suzjustsuz 's review for:

Ashes of Midnight by Lara Adrian

3.0

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I really wanted to say "this is my favorite so far." Lara Adrian's lore and world is engaging and her male characters are enjoyable, if a little too tormented for my liking. Even with all that said, these reads would be quite enjoyable if it weren't for the fact that nearly every book has the plots hinging on some piece of stupidity by the heroine. Ashes of Midnight is no exception to this apparent Adrian plot rule. The notion that the hero and heroine waited so long to be together is, unto itself, a bittersweet torment to be worked. But making the heroine oblivious to her mate's evil of 30 or more years was impossible to swallow. At every turn the female does the most imbecilic move and it's always because she is upset. This seems to be a theme for Ms. Adrian. The female gets upset and then does the stupidest possible thing to do, justified by being upset. This series wants to be good, it tries to be good, but I haven't met a female in the books I can respect yet. I'm still hoping.