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A review by alibookedup
Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-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
4.0
I will read mostly anything about witches, but this book is what caught the core of what makes me WISH I was a witch. The magic and how the witches are so wholly connected and bound to the earth was so beautiful. I loved how cozy the island of the Witchery was and how it just captured the beauty of nature and wholesome existence. The rules particularly of the covens and how the magic worked was super interesting from "the rush" of the magic into the sea, low magic, and high magic. Mostly I loved how it made me want to dive into the sea under the moonlight and wander into the woods to harvest spells from the earth.
I also really liked Mortana's, the main character, personal journey. I actually felt like it was super unique with how both sides of what she wanted - securing her family's safety or securing her ability to not settle in the expected- played out. I found myself torn, just as she was, between what she had to choose and I appreciate that one side or the other wasn't made blatantly "evil" to make her decision easier. It became a decision I did not envy and that is a rare thing among a lot of stories. Along that note, I think her relationships with both covens made the decisions that much harder. I loved Ivy as her best friend, her father, and even her mother who at times clashed with Tana, but was not blatantly loathsome, as well as Wolfe, Galen, and the freedom of their coven. Everyone had their reasonings for certain decisions while at the same time made them full of genuine love.
The one thing that didn't hit only because I feel like it was rushed was Wolfe. Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed Wolfe and Tana. I just felt like they fell in love so fast that it felt unbelievable at times. I know that is the usual pacing in so many books due to page limit and time, especially a stand alone like this, but I still wish it had grown a little more before immediately becoming love.
All in all, I would definitely add this books to my shelf and am now intrigued to read Griffen's other works.
I also really liked Mortana's, the main character, personal journey. I actually felt like it was super unique with how both sides of what she wanted - securing her family's safety or securing her ability to not settle in the expected- played out. I found myself torn, just as she was, between what she had to choose and I appreciate that one side or the other wasn't made blatantly "evil" to make her decision easier. It became a decision I did not envy and that is a rare thing among a lot of stories. Along that note, I think her relationships with both covens made the decisions that much harder. I loved Ivy as her best friend, her father, and even her mother who at times clashed with Tana, but was not blatantly loathsome, as well as Wolfe, Galen, and the freedom of their coven. Everyone had their reasonings for certain decisions while at the same time made them full of genuine love.
The one thing that didn't hit only because I feel like it was rushed was Wolfe. Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed Wolfe and Tana. I just felt like they fell in love so fast that it felt unbelievable at times. I know that is the usual pacing in so many books due to page limit and time, especially a stand alone like this, but I still wish it had grown a little more before immediately becoming love.
All in all, I would definitely add this books to my shelf and am now intrigued to read Griffen's other works.