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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Lucan Thorne deals in death. Born of The Ancients, he is a first generation vampire warrior sworn to protect his kind and the lives of the innocent humans who live within his domain. Rogue vampires drunk with bloodlust are organizing to wage a war that threatens to destroy their quiet existence....” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Hahaha well this book was 'interesting' a pretty heavy romance. Not really my thing.”
Mooniie wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Men have issues. This guy doesn’t just suffer from the normal guy things, but the madness of his vampire heritage, or better know as Blood Less. When he stumbles upon a woman with proof their existence, he goes to delete it. That’s when he meets Gabrielle, a women who smells mouth watering. He can’t get her out of his mind, and during one of their more private moments, discovers the mark of a Breedmate. A woman capable of being more then a fling. By drinking his blood she would stop aging. But he won’t take her, he’s too close to the madness. To make it better, Gabrielle is drawn to places where the bad guys live. They’d do anything to get ride of the other Vampires, but where does that put Gabrielle and her all to human friends?”
Jourdan W wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Passably good, fairly entertaining.
ricca wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I’m sure other readers would have more flattering things to say about this new paranormal series (well, new for me anyway); but coming on the heels of The Black Dagger Brotherhood, The Dark-Hunters, and even the Dark Carpathians series, not to mention a few more other vampire-romance titles dizzyingly vying for space on bookshelves by up-and-coming authors and even from established ones who have succumbed to the popularity of the genre (like Medeiros, Dodd, and Sands), Lara Adrian’s The Midnight Breed, in my opinion (for what it’s worth), faces a veritable burden. And that is of needing to have something spectacularly jolting and provoking for it to steal the attention of an ever-widening audience who may already be over-saturated with this popular culture of vampire-slash-paranormal romance.
Frustratingly enough, even though the last BDB I have read was over a year ago (hence, should have dulled my memories of it), Adrian’s Midnight Breed felt so much like it. And sad to say, not *really* in a good way.
Frankly, it felt a little bit like a pale version of Ward’s.
From the tech-gizmo Gideon (who acts a bit like Vishous), the brooding Tegan (who, surprise-surprise, felt and sounded a bit like Zsadist), to even the warrior-leader Lucan (who felt like…guess-who), the Breed Warriors might as well have been the next-door neighbors of the Black Dagger Brothers, regularly coming over to swap secrets of the trade…except that they (the former) come off less like a close-knit family and more like a small corporation with members just conscripted for the job. At its extreme…they sound a bit…uhm…well…boring. Just a tad, mind.
When I read over what I have been saying so far, it sounds so harsh and wholly unfair, I know. But I think that is precisely the pernicious nature of a reading audience—especially romance readers. We are a sensitive, even fickle, lot. And for authors to earn (and keep) our adulation, they have to continually, aggressively feed our need for fascination and novelty.
Adrian’s series somewhat fails me on that score. The plot of a band of vampires rounding off their kind who have become renegade, as well as humans who have been brain-washed by the latter is not terribly original. Dress it up in as many other nouns as you could—“rogue,” “fallen,” “daimons,” “lessers,” etc.—unless the storyline jumps out at you in a fresh way, these characters would ultimately run the risk of sounding just like any other personas from other books.
Certainly, however, this series does not deserve to be unconditionally written-off. I can personally vouch it to be better than other vampire novels which have lame plotlines and ridiculously over-the-top premises (you can understand if I’d rather not name them—I’m doing enough damage to this one author, I think). In fact, what could be a different ingredient in this series, and may even be lauded by those who wish to have the “formula” twisted, is that the male protagonists are not “heroes” or “protectors” of the human race.
There. Stew on that =)
Anyway, if you are really seeking a large dose of knee-weakening, envy-inducing romantic shenanigans, this book could probably be relegated to the lower rungs of one’s “to-buy/read” books.
Read it for entertainment but not much more. It’s not a regrettable I-wish-to-god-I-never-picked-this-book-up kind of story, but neither does it make you overly drool, pant, hanker, and itch to grab the next installment…which I’ve experienced before.
Oh, shoot. Too much info? *runs off in shame*
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“The first vampire romance series i'd ever read where the Black Dagger Brotherhood novels, and they set the bar extremely high, and i never thought i'd ever find a series that even came close to touching it. Until this series, thus far the only vampire romance series to not only touch said bar, but to be on the same level as the BDB. ”
Literary Lorena wrote this review 4 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The series is really good, I have read them several times.”
Debra B wrote this review Saturday, November 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Interesting story. U could immidiately see he was a strong man. The way he carried himself was just ..... no words. Lucan Thorne is a great personality. The start of LaraAdrians Midnight breed series..”
Samayra A wrote this review Wednesday, November 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“So far so good....”
Danielle B wrote this review Tuesday, November 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I *heart* JR Ward. First, she brought to me the Brotherhood (and our love of the Brothers needs no further affirmation here at the RMB offices (ILOVEYOURHAGE!!!!)). Now, through the power of a quote, she has brought to me, the Breed (basically while staring at the new arrivals shelf at the bookstore with a thumping heart, my eyes registered the words “JR Ward”, turned to Lola and said “Hey check it! JR Ward said this book was good! Look look! She says it is "evocative, enticing, erotica" Sold!” “You know that you just judged a book by it’s cover don’t you?” muttered Lola, not taking her eagle eyes off the new arrivals shelf; her eyes scanning each title rapidly for the new Kresley Cole book, hoping against hope that the pale scary lady got it wrong. “No that’s so not true! Look what are you trying to say that I’m shallow and easily misled by false advertising? OMG! check out this guy on the cover! *grabs book off shelf* Gorgeous! I shall read this one too! *ahem* anyway back to “Kiss of Midnight”, look Lola, THE WARDEN says it’s good! In JR Ward I trust”).
RipMyBodice wrote this review Tuesday, November 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“Very similiar to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series!”
blue wrote this review Sunday, November 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Loved it. Lucan is one hot vamp!”
Team Vampire wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
