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A review by sophie_ginny
By Midnight by Mia James
1.0
I picked this book up because my local library is closing for building work and I sort of panicked and took out about 12 books that I'm hoping will last me the next month.
I'm not going to sit here and say that everything about this book was a disappointment, I mean I'll be honest, my first feelings were pretty positive. I liked the way that there was a lot about historical London, Jack the Ripper in particular. And story idea was interesting for the most part, however I will admit that there are a LOT more negative things than positive things that I can say about this book...
First off, I didn't like April, the heroine. This was probably the main reason why I had such a negative view of the book. In my opinion, she was far too moody, I mean, I get it, being a teenager myself I understand that things annoy you sometimes and you do snap. And I don't know, maybe April had some anger problem that the author failed to mention, but it was like every single time her friend or her mum or her dad said something that she didn't like, she'd get angry and take it the wrong way. She was basically like one of those annoying friends who never stop complaining about things. Also, I don't know what was wrong with her but I sort of saw her as pretty dim and naive. This was the thing that annoyed me the most. At one point, she almost gets raped in the bathroom by the psychotic Marcus. She leaves the bathroom and the next thing she does is start complaining that Gabriel hasn't called... I mean what the hell! I'm no genius but I'm thinking that if you'd basically just been sexually assaulted in the bathroom, you'd be at least a LITTLE shaken!
There was another time when she was running away from Gabriel in London and she bumps into some guys who hold her hands behind her back and say something like "She's with us now, we'll take good care of her, won't we boys?". Gabriel beats them up but later and says "they had bad things in mind, believe me." April goes "How do you know that? Can you read minds?" ... I'm sorry sweetie, but you don't need to read minds to be able to know when you're facing a creepy rapist. She didn't even thank Gabriel.
Speaking of which, I thought it was ridiculous how fast she was to accuse him of killing her dad, I mean, it wasn't even like she was accusing him of something like steeling her phone or lying about something, she was accusing him of actually MURDERING her dad... Personally I think that's a little rash.
I honestly could sit here for ages finding fault, like how she reacted when Gabriel told her about the vampires and the disgusting recruiting system they have going on. It was like she didn't even care.
I almost made it to the end, it was becoming painful to read but I thought, "can't stop now"... However when I reached chapter thirty-two, page 356 I had to stop, I mean I seriously couldn't go on reading anymore. "You're a Fury. You're the last of the Furies"... I was like, you are actually having a laugh.
I don't think I will be putting myself through the next book, or any others in the series, and I don't recommend it either.
I'm not going to sit here and say that everything about this book was a disappointment, I mean I'll be honest, my first feelings were pretty positive. I liked the way that there was a lot about historical London, Jack the Ripper in particular. And story idea was interesting for the most part, however I will admit that there are a LOT more negative things than positive things that I can say about this book...
First off, I didn't like April, the heroine. This was probably the main reason why I had such a negative view of the book. In my opinion, she was far too moody, I mean, I get it, being a teenager myself I understand that things annoy you sometimes and you do snap. And I don't know, maybe April had some anger problem that the author failed to mention, but it was like every single time her friend or her mum or her dad said something that she didn't like, she'd get angry and take it the wrong way. She was basically like one of those annoying friends who never stop complaining about things. Also, I don't know what was wrong with her but I sort of saw her as pretty dim and naive. This was the thing that annoyed me the most. At one point, she almost gets raped in the bathroom by the psychotic Marcus. She leaves the bathroom and the next thing she does is start complaining that Gabriel hasn't called... I mean what the hell! I'm no genius but I'm thinking that if you'd basically just been sexually assaulted in the bathroom, you'd be at least a LITTLE shaken!
There was another time when she was running away from Gabriel in London and she bumps into some guys who hold her hands behind her back and say something like "She's with us now, we'll take good care of her, won't we boys?". Gabriel beats them up but later and says "they had bad things in mind, believe me." April goes "How do you know that? Can you read minds?" ... I'm sorry sweetie, but you don't need to read minds to be able to know when you're facing a creepy rapist. She didn't even thank Gabriel.
Speaking of which, I thought it was ridiculous how fast she was to accuse him of killing her dad, I mean, it wasn't even like she was accusing him of something like steeling her phone or lying about something, she was accusing him of actually MURDERING her dad... Personally I think that's a little rash.
I honestly could sit here for ages finding fault, like how she reacted when Gabriel told her about the vampires and the disgusting recruiting system they have going on. It was like she didn't even care.
I almost made it to the end, it was becoming painful to read but I thought, "can't stop now"... However when I reached chapter thirty-two, page 356 I had to stop, I mean I seriously couldn't go on reading anymore. "You're a Fury. You're the last of the Furies"... I was like, you are actually having a laugh.
I don't think I will be putting myself through the next book, or any others in the series, and I don't recommend it either.