The Midnight Witch (Audible Audio Edition) Paula Brackston Marisa Calin Macmillan Audio Books
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Midnight is the most bewitching hour of them all....
From Paula Brackston, the New York Times best-selling author of The Witch's Daughter and The Winter Witch, comes a magical tale that is as dark as it is enchanting. Set in high-society Edwardian England, The Midnight Witch is the story of a young witch who faces the choice between love and loyalty to her coven....
"The dead are seldom silent. All that is required for them to be heard is that someone be willing to listen. I have been listening to the dead all my life."
Lady Lilith Montgomery is the daughter of the sixth Duke of Radnor. She is one of the most beautiful young women in London and engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. She is also a witch.
When her father dies, her hapless brother Freddie takes on his title. But it is Lilith, instructed in the art of necromancy, who inherits their father's role as Head Witch of the Lazarus Coven. And it is Lilith who must face the threat of the Sentinels, a powerful group of sorcerers intent on reclaiming the Elixir from the coven's guardianship for their own dark purposes. Lilith knows the Lazarus creed Secrecy and silence. To abandon either would put both the coven and all she holds dear in grave danger. She has spent her life honoring it, right down to her engagement to her childhood friend and fellow witch Viscount Louis Harcourt.
Until the day she meets Bram, a talented artist who is neither a witch nor a member of her class. With him, she must not be secret and silent. Despite her loyalty to the coven and duty to her family, Lilith cannot keep her life as a witch hidden from the man she loves. To tell him will risk everything.
The Midnight Witch (Audible Audio Edition) Paula Brackston Marisa Calin Macmillan Audio Books
Every time I'd start to like or feel empathy for the heroine, she'd do something stupid. Kind of reminded me of those Harlequin books where the girl decides "he couldn't possibly love me because of x (insert random stupid reason), I'm leaving" instead ofjust being direct, and all the drama that ensues from that.
Note to heroine: that spirit that comes to you unbidden IN YOUR MIND can read your mind. Really. Doesn't stop.
I was ready to stop at 40% of the way through. Read the reviews at that point, and a couple reviewers hadn't even finished the book. I figured well, maybe it gets better.... the least I can do is finish it. I did and I wish I hadn't wasted my time. I enjoyed the first two witch stories from this author. Not loved, but enjoyed. This one, not so much.
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The Midnight Witch (Audible Audio Edition) Paula Brackston Marisa Calin Macmillan Audio Books Reviews
I found this book boring. The character's are completely unbelievable and trite. The storyline is dull and way too slow. Plus, the descriptions go on and on and on.... I also found the alternating POVs distracting, rather than helpful to the book.
I really did try to finish the book, but usually fell asleep every time I tried.
I have read this author's previous work (The Winter Witch and The Witch's Daughter) and I really enjoyed both. I could not believe this book was from the same author.
Brackston weaves a disjointed tale of magic, love, and history. The origin of the magic that the witches wield is never fully described and the reader is expected to take the main character's use of "magic" at face value. Brackston does not develop the coven's world in a satisfying way. The love story is forced and immature. The book is meant to cover a period of about ten (give or take a few) years starting right before WWI to the aftermath of WWI London. Most of the book spent describing the first year then glosses over the in between and abruptly ends. Also, historical events are not woven into the story but there are longs paragraphs describing the events. It was ok. I have read so many great series that I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel for fantasy/historical fiction. So many better series to start with. Deborah Harkness for one!
While I like this author I was frustrated this time around. Instead of letting the characters move the story along there was a lot of description. I was fed up with the witches being so weak, they just pretty much stand helplessly by and can't counteract any spells by the Sentinels. Her spirit guardians are routinely rendered useless as soon as she would need them. That and the pits full of demons got repetitious. She selfishly strings along Louis for around six years because she can't work up the nerve to break up with him. Just wish she had written her with more of a back bone.
Paula Brackston is now one of my favorite writers. Her books are very well written, extremely imaginative, highly entertaining and the characters are strong, likable, and interesting. Get lost in the lush Welsh/British countryside. I highly recommend this and all her books!
Wish I had read the reviews before buying this book. The plot was nothing new or exciting. Like other reviewers I skipped pages of dialogue, or skimmed through a good 1/3 of the book. Finally got aggravated by page 176 and just read the ending. No surprises there either. Read The Witch's Daughter instead.
I belong to a new book club with a group MUCH younger than I am. I joined because I knew there would be books chosen that I may not ordinarily choose and thought I could expand my library. At first I was sorry because I judged the book by the synopsis and the reviews and decided it was stupid before I picked it up. I'm very happy to say that it turned out to be a favorite of mine and will read others by this author. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for something that is fun, exciting, hard to put down and romantic. Great book.
I dint normally leave reviews. I have to have string feels - good or bad - to leave a review. I enjoyed the Witch's Daughter so I purchased The Midnight Witch. The story idea and plot are what kept me reading this but the over use of detail drive me nuts. Pages I skipped over going on in length about the darnedest things, people and places that could have been summed up in a paragraph or two. Also the main character Lilitth's constant inner turmoil on "should I do this or shouldn't I" "is this good for the coven" or "how could I have done this differently" got on my nerves after a while. Seriously it seemed like every other page she was bemoaning something and again not just a few sentences but pages of it. I think I actually read half the pages I got so aggravated. The premise was good, the actual plot was good, however the author could have done a much shorter book if she had left out many things that did nothing to enhance or move the plot along.
Every time I'd start to like or feel empathy for the heroine, she'd do something stupid. Kind of reminded me of those Harlequin books where the girl decides "he couldn't possibly love me because of x (insert random stupid reason), I'm leaving" instead of
just being direct, and all the drama that ensues from that.
Note to heroine that spirit that comes to you unbidden IN YOUR MIND can read your mind. Really. Doesn't stop.
I was ready to stop at 40% of the way through. Read the reviews at that point, and a couple reviewers hadn't even finished the book. I figured well, maybe it gets better.... the least I can do is finish it. I did and I wish I hadn't wasted my time. I enjoyed the first two witch stories from this author. Not loved, but enjoyed. This one, not so much.
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