Loupe always dreamed of getting married. She yearned for a caring husband who would take her away from her servant-like existence at home with her stepmother and two stepsisters, a man who would love her forever. Those dreams ended the day she was bitten by a werewolf. Now she’s a mindless beast on the night of the full moon — a condition that forever prevents her from sharing a marriage bed. Not … Not even the attentions of a handsome and endearingly strong prince can convince her that the life she wants is still possible.
Etienne is a prince in need of a werewolf. A werewolf himself from birth, Etienne and his family have protected their kingdom with tooth and claw — literally — for thousands of years. Unfortunately, the spell of a well-meaning witch is slowly turning him human. Only the bite of a cursed werewolf, one who was not born with the beast inside, can save him from becoming human. He has no time for anything that will not lead him to a cure for the cure. Not even the beautiful maiden whose gentle nature soothes his soul can take his mind from his goal.
Love cares little for the best laid plans or the impossible. A grand ball. The stroke of twelve. A magic “slipper.” All kinds of things can happen when you don’t leave the ball… Before Midnight.
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This book was pretty good. I haven not ready very many paranormal romances so I was curious to try this one. Overall I like it. I think there were quite a lot of minor characters in the story, which might not have needed to be there, but no biggie.
The reasons this novel didn’t get 5 stars is because A) it was predictable and B) the first chapter …
I quite liked this variant of the Cinderella story, which is told both from the point of view of Loupe (Cinderella) and Etienne (Prince Charming). And with werewolves, yet! Very original, very steamy, very primal. The prologue and epilogue both promise more paranormal hijinks to come for a number of other princes. I am looking forward to those.
Before Midnight was a very enjoyable book to read, full of humor, forbidden love, a long-suffering stepdaughter, and a werewolf prince. It’s an extremely interesting remake of Cinderella. The storyline was smooth and engaging, the new characters in the old roles were original, enjoyable and inventive, the dialog was clever. This version of …
I have now read two books from this series, and have enjoyed both of them. They were both fun to read.
This entire series is amazing!
Each story in The Blood Prince series is an intriguing take on well known fairy tales. The characters are well written and draw you in. The stories enthralling and hard to put down.
This one is a variation of Cinderella with a Werewolf prince.
It was a great book that makes you want to never stop reading
A tad slow to start but by the time I got to chapter 2 I couldn’t put it down
I simply ABSOLUTELY love this story
Was a great short read. Will look for other books by this author.
Prince Etienne is a werewolf. In this paranormal world there are two types of werewolves – those who are born that way and those who are cursed to become werewolves by a bite. Prince Etienne was born a werewolf but due to a spell of a local witch, who had been trying to help him but cursed him instead, he is losing his supernatural werewolf …
This is a Really good book, sort of based off of a fairy tale, but an adult version, it was well written in my opinion. The book kept my interest, I couldn’t put it down. Was definitely good reading, kept me guessing what will happen next, pulled me right in from the beginning. I would definitely reccomend this to others.