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Midnight Rescue is the first romantic suspense book that I read in perhaps the longest time. I wasn’t sure how I would like this but I was surprised that I did! Midnight Rescue features a very strong heroine, who is an assassin and she also had a lot of baggage!
The central plot is a rescue. I actually enjoyed the thrill and the backdrop of the Columbian drug cartel. The romance still has a lot to be said but I liked the chemistry between Abby and Kane. It wasn’t one of my favorites but there were two characters that intrigued me: Trevor and Isabelle. It doesn’t really bode well for a novel when the secondary characters interest me more than the main characters.
Although it wasn’t one of the best, Midnight Rescue intrigued me enough to start reading the next book.
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Midnight Alias is the second novel in the series and I enjoyed it for the most part. This time, it’s one of Morgan’s men, Luke who is undercover and he fell for Olivia, a mob boss’ girlfriend who is also a stripper.
Although I enjoyed the plot, I still think it wasn’t one of the best ones that I’ve read. There was potential but I was a little annoyed with Olivia. I knew her reasons for stripper were legit and I applaud her for that, but what she did afterward [spoiler]caused Luke to be captured and injured was just stupid. PLUS it also resulted in almost getting herself raped, which was really stupid![/spoiler]
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Finally, my most anticipated couple gets their own romance! Isabelle and Trevor really caught my attention from the first book of the Killer Instincts series and I was blown away. The chemistry between Iz and Trev was sizzling and when they finally came together, it was amazing.
Isabel has daddy issues and Trevor just recovered from mourning his dead fiance. I actually loved their slow burn romance because it was so palpable since book 1! Midnight Games is definitely one of the best books in the series.
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Ah, the rookie gets his own romance! I was intrigued by the banter of these two in the previous book, Midnight Games. One of the things I love about Midnight Pursuits is that the hero is a younger man! And holy smokes the steam was just ah-may-zing!
The major plot is all about revenge. Juliet calls Isabel who left her phone while on her honeymoon with Trevor. Fortunately, Ethan picked up the call and found out that Juliet was injured! Naturally, he swoops in and saves the day by and as a result, helps Juliet (with the help of Morgan’s team) with her revenge plot.
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I intentionally skipped the 4th book to read Midnight Games because of Jim and Noelle. This novel blew me away. I was in tears during the flashbacks, you wouldn’t believe it. I finally loved that the flashbacks helped with understanding the bitchiness that is Noelle. Although, she was a little too vengeful, but I get where she was coming from.
Jim and Noelle’s chemistry was waaaay of the charts and it was super explosive! I mean, that fight/sex scene was just woaaah! The twist in the last quarter of the book was perfect as well.
I definitely made the right choice in skipping the 4th book because I just could not wait to read this book. Midnight Action is definitely one of the best books I read last year.
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Finally, we get Sean and Bailey’s story! I actually love their explosive love/hate relationship! Other than that, there were a few plotholes that I wasn’t too sure about. Like how can you disband the Irish Dagger Brotherhood, a rebel group, just like that when it had deep historical roots? And why [spoiler]did Bailey go and try to save Sean when she really didn’t know what he was doing? I mean, she just saw the news and decided to go ahead and save him? She ALMOST blew his cover![/spoiler] For a professional operative, I thought that was a stupid move.
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This book was a total disappointment. I was really expecting an awesome story for D, but it was pretty much overshadowed by Liam and Sullivan’s own bromance. I mean, I DO want them to hook up, but not totally overtake D’s HEA!
Another thing that I did not like about Midnight Revenge is that D and Sofia’s romance was pretty much insta-lovey. Also for someone who was supposed to be really smart, Sofia did something that was so stupid that I wanted to yell at her for being stupid!
This book has a lot of trigger warnings, though. It was enjoyable but Sully and Liam’s own romance (or lack of) overpowered the D and Sofia’s.
Have you read this series? What do you think? Which couple is your favorite?
I wanna try this series because I have a thing about books with killers, but im worried the sex will overwhelm the story with this author…
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The sex is pretty intense in some of the books, but I actually think that it doesn’t. Well, it didn’t bother me as much! haha 🙂
I’ve read some of Elle Kennedy’s stuff and I do like her writing so I might check this series out! I do think sometimes her books can get a little flimsy on the plot though, but it seems like she did a decent job at least on some of these books I’ll probably avoid the ones you added spoilers too haha. Thanks for this wrap up! <3
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Hahaha sorry about that! 🙂 the ones with the spoiler tags were the frustrating ones! UGHHH!!!! My absolute favorite is Midnight Action and I already read it TWICE (just finished rereading it the second time last week!!!!
The thing that I hate about binge reading is that I ALWAYS notice the similarities like the tropes and situations and I can be super critical about it. haha