• Kiss of Midnight

  • The Midnight Breed, Book 1
  • By: Lara Adrian
  • Narrated by: Hillary Huber
  • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (2,967 ratings)

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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

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I'm impressed!

Most Vampire books are rather cliche. I'm impressed at the depth of the story, world and characters built in this series. They are very good and entertaining. Nice unexpected twists, strong believable drama, I highly reccomend this series.

The narrator is good, does different voices well, I always know who's talking. The men sound like men, and the women are all different feminine voices. Although, apparently, Savannah lost her Louisiana accent, but that's unfortunately common in a series. Her voice and pace modulate with the drama, making the reading interesting. Truly, I want to write a glowing review of the narrator. My only complaint is she whistles though her teeth waaay too often. Wearing headphones, the shrill sounds goes right into my brain! (ugh! Just close your teeth all the way, please!)

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Couldn't get through this

Couldn't finish it, monotonous writing and narration. and now stuck with it because I can't e change it.

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Not bad, not great.

There was intrigue and passion, but also a meh voice performance and wayyyy too much broody warrior stubbornness (also see; a**hat).

All in all it's not bad... but I'm not in love either. I'm going to try book 2 in the series and see how it goes.

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A different spin on vampires

A lot of the past reviews compare this series to BDB. It’s a fair comparison as you have a group of vampire warriors/fighters going out at night to “clean” up the streets of their enemies to make it a safer place for both humans and vampires. These vampires in this series are also a little bad too and can become bad with blood lust. This is not the case with BDB. Bonded pairs in this series are also not as strong as in BDB as the vampire can kill his mate and the mate can also become crazy and turn against the breed. I personally didn’t really like this aspect because the bond looses its importance when it can be so easily broken. Although there are some things I didn’t really like this first book in the series is interesting enough to continue to the next.

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Great Story

Loved Gabby and Lucan together. Loved how she broke down his walls and stood strong for her man. Can't wait to see how this series bring Lucan and Maverick back together...as complete enemies or a brotherly bond that can be mended.

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3rd time

No matter how many times I read this book I enjoy it . Love all of her books. Keep writing.💕

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great read

this is my second time reading the series and I love it i can't get enough of the warrior story

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just ok

I thought I was easily amused, but maybe not so much. This series has 4 stars or more for most of the stories. The narrator is just ok. The heroine grew up in the foster system (not sheltered), but she doesn't act like it,, she's untrained, what is she going to do to help the big bad good guy with the big bad bad guy? Half way thru & getting irritated.
Might try to read rather than listen, part of it may be the narrator.

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It was okay. Slow paced no action, only sex

Explicit sex scenes and drama, but very predictable, no action. I won't read the next book.

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Good

Though I like dual narration this was a good story.Lucan alone for 900 years,sees her smells her sweet fragrance has to have her.Gabrielle a photographer drawn to bleak scenes out with friends sees the unthinkable a murder.Their worlds colliding

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