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Midnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

38 reviews

tbrplaylist's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

elizabethgreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Twilight Meets Bonnie and Clyde set in Coastal Louisiana. Dark southern gothic novel with a tinge of romantic tension. The pacing was phenomenal and the build up was paid off with a jaw dropping climax.  I loved the ending and that is hard to nail for me personally in a thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

mmollyyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

<b> Midnight is the Darkest Hour </b> is a twisted, unhinged beast

If you enjoy occultism, heavy religious themes and being VERY mad in thrillers, then this is the book for you!! 

Woven with dark themes of greed, power and oppression, this book tickled me in just the right way 😈👿

THANK YOU NetGally and Aria & Aries for providing an ARC of this book  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Medical trauma

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

aimesericks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Literal perfection. Holy fucking shit. I will accept exactly zero criticism on this masterpiece. Brb gotta go die for a few days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Rape and Gun violence

Minor: Pedophilia and Abortion

amymalbeuf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Abortion, Pedophilia, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

lexim's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, and Pedophilia

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

Out October 3, 2023 [Thank you so much to the publisher and author for the early copy for review!]

Rating: 5/5 stars

A serial killer begins stalking a small Louisiana town, and preacher’s daughter Ruth Cornier may be the only one with the keys necessary to uncover the truth.

This book is every single thing I love in literature all wrapped up in an absolutely perfectly written bow. The vibes—creepy, southern Gothic, small town, serial killer, vaguely paranormal—are perfection, the characters are delightful, the literary references and feminist commentary are on point…truly if I was asking someone to write a perfect book for me, it would end up looking a lot like this one. As you can probably put together from this statement, I LOVED this book.

Ashley Winstead is a brilliant thriller author (I already knew this and hopefully you did too) but Midnight truly puts her in an entirely new league of her own. The way she weaves literary themes with pulse-pounding edge-of-your-seat tension, the way she plots out dramatic reveals and curveballs that nonetheless fit together all the breadcrumbs she’s already left for readers, the way you feel completely immersed in the worlds she creates—without hesitation, I will read anything she ever writes, and I hope you do too.

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: small town suspense; vampire literature; serial killer thrillers

CW: Religious fundamentalism; child abuse (all forms); sexual assault/violence; murder/death/violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Violence, Murder, and Child abuse