Marked by Midnight (MB 11.5) and Crave the Night (MB 12) by Lara Adrian

Title: Marked By Midnight + Crave the Night
Number of Pages: 146 + 288
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date of Original Publication: June 30th, 2014 + August 5th, 2014 
ISBN #: 1939193893 + 0345532635 

Alright guys, got another one out there but I must say. I am very disappointed with the last three books I have read. I did complete book two of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series as I had been previously reading, and I didn’t like it. It just wasn’t doing it for me. So I quite the series and decided to not even bother posting a review. Sorry. I have always been a huge fan of Lara Adrian’s Midnight Breed series, obviously even my username is geared towards it. However, these last two I found to be very disappointing from Lara. 

Marked by Midnight is a short novella that Adrian pushed out in June revolving around Mathias Rowan. Rowan was first introduced in Taken by Midnight (8) as he was a co-worker of Sterling Chase’s from the Darkhaven Enforcement Agency in Boston. Rowan now leads a command center for the Order in London. Murders start occurring within the city and Rowan ties it to a woman named Nova, a breedmate who is a skilled tattoo artist.

Crave the Night is the twelfth book to the series, and the second since the First Dawn and it revolves around Nathan Bishop, a captain of a Boston Order Squad, and a high class breedmate named Jordana Gates. Jordana eventually finds herself in the middle of the Order’s war and becomes Nathan’s biggest issue.

Alright. Now here comes the hard part. I don’t want to rant or give anything away. But both of them I’m disappointed in. Both were way too short, cut to the chase, and in the end it did not feel as though they had any form of direction. Crave the Night was very predictable, all three twists Lara tried to implement I figured out easily before hand, and nothing really important in the overall story line happened. The elders were never mentioned and it was too much Jordana and Nathan too fast.

I really hope that novella 12.5 in October “Tempted by Midnight” or book 13 whenever it is released will bring more of a plot line. For now these are both receiving three out of five stars.

★★★ 3 out of 5.

I will try and get my next book review up as soon as possible. Thank you for reading. If you have any suggestions, comments, or concerns for me, let me know, or just simply want to talk to me. I will do book requests. You can send me a message to me on here or E-Mail me at: TeamBellisle@yahoo.com

I check my yahoo account more often then Blogger however.

~*~ TJ ~*~

Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (BDB book 1)

Number of Pages: 402
Publisher: Signet
Date of Original Publication: September 6th, 2005
ISBN #: 978-0451216953

Yes, 2014. Starting it off with the flu and losing a job. So guess what? More reading! Yay! This one was a recommendation to me, this is J. R. Ward's Dark Lover. Book one to her Black Dagger Brotherhood series. This series is up to 12 books now, it is similar...I say similar lightly, to Lara Adrian's Midnight Breed series which is why it was recommended to me.

Beth is a journalist, more like an editor for a newspaper company, not much is said about what she actually does yet we get a view of her stuck-on himself boss. Wrath is the eldest of his vampire race, only about three hundred years old, oh and he's going blind. Their worlds collide when Beth's vampire father requests Wrath to assist Beth's change to adulthood, as their race does not become vampires until 25 in age. He wanted her to survive with his blood and no other because his daughter is half human and not of full vampire heritage. Wrath refuses his request and helps her see out the transformation, they fall in love and fight to the end together, along with the rest of the brotherhood, just a few, four if I remember, other vampires who have obstacles to them as well.

Alright, this series was not similar to Adrian's Midnight Breed series. The characters were barely developed, the relationship was rushed, and the action was pathetic; in my opinion. I personally felt that she spent too long getting to Beth and Wrath's introduction, then realized how long her book was so she rushed the relationship. One minute their meeting, the next they're fighting, then the next she agrees to marry him. To me it wasn't realistic.

Ward develops a new language for these elders yet does not describe it very well. There is a glossary in the front, yes in the front, as if you are to memorize the words before you read her book, and she uses the vocabulary often and less frequent enough that it was slightly confusing. Honestly I don't like maps or glossaries at the beginning, I want to read a book and be able to understand it, not have to flip to the beginning a billion times. Her writing style was mediocre and the fight scenes were typical.

I ordered the entire series, all twelve books I did. I just received books 8, 9, and 12 in the mail today, yet it's #2 I need; so you won't see a review for #2 for a while. Dark Hunters by Sherrilyn Kenyon was also recommended to me but I need to finish this series first. I have been told it 'gets better' and I will hold it to the end.

★★★ This book is getting a 3 out of 5. (Yes I have actual stars now!)
I have picked two random books out from the library to pass the time until I receive book 2 in the mail.

I will try and get my next book review up as soon as possible. Thank you for reading. If you have any suggestions, comments, or concerns for me, let me know, or just simply want to talk to me. I will do book requests. You can send me a message to me on here or E-Mail me at: TeamBellisle@yahoo.com
I check my yahoo account more often then blogger however.

~*~ TJ ~*~