The Forbidden Game (collective work) (edit title/settings)

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• Jenny Thornton: Jenny is a beautiful and willful teenager who dates Tom Locke. Prior to the first Game, she is entirely subservient to Tom's wishes, dressing and acting exactly the way he wants her to. Julian became smitten with her when she was young.
• Julian: The youngest of the Shadow Men, an ancient race that lives in darkness, with snow white hair, short on the sides and long in the back and on his forehead to almost cover his electric blue eyes protected by thick, black lashes. He watches over Jenny, protecting her from all harm, but upon Tom Locke's seventeenth birthday, Julian makes a move to claim Jenny.
• Tom Locke: Jenny Thornton's boyfriend since the second grade. He is a star athlete and student, handsome and popular, and is known keeping his composure in emotional situations. He truly loves Jenny, but also takes her for granted.
• Audrey Myers: One of Jenny's best friends and the newest to their group. Audrey's father is a diplomat, and as a result, Audrey is well-traveled and sophisticated. However, beneath her chic facade, she is insecure about how other people perceive her. She has auburn hair and chestnut eyes.
• Deirdre 'Dee' Eliade: Jenny's other best friend. She is a fierce martial arts expert, and her physical strength comes in handy.
• Michael Allen Cohen: Audrey's boyfriend. It is hinted at that he is Jewish, and seems to know the traditions of his people, if not an orthodox follower. His father is a science fiction author, which allows Michael to be more accepting of the situations the group faces.
• Zach Taylor: Jenny's Modern Art-inclined cousin. Zach has problems in his family, especially because his focus in his art photography tends towards the modern style, far from his ruggish father. He tends to be cold and aloof.
• Summer Parker-Pearson: Summer is the 'baby' of the group, the one everyone looks after and worries about. She acts a little ditzy, but uses that as a shield to protect herself.
• Aba: Dee's grandmother.
• Gordie Wilson: He is Creepy........
• Angela Seecombe: P.C.'s sort-of girlfriend.
• Cam: Summer's younger brother.
• Kiah: Dee's younger sister.
• Joey: Jenny's younger brother.
• Lil: Jenny's aunt and Zach's mother. Half-sister to Jenny's mother.
• Eric Evenson: Jenny and Zach's grandfather.

Quotes edit see section history

• “"I am my only master"”

  Dee and Jenny

• “"Nothing really dies as long as it's not forgotten"”

  Julian

• “"Don't worry about it, Mikey," Dee said comfortingly. "You'll probably be next, so you won't be here when our Great Deception comes crashing down."”

  Dee

• “"I need you like - like light. You're light, all right - like a flame to a moth. I told you once that you shouldn't mess with forbidden things - I should have taken my own advice.”

  Julian

• “"I'm as cruel as life. As cruel as love.”

  Julian

• “"All I refuse, & thee I choose"”

  Julian

• “"I leave them waiting there below, I hear them laughing as I go"”

• ““You wanted to prove how much evil there is - well, fine; I believe you. And I don’t know all the answers. I don’t even know the stupid questions. But not everything is evil, like you say.””

  Jenny Thornton

• ““Whatever else I did, I loved you.””

  Julian

• ““I told you. I fell in love with you. I didn’t do it on purpose.””

  Julian

• “I have never been in love before,” Julian said. “you’re my first - and you’ll be my only.'”

  Julian

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• “I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold. I’m the parent of numbers that cannot be told. I’m a gift beyond measure, a matter of course, And I’m yielded with pleasure—when taken by force.”

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• “Because,” he said, “I’ve fallen in love with you.”

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• “Your ring . . .” The hand that had been on his chest slipped, and Jenny saw the gold ring there. Jenny picked it up. The inscription on the inside had changed. The words were no longer a spell to bind Jenny. Before, it had said: All I refuse & thee I chuse. Now it said simply: I am my only master.

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• “It’s the last Game,” he said. “It’s over now. I won’t bother you again.”

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• I leave them waiting there below. I hear them laughing as I go.

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• “You said I cared about whether it was a cruel and pointless universe, and I do. But you want to know something else I care about? I care about you, Julian.”

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• Jenny reached for him and lightly pressed her lips to his. He forgot about talking, then, and kissed back—such a soft kiss, his warm lips barely brushing hers. But the soft kisses developed into slow shivery kisses and then into white-hot ones. She was still afraid of him, even as she clung to him—was it true that fear had to be a part of passion? Everywhere he touched she felt fire and ice.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Shadow World
• California
• Joyland Park
• Uruz
• Montevideo
• Pittsburgh
• Pennsylvania
• Cam

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Table of Contents edit see section history

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. L. J. Smith (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

This book is a little to much for 12 and under because it is scary, a little too much to read, a lot of words are complicated and has a little bit of bad language. Mostly for young adults.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Social Situations › Friendship › Fiction
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance
• Books › Teens › Social Issues › Dating & Intimacy
• Books › Teens › Horror

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Ljane Smith: The author's website