Review: Crave The Night (Midnight Breed #12) by Lara Adrian

Buying myself a Lara Adrian book is a given. I honestly just automatically set my purchase months ahead whenever it becomes available cause I KNOW I will read anything she writes. I saw the title of this book for the first time around February and thought: This is DEFINETELY one hell of a good story; it sounds like a movie title. A very SEXY and HARDCORE movie. Now, knowing in reality it's a Midnight Breed novel, I immediately realize it's waaaaaayyy beyond a good story. I wasn’t wrong.

It's an EPIC story.

With that being said, Nathan and Jordana have enough fuel to set the whole city of Boston on fire. I dare to say this is one of the best breed couples ever written. It's nearly impossible not to fall in love with both.

So, let’s go back in time a bit, and  if you recall, Nathan is the (genetically created) son of Corinne Bishop, who we met back in Deeper than Midnight, and back then Nathan was a 13 yr old boy, who was born and raised to be a Hunter. Fast forward 20 + years and he now is the second in command of the Boston squad, and very much in charge of his team. Nothing makes him lose focus; he's been extremely well trained, prepared and set to get rid of rogues, and he doesn’t hesitate for a split second to pull the trigger if needed to. This particular mission against a high profile club owner has gotten Nathan’s full attention and it appears to be everything is going according to plan. He’s determined to complete this mission and fight ANYTHING that might get in his way. He’s determined to not let ANYTHING get in his way this time. 

Anything, except Jordana Gates.

Nathan has known Jordana for a while since she’s the best friend of Carys Chase (from who I am SURE we will see more in the nearby future). If you also recall, back in Edge of Dawn, they shared a brief encounter that shattered Nathan's self control. That was only the beginning of what would be a high octane love story with enough adrenaline to last you a lifetime. Seriously.

Jordana on the other hand is a very important Breedmate, raised in an upscale Breed environment in the city of Boston. She has an 'almost formal' I would say, relationship, with a high profile Breed male (whom you can tell she doesn’t really love, mind you), she has her dream job, a loving father, everything she’s ever asked for. Her world is calm and delicate, until Nathan appears in her life like a storm lifting her off the ground and swirling her. Their love is nothing less than an avalanche full of emotions and action. Nathan is as lethal as Jordana is pure fire; and what neither one of them knows is that she is the key to a whole new mystery building within the Breed nation (Remember: Mrs. Adrian KNOWS her alphas and Nathan is by far one of the best one’s she’s written about. There is not one thing u cant love about Nathan, not one flaw). Jordana on the other hand will become the key to a hidden world that the Breed must fight against; and their love story will be the beginning of a new mission that only the Order can complete.

Every single chapter in this book will captivate you. Every love scene will melt you a little. Every kiss shared by Nathan and Jordana will increase your heartbeat. Every action scene will drag you into this phenomenal love story only Mrs. Adrian can deliver in such a MAJESTIC way. 

Review: Edge of Dawn by Lara Adrian

Welcome to life after First Dawn and the ideal of a peaceful world:

Vampires co exist with humans.

Vampires are no threat for society.

Vampires wish only harmony among their own kind and others.

Vampires live normal lives like anybody else in the 21st century.

Not really.

Lucan Thorne is still, after all these years, the indisputable leader of the elite vampire army known as The Order. Lucan breathes, eats, sleeps and dreams about his race, he dies every day and every night he can’t manage to unify and complete the goal he had set the day he decided to speak openly about his race as a special guest at no other assembly but the United Nations.

It’s really hard to believe that twenty years have passed since that day and not only Lucan is still struggling to achieve his greatest mission, but all Breed members. Many things have happened and this story is only the beginning of a new era, a new journey through a world that still struggles to admit vampires among humanity and vampires willing to overcome any obstacle to achieve that goal.

Edge of Dawn became my second favorite Midnight Breed novel, only after Ashes of Midnight from the moment I completed the first few pages.

This is the story of Mira and Kellan Archer, who as you may remember, was rescued along with his grandfather after Dragos and his evil army destroyed his Darkhaven. Kellan was only a boy back then, a very troubled boy who lost his parents and life as he knew it became a battle itself. Deep inside, Kellan wanted his own revenge and he set his mind to that one goal not knowing that along the road he would find the greatest of all loves: Mira, who loved him since the day he first arrived at the Order’s compound in Boston.

As you may also recall, Mira is that little girl with the amazing talent of revealing the future through her eyes. Whoever looks at her will instantly know how his or her life will turn and for that reason alone, Mira became a high commodity for the men who had her captive along with Renata back in Veil of Midnight. Mira was an 8 year old seer with an extraordinary talent who found in Renata the mother she never had and when Renata fell in love with Nikolai, she found a set of adoptive parents who loved her unconditionally and protected her against everything. Twenty years later Mira is a warrior highly trained to fight with The Order; with only one thing in mind: revenge.

Eight years ago, Mira and Kellan finally sealed their love on a night full of passion and revelations; but their joy only lasted what took dawn to arrive and the world crashed down on Mira in the worst possible way. What Mira doesn’t know is that there is more to the story than the ashes of an old warehouse and a heart broken into a million pieces. Kellan and Mira will have to break barriers; fight a war that they thought was ending, and mostly forgive themselves before they can win back the love they thought would never be theirs again.

Nothing is like it seems to be after First Dawn. Kellan knows this. Mira knows this. Passion and a love beyond reason will be unchained and as well as in her previous installments, Mrs. Adrian delivers only the greatest pleasure and emotions. This book is like a fresh start, similar only to the magnificent one she gave us back in Midnight Kiss; a simply fabulous return to our beloved Breed and the new beginning of an era full of battles, hot sexy vampires and majestic love stories.