Druella Monroe is a vampire, but she hasn’t been one for long. Ever since her rebirth a year ago, she’s done her best to live a quiet, peaceful life as an art conservator and restorationist at The National Gallery of Art. All she wants is to blend in with the humans.
However that all gets thrown out the window one night while hunting in Great Falls Park, where Druella comes across a naked … naked vampire with no memory of how he got there, or the last century for that matter. All he seems to be sure of is that she is his soulmate…and he won’t leave without her.
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This book is for all the Fantasy lovers , who love their book with a lot of twists and turns and complete with a jaw-dropping ending!!
The first book that I read which was written by JJ Mcavoy was the ruthless people series.Now this books was a lot different from what JJ usually writes. It was more more on the suspense and fantasy side than the erotic and mafia type i have read before. But none the less, I loves this book.
There were so many twist and turns in this book, and that ending!!! That was unexpected for sure. I just cant wait for Book 2 .
Here in this book we meet Druella who is a young vampire. During her hunt, she stumbles across a naked man , who has lost his memories and asks for druella’s help. They both then set on a journey to discover the man’s lost memories. Druella was really very refreshing character and so was Theseus. His humor and the way he talked about everything, UGHHHH , lets just say i was simply swooning!!!!!!! All the characters in the story were interesting and one of my favorite one was Thesues’s older brother Ulrik. His words and actions just had me laughing so hard sometimes!!!The story begins with a quite simple story line and later gets very complicated and thrilling. By the end of this book you all will have a lot of questions and let me tell you only few of them will be answered in this book.
This is so far one of the most unique takes on Vampire Romance…
And I’m not going to lie guys…I intended to read this as something to tide myself over while waiting for Vicious Minds Part 2. But I ended up investing on an entirely new series. So now I’m even more messed up because I have to wait for the sequel to this one.
Anyway, enough of that little whining. First off, (and I know every other reviewer has mentioned this before me) My Midnight Moonlight Valentine is very much more unique than all other vampire romance reads I’ve had. Not only it’s less bloody, it also seemed less on the goth. Now there is totally nothing wrong with gore and goth.
It’s just that this one is a refreshing take/concept by itself. With that said, the whole vampire society (politics and royalties and social system among vampires) is very in-depth in this book so expect to venture into the world-building almost right off the bat. Again, don’t expect this to be as predictable as most (i.e. having witches as rivals rather than werewolves). Plus, the mystery with the memory loss pretty much wrapped itself up in the end. Literally. Or at the very least, unraveled slightly. (Is it too early to ask when is the next one coming? Asking for a friend)
Advantage: the angst and drama and deceit was rather milder than what I usually get from the author. Disadvantage: Famous last words. I mean, the end pretty much hinted the actual start of the rising action in the plot so that might also mean that I’m def going to die for the next one.
Oh well…one does not simply expect a light and joyous ride with J.J. McAvoy. What sacrilege, indeed.
Now, onto the characters. I obviously love love loved Dru. I mean, come on, she’s practically served on a silver platter for us all. Hopeless romantic, woc, independent heroine. Flawed and all, but very much lovable (at least, in my humble opinion).
I respect her strong sense of self and sympathize with her determination not to melt for the hero. I understand her plight against being abandoned and her self-rationalization about being distant and remaining unattached. I mean, aren’t we all?
Side note: just because she has Theseus with her, doesn’t equate to instantly surrendering her principles in life…however kind and smooth and oh-so-charismatic he truly is.
Theseus. Dude, not only this vampire was from a royal family, he is gorgeous to boot. At times, I want to melt in a puddle of feelings from his words and I’m just the reader. (Shout out to our homegirl Dru for being strong against all that charm.) With that said, Dru obviously needed for him to show how genuine his smooth words and lines were through time and effort.
On one hand, I really really love his family. They have been the source of fun in this read. However, on another hand, Dru has been unfairly ‘forced’ to this pursuit. Add in the overzealous MIL. (Sorry, this is actually personal. I will always be wary of mothers and their overprotective tendencies to their most beloved sons.)
Most hopefully, Theseus will be true to his words and keep his love for Dru…for better or for worse. I really think Dru will need that. (Yo, the strongest of heroines are often the ones more in need of tlc)
This story is original and filled with intrigue. It begins with Druella a fairly recently turned Vampire crossing paths with an ancient vampire who has no memory. This plot alone was new and a fresh take on vampires. I was slightly confused at a part of the book when they discussed Drue’s lineage and for that, I gave it a 4. Other than that, I loved this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the way art was discussed and older novels. It had a unique culture to it that in a spectacular way felt reminiscent of the way Anne Rice builds the history to vamps. Way to go McAvoy!
WARNING: You will have to wait until 2021 for the next in the series, but it will be worth it! Great start to a one of a kind story!
“Monster, monster, stay longer, stay longer, shine bright all night, like the moonlight at midnight for a witch’s sight.”
Druella Monroe is a vampire, but she hasn’t been one for long. Ever since her rebirth a year ago, she’s done her best to live a quiet, peaceful life as an art conservator and restorationist at The National Gallery of Art. All she wants is to blend in with the humans.
However, that all gets thrown out the window one night while hunting in Great Fall Park, where Druella comes across a naked vampire with no memory of how he got there or the last century for that matter. All he seems to be sure of is that she is his soulmate…and he won’t leave without her.
My Rating: ****
Type: Not sure if its duet or series at this point of time.
Genre: Paranormal/ Fantasy Romance
Narration: Single POV
Primary Characters: Druella & Theseus
Secondary Characters: Rhea, Sigbjorn, Hinrik, Arsiein, Atarah, Ulrik, Melora, Lucy, Taelon
Source: Courtesy of Author/Publisher – ARC
I voluntarily read an ARC of this book in exchange for honest review.
This book is different from that of JJ’s other book series. I haven’t read several paranormal/ fantasy series, but from what I have read, this book is different even for that.
First, looking at blurb don’t jump into conclusion that it’s just a vampire love story. This book has lot to offer more than a love story. Several times during the book it felt like I have been sitting in “Introduction to world history” Classes (Not in a bad way, extremely interesting way). This book touches upon world history from 8th century to French revolution and continues with world war to current contemporary world. Author has touched on several parts of “History of classic Arts” to conservation and restoration of Arts along with several segments of Greek mythology.
As blurb says, a young vampire Druella’s life gets changed all of a sudden after meeting a millennium year old vampire who has lost his memory of last century. He seems to be sure that she is his mate. Now the question raises how he is sure or what exactly has he forgotten or how he ended up in such situation. When they start dwelling into it, we get to know more of vampire families, how humans and witches are linked. It explains politics, social systems, royalties, borders and other diverse groups of their world. Even though most parts of it are fantasy, it was lovely how author linked up several instances like Puritans of 16th century, other history and art to her story. This book is diverse, it covers from humans, vampires, witches, ghosts to goddess.
Characters – Totally loved Druella. Initially I thought she is meek and subservient but she turned out to be cool, strong, powerful and independent with her own set of skills. Theseus was totally lovable and charming. He seemed persistent and stubborn. I feel somehow his skills were not projected well. Totally loved the banter between these 2 main protagonists along with Ulrik and Melora. I just liked almost all the secondary characters. I was extremely intrigued by Sigbjorn and his skills. Hinrek and Arsiein were lovely. Hope to see them all more.
Story went in study pace. I felt, it dragged a bit at certain points but author has made it up with witty banter just post that so that can be excused. I was ROFL in pigs can fly scene.
Over all, this book is a delicious pack with right amount of art, history, romance, suspense, action witty banter and thrill. It’s a great start but waiting for next book till next year is too much. if you are into paranormal fantasy romance give this a try.
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This story is original and filled with intrigue. It begins with Druella a fairly recently turned Vampire crossing paths with an ancient vampire who has no memory. This plot alone was new and a fresh take on vampires. I was slightly confused at a part of the book when they discussed Drue’s lineage and for that I gave it a 4. Other than that, I loved this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the way art was discussed and older novels. It had a unique culture to it that in a spectacular way felt reminiscent of the way Anne Rice builds the history to vamps. Way to go McAvoy!
WARNING: You will have to wait until 2021 for the next in the series, but it will be worth it! Great start to a one of a kind story!