Kiss of Midnight

The Midnight Breed, Book 1

By: Lara Adrian

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell'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.

©2007 Lara Adrian (P)2010 Tantor

Narrator leaves a lot to be desired.

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Meh...so so. I enjoyed the story, but it took a long time to get past the narrator's voice. It's taken me half the series to look past her to the story.

What didn’t you like about Hillary Huber’s performance?

Some narrators perform such that you can tell who is talking by how it's done. This narrator is the same for all the women and men. She did a good job on Gideon, but that's about it.

Any additional comments?

Need a new narrator (or two...one male, one female).

good story line.

The book takes a bit to introduce all the characters which my be slow for some listeners just power through it the rest of the book is worth it! can't wait to see what's next.

VT. FAN

What did you love best about Kiss of Midnight?

STORY AND NARRATION.

What did you like best about this story?

DIFFERENT TAKE ON PARANORMAL VAMPIRE SERIES. ALTHOUGH I DO AGREE WITH REVIEWERS THAT SAY IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WARDS BDB. I BELIEVE IT IS MUCH BETTER. I DID NOT LOOSE INTEREST AFTER THE 5TH BOOK. EVERY BOOKS IN THE SERIES IS GREAT.

Which scene was your favorite?

ALL

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

ABSOLUTELY. IN FACT BUY THEM ALL BECAUSE THEY ARE ADDICTIVE AND YOU WILL WANT TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THE NEXT BOOK.

Any additional comments?

NARRATION IS EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IN AUDIOBOOKS. A BAD NARRATOR CAN DESTROY A GOOD BOOK. HUBER IS FANTASIC WITH THIS GENRE. IF YOU LIKE PARANORMAL ROMANCE, WITH ALPHA STRONG PROTECTIVE MALE, AND INDEPENDENT STRONG FEMALE WITH STRONG SECONDARY CHARACTERS. LACED WITH ACTION AND HUMOR (NOT TO MENTION GREAT SEX SCENES) ALL DONE WITH GREAT NARRATION . THIS IS THE SERIES FOR YOU.

Great Story

I very much like this story. I can't wait until I can get the next book in this series.

This BOOK was AWESOME!!!!

I have read all the BDB series and while I enjoyed them in my opinion after reading/listening to just ONE TMD series it is FAR superior. Homosexual Vampires were odd to say the least in the BDB series. However I loved, loved, loved, this book I love the way she created the vampire males are born and the women are mortal and that people don't get bitten to change Awesome concept and very creative!! I found it more refreshing then the typical vampire story line. Lara has become one of my new favorite authors. She doesn't need to fill the book with tons of sex to have a great story. Just sprinkling it in to enhance the story.

I think the narrator did a GREAT job with her performance she too is becoming one of my new favorites

AWESOME JOB!!

Good But Not What I Was Expecting

Although this was a good read I did not find myself on the edge of my seat or being unable to put this down. The plot was okay, but for me I felt like the characters fell flat and I could never really embrace them. I am an true vampire lover and I love a good romance like the next woman, but this left me wanting, but that may not be the Lara's fault. Over the last few years since vampires and werewolves have become all the rage, I find that many of them are missing the terror or suspense they used to have. THAT'S WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR and this did not provide it. However, aside from what I want it was a good book. I doubt that I would listen to anything else by Lara only because I want "more".

Oh, the narration by Hillary Huber was pretty good. I would look other projects she has worked on.

Didn’t like the voiceover, but the book was decent

I didn’t care for the lady reading this story. She sounds like she’s in her forties, and it made me feel like my mother was reading it to me (awkward as hell). The way she delivered the dialog didn’t help. She read it like a badly acted soap opera, making the characters sound phony. The story on its own was good, and I’ll likely buy the book to read it for myself. But the voiceover in this is terrible. I’m sure this lady is good, I just don’t think she has the right voice to read for a character in her twenties. If I had the choice again I wouldn’t purchase this audiobook, but I would buy a hard copy to read myself.

Kiss Me!

Yes if you are looking for a series after reading the BDB this is the series for YOU. This is Just like that series, except their enemies are called Rogue Vampires who feed and kill humans. They are called The Order who kills the rogues. Their race started with alien, YES I said ALIEN world explores who crashed landed on earth. Their bodies was to advance for the food on earth and they found out they could live on the blood of humans. So all the Plaques was really the forefathers killing all of the humans. The first generation of breed vampires ( Vampire men born to human women) woman who bare the birthmark of a crest moon with a tear drop can be impregnated by the breed. Each book is about each warrior finding their breed mate. Yes it is just as Sexy as the BDB I promise you!

Vampire's and women.....

What did you love best about Kiss of Midnight?

Another great series so far. Really has a great story to it and gets you really thinking. More intertaining with new idea's to the whole vampire idea and where they could have come from. Would be even better with more than one nariator, but is still great. Not as much sexual parts, but after reading romance after romance you really don't need to hear it over and over. Although this one seems differant than the last romance sexual incounter. So I liked it still.

I am hooked to this series..
Ifer

Which character – as performed by Hillary Huber – was your favorite?

Hillary did really good with the accents, great job.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Brought tears to my eyes, and also made me laugh.

Any additional comments?

A must read, or listen too book!

Good book, worth the credit

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes, i would

Who was your favorite character and why?

Dante

Any additional comments?

Why, must they always run away only to be captured by the bad guys. Then they regret it later.