Book sixty-four: Kiss of Midnight

Kiss of Midnight (2007)
Lara Adrain

Rating: 2/5

Typical first in a series: lots of background, lots of characters, lots of set up. Also, lots of similarities to other series in this vein.

He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle's deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night--or this man--is what it seems.
For when Gabrielle witnesses a murder outside the club, reality shifts into something dark and deadly. In that shattering instant she is thrust into a realm she never knew existed--a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and a blood war is set to ignite.

Lucan Thorne despises the violence carried out by his lawless brethren. A vampire himself, Lucan is a Breed warrior, sworn to protect his kind--and the unwitting humans existing alongside them--from the mounting threat of the Rogues. Lucan cannot risk binding himself to a mortal woman, but when Gabrielle is targeted by his enemies, he has no choice but to bring her into the dark underworld he commands.

Here, in the arms of the Breed's formidable leader, Gabrielle will confront an extraordinary destiny of danger, seduction, and the darkest pleasures of all . . . .

It really is a mix of J.R. Ward and Sherrilyn Kenyon. I could list the similarities: vampires good, protect innocents, main set of bad guys, live in a compound, emotionally detached, history between characters, feeling of brotherhood, etc. etc. but I couldn’t be bothered.

I’m not sure if this is a bad thing or not. I don’t mind reading series that are similar to others I like, as long as they are well done, and not just thinly veiled fan fiction.

I’m undecided on this.

I found parts of it pretty boring, but I think that’s because I don’t like this type of story – “will he bite her, won’t he bite her.” I much prefer “oh no, I’ve bitten her, now what am I going to do?” and from the excerpt of the next book at then end (evil publisher, they know I can’t resist) I think I’d like the next one better. I might give it a go.

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Finished 11/6