• The Girl at Midnight

  • By: Melissa Grey
  • Narrated by: Julia Whelan
  • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (154 ratings)

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The Girl at Midnight

By: Melissa Grey
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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Publisher's summary

For fans of Cassandra Clare's City of Bones and Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke & Bone, The Girl at Midnight is the story of a modern girl caught in an ancient war.

Beneath the streets of New York City live the Avicen, an ancient race of people with feathers for hair and magic running through their veins. Age-old enchantments keep them hidden from humans. All but one. Echo is a runaway pickpocket who survives by selling stolen treasures on the black market, and the Avicen are the only family she's ever known.

Echo is clever and daring, and at times she can be brash, but above all else she's fiercely loyal. So when a centuries-old war crests on the borders of her home, she decides it's time to act.

Legend has it that there is a way to end the conflict once and for all: find the Firebird, a mythical entity believed to possess power the likes of which the world has never seen. It will be no easy task, though if life as a thief has taught Echo anything, it's how to hunt down what she wants...and how to take it.

But some jobs aren't as straightforward as they seem. And this one might just set the world on fire.

©2015 Melissa Grey (P)2015 Listening Library

Critic reviews

“Sparks fly...Will please fans of Cassandra Clare and Game of Thrones watchers with its remarkable world building; richly developed characters; and themes of family, power, loyalty, and romance...[Book Two] cannot come soon enough!” (Booklist, starred)

“[The] perfect blend of action and amour.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred)

“A feisty heroine, fun supporting characters, a mission to save the world, and some seriously spicy romance.” (SLJ)

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Adventure and excitement

I listened to this book on Audible and it was so great. The summery compares it to Cassandra Clares City of bones and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. I have not read the latter but I can tell you as much as I absolutely love City of Bones this was nothing like it. It was so completely different and original I am not sure what to compare it to.

There are ancient races of people living under the city of NYC. These people have feathers and magic and though hidden are very strong people. Echo is not physically one of them but she is living with them. Echo is a strong yet vulnerable young woman. She is pulled into an adventure that she never saw coming. Which is saying something considering she lives in a library and knows an ancient race of people.

This book is full of adventure and excitement. There is a prophecy no one actually believes but still pops up anyway like those pesky prophecies do. This is what sends Echo on her quest and adventure. This book hooked me and sent me right to book 2 when this one ended.

If you choose to listen as I did you will also enjoy the narrator. Where this can often affect the book in negative ways this is not the case. She has an amazing way of distinguishing the characters from one or the other.

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Old Story, And Still Magical!!!

I love this book. I love the strong female characters, the all too familiar struggle between status quo and progress, and the glimmer of hope that things can change when we all find a way to put aside our fears and bias.
I will keep this book in my library. It is truly a keeper. Now I am on to book 2!!! 5 STARS!!!!

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More Dragons Please

This was on sale, and because Miss Whelan is the narrator I automatically purchased since any of her work after 2014 has a deeper male voice, and this story has her lovely Irish lilt Brogue . Do not miss Karen Robards trilogy, guardian series as the hero Again has her lovely Irish lilt Brogue.
This story is noted as a young teen, and our heroin is 17 years old. HA!! This is fantasy at its best and our heroin is anything but a 17-year-old with young dialogue! The author takes from her personal background and experiences in travel and implemented them in this book. Creative writing that is entertaining if you like fantasy romance genre.
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Slow start, but solid middle & end

I had trouble sticking with this at first, but due to audibles not allowing me to return books anymore I stuck with it. So glad I did, I am definitely getting the next in the series. Also props to the voice actress, she was a little rocky with some accents but her tone was solid and I’d listen to any of her books!

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The Girl at Midnight

I started to read this book without any notion of the similarities other GR readers attached to it... I'm referring to The mortal Instruments series or Daughter of Smoke & Bone that I don't know at all so I enjoyed this story and this take of the author about mythology very much and even if there were parts of the dialogs a little bit over the top and the end was a little too easy I loved this story and characters. The writing was so poetic and the narrator's performance was excellent!

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An intriguing new world of magic and myths

A beautifully written new world of magic and myths. I am a big fan of sarcasm, great dialogue, and quirky characters and this story has all of it in spades.

I haven’t read the other books this has been compared to so to me it was new, fresh and exciting.

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Loved the concept, characters and narrator. However it fell short for me.

So I love Julia Whelan and she did great as always. The characters began to develop and did so slowly but never fully reached their potential. The world and story could have brought so much depth but for some reason I felt like it was surface level with a potential for deeper meanings if that makes sense. I’m going to listen to the next book however , hoping that in that book it will pick up more. For this book I did. Like the ending, I just wished for more.

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really entertaining

loved it. the story was really good. listening was like a movie you couldn't stop watching. narration was great. looking forward to book 2. highly recommend

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amazing

LOVE IT ALL I JUST FELL IN love with this book and I am geting the next book love Melissa Gray

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The Girl at Midnight

I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. I can't wait to listen to the next books in the series. I like the character's in the book and the details. I also like the friendships / relationships of the characters.

Fun Fact: I had to start it at midnight because it has midnight in the name :D

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