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Kiss of Midnight (Midnight Breed) (Midnight Breed) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lara Adrian
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 2211
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0553589377
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780553589375
ASIN: 0553589377
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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 Oh dear................... June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having read the other reviews, I thought I would give this a go. Sadly, I have to say that it is one of the worst written books I have ever read - to the point that I was laughing out loud for most of the way through. The characters are contrived, and the sex scenes are awful - it seems that the author was just trying too hard to make them 'sexy', the language changes throughout the book and it is written using the most basic of language. I could go on, but you get the idea.
Absolute drivel - so bad I wouldn't even give it away to a charity shop.
Very enjoyable book with big possibilities for the series June 5, 2008
I bought this book based on an Amazon recomendation and reading the customer reviews. Now this doesn't knock you off your feet like "Dark Lover" does but it is a promising start to a paranormal series. Yes there are Black Daggerhood similarities in this book but if you read it and judge it own it's merits, there is definately something here. After reading this I immediately orders books 2 & 3 in the series and am thouroughly enjoying them.
Where I found these characters differed from the BDB boys, was that they felt more modern. I think this is because their history is not based around a religious head (like the Scribe Virgin) and they a species left that were left to evolve independantly from their creators (flesh and blood beings). If you read it you'll understand what I mean when I say it gives these characters a much larger scope for having a very dark side...
Give the series a chance - it grows into its own as it goes on...
 Superb May 24, 2008
As someone who had become disallusioned with the whole paranormal romance genre, this book spiked my interest again. The writing is good and fast paced, the characters have some depth and you actually find yourself bothered about whether Lucan succombes to blood lust or not. After finishing this book I promptly went out and bought the rest of the series....all of which I've enjoyed...so far.
Highly enjoyable... February 21, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a recent convert to the Laurell K Hamilton, Anita Blake series, I wanted to see if there was anything else out there that was as addictive and enjoyable. I have to say that I was unsure as to whether I would find anything that lived upto my expectations. However, I was pleasantly surprised.
The whole premise of the vampires existing is totally different to Hamilton's, but this is a difference NOT a negative thing. Its just another way of approaching the long standing myth of vampirism.
The setting of the book was very normal. Gabrielle Maxwell's life is extremely realistic, the background is believable and the supporting characters are gently introduced. But although this is total fantasy, the paranormal aspects of the story are sympathetically injected into her surroundings.
The only reason that this book didn't rate 5 stars is because its not as intricate a read as a Hamilton. I was able to sit and read it in one sitting. However, this may well be a positive thing, as it was a highly addictive read and I'm definitely going to be ordering the next one in the series.
For those readers who have disliked the extensive sex in the later Anita Blake books, be warned that this book is very explicit and erotic in parts. It isn't necessarily the main thrust of the plot, but it does play a major role. Personally, I found this enjoyable and well written.
excellent start to a promising series! January 19, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the first book in the midnight breed series and already i'm hooked! kiss of midnight is Lucan and Gabrielle's story and also serves to introduce us into the vampire warrior brethren that Lucan has led for countless centuries. I think the reviewers before me have pretty much summed everything up as far as the stories plot and characters are concerned, yet i just wanted to come and offer my kudos to a new and refreshing series.
Obviously if you have read anything by JR Ward or Sherrilyn Kenyon then you will have some idea on what you can expect from the midnight breed series. Yet despite the comparisons that have been made between JR's brotherhood series and the midnight breed i have to say that i for one refuse take any notice. Both are equally good authors and both have fantastic series neither of which i cant fault. Though given that kiss of midnight is the first book in this particular series, the only one of which i've read so far, i'm hoping my words wont be in vain as far as my premature opinion is concerned. But so far, so good.
There's everything you could ask for in this story. Great characters both main and secondary, an excellent plot, not to mention the relationship between Lucan and Gabrielle which will have you laughing one minute and deeply ingrossed in the next. Yup i'm hooked. I cant wait for kiss of crimson to arrive through my letterbox!
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