Major Themes
The principal theme of Midnight's Choice (as with all the books of the Switchers Trilogy) is the idea of 'coming of age', and the possibilities which teenagers face in the world as they grow up. In particular, this book explores the eternal struggle of good and evil, as well as the choice between the two which is faced by humans. The two supernatural creatures which appear as rivals in Midnight’s Choice are drawn from two widely known, folkloric myths: That of the phoenix and that of the vampire. In the novel, these two characters are incarnations of good and evil respectively, and each advocates an alluring yet partly unfullfilling lifestyle. The vampire offers an eternal life of dark power and security from grief within the cold persona of the hunter, but which bars its subject from love or closeness. The phoenix, by contrast, offers a different kind of immortality, one of perfect, benevolent serenity and kindness, but one which also creates a certain level of detachment.
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