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The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

12 reviews

tostita's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

gbrds762's review

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

I loved this book. I kept wondering how these two would end up together. All the interactions between Marynka and Zosia range from cute to chaotic fun when they are battling each other.

I thought the plot was really well done and there was multiple amazing side characters. I would love to see short stories of Beata and the white Jaga, and I would love to see a story for Prince Józef and Kajetan. I think they would have an amazing story.

The ending was very cute and well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

shaipanda's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book didn’t grab me for some reason but idk if that’s cause I genuinely didn’t enjoy it that much or because I just finished one of the best books I’ve ever read 
I did love that it was gay tho cause obviously lol and I enjoyed it overall but it was still a kinda meh read for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse and Murder

Minor: Abandonment and War

fanboyriot's review

adventurous 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

4.5

A sapphic fantasy where two women who work for witches and take hearts of princes, what more could you ask for? 

Strongly recommend for anyone into more lighter fantasy books.  This was really easy to read, and there was even a page telling you how their names were pronounced.  It was lovely.  The Polish history sprinkled in through the story was done so well and worked surprisingly well with the rest of the plot.  With the romance there was such good tension between the rivals and soon blended into yearning and the realization that they might have been after each other’s heart.  It was so good!!

Sapphic
Villain x Villain 
Fairytale Magic
Pronunciation Guide
Angst with a Happy Ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Abandonment, and War

cateemma's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Violence

luckykosmos's review

emotional reflective

• 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

4.5

Adored this, and it centers Jasinska as one to watch. The dynamic between Marynka, Zosia, and Beata was delightful, and the parallel between Marynka/Zosia and Jozef/Kajetan added extra depth to all involved. On a personal note, I loved seeing a Polish-centered Slav fantasy that also acknowledged the diversity of Poland at the time - Selim's Muslim representation was a pleasant surprise, even if his role was slight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Child death and War

nutm3g's review

adventurous dark funny inspiring 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

The Midnight Girls was an exciting and entertaining read, where the villains were given the chance of a romance story for once. The sapphic enemies to lovers felt fully hashed out and believable, exploring the thin line between love and hate (as well as how quickly it can shift between the two). I enjoyed that the author did not set out to write a story where they would be "redeemed" or turn good, but rather let their love and story unfold while they remained true to themselves. While set in a semi-real historical backdrop where Poland and its people grappled for freedom from their oppressors and their right to maintain their identity we see Zosia (Midnight), Marynka (Midday), and even Beata (Morning) grapple with the same ideas of freedom and identity. It was an enjoyable read, with wonderful magical world-building. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Grief, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Death of parent

nicolemattingly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska 🎧

CW: blood, gore, violence, murder/death, parental abandonment, servitude, hint at sexual assault (doesn’t happen), brief mention of suicide, childhood trauma, abusive guardians, animal death, avalanche,  torture, cannibalism 

Recommended by Sammie @booksdogsandcoffee1991 

I had been falling into a slump when Sammie recommended this book to me. I immediately found it on Scribd and started listening. I had liked The Dark Tide (also by Jasinska) so I was curious on this new world and wanted to be drawn in. And I was. 

A sapphic, witchy YA read with an interesting comment that resembles the stepmother of Snow White. Three monster servants to three witch sisters are on a hunt for the prince’s heart but not for love. 

I do feel like the friendship/flirting came up a little quick. They had traveled together for days but we only got a couple glimpses of interactions between them so we miss the bonding between them. That being said, majority is high level tension of wanting together but competing against each other and that I loved!

Tropes:

Enemies/Rivals-to-lovers

Forced proximity 

Slow burn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Suicide and Sexual harassment

abbyschalupa's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, and Abandonment