| You ever known a person, that at first,
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| | packed, vampire-driven lust and rage
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| you weren't too crazy about, but as time
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| | filled plot, you're better off sticking
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| passed and the more you got to know this
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| | with Laurell K. Hamilton or Sherrilyn
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| person, the better you liked him? In a
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| | Kenyon. What "Midnight" does is present
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| strange way, newcomer Mari Adkins's first
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| | an emotionally heartwrenching character
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| novel, "Midnight", does just this.
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| | study. The reader grows to care about
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| The 325 page novel takes us through a
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| | Sami. Author Mari Adkins pulls this off
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| mystical adventure with Samantha "Sami"
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| | with the skill of an experienced
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| Clark. In the prologue, she's abused,
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| | novelist. While Sami may cry too often,
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| lonely, and ready to commit suicide. Sami
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| | it still feels 'true'. Her actions are
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| travels to Harlan, Kentucky, a beautiful
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| | the actions of a clinically depressed
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| and quiet Appalachian town nestled near
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| | individual.
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| the Cumberland Gap. Here she moves in
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| | Adkins also gives us a fascinating
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| with Steve Young, a shy and caring friend
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| | glimpse into the world of Paganism.
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| from years past.
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| | Sami's magic powers are real and potent,
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| As Sami fights her way out of chronic
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| | used in a real world setting and not as
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| depression, she meets the mysterious
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| | some cute form of fantasy. I kept waiting
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| Jeremy. Aloof, but supportive, he guides
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| | for a violent magical outburst, but that
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| Sami back to health and assists her in a
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| | would do Sami and her powers an
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| slow self-discovery process. Vampires are
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| | injustice.
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| involved, but in a caring, passive (too
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| | Overall, this is the best of the four
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| passive for this reader) fashion. By the
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| | eBooks I've had the opportunity to read
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| end of the novel, Sami is still
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| | over the past couple of years. The
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| struggling with her life, but with her
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| | editing is as good as you'll find in most
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| new friends and growing powers, the
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| | mid-level imprints, and Mari Adkins shows
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| outlook is definitely positive.
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| | a knack for storytelling that will one
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| Doesn't sound particularly exciting,
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| | day propel her to a hefty book deal with
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| right? If you're looking for an action
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| | a print publisher.
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