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Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian

laurenjodi's review against another edition

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4.0

Midnight Rising
4 Stars

Synopsis:
Fueled by rage following a devastating betrayal, Rio, the most tortured of the Breed warriors, is about to succumb to his darkest thoughts when Dylan Alexander crosses his path. With the power to expose the vampire race to humanity, Dylan must ultimately choose between the life she has always known and her destiny...

Review:
A good story but not as suspenseful or intense as Kiss of Crimson or Midnight Awakening.

Rio and Dylan are a sweet couple. Rio is the epitome of the tortured hero (for which I have a weakness) and Dylan is feisty and definitely has a will of her own. I liked how she doesn’t let Rio or Lucan walk all over her, and is wonderfully accepting of Rio’s physical and emotional flaws. Nevertheless, their romance feels a bit rushed and their chemistry is not as forceful as in the other books.

I also appreciated the differences between Dylan and the other Breedmates. While she is not as sensitive as Tess or as kick butt as Elise, she is special in her own right. To begin with, her ability is darker than those of the others and the manner in which she copes with it reflects her determined spirit. Second, she has connections to the human world that the other mates lack. Unfortunately, Adrian’s methods for severing these ties feel contrived and even predictable.

Another issue I had difficulty with is the fact that Rio seems to overcome his trust issues and fall in love with Dylan far too quickly. This is inconsistent with his characterization in the previous books where he has an intense distrust of women following Eva’s betrayal.

Perhaps it would have been better if Rio’s story came later in the series after more time had elapsed.

The plot revolving around the villain’s plans for the ancient is developing in an interesting and exceedingly diabolical way. This villain is seriously evil and in this respect surpasses those in the previous books. I look forward to seeing how this aspect of the series develops.

Overall, I enjoy the way the series is developing and will definitely continue reading.

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3.0

3.5 stars. A few things majorly ruined the feel of the book to me, and they all happened on the last 70 or so pages. The stuff with the son of Dragos was just... Cheesy. There was a lord Voldemort/Tom riddle moment where the bad guy used an algorithm to make his street names and shit, one of which didn't even make sense as to why you'd figure it out. And the final 'fight scene' between the son of Dragos and Rio... Was just... Not satisfying at all. They're constantly sitting back with their females instead of chasing down some evil Psychopath to stop them! Like, jump in the damn water and hope you end up in the same place, she's a big girl and if not she can wait in the car he won't be back! Just baffles me the shit they let slide!

What I LOVED however, is that this is basically a beauty and the beast retelling. He's scarred and thinks he's hideous. His on the verge of wanting to die, and she stops him. She's a little annoying with the questions but it's understandable as a reporter, her gift is to see the dead which I didn't like because they were always super cheesy, and I'm so sad over her mother it's ridiculous. But all up it was a good read. Not great, but satisfying enough to continue.

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5.0

Auch diese Reihe habe ich erst kürzlich für mich entdeckt. Grundsätzlich mag ich keine Vampir-Bücher, aber die Midnight Breed Reihe ist einfach etwas ganz besonderes. Die Vampire hier stammen von Aliens (sie nennen es der Stamm) ab und haben nur männliche Nachkommen. Es gibt bestimmte Frauen, mit denen sie eine Blutsverbindung eingehen können und daraus können dann wieder nachkommen entstehen. Diese Frauen nennen sie Stammesgefährtinnen. Meist wissen die Frauen nichts von ihrer Bestimmung und müssen daher langsam in die Geheimnisse eingeweiht werden.
Auf diesen Teil habe ich mich sehr gefreut, da es um Rio geht. Er wurde im ersten Band schwer verletzt und hadert mit seinem Leben. Schnell realisiert man, dass er mittlerweile lieber aufgeben will und dies am Anfang des Bandes auch plant in die Tat um zu setzten. Doch dann tritt Dylan (was für ein dämlicher Name für eine Frau – das hat mir am Anfang große Schwierigkeiten bereitet) in sein Leben. Sie macht etwas, was Rio zwingt seinen Plan zu ändern und ihr hinterherzujagen. Nicht etwa aus Liebe (das kommt erst viel später) sondern weil sie etwas hat was die Krieger des Stammes in große Gefahr bringen könnte. Wie schon in den Vorgängerbänden ist hier nicht gleich alles ete petete und wir lieben uns gleich innig. Die Handlung ist super spannend und die Liebesbeziehung entsteht erst sehr langsam, weil sie beiden so gar nicht in den Kram passt. Rio will ja bekanntlich aus dem Leben scheiden und Dylan muss sich um ihre todkranke Mutter kümmern. Und doch passt diese Liebesbeziehung unglaublich gut und hat mich richtig gepackt. Rios Seelenqualen wurden sehr einfühlsam beschrieben und ich fand es toll wie Dylan auf ihn eingeht. Auch Rios Freundschaft zu Nico (mein absoluter Lieblingscharakter der Reihe) wird hier etwas näher beschrieben und hat mich emotional sehr angesprochen.
In der Reihe passt einfach alles – die Spannung, die Emotionen und die Liebe + Erotik. Ich mag ja sonst keine spannenden Bücher aber hier stimmt die Mischung einfach und es wird so verdammt packend geschrieben. Der Gegner ist am Anfang noch unbekannt. (ACHTUNG SPOILER zu BAND 1 und 2!!! Bitte erst beim Spoilerende weiter lesen, falls diese Bände noch nicht gelesen wurden!!!) Im Vorband wurde ja Marco endlich getötet und ich hatte so gehofft man kann dann aufatmen. Tja falsch gedacht. Die Überwinterungskapsel des Alten war leer und niemand weiß wo er sich jetzt aufhält. (SPOILER ENDE!!!) Ich habe lange Zeit im Dunkeln getappt, aber Leser die viel Suspence lesen, werden wohl schnell dahinter kommen. Für mich war es super spannend. Es wird an manchen Stellen auch sehr brutal und traurig, aber ich empfand es absolut im Rahmen eines Paranormal Romance Buches.
Was ich hier noch hervorheben möchte ist der Sprecher, Simon Jäger. Der macht seine Sache einfach großartig. Die Krieger stammen meist aus ganz unterschiedlichen Teilen der Erde und haben daher einen Akzent. Der Sprecher geht darauf ein und spricht die Charaktere so was von genial, dass ich wirklich zum Hörbuch raten würde. Rios italienischer und Nicos russischer Akzent sind ein Ohrenschmaus!

Meine Wertung:
5 von 5 Sternen

thegeekyblogger's review against another edition

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4.0

Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian: This book was about Rio, probably the one character I was wondering how she was going to make him whole again. It was a very good journey to watch him work his was back to the Order and then work his heart back to loving. It was a very moving story.

nosferatu's review against another edition

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Sad but enjoyable

saro93's review against another edition

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adventurous

4.0

wargod's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

goaskalix's review against another edition

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4.0

Oooooh, this was AMOST as good as Tegan. Damn, I do love my damaged heroes...

whitney0498's review against another edition

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5.0

Midnight Rising is the fourth book in the Midnight Breed series and I just loved getting to reenter this world. I am so happy that Rio finally has his own book and that he can finally get some healing from his past experiences. I just had so much fun reading this story and getting to meet some new characters. It was really easy to get lost in this wonderful story. I will definitely be reading more stories by this author.

perfectlymisaligned's review against another edition

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4.0

I had been anticipating Rio's story since the beginning of the Midnight Breed series. Lara Adrian made him out to be this larger than life character in only the handful of scenes he appeared in in the first 3 books, and I think it would have been impossible for this book to have lived up to all the expectations.Taking all of that into consideration, while this book starts off slower than the previous three, it was a quick, enjoyable read. The overall plot was well done, and though there were moments where i would have loved to have smacked the female lead, Dylan...the love story was engaging and well done.