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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I don't know what it says about me that I loved this so much, but I loved this SO MUCH. Uggggggh give me a hundred just like this. Maximus, get thee to a therapist. Artemis, have some self respect. You both need help. Also never change, this is everything I want in a historical romance.
Sadly I just never really got into this book in the series.
I had been so looking forward to Artemis and Maximus's story only to be disappointed from almost the first moment. There was just never any real hook. The chemistry between the two was lukewarm at best and I never really felt like I understood or connected with the characters.
I was hoping for so much more from this one, but ultimately I'd rank it the weakest of the series.
Still love Elizabeth Hoyt and her magical historicals, but some of that magic was lost in Duke of Midnight
I had been so looking forward to Artemis and Maximus's story only to be disappointed from almost the first moment. There was just never any real hook. The chemistry between the two was lukewarm at best and I never really felt like I understood or connected with the characters.
I was hoping for so much more from this one, but ultimately I'd rank it the weakest of the series.
Still love Elizabeth Hoyt and her magical historicals, but some of that magic was lost in Duke of Midnight
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Original 2020 review:
CW: infidelity; swordfighting; violence against incapacitated people; cruelty towards mental patients; attempted/implied/threatened sexual assault; explicit sexual content.
A twist ending! A cliffhanger! The Ghosts united!
I like Artemis a lot, and her friendship with Phoebe is delightful. Maximus being the 3rd ghost we'd seen mentioned in past installments at first was like "....him?" But I found his story compelling (Winter is still ❤️ tho), and the romance was balanced and the struggles realistic.
2025 reread:
Wakefield goes from 0-60 in 3 seconds, which seems odd but also is kind of how he appears to do everything (but he keeps that under wraps). This guy is the freakest of the freaks. Like all the Ghosts are weirdos, they all have reasons for it, but Wakefield's is EASILY the most unhinged:I'm going to spend every other night for 20 years searching St Giles for my parents' murderer, a man I have zero actual memory of because I repressed almost the entire night due to trauma. Yeah buddy, I'm sure that will work out for you. AND THEN IT DOES??? Duke privilege. He is literally just Batman in 1740s England.
Artemis is still a good one, and her quiet chafing at her station in life rings true. Things are taken from her, by circumstances outside her control, again and again. But that's 18th century womanhood baybee. It's insane that she completely exposes her entire leg to Wakefield casually in the pond and has ZERO expectation that he would even notice. Girl come on, he's a pompous ass, not a statue.
The scenes with Apollo in Bedlam are more intense than I'd remembered and yeah it does come back a little in the next book but can be skipped if it's not your scene.
We do get to see all Ghosts reunited one last time and St John and Winter are delightful together. I hope they are friends and have regular tea. Or more like, they go talk about swords or something when their wives have tea. Like when your mom brings you to her friends house and you have to play with her friend's weird kids who are kind of okay in small doses.
CW: infidelity; swordfighting; violence against incapacitated people; cruelty towards mental patients; attempted/implied/threatened sexual assault; explicit sexual content.
A twist ending! A cliffhanger! The Ghosts united!
I like Artemis a lot, and her friendship with Phoebe is delightful. Maximus being the 3rd ghost we'd seen mentioned in past installments at first was like "....him?" But I found his story compelling (Winter is still ❤️ tho), and the romance was balanced and the struggles realistic.
2025 reread:
Wakefield goes from 0-60 in 3 seconds, which seems odd but also is kind of how he appears to do everything (but he keeps that under wraps). This guy is the freakest of the freaks. Like all the Ghosts are weirdos, they all have reasons for it, but Wakefield's is EASILY the most unhinged:
Artemis is still a good one, and her quiet chafing at her station in life rings true. Things are taken from her, by circumstances outside her control, again and again. But that's 18th century womanhood baybee. It's insane that she
The scenes with Apollo in Bedlam are more intense than I'd remembered and yeah it does come back a little in the next book but can be skipped if it's not your scene.
We do get to see all Ghosts reunited one last time and St John and Winter are delightful together. I hope they are friends and have regular tea. Or more like, they go talk about swords or something when their wives have tea. Like when your mom brings you to her friends house and you have to play with her friend's weird kids who are kind of okay in small doses.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
One of my favorite Maiden Lane books, this includes Artemis Greaves, belabored companion to the somewhat daft but rich belle of the ball Lady Penelope. Artemis holds her poor little world together between visits to her crazed family and dealing with Penelope's shenanigans. During one particular dare into St. Giles, enter the Ghost of St. Giles, who saves both Penelope and Artemis' hides. Of course, Maximus, Duke and hardened House of Lords members, is pretty much obsessed with St.Giles and the gin that is peddled there. Having been previously ignored by the duke, Artemis catches his attention as he attempts to woo Penelope, his chosen future wife. These two are a match made in heaven: tight arguments in dark corners, secret embraces, and of course, secrets just waiting to be revealed.
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Artemis may be my favorite Hout Heroine at this point - her arc is all about reclaiming her own power and agency, and I ate it up. But LORD. Maximus is such a dick for nearly all of the book (and frankly every previous book in the series). I mean, I get the tragic backstory, but still. I needed him to pull his head out of his ass at least 100 pages earlier. Bonus points for the other two ghosts coming to his idiot rescue in the final act !