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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
I’ve read JT Geissinger’s Queens & Monsters series and loved it, but when she writes a thriller, she can really mindfuck a reader.
Midnight Valentine is my third such novel from Geissinger and I’m obsessed.
It’s been five years since Megan lost her husband in the accident. She’s moved from Phoenix to Oregon and purchased a ramshackle old inn to restore. It was their plan. But when she arrives in Seaside, she meets Theo, a man who shared just a few striking similarities with Megan’s late husband.
What a ride! I loved it. The perfect break from my recent holiday kick.
Midnight Valentine is my third such novel from Geissinger and I’m obsessed.
It’s been five years since Megan lost her husband in the accident. She’s moved from Phoenix to Oregon and purchased a ramshackle old inn to restore. It was their plan. But when she arrives in Seaside, she meets Theo, a man who shared just a few striking similarities with Megan’s late husband.
What a ride! I loved it. The perfect break from my recent holiday kick.
4.5⭐️ Beautifully written, heart-wrenching story. I loved the sentiment that love never dies. I loved the magical thinking elements and poetic prose. I loved the slow-burn, mysterious love story between two strangers who have this magnetic pull toward each other that cannot be explained by logic.
I wasn’t completely satisfied by the end. I can’t really say why without spoilers, but at least it was better than what she states in the Afterward was her original plan for the ending. I think I would have thrown my phone across the room if she went with her originally ending.
I wasn’t completely satisfied by the end. I can’t really say why without spoilers, but at least it was better than what she states in the Afterward was her original plan for the ending. I think I would have thrown my phone across the room if she went with her originally ending.
This was the 3rd J.T. Geissinger novel I read and by a mile the least spicy, but I still really loved the story. I also found it more predictable than the others I read, though there was definitely some details I did not see coming at all. I think I just overwhelmingly loved the concept of this true love that transcended lifetimes. I wish the end was longer, more of a slower paced delving into what he remembered rather than a quick summary, but still loved this story.
Sooooo, I don’t know how to feel about this one.
There is a sense of grief, loss and longing (quite well done) throughout the entire book, bc of the MFC having lost her husband, who she loved dearly.
But what left a bad taste in my mouth is the whole reincarnation thing at the end. Theo has been diagnosed w schizophrenia, which the author wrote in to be able to say that his memories were a mess bc “reincarnation”. But tbh, it felt a little like the MFC sorta manipulated (not on purpose, she ac believed in reincarnation) the MMC into believing that he was her dead husband, reincarnated, as opposes to being mentally ill. It felt a lil grimy to me tbh.
There is a sense of grief, loss and longing (quite well done) throughout the entire book, bc of the MFC having lost her husband, who she loved dearly.
But what left a bad taste in my mouth is the whole reincarnation thing at the end. Theo has been diagnosed w schizophrenia, which the author wrote in to be able to say that his memories were a mess bc “reincarnation”. But tbh, it felt a little like the MFC sorta manipulated (not on purpose, she ac believed in reincarnation) the MMC into believing that he was her dead husband, reincarnated, as opposes to being mentally ill. It felt a lil grimy to me tbh.
It’s my first book by J.T. Geissinger and it was a pleasant surprise.
Her prose was a page turner for me: I was really curious to find out how they would have sorted themselves out.
The idea of Theo not speaking was really brilliant: it was funny and endearing to see how they would manage to communicate!
I liked Theo (of course), Megan’s sass, Suzanne’s straightforwardness, Coop’s loyalty, the Buttercup, the ocean, the Portland location, all the little touches Theo left behind (though I totally agree with Suzanne that you don’t ghost someone after you had a great night with them!).
What didn’t fully work for me was the lack of friends from Phoenix (I am always puzzled when great characters change town and no friends from their previous town make it in the book, it seems to make the characters detached from long lasting affections), the reincarnation angle (I know it’s the main theme, but I think it would have been great already with the mutism issue. Exploring the reincarnation thrope while both characters are seeing psychiatrists felt a bit demeaning towards the psychiatrists work), Colleen being pregnant of Craig on the same night as Megan’s date (Colleen didn’t seem the type of character to be so careless on a bootie call), the hastened ending (after all the push and pull just a few pages from Theo to explain what happened and how Megan shifted from loving Cass to loving Theo? Who is Theo, really, when he is healthy?).
So, nice book, really pleasant, I will try more from J.T. Geissinger but keeping my stars for her other gems.
Her prose was a page turner for me: I was really curious to find out how they would have sorted themselves out.
The idea of Theo not speaking was really brilliant: it was funny and endearing to see how they would manage to communicate!
I liked Theo (of course), Megan’s sass, Suzanne’s straightforwardness, Coop’s loyalty, the Buttercup, the ocean, the Portland location, all the little touches Theo left behind (though I totally agree with Suzanne that you don’t ghost someone after you had a great night with them!).
What didn’t fully work for me was the lack of friends from Phoenix (I am always puzzled when great characters change town and no friends from their previous town make it in the book, it seems to make the characters detached from long lasting affections), the reincarnation angle (I know it’s the main theme, but I think it would have been great already with the mutism issue. Exploring the reincarnation thrope while both characters are seeing psychiatrists felt a bit demeaning towards the psychiatrists work), Colleen being pregnant of Craig on the same night as Megan’s date (Colleen didn’t seem the type of character to be so careless on a bootie call), the hastened ending (after all the push and pull just a few pages from Theo to explain what happened and how Megan shifted from loving Cass to loving Theo? Who is Theo, really, when he is healthy?).
So, nice book, really pleasant, I will try more from J.T. Geissinger but keeping my stars for her other gems.
dark
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Beautiful contemporary story. G.T. Geissinger does not disappoint. I’ve read a few of her books and I am loving her writing style and the way she creates unique stories and try to get some weird interesting twist to her stories.
I wanted to love this book like I loved Pen Pal but unfortunately I didn't. The humor was a 10! I snort laughed so much during some of this book. I figured out the plot within the first chapter and I was really hoping she'd do some major spin to it. I was disappointed that I was correct (with my theory) but the Epilogue was good and made me not feel so mad at the end haha