
** Craig and Britnee in ''Balthazar''. The novel is mostly focused on
* BetterAsFriends:
** Bianca and [[spoiler: Balthazar]] decide this in ''Stargazer''.
** Raquel and Vic, due in no small part to Raquel being a lesbian.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Madison, sort of. She was always clearly bitchy, but it takes Skye (and by extension, the reader) a while to realise just how bad she is.

** Evernight ends with Bianca and Lucas being forced to part ways for their own safety, but they vow to always love one another and find a way to be together. Bianca is holds onto the hope that will see each other again.
** at the end of Stargazer [[spoiler: Bianca runs away from Evernight to be with Lucas; they’re happy to be together but it’s tainted by the fact Bianca has to leave her family and friends behind, they’re currently stuck with Black Cross who will likely kill her if they figure out she's a vampire, plus ghosts are still coming after her]].
** Afterlife: [[spoiler: Lucas’ humanity is restored, Bianca and Lucas can finally be together openly and with her parents’ acceptance, Mrs Bethany has been defeated, and the vampires, wraiths and humans of Evernight are saved. It’s not a straight HappilyEverAfter though, due to a few factors: Lucas will inevitably die someday while Bianca is , though he says that living on in Bianca is fine by him, Balthazar is still all alone (though this is resolved in the SpinOff when he falls in love with Skye), Lucas will probably never see his mother again and Black Cross will be hunting them.]]
** The fifth book, though it has a much happier ending compared to the others. The main bitterness comes from the fact [[spoiler: Skye and Balthazar will have to face the constant threat of vampires coming after her for her blood, and her parents are still in denial about their son's death and will now lose their daughter too]].

* AbusiveParents:
** Raquel’s parents just about qualify, for basically ignoring their daughter’s existence and forcing her go to Evernight.
** Lucas’s mother Kate, for forcing him to become a VampireHunter from childhood and later for [[spoiler:trying to kill him after he’s turned into a vampire.]]
%%* AcademyOfAdventure: Evernight Academy.
* ActionGirl:
** Dana, along with the majority of the female members of Black Cross (although some them stray into DarkActionGirl territory).
** [[MamaBear Celia]] and [[SilkHidingSteel Patrice]] get to do some ass-kicking as well.
* AdultsAreUseless: Most of the adults are either oblivious, unhelpful or outright trying to murder the protagonists. This isn’t quite as clear-cut as it seems though, as some of the helpful characters look to be in their teens but are actually hundreds of years old due to being vampires.
* AerithAndBob: On one hand, you get names like Kate, Lucas, Adrian, Bianca, Courtney and Vic. On the other, you have names like Charity, Balthazar, Patrice, and Ranulf. This is justified in that most of the characters with unusual names are vampires, who are hundreds of years old and from different cultures. Bianca actually lampshades Balthazar’s weird name, stating that only he could’ve pulled it off.
* AgeGapRomance: A [[DownplayedTrope slight example]] between Bianca and Lucas. When they first get together she assumes he's sixteen or nearly seventeen, the same age as her. However, she subsequently learns he's actually "nineteen and change", making him three years older. Three years isn't ''that'' big a deal (and she herself doesn't find it to be the most shocking thing he hid from her considering he turns out to be a vampire hunter, while she's part vampire) though they only just qualify for the [[AgeGapAlgebra "half your age plus seven"]] rule. It's worth noting she's legally over the age of consent for Massachusetts (sixteen years old) [[spoiler:and they don't actually have sex until she's nearly eighteen, by which time Lucas is almost twenty-one and the gap isn't so notable anymore (TheirFirstTime happens in the state of Pennsylvania, where the age of consent is sixteen, so they're still legally in the clear as well)]]. Considering Bianca's own parents have centuries between them and her other love interest Balthazar is chronologically around three hundred years older (and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld physically nineteen]]), it's unsurprising she doesn't find it that weird, while Lucas himself never got to have much of a childhood/adolescence and date classmates before meeting Bianca.
* AlienBlood: Wraiths have silver blood.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: A downplayed example; Balthazar's love for Bianca, who is in love with Lucas, forms a subplot in the series.

* AnIcePerson: Wraiths have cryokinetic-like powers; the temperature drastically lowers when they're around and they can make frost creep along the walls or cover a whole room with ice.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: ''Balthazar'' ends like this, [[spoiler: with Balthazar and Skye preparing to ride off into the night to an uncertain future, but glad that the BigBad is defeated and they can finally be together]].
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Happens to [[spoiler: Lucas, who becomes a vampire]] and [[spoiler: Bianca, who becomes a wraith]]. It actually works out okay for them in the end.
* AssholeVictim:
** Erich, who is staked by Lucas after he realizes he intends to kill Raquel.
** Balthazar mentions that back when he killed humans, he deliberately chose these kinds of people, though he ultimately still felt bad about it.
* AxCrazy: Charity. Just, Charity. Her hobbies include murdering people, her extremely unhealthy, love-hate obsession with [[CainAndAbel her brother]] (which extends to [[StalkerWithoutACrush stalking]] her brother's unrequited love interest and ''her'' love interest, too), chucking people into dried out diving pools for the '[[ForTheEvulz lols]]' and decapitating people with [[KnifeNut knives]]. Even ''other vampires'' are terrified of her because of utterly batshit insane she is.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Lucas (twice)]]. In ''Hourglass'', [[spoiler: Charity]] kills [[spoiler: him]] but he [[spoiler: comes back as a vampire. He then gets stabbed by a stake soaked in holy water, leaving him as good as dead, but Bianca uses her wraith powers to resurrect him - permanently, as a human]].
* BadassNormal: Vic and Skye ([[spoiler: well, at first, in Skye's case]]).

** Raquel and Dana.
** Celia and Adrian.
** Lucas and Bianca (though Lucas initially does most of the fighting).
** [[spoiler: Mrs Bethany]] and [[spoiler: her husband Christopher, when he was alive]].
* TheBeautifulElite: The 'Evernight types'. They're the top of the food chain at Evernight Academy, are extremely beautiful, elegant and otherworldly, and generally leave the other students awed and intimidated. They're also vampires.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor:
** Bianca never wanted to be apart from Lucas again. By the end of [[spoiler: the third book, they’ve both died and become what they most feared; Bianca is a wraith and Lucas is a vampire, both of them stuck this way together for eternity.]]
** Mrs Bethany wanted to [[spoiler: be reunited with her dead husband. She is…moments before they’re both permanently killed due to Christopher trying to stop her evil plans.]]
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: A minor example, but Patrice mentions having learnt about wraiths from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau Marie Leveau, the ‘Voodoo Queen of New Orleans’]], back in the 19th century, who was apparently [[ISeeDeadPeople a psychic]] and supernatural expert in this series.
* BerserkButton: Don’t mention ghosts…or anything to do with the supernatural around Raquel. Justified, seeing as [[spoiler: she was sexually abused by a ghost and stalked by a vampire (not that she knew he was a vampire at the time).]]
* BetaCouple:
** Raquel and Dana, beginning in ''Hourglass''.
** Craig and Britnee in ''Balthazar''.
* BetterAsFriends:
** Bianca and [[spoiler: Balthazar]] decide this in ''Stargazer''.
** Raquel and Vic, due in no small part to Raquel being a lesbian.
* BettyAndVeronica: Gender-swapped version with Lucas as Veronica and Balthazar as Betty for Bianca. Bianca ends up [[spoiler: choosing the former, though she never actually loved Balthazar as anything more than a friend anyway.]]
%%* BewareTheQuietOnes: Ranulf.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Mrs Bethany]] for most of the series, Redgrave in ''Balthazar''.
* BigBadEnsemble: Black Cross (or some of them at least), the wraiths, Charity, and [[spoiler: Mrs Bethany]] are all major antagonists for most of the series, and they generally all have their own goals or are directly in opposition to each other.
* BigBrotherWorship:
** Charity used to have this towards Balthazar, until he turned her into a vampire.
** Skye seems to have this towards Dakota.

* BittersweetEnding: Every single book.
** The first book: Bianca and Lucas are forced to part, but vow to always love one another and find a way to be together.
** The second book: [[spoiler: Bianca and Lucas get to be together, but she has to leave her family and friends behind, if Black Cross figures out she's a vampire she's screwed and ghosts are coming after her]].
** The third book: The only thing that stops from slipping into DownerEnding territory is the fact that [[spoiler: Lucas and Bianca will still get to be together (even if they're both dead)]].
** The fourth book: [[spoiler: Bianca and Lucas can finally be together, Mrs Bethany has been defeated and the vampires and humans of Evernight are saved. But, Lucas will inevitably die someday, though he says that living on in Bianca is fine by him, Balthazar is still all alone (though this is resolved in the SpinOff when he falls in love with Skye), Lucas will probably never see his mother again and Black Cross will be hunting them.]]
** The fifth book, though it has a much happier ending compared to the others. The main bitterness comes from the fact [[spoiler: Skye and Balthazar will have to face the constant threat of vampires coming after her for her blood, and her parents are still in denial about their son's death and will now lose their daughter too]].
* BlessedWithSuck:
** Lucas [[spoiler: becomes a vampire and it’s pretty awful. Yes, he’s even more good-looking than ever, has cool vampire powers and is immortal, but his family and friends now want him dead, being a vampire is literally his worst nightmare and he constantly struggles with his thirst for human blood, to the point where he’s forced to run out of a classroom full of humans to keep from killing them and then begins punching a tree until his finger bones are exposed out of rage and self-hatred. He’s over the moon when Bianca restores his humanity.]]
** Skye, following ''Afterlife''; her [[spoiler: psychic abilities give her terrifying visions of people suffering sudden or violent deaths every time she happens across the place where they died, she actually physically experiences their last moments, she has no way to turn it off and dangerous vampires are now constantly out to get her because of them. It gets better when she starts to learn to cope with them more effectively.]]
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Black Cross helps protect innocent mortals from dangerous vampires, but they don't discriminate between the evil vampires and the ones that are actually good people. Most of the Evernight vampires don't kill people and simply want to live in peace, and so view Black Cross as nothing but murderers; however, they also tend to overlook the fact there are many vampires out there murdering humans left and right with no actual consequences.

* DeadpanSnarker: Many characters can be pretty snarky, but Raquel and Maxie stand out the most.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Lucas]] dies in [[spoiler: Bianca's]] arms after having [[spoiler: his]] throat torn out by [[spoiler: Charity]]. [[spoiler: He gets better]].

* DrivingQuestion:
** The overarching driving question of the series is "Why did Mrs Bethany admit human students to Evernight?"
%%* DysfunctionalFamily: The Mores, very much so. Lucas’s family may count too.

* EmergencyTransformation: Adrian turned Celia into a vampire after she was mortally wounded in the Great Fire of London. It turned out pretty well for them.
* EtTuBrute:
** Bianca is horrified when her best friend Raquel [[spoiler: betrays her to Black Cross.]] Raquel wasn’t being deliberately malicious though and later regrets it.
** Christopher was betrayed, robbed and murdered by his friends.
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Mrs Bethany.]] Bianca always thought [[spoiler:she]] was shifty and some of [[spoiler: her]] actions certainly weren’t benevolent, but they were understandable from a pragmatic point of view. However, it becomes blatantly obvious by the fourth book that Bianca was right to suspect [[spoiler: her.]]
* EvilHasStandards: Mrs Bethany always upholds the rules and traditions of Evernight Academy, even if it means giving sanctuary to people she despises.

* GrewASpine: Bianca, with it being a major part of her CharacterDevelopment. To a lesser extent, Lucas, as well - he already tended to speak his mind and make his own decisions, but learns to do what ''he'' believes is right or what ''he'' wants to do instead of blindly following orders.
* HappilyMarried:
** Celia and Adrian. Which is really saying something, considering they've been married for around ''four centuries''.
** [[spoiler: Mrs Bethany]] and [[spoiler: Christopher]] were happily married [[spoiler: until he was murdered and she went mad from grief.]]
** Kate and Eduardo seem pretty happy [[spoiler: until he gets killed.]]
** Mr Watanabe implies he and his wife Noriko were very happy when she was alive.
* HauntedHeroine:
** Bianca becomes this in ''Stargazer''.
** Raquel turns out to be one.
** Skye is the straightest example; she grew up in a haunted house, is traumatised by the sudden death of her brother and then becomes [[spoiler: [[ISeeDeadPeople a psychic]]]].
* HeroicBSOD: Lucas goes through one after [[spoiler: Bianca dies. It gets him killed.]]
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Bianca attempts one in ''Hourglass'', agreeing to let Charity turn her into a vampire to save Lucas, but [[spoiler: a group of wraiths attack allowing them to escape.]]

%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: Vic and Ranulf.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Black Cross can be this, especially the New York cell, using very brutal methods, refusing to even consider the possibility not all vampires are savage murderers, and being willing to turn on humans who try to defend vampires.
* HorrorHunger: Vampires suffer this if deprived of blood, especially if they're newly made. [[spoiler: Lucas gets hit with it especially hard in ''Afterlife'', suffering a case of WarmBloodBagsAreEverywhere]].
%%* {{Hybrid}}: [[spoiler: Bianca]] is half human, half vampire. [[spoiler: Lucas]] may also count, as [[spoiler: he]] starts to gain vampire abilities but is still human.
%%* IceQueen: Mrs Bethany.
* IdiotBall:

** Skye - a girl who receives vivid and traumatic visions of [[spoiler: people's deaths]] when she enters the place where they [[spoiler: died]], thinks it's a good idea to take a shortcut through a place called ''Battlefield Gorge''.
** Bianca has a habit of picking this one up. Examples include [[spoiler: trusting a random vampire she has just met and ''going to his apartment'', leading her into a trap set up by Charity, even though she ''knows'' by now that not all vampires are friendly or trustworthy, and in the same book, sending her parents an email from an internet café even after Lucas told her they could track it and thus find her]]. It's partly justified by her being very sheltered by her parents and she gets smarter about situations by the end.
** Lucas, on two occasions. In the first book, telling Bianca his great-great grandfather went to Evernight, when in actual fact no humans had been admitted to Evernight before. In fairness, at the time he believed Bianca was just an ordinary human student, but she could still have mentioned it to her parents or one of the vampire students and aroused their suspicion. Also, [[spoiler: jumping in front of Bianca when the vampire hunters try to spray her with holy water. True, he didn’t want his girlfriend being harmed, but in doing so he reveals he himself is part vampire due to allowing Bianca to feed from him, thus destroying any chance he had of negotiating with Black Cross]].
** Bianca’s parents probably take the cake for stupid decisions, though. If they’d just been honest with Bianca about what she was, they could’ve avoided so much drama and trouble. Granted, they wanted her to have a normal life, but lying to her and keeping her wrapped in cotton wool backfires in spectacular fashion by the second book.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Balthazar is this towards Redgrave, the vampire who sired him. Charity is this towards Balthazar, who sired her, though he’s technically her brother not her father. Made even more complicated by the fact she’s also obsessed with him.
* ImmediateSequel: ''Afterlife'' begins just a few hours after ''Hourglass'' ended, with dawn breaking and [[spoiler:Lucas waking as a vampire]]. The characters didn't do anything but wait in the interim, all of them too tired and grief-stricken.
* InUniverseNickname: Vic is fond of giving people these. Notably, he calls Bianca 'Binks' and Balthazar 'Balty'.
** Maxine is called Maxie by just about everyone.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Vic, a human, and Ranulf, a vampire. Also counts as a MayflyDecemberFriendship, as Vic in his teens whilst Ranulf is close to a thousand.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Between Lucas (human, [[spoiler: later a vampire, then human again]]) and Bianca (half vampire, [[spoiler: later a wraith]]).
** Also between Balthazar (a vampire) and Skye (a human).
* ItsPersonal:
** Lucas reveals that vampires killed his father when he was young, which is part of the reason he hunts vampires.
** Kate in ''Hourglass'' due to the vampires [[spoiler: killing [[CartwrightCurse both her husbands]] and [[MamaBear trying to kill her son]]]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Balthazar graciously steps aside to allow Bianca to be Lucas in the first book [[spoiler: and again in the second book]], seeing that he's the one she truly wants to be with. He also tries this with Skye, due to his rule not to fall in love with humans as it might get them killed (and because of the obvious impracticalities of a vampire dating a human) but Skye’s having none of it [[spoiler: and they end up together anyway.]]

* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Lucas can come across as this, as can [[LovableAlphaBitch Patrice]].
* KickTheDog: Charity killing [[spoiler: Courtney and Lucas]], Redgrave killing [[spoiler: Jane]]. They have no motivation to do this beyond tormenting their loved ones and personal amusement.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Redgrave doesn’t take too kindly to [[spoiler: Lorenzo]] trying to kill Skye, whom he wants for himself. No one is too upset, least of all Skye.
* KissOfTheVampire:
** If the person being bitten is willing, it can be an extremely pleasurable experience, as shown with Lucas and Bianca, and Bianca and [[spoiler: Balthazar]]. It's all but stated that Bianca's parents bite each other during sex, but they were embarrassed and evasive when child Bianca asked if they ever shared blood.

%%* KnightTemplar: Black Cross come across as this at times.

* LovableAlphaBitch: Patrice. Subverted by [[BitchInSheepsClothing Madison]].
* LovecraftCountry: Evernight Academy, the primary setting of the series, is a boarding school for vampires and haunting ground for wraiths located in the hills of Massachusetts. ''Balthazar'' is set in Darby Glen, a fictional small town in rural upstate New York, which is threatened to be overrun by vampires and has been the site of some grisly deaths over the centuries.
* LoveMakesYouEvil:

* MamaBear: Celia towards Bianca. Kate towards Lucas...well, until he [[spoiler:becomes a vampire]].
* ManipulativeBastard: Mrs Bethany. Bianca’s [[spoiler: parents]] may even count, though they had good intentions. Redgrave probably counts too.
* TheMasquerade: Most humans are unaware of the existence of vampires (save for Black Cross). The vampires generally prefer to keep it that way for their own peace of mind.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Skye and Balthazar – she’s about 17, he’s nearly 400 but [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld looks 19]].
** Celia and Adrian as well, as Adrian is mentioned as being nearly a thousand, whilst Celia was born in the 1600's, meaning he was already around 650 years older than her when they got together.
* MissingReflection: If vampires don't feed on blood for a while, their reflections begin to fade. Well-fed vampires show up in mirrors just fine, while a starving vampire would be invisible.
* MomentKiller:
** Bianca and [[spoiler: Balthazar]] nearly have sex, but are interrupted when [[OhCrap they notice ice forming on the walls...]]
** Bianca and Lucas are making out and Bianca [[spoiler:accidentally bites him and knocks him unconscious.]]
** They’re making out again and Bianca thinks Lucas wants her to [[spoiler:turn him into a vampire – turns out he was actually talking about sex and abhors the idea of being a vampire]]. Bianca really doesn't have the best luck when it comes to these kinds of things...

* MoodWhiplash: Bianca and Lucas are making out one minute; the next, [[spoiler: Bianca is biting him in the neck and freaking out over it.]] Goes from romantic and titillating to pure horror in a few sentences.
* MyBelovedSmother: Celia comes across as this towards Bianca at times.

* NiceGuy:
** Vic.
** Balthazar, [[BewareTheNiceOnes for the most part]].
** Zig-zagged with Craig. He comes across as a JerkJock, but in spite of his questionable actions (which he is obviously remorseful over) he's actually not a bad guy.
** Skye is the female version most of the time.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Balthazar More is polite, gentlemanly and and well-spoken (noble), whilst Lucas Ross is a hot-headed rebel who often gets into fights (roguish).
* NonhumanLoverReveal: [[spoiler: Lucas]] finds out [[spoiler: his girlfriend Bianca is a vampire (though the reader finds out sooner).]] [[spoiler: He]] initially doesn’t take it too well, but [[spoiler: he]] eventually comes around.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Initially played straight, then averted in the fourth novel. A vampire boy makes some icky comments about a human girl being "on the rag". Bianca, having not really thought about the fact vampires could smell when a girl is on her period, is instantly mortified by the implication that every vampire she's spent time around always knew when she was menstruating.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: ''Hourglass'' completely shakes up the main plot by having [[spoiler: Bianca become a wraith and Lucas become a vampire]].
* OddballInTheSeries:

** Bianca and Lucas as of the first novel. [[spoiler: They break up in ''Stargazer'' but are back together by the end and remain a couple beyond the end of the series]].
** In the SpinOff, Balthazar and Skye [[spoiler: who are also still together by the series' end]].

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Subverted for both Lucas and Bianca. She is revealed to be a vampire part way through the first book; Lucas turns out to be a vampire hunter at the end of it.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Ghosts, or rather wraiths as they're often called, have the power of cryokinesis, can create a corporeal form for themselves, can usually only be created by murder or deaths involving a betrayal and can [[spoiler: restore a vampire's humanity and create half-vampire babies via some kind of magic ritual]].
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires can have children (although it's extremely rare) and staking doesn’t kill them, but renders them unconscious. Sunlight only kills them if they haven’t fed for a while; other than that, it doesn’t really seem to bother them. They retain some classic vampire traits such as feeling uncomfortable on consecrated ground or in a holy place, and having difficulty crossing running water.
* PapaWolf: Adrian towards Bianca, to the point of being an OverprotectiveFather.
* ParentalNeglect:
** Raquel’s parents, big time.
** Skye’s parents, who spend most of their time lobbying and leave their daughter to her own devices, though they’re not nearly as malicious as Raquel’s parents and it's sort of justified in that they’re grieving for their dead son.
* PimpedOutDress:
** Bianca gets to wear two at the Autumn Ball in ''Evernight'' and ''Stargazer''.
** Skye gets to wear one to the Ball as well, and another one to her Homecoming Dance.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The ritual that [[spoiler: turns vampires human again]] requires the forced bonding of a wraith and vampire via a blood exchange (some Latin incantation). It’s implied that this [[DeaderThanDead destroys the wraith]] in the process whilst the only vampire who had it done to them is driven mad from shock. It’s implied to be quite painful, too. As it turns out [[spoiler: Mrs Bethany intends to use Bianca to try and turn herself and dozens of other vampires human, even if this kills her permanently, due to the fact she is a ‘pure’ wraith and so is far more powerful than the average wraith)]]. When some of the other vampire characters learn of the ritual, some of them outright reject it on a moral basis.
* PowerOfLove: Lucas decides his love for Bianca is stronger than his indoctrinated prejudice towards vampires, effectively kick-starting most of the events in the series. Also, in the fourth book, Bianca uses [[spoiler: her wraith blood to turn Lucas human again]] – Balthazar believes it only worked because of the connection between Lucas and Bianca.
* PregnancyScare: Briefly comes up in ''Hourglass'' after Bianca starts to get sick, even though she and [[spoiler: Lucas]] always use protection. [[spoiler: It turns out she's not pregnant...just dying]].
* PutOnABus: Patrice after the first book.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Craig gives one to Skye, who in turn gives ''him'' one. They both end up reaching an understanding and accepting they both made mistakes.
** Britnee gives a pretty spectacular one to Madison.
** Lucas and Bianca both give each other this speech in ''Stargazer''. [[spoiler: They end up breaking up because of it, but eventually reconcile]].
* RedheadsAreUncool: Bianca has very obvious red hair and is considered a geeky, [[SociallyAwkwardHero socially awkward]], {{bookworm}}. It's implied that she could be 'cool' if she really tried, but she figures out early on she'd prefer to stay a loser than change herself to fit in with the 'Evernight types' (probably not a bad thing seeing how most of them are snobs and assholes who bully outcast students). It also doesn't stop [[HeroesWantRedheads the heroes from wanting her]].
** Averted by Adrian, Bianca's dad, a biology teacher who is seen as a CoolTeacher (although he's said to have very dark red hair that looks almost black) and AlphaBitch Madison in the fifth book.
* TheReveal: Several throughout the series.
** In ''Evernight'', Bianca is half vampire and was born that way, and Lucas is a member of a vampire hunter organization called Black Cross.
** In ''Stargazer'' [[spoiler:Bianca was conceived with the wraiths' help and now they want her to become one of them as payment, and Balthazar was the one who turned his sister Charity into a vampire]].
** In ''Hourglass'' [[spoiler:If Bianca doesn't become a full vampire, she will automatically become a wraith and a very powerful one at that]].
** In ''Afterlife'' [[spoiler: Christopher is Mrs Bethany's husband]], [[spoiler: Mrs Bethany has been intentionally luring wraiths to the school to trap them]] and [[spoiler: wraiths can restore a vampire back to life]].
** In ''Balthazar'' [[spoiler: Skye's blood can make vampires vividly relive their memories]].
* RewatchBonus:

* RichBitch: A fair few of the Evernight types could be accurately described as such, given their snobbery and elitism. Raquel at one point literally refers to them as "rich bitches".
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Mrs Bethany went on one of these when [[spoiler: her husband was murdered]].
* RomanticRunnerUp: [[spoiler: Balthazar]]. Luckily for him, he gets with [[spoiler: fellow RomanticRunnerUp Skye]].
* RomanticVampireBoy:
** Balthazar.
** [[spoiler: Lucas]] in the fourth book.
* SecretRelationship: Bianca and Lucas in the second book (well, his family and friends know about it, but her's don't; Lucas' family also aren't aware Bianca is half vampire).
* ShipperOnDeck:
** Bianca's parents do little to hide the fact they ship her with Balthazar. It's extremely awkward for everyone involved, as Bianca does not reciprocate Balthazar's feelings (at first) and prefers Lucas, whom her parents despise.

** Bianca and [[spoiler: Balthazar]] nearly hook up in ''Stargazer'', but are interrupted by a wraith attack. Bianca then flat out tells [[spoiler: Balthazar]] that whilst she wouldn’t have regretted it, it will never happen again and that she simply can’t force herself to love him; [[spoiler: Balthazar]] agrees and Bianca ends up with [[spoiler: Lucas]], whilst [[spoiler: Balthazar eventually gets with Skye]].
** Bianca and Lucas briefly tried setting Raquel and Vic up in ''Evernight'' but they never seem to click. Raquel, as it turns out, is actually [[IncompatibleOrientation a lesbian]], pretty much nuking any possibility of shipping between the pair.
** Bianca suggests Patrice should date Balthazar, but she makes it plain in the fourth book that whilst she doesn't mind him as a friend, Balthazar is "not her type".
%%* ShipTease: Raquel and Dana in ''Stargazer'' (they become a couple in the next book). Bianca and Balthazar, primarily in ''Stargazer'', though it's [[spoiler:pretty much sunk by ''Hourglass'']].
%%* SilkHidingSteel: Patrice and Mrs Bethany.

* SpiritAdvisor: Maxie and Christopher become this to [[spoiler: Bianca]].
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Erich for Raquel in ''Evernight''. The wraiths and Charity for Bianca in ''Stargazer'' and ''Hourglass''.
* StarCrossedLovers: Bianca and Lucas play this very straight, complete with references to ''Romeo and Juliet''; she's half vampire, he's a vampire hunter. [[spoiler: It works out okay for them]].
* StartOfDarkness: Christopher shows Bianca Mrs Bethany’s in the fourth book. We see Charity's in the fifth book.
%%* StraightGay: Dana and Raquel.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In ''Hourglass'', our young starcrossed-lovers Bianca and Lucas finally run away together in defiance of their families. But their troubles are far from over. Neither of them have high school diplomas or certifications of any kind, they've never had steady jobs or had to support themselves before, they're completely broke because they had to leave in a hurry, and due to their strained relationship with their families they can't get help from them. They're able to borrow money from their wealthy friends and crash in [[spoiler:Vic's wine cellar]], but it's only a temporary solution. Lucas has to get a job at a chop shop that pays him under the table because while he has skill working with cars, no legit mechanic would hire him without qualifications; Bianca has to get a job at a crappy fast-food joint (and is quickly fired because she sucks at it). Because neither of them know how to cook they mostly eat microwave meals. Bianca is also shocked at how expensive even cheap apartments are.
* TeacherStudentRomance: A weird example in ''Balthazar''. Balthazar is posing as a teacher to protect Skye and they end up in a relationship; however, Skye knows he's not a real teacher and already liked him beforehand. However, the ethical problems that accompany this trope do cause some drama for the couple eventually, seeing as "I'm not really a teacher; just her vampire bodyguard!" isn't exactly going to work as a defense.
* TheirFirstTime:
** [[spoiler: Lucas and Bianca]] in ''Hourglass''. Though it isn't clear if it's [[spoiler: Lucas']] first time ever, it's the first time he's been intimate with [[spoiler:Bianca (who was a virgin prior to this)]].
** Skye and Craig had their first time off-screen some time before the fourth book. It wasn't ideal due to the fact Skye was grieving for her dead brother at the time, plus Craig was thinking of ending things and slept with her out of pity. Then he dumps her soon after to go out with another girl.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Mrs Bethany]] and [[spoiler: Christopher]].
* TookaLevelInBadass: Bianca – starts out as naïve and dependent on her parents, becomes a powerful, ass-kicking [[spoiler: ghost]]. Skye also becomes more badass between ''Afterlife'' and ''Balthazar''.
* TykeBomb: Lucas and possibly Dana. Both were raised to hunt vampires from childhood.
* UndercoverAsLovers: Bianca and Balthazar in ''Stargazer'', to find his missing sister. It's made extra awkward by the fact Balthazar is [[AllLoveIsUnrequited actually in love with Bianca, but she doesn't feel the same way]].

** Possibly Skye. Her parents don't necessarily prefer her brother over her, but after Dakota dies, they tend to neglect Skye, mostly leaving her to her own devices, though this is out of grief rather than lack of love.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Lucas and Bianca at the beginning of ''Evernight''.
** Downplayed example between Bianca and Balthazar, in ''Stargazer''. Balthazar clearly likes Bianca more than she likes him and she only gives in to her attraction to him out of loneliness after [[spoiler: she and Lucas break up. Nothing comes of it]].

* VampiresAreSexGods: Many of the [[TheBeautifulElite 'Evernight Types']] are described as being very attractive and seductive.
** [[ChickMagnet Balthazar]] fits this trope nicely.
** Apparently, even ''Ranulf'' has shades of this by the fourth book.
** [[spoiler: Bianca]] could be considered an example of this, at least to [[spoiler: Lucas]] anyway.
** Redgrave, Constantia and Lorenzo are more sinister examples.
* VampireBitesSuck: If you're an unwilling victim. Particularly in ''Hourglass'', where poor [[spoiler: Lucas]] literally has his throat torn out.

* VegetarianVampire: Zig-zagged. Most of the [[FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire friendlier vampires]] live primarily on animal blood; however even they occasionally drink human blood. Adrian and Celia keep human blood from blood banks in their apartment as "treats", whilst Bianca frequently feeds off Lucas, [[KissOfTheVampire who actually rather enjoys this]]. Bianca makes a point of stating that being a 'veggie vamp' is easier for most vampires, because humans have a tendency to to scream and fight back (she likens it to trying to eat a hamburger that can punch you in the face). However, Balthazar states that all vampires need to consume human blood at some point, as animal blood alone doesn't cut it and could result in some SanitySlippage. The nicer vampires prefer using blood banks or willing donors than just jumping on people.
* WhatTheHellHero: Lucas towards Bianca when he learns she [[spoiler: inadvertently lead the Evernight vampires to the Black Cross cell]].
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Bianca comes to realize that many vampires feel this way about their undead status; growing up the only vampires she regularly interacted with were her parents, who are the exception rather than the rule given they've had [[EternalLove each other for love and support over the centuries]] and have been able to keep up with society as it changes. Many other vampires aren't so lucky, leading lonely, melancholy existences and struggling to fit in anywhere. Although they can learn new things and go through CharacterDevelopment, it's also stated that vampires tend to remain not just physically but ''mentally'' frozen at the age they were when they died to some extent. This isn't so bad for adults, but it kind of sucks for vampires who were adolescents when they were changed - this applies to almost ''every'' vampire at Evernight and explains why some of them [[{{Manchild}} act like teenagers despite being potentially centuries' old]]; they're literally stuck in perpetual teenage angst on top of all the other issues. Balthazar tells Bianca that one of the reasons the Evernight types bully the human students is jealousy because they're truly alive and can change; some vampires regard vampirism as being just a pale imitation of life, though this isn't a universal view.
* WillingChanneler: [[spoiler: Skye]] willingly allows [[spoiler: Bianca]] to possess her to save the inhabitants of Evernight (both living and undead).It's implied [[spoiler: Bianca's]] temporary possession [[spoiler: awoke Skye's psychic abilities]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds:
** [[spoiler:Mrs Bethany]] – [[spoiler:her]] beloved husband was betrayed and murdered by people he considered friends, and the organisation [[spoiler:she]] risked [[spoiler:her]] life for and served loyally for years basically said “Oh sorry, nothing we can do” when they got off scot free, so [[spoiler:she]] becomes the creature she hates most to avenge him and then spends the next several centuries trying to find a way to be reunited with him in the afterlife.
** Charity, too; her parents were murdered and her older brother attacked her and then turned her into a vampire to ‘save’ her, trapping her in a fourteen-year-old’s body.
* WritersCannotDoMath: In the first book, Bianca briefly mentions that her parents were together for "nearly 350 years" until they had her; in the first book Bianca is sixteen and based on the assumption ''Evernight'' takes place in 2008 (the year it was published), she was likely born in 1992. However, in the second book it's established that Celia and Adrian first got together after he turned her into a vampire following the Great Fire of London, which took place in 1666, 326 years before Bianca was born (if it was 350 years later, Bianca would've been born in 2016). It's possible that it was just Bianca exaggerating or getting it slightly wrong (over three hundred years of marriage is still impressive either way).

* AgeGapRomance: A [[DownplayedTrope slight example]] between Bianca and Lucas. When they first get together she assumes he's sixteen or nearly seventeen, the same age as her. However, she subsequently learns he's actually "nineteen and change", making him three years older. Three years isn't ''that'' big a deal (and she herself doesn't find it to be the most shocking thing he hid from her considering he turns out to be a vampire hunter, while she's part vampire) though they only just qualify for the [[AgeGapAlgebra "half your age plus seven"]] rule. It's worth noting she's legally over the age of consent for Massachusetts (sixteen years old) [[spoiler:and they don't actually have sex until she's nearly eighteen, by which time Lucas is almost twenty-one and the gap isn't so notable anymore (TheirFirstTime happens in the state of Philadelphia, where the age of consent is sixteen, so they're still legally in the clear as well)]]. Considering Bianca's own parents have centuries between them and her other love interest Balthazar is chronologically around three hundred years older (and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld physically nineteen]]), it's unsurprising she doesn't find it that weird, while Lucas himself never got to have much of a childhood/adolescence and date classmates before meeting Bianca.

** If the person being bitten is willing, it can be an extremely pleasurable experience, as shown with Lucas and Bianca, and Bianca and [[spoiler: Balthazar]]. It's all but stated that Bianca's parents bite each other during sex, but they were embarassed and evasive when child Bianca asked if they ever shared blood.

* TheNewTens [=/=] TurnOfTheMillennium: There are a number of obvious signs the books are set in the late 2000s and early 2010s. In the first book Mr Yee demonstrates an [=iPod=] which doesn’t have wireless internet connection, though he states later models probably will have this built-in within a few years. A vampire character mentions being a fan of Music/JustinBieber in an attempt to fit in with human teens. Bianca is considered a bit weird for listening to records, liking old movies and frequenting antique stores (the {{hipster}} subculture hadn’t yet risen to popularity, where such things became regarded as cool again). Characters do have mobile phones (not so much at Evernight Academy, seeing as there’s no reception and many of the vampire students struggle to grasp such modern technology), but they’re not hugely ingrained in society yet and iPhones are only briefly referenced as a new and upcoming type of phone (they were first launched in 2007, the year before the first ''Evernight'' book was published); social media isn’t really mentioned that much either as it hadn’t quite yet become as dominant within Western culture as it did later in the 2010s.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires can have children (although it's extremely rare) and staking doesn’t kill them, but renders them unconscious. Sunlight only kills them if they haven’t fed for a while; other than that, it doesn’t really seem to bother them.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Balthazar's sister Charity isn't revealed to be alive (well, undead) and a vampire until ''Stargazer'', but there's one moment in ''Evernight'' that foreshadows this; when Balthazar tells Bianca that if he had the choice, he'd go back and "die with [his] parents" he only mentions ''his parents'' being dead, not his sister.

* ShipperOnDeck: Bianca's parents do little to hide the fact they ship her with Balthazar. It's extremely awkward for everyone involved, as Bianca does not reciprocate Balthazar's feelings (at first) and prefers Lucas, whom her parents despise.

* ShipSinking: Bianca and [[spoiler: Balthazar]] nearly hook up in ''Stargazer'', but are interrupted by a wraith attack. Bianca then flat out tells [[spoiler: Balthazar]] that whilst she wouldn’t have regretted it, it will never happen again and that she simply can’t force herself to love him; [[spoiler: Balthazar]] agrees and Bianca ends up with [[spoiler: Lucas]], whilst [[spoiler: Balthazar eventually gets with Skye]]. Also, Raquel and Vic. Bianca and Lucas tried setting them up but they never seem to click…Raquel, as it turns out, is actually a lesbian, pretty much nuking any possibility of shipping between the pair. Patrice also makes it plain in the fourth book that whilst she doesn't mind him as a friend, Balthazar is "not her type".
* ShipTease: Raquel and Dana in ''Stargazer'' (they become a couple in the next book). Bianca and Balthazar, primarily in ''Stargazer'', though it's [[spoiler:pretty much sunk by ''Hourglass'']].

** Raquel is clearly second best to her sister Frida, as far as her their parents are concerned.

* GothicHorror: Has some of the trappings of this genre, such as [[HauntedHeroine Haunted Heroines]] (both literally and figuratively), a [[BigFancyHouse fancy]] but [[OldDarkHouse eerie]] old building with a secret past (and literal [[HauntedHouse ghosts]]!) as the main setting, [[StarcrossedLovers forbidden love]], [[ByronicHero brooding love interests]] with [[DarkAndTroubledPast Dark and Troubled Pasts]], a reasonable amount of {{Angst}}, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] and more than a few {{Dark Secret}}s dragged to light. It's even set primarily in LovecraftCountry.

** Lucas (human, [[spoiler: later a vampire, then human again]]) and Bianca (half vampire, [[spoiler: later a wraith]]).
** Balthazar (a vampire) with Skye (a human).

* KissOfTheVampire: If the person being bitten is willing, it can be an extremely pleasurable experience, as shown with Lucas and Bianca, and Bianca and [[spoiler: Balthazar]].

* KnightTemplar: Black Cross come across as this at times.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: Possibly with Ranulf and Vic – Ranulf becomes more laid-back and cheerful in comparison with his very stiff, serious earlier self, after befriending wacky Vic.

** Erich, who is staked by Lucas after he realizeshe intends to kill Raquel.

%%* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Balthazar has shades of this. [[spoiler: Mrs Bethany]] turns out to have this too.

* AgeGapRomance: A [[DownplayedTrope slight example]] between Bianca and Lucas. When they first get together she assumes he's sixteen or nearly seventeen, the same age as her. However, she subsequently learns he's actually "nineteen and change", making him three years older. Three years isn't ''that'' big a deal (and she herself doesn't find it to be the most shocking thing he hid from her considering he turns out to be a vampire hunter, while she's part vampire) though they only just qualify for the [[AgeGapAlgebra "half your age plus seven"]] rule. It's worth noting she's legally over the age of consent for Massachusetts (sixteen years old) [[spoiler:and they don't actually have sex until she's nearly eighteen, by which time Lucas is around twenty-one and the gap isn't so notable anymore (TheirFirstTime happens in the state of New York, where the age of consent is seventeen, so they're still legally in the clear as well)]]. Considering Bianca's own parents have centuries between them and her other love interest Balthazar is chronologically around three hundred years older (and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld physically nineteen]]), it's unsurprising she doesn't find it that weird, while Lucas himself never got to have much of a childhood/adolescence and date classmates before meeting Bianca.

* RedheadsAreUncool: Bianca has very obvious red hair and is considered a geeky, [[SociallyAwkwardHeroine socially awkward]], {{bookworm}}. It's implied that she could be 'cool' if she really tried, but she figures out early on she'd prefer to stay a loser than change herself to fit in with the 'Evernight types' (probably not a bad thing seeing how most of them are snobs and assholes who bully outcast students). It also doesn't stop [[HeroesWantRedheads the heroes from wanting her]].

** In ''Evernight'' [[spoiler:Bianca is half vampire and was born that way]], [[spoiler:Lucas is a member of Black Cross]].
** In ''Stargazer'' [[spoiler:Bianca was conceived with the wraiths' help and now they want her to become one of them as payment]].

* AcademyOfAdventure: Evernight Academy.

* AerithAndBob: On one hand, you get names like Kate, Lucas, Adrian, Bianca, Courtney and Vic. On the other, you have names like Charity, Balthazar, Patrice, Raquel and Ranulf. This is justified in that most of the characters with unusual names are vampires, who are hundreds of years old and from very different cultures. Bianca actually lampshades Balthazar’s weird name, stating that only he could’ve pulled it off.

* AnIcePerson: Wraiths have cryokinetic-like powers.

* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: How baby vampires are created]] and [[spoiler: vampires are turned humam again]]. It's a bit vague in the former case, although it seems to involve a blood exchange between [[spoiler: a vampire and wraith]].
* BoyMeetsGhoul: Basically the main plot of the series. Lucas, a human, falls for Bianca, a half vampire [[spoiler: and later wraith]]).

** Maxie
** Skye's ghost.
** [[spoiler: Christopher]] for the most part.
** [[spoiler: Bianca]] becomes this.

* GhostlyChill: A surefire sign there are wraiths about.

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[[caption-width-right:220:Evernight Academy, where high school ''literally'' sucks. [[note]]Clockwise from top-left to bottom-right: ''Evernight'', ''Stargazer'', ''Hourglass'', ''Afterlife''. Not pictured is the fifth book and {{spin-off}} ''Balthazar''[[/note]]]]

* AgeGapRomance: A [[DownplayedTrope slight example]] between Bianca and Lucas. When they first get together she assumes he's sixteen or nearly seventeen, the same age as her. However, she subsequently learns he's actually "nineteen and change", making him three years older. Three years isn't ''that'' big a deal (and she herself doesn't find it to be the most shocking thing he hid from her considering he turns out to be a vampire hunter, while she's part vampire) though they only just qualify for the [["AgeGapAlgebra half your age plus seven"]] rule. It's worth noting she's legally over the age of consent for Massachusetts (sixteen years old) [[spoiler:and they don't actually have sex until she's nearly eighteen, by which time Lucas is around twenty-one and the gap isn't so notable anymore (TheirFirstTime happens in the state of New York, where the age of consent is seventeen, so they're still legally in the clear as well)]]. Considering Bianca's own parents have centuries between them and her other love interest Balthazar is chronologically around three hundred years older (and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld physically nineteen]]), it's unsurprising she doesn't find it that weird, while Lucas himself never got to have much of a childhood/adolescence and date classmates before meeting Bianca.

* TheNewTens [=/=] TurnOfTheMillenium: There are a number of obvious signs the books are set in the late 2000s and early 2010s. In the first book Mr Yee demonstrates an iPod which doesn’t have wireless internet connection, though he states later models probably will have this built-in within a few years. A vampire character mentions being a fan of Music/JustinBieber in an attempt to fit in with human teens. Bianca is considered a bit weird for listening to records, liking old movies and frequenting antique stores (the {{hipster}} subculture hadn’t yet risen to popularity, where such things became regarded as cool again). Characters do have mobile phones (not so much at Evernight Academy, seeing as there’s no reception and many of the vampire students struggle to grasp such modern technology), but they’re not hugely ingrained in society yet and iPhones are only briefly referenced as a new and upcoming type of phone (they were first launched in 2007, the year before the first ''Evernight'' book was published); social media isn’t really mentioned that much either as it hadn’t quite yet become as dominant within Western culture as it did later in the 2010s.