Midnight Is the Darkest Hour

The beginning really pulled me in. It had this intriguing, slightly eerie vibe and definitely piqued my interest. I was ready for something dark and possibly supernatural. But unfortunately, it lost me pretty quickly after that. One of my biggest issues was how heavily it leaned into religion. It was way more than I expected, and instead of adding depth, it mostly just annoyed me and slowed the story down. I also felt a bit misled. There’s a lot of teasing that the male main character might be a vampire, and I kept waiting for that supernatural twist… which just never came. Same with the whole cult aspect: it’s introduced in a way that makes it seem important, but ends up feeling completely irrelevant. I also just didn’t care about the characters at all. They felt more like caricatures than real people. On top of that, the book is just too long for what it actually delivers. The pacing is off, with long stretches where not much happens, and by the time things pick up (if they even do), I had already checked out and just wanted to add this book to my "read" shelf.