DARK VISIONS: The Possessed

The Possessed

Please ignore the cover and the useless tag line.
The second book continues with the kids getting help and driving north to look for the mysterious white house they have seen in their connected and shared dream.  In the last book, Gabriel had connected all five of them in a mind-link.  Gabriel was turned into a psychic vampire.  So he burns up to much of his own life energy that he needs to consume it from others, but he almost kills them except for Kaithlyn it seems.  After much travel they meet Zetes daughter, then Anna's parents before they find the white house.  Where they learn of the People of the Crystal, who destroyed themselves. But some got away and inner married where they settled.  Thus making the kids descendants of the People of the Crystal.  Zetes too is assume to be a descendant who inherited or found his deformed crystal. So, the shard of the white house's people pure crystal is needed to destroy the deformed one. But other than that they basically cannot seperate the mind-link or cure Gabriel.  Towards the end Gabriel leaves with Zetes daughter.  After being seen my most as nothing as a monster and killer and there being no way they were looking to help him.  Gabriel goes back to Zetes, who then attacks the white house.  The pure crystal is shattered and the leader is killed.  So Kaithlyn is given the crystal to help fight Mr. Zetes.
       In this book I felt that although the book is in Kaithlyn's point of view which gives her all the judgement and despite them all being linked she was the only that seem to gain any understanding of the other characters or see into them, especially Gabriel.
      One thing that L.J Smith's books seem to have is this instant love and looking into another person which happened with Rob and Kaithlyn in the first book.  In the Night World series Smith called it the soul mate principal but similar things happen in almost all her books. Which is interesting when she tries to explore who it would work.
Also although I understood how the Strange Power reflected the events of the book.  The possessed not so much except in Gabriel case.
To be continued........The Passion