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Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas

11 reviews

trashbinfluencer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Racism, Addiction, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug use, Gun violence, and Medical content

carbs666's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Okay I wrote a REALLY LONG REVIEW AND ACCIDENTALLY DELETED IT. Basically:

• The more I think about this book the more I liked it - I appreciate the length of time it takes Amelia to reveal her personality and trust Cam enough to rely on him.
• Cam has everything a Kleypas hero should! I love how determined he is to care for Amelia and help her family.
• Not clear to me how much research Kleypas actually did into Romany culture at this time and I will say Merripen's role in the Hathaway family makes me feel WEIRD. 
• The haunting was so unexpected and genuinely moving??
• The sex was PERFECT. 
• I look forward to the rest of the series but be warned this book deals with some dark themes! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide attempt, Grief, Sexual content, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Xenophobia

gemin1reader's review against another edition

3.0

Not a huge fan of the hero and his ‘possessiveness’ and some of the other characters sort of lacked charm so just came off a bit annoying. 

It was interesting to read a non-traditional Roma hero though and I do like Amelia and her endless suffering as the eldest daughter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism and Alcoholism

avacyn731's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Gun violence, Death, and Racial slurs

smithrachaelynn's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

After re-reading, this is still as magnificent as it was the first time. This cast of characters is so wonderful and I loved the way their stories are woven together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

constancely's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use

ember_eyes_are_for_tigers's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

Not a strong start to this series, as the plot felt forced and the characters felt stilted and were frankly annoying.
Especially Cam, whose personality seemed to have been completely altered from his first introduction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racial slurs, Alcoholism, and Racism

Minor: Sexism

valeria_gzz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

AMAZING. I was so excited to read Cam’s book (if he had one) after reading Evie and Sebastian’s book and wow this did not disappoint. 

This Kleypas had a lot of what I usually find missing in other Kleypas books: a good connecting flow between the romance and the action. I’ve sometimes felt a pause in romance then some action and then play on romance and then action during some Kleypas books and it sort of agitates me. I don’t hate it but it does bother me when it happens.

Cam was hot and I love it when there’s a hard working mc and then the other mc is like “I’m gonna take care of you because you take care of everyone else” and so when they’re with each other is the one place the caretaker is being taken care of, it’s adorable.

I can’t wait for Leo’s book and Win and Merripen AND Beatrix/Beatrice OMG I HOPE THERE’S A SCENE WITH HER ANIMALS CAUSING A MEET-CUTE!!!

Minus .25 because WHERE THE F IS MY EPILOGUE!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Classism, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

knittingreader's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I liked the main character and her sibs but just couldn’t take the lack of consent or the hero’s “the Rom are a jealous people so you can never be alone with another man except your brother or me” attitude. 
Also, the ghost piece of it felt weirdly jammed in there. 
I did love seeing the other characters from different books. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death

danielle70's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

Tropes:

• uptight heroine/super chill hero
• major opposites attract
• hero pursues heroine hardcore (heroine is the one with trust/commitment issues)
• kind of marriage of convenience
• self-made man
• rich hero
• strong family component 
• pretty secluded (not really any parties or the ton in the book)

spoilers
I just have to mention how much I loved how Cam was with Amelia. Their dynamic was so interesting and requires a lot of trust. I loved seeing how she let him take control when she's a control freak and he was always so gentle with her. They had banter but he was very good at allowing her to be in control while also taking control from her if that makes sense. You could just tell she was comfortable around him emotionally and he never took advantage of that once and I loved it. I also have commitment issues like Amelia and like my independence but Cam pursued her relentlessly. I loved it. I'm also dying to get my hands on Merripen and Win's book because I just know Merripen will bring all the angst and Win reminds me of Jane Bennett from Pride and Prejudice through how kind-hearted she is. I love their relationship already.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts