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Roaring Midnight by Colleen Gleason

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Title: Roaring Midnight

Author: Colleen Gleason

Publisher: Avid Press 2013

Genre: Paranormal (Vampires)

Pages: 232

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Ebook; Women Authors; Well-Rounded Reader -- Paranormal Romance; What's in a Name -- Reference to time

Macey Gardella is a typical young woman of the Roaring Twenties: she works a job, has her own flat, and loves to dance the Charleston. But when a mysterious man named Sebastian Vioget informs her she belongs to a family of vampire hunters, Macey is stunned and disbelieving.

Yet, strange and frightening things begin to happen, and when Macey comes face-to-face with one of the fanged creatures, she has no choice but to believe Sebastian. And when she learns his own soul depends on her willingness to carry forth the family legacy and hunt the undead, Macey capitulates and joins the fight.

As she begins to learn about her new life, Macey meets the handsome newspaper reporter known as Grady--who seems to know more about vampires than he should. When he begins to ask too many questions, she has to juggle her strong attraction to him with the need for secrecy.

I picked this up because of the strength of the first Gardella series.  I loved reading about Victoria, Max, and Sebastian's adventures.  This volume doesn't quite live up to the first ones, but I did enjoy reading it.  I loved the setting: 1920s Chicago.  The gangsters, the speakeasies, and the flappers all added a lovely atmosphere for the novel.  I loved the Sebastian and Wayren as they were great characters from the first series.  However, I an not completely sold on Macey and the other newcomers.  Macey is a bit too childish, at least in this first book.  I would like her have a bit more sense of the world.  I mean she lives in gangster era Chicago.  You would think she would know not to wander the streets alone after dark.  I am also not a huge fan of Chas and Grady.  They just seem to be very flat characters right now.  I hope that as the series progresses the character also grow and change.  Otherwise, I might just have to give this series up...

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