The Girl at Midnight - Melissa Grey

The Girl at Midnight - Melissa Grey ★★★★ 4.0

This book gets 4 stars! Here's why:

• The Drakharin men...
• Magic is always a plus.
• Obviously Jasper + Dorian
• Caius.

So I realize that three of my points talk about Drakharin guys. We'll get to that later...

I was equal parts IMPRESSED WITH & SURPRISED BY this book.

Like. I did NOT expect to like it. And I wasn't super into it at first, but then... Caius. And it got good. Once Echo, Ivy, Caius, Dorian, and Jasper got together, the book was golden. I loved it. I absolutely loved the last 70% or so.

Beautiful.

Seriously, such a good debut novel by Melissa Grey. I cannot even tell you how incredibly much I am looking forward to the next book. I just know. It will be great. This book sets the stage for a second book with SO much potential and I can't wait to see where it goes.

I loved the fact that the main character was a human, but that she was always hanging out with the Avicen - or later, the Drakharin<3. It was significant in the book, but I also think that it helps the reader connect with Echo more. At least that is what it did for me. I liked Echo quite a bit.

Unfortunately I won't be giving this book five stars because:

1) The beginning was a little too slow for me.

2) The end confused me. I tried so hard to get it, but I just didn't. What even happened? I mean, I get the gist of it. But just the bare minimum.

Jasper was maybe my favorite part of this book. More specifically, his interactions with Dorian. He lovedtormenting him and making him feel awkward and I thought he was just so FUNNY. Jasper made the book waaayyy better than it would have been without him. I'm hoping that we see more of him in the next book because I'm all for hilarious characters. (:

And Caius! I LOVE CAIUS. Funny + manly + dragon scales? WHAT?! I. Love. Him. I feel like we don't know him that well yet, but I'm sure we'll get that in later books as well.

Final thoughts: Great book. Wonderful debut novel. Beautiful, thoughtful, funny. If you get a chance to read this, don't pass it up! Melissa Grey will do great things.