After Midnight by Teresa Medeiros

 

Our sister is marrying a vampire...

When the ever practical Caroline Cabot first hears those words from the lips of her fanciful youngest sister, she accuses Portia of having a wild imagination.

But when she discovers their sister Vivienne is actually being courted by Adrian Kane, the mysterious viscount rumored to be a vampire, she decides to accept his invitation to a midnight supper and do some sleuthing of her own.

To both her delight and her dismay, she soon finds herself falling under Kane's bewitching spell. After all, what's a proper young lady to do when her sister's suitor arouses more than just her suspicions?

Book 1 in Teresa Medeiros's LORDS OF MIDNIGHT Series, which includes AFTER MIDNIGHT and THE VAMPIRE WHO LOVED ME

Warnings:

short scene where two men are threatening to assault the main female character

period typical sexism

There won't be much of a summary this time cause I cheated. *points to summary I stole from the back of the book* That's what the book is about. Good? Good. Might continue doing that cause I sort of suck at summaries.

As the summary says, everyone seems to think Adrian is a vampire. And you spend most of the book questioning whether or not he is. I won't be telling you. Go read the book if you want to know. 

Portia, the youngest Cabot sister at 17, fully believes he is a vampire. Portia is a riot and I love her. When she declares Adrian to be a vampire it is met with tales that are things like "Oh, is this like the time you saw mermaids? Or when you believed you were a changeling?" She was childish without it being annoying. I just loved her.

All three Cabot sisters were great in their own ways. And they were written to have a believable sibling relationship. Caring and loving, but still bickering and annoyed with each other at times.

Adrian has a lovely younger brother, Julian. And I think dramatics runs in the family. 

This is one of those romance books that goes hard on the flowery language for sex scenes. There are three sex scenes and it was all petals and staffs and stuff like that. I don't hate that kind of stuff, but it does make me laugh sometimes. 

In the end, Caroline and Adrian get their happy endings. Vivienne gets her happy ending. Though, Julian and Portia have to wait to get theirs. An inside source tells me it happens in the sequel. I'm the inside source, guys. I read the sequel. 

That's all for this week. See you next Wednesday. 👋🏻