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A review by parpacifica
Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter
2.0
2 stars.
I don't know. It was readable...sometimes.
Storyline:
We start the story with Kylie Galen, who you will notice almost immediately is whiny as hell. Her mother and father are fighting and we hear about her mother burning her father's shorts, and that they are getting a divorce. This of course leads us to believe that mom= bad, and dad=good. No inbetweens (this'll play an important role late).Kylie flees this all and decides to go to a party. The police arrive,of course, shut down the party and take Kylie as well as the others to the police station. Her mom goes to get her and then tells her that she has had enough (we all know what that means...) and puts Kylie into a boarding school for the special (sound familair??). Here she meets a persistent Half-fae named Derek, and a flighty-yet-broody werewolf named Lucas that Kylie shares a past with.
If I had an icecube for the amount of times Kylie called her mother an "Ice Queen" in just the first four chapters, I'd be the Ice Queen. Kylie displays I-don't-wanna-be-here syndrome throughout the novel, and that's cool, but it gets pretty annoying reading about this whiny, grumpy, kid.
Nothing ever bothered the Ice Queen.
That was her mom all right, nonchalant. Cold as Ice.
She didn't blame her dad for wanting to leave her mom, aka the Ice Queen.
"Tell him you're sorry...." That you're sorry you've got ice water running through your veins.
Characters:
Kylie: Kylie is a Mild to Moderate Mary Sue. She has all the characteristics nailed down. She is gorgeous yet unaware. But see, Kylie is a big baby. She seems to think that think that she is the only victim in her parents' divorce.
I know that neither my mom or dad want me. That's why I'm here.
She has a big heart. She is funny and kind and all that good stuff. No flaws. Nothing. But the only difference is she is is mildly strong willed. She finds it annoying when people tell her they want to protect her, when she is capable herself.
That is her only redeeming quality.
Derek: He is funny, kind, amazing, the whole package. At first he is appealing because he has this charm to him but as the book progresses he develops this weird Beta-male type of personality. Especially at the end, he constantly worries about Kylie's safety, always assumed she can't protect herself.
Lucas: This guy is like Waldo in Where's Waldo. We hear about him, glance over him in the story a couple of times, and then, we finally find him. Lucas gets only one proper intro. He is a werewolf, and has this macho Alpha-male thing going on. And sometimes it borders on creepy as fuck. Derek and Kylie were on a date, and this guy just jumps out of nowhere like the Nun from Conjuring 2. Her is the definition of a flighty person. He's here, and there, but somehow Kylie still seemed enamored with him.
(IDK HOW BUT LIKING GUUYS WHO ARE UNLIKABLE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD IS A RECURRENT THEM IN YA NOVELS)
So basically, I was like mildly interested in Derek, Lucas, but then it became evident (through the series) that this love triangle was going to be the focus of this series.
I can't do love triangle plot lines.
Honesty, I was rooting for neither and the storylines revolved around the romances.
2 stars.
It was readable.
I don't know. It was readable...sometimes.
Storyline:
We start the story with Kylie Galen, who you will notice almost immediately is whiny as hell. Her mother and father are fighting and we hear about her mother burning her father's shorts, and that they are getting a divorce. This of course leads us to believe that mom= bad, and dad=good. No inbetweens (this'll play an important role late).Kylie flees this all and decides to go to a party. The police arrive,of course, shut down the party and take Kylie as well as the others to the police station. Her mom goes to get her and then tells her that she has had enough (we all know what that means...) and puts Kylie into a boarding school for the special (sound familair??). Here she meets a persistent Half-fae named Derek, and a flighty-yet-broody werewolf named Lucas that Kylie shares a past with.
If I had an icecube for the amount of times Kylie called her mother an "Ice Queen" in just the first four chapters, I'd be the Ice Queen. Kylie displays I-don't-wanna-be-here syndrome throughout the novel, and that's cool, but it gets pretty annoying reading about this whiny, grumpy, kid.
Nothing ever bothered the Ice Queen.
That was her mom all right, nonchalant. Cold as Ice.
She didn't blame her dad for wanting to leave her mom, aka the Ice Queen.
"Tell him you're sorry...." That you're sorry you've got ice water running through your veins.
Characters:
Kylie: Kylie is a Mild to Moderate Mary Sue. She has all the characteristics nailed down. She is gorgeous yet unaware. But see, Kylie is a big baby. She seems to think that think that she is the only victim in her parents' divorce.
I know that neither my mom or dad want me. That's why I'm here.
She has a big heart. She is funny and kind and all that good stuff. No flaws. Nothing. But the only difference is she is is mildly strong willed. She finds it annoying when people tell her they want to protect her, when she is capable herself.
That is her only redeeming quality.
Derek: He is funny, kind, amazing, the whole package. At first he is appealing because he has this charm to him but as the book progresses he develops this weird Beta-male type of personality. Especially at the end, he constantly worries about Kylie's safety, always assumed she can't protect herself.
Lucas: This guy is like Waldo in Where's Waldo. We hear about him, glance over him in the story a couple of times, and then, we finally find him. Lucas gets only one proper intro. He is a werewolf, and has this macho Alpha-male thing going on. And sometimes it borders on creepy as fuck. Derek and Kylie were on a date, and this guy just jumps out of nowhere like the Nun from Conjuring 2. Her is the definition of a flighty person. He's here, and there, but somehow Kylie still seemed enamored with him.
(IDK HOW BUT LIKING GUUYS WHO ARE UNLIKABLE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD IS A RECURRENT THEM IN YA NOVELS)
So basically, I was like mildly interested in Derek, Lucas, but then it became evident (through the series) that this love triangle was going to be the focus of this series.
I can't do love triangle plot lines.
Honesty, I was rooting for neither and the storylines revolved around the romances.
2 stars.
It was readable.