Midnight Star by Karpov Kinrade

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Title: Midnight Star
Author: Karpov Kinrade
Series: Vampire Girl #2
Published by: Indie
Release Date: May 7, 2016
Format: Kindle Book
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Fantasy
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's COYER Summer Hunt
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My rating:

Blurb:

From USA TODAY bestselling series Vampire Girl, comes the next book in the saga: MIDNIGHT STAR. For fans of Twilight, A Shade of Vampire, and Outlander, experience a fantasy romance with an original twist on an old tale.

The vampires have enslaved the Fae for too long, and they deserve justice.

But the Fae are punishing the innocent for the sins of the guilty.

War begets war. Blood begets blood.

My bloodline binds me to the Fae, just as my blood oath binds me to the vampires.

They are forcing me to choose sides. To fight for one against the other. I must decide between my heart and my conscience.

Either way, someone I love will die.

My Review:

4 stars — This one picks up right where Vampire Girl left off, and I will admit that we were yet again thrown a LOT of new information about yet another aspect of the world.  I found it slightly hard to keep up with it all and keep it straight.  On the one hand I loved it, how rich the world is, the way it was expanding.  I just wished I felt more confident in my understanding of what I was learning, if that makes sense.

I spent most of the book unable to trust any of the characters outside Arianna.  I didn’t know what to think about Fen, Asher, any of the other princes, Lucian, the fae…like, ugh, I had no confidence in the motivations of any of them.  But I guess it did help me stay wrapped up in the story, wanting to know where it was going, what was really happening, etc.

Arianna was still a spit fire, though she was also conflicted about what was happening and what side she would be on.  I definitely felt all of her conflicting emotions, and I was kind of hoping that solutions would be clearer by the end of the book, but they weren’t.  I really enjoyed her transformation, and the introduction of Yami (though she was super accepting of it all, no questioning or freaking out).  But Yami was adorable.

And I definitely didn’t see the twists at the end coming, I’m super excited to find out where the story is going!  But I’m still on edge with it all…ugh.  So much anxiety.

COYER Summer Hunt: Read a book with a dragon on the cover — 2 points.