The Midnight Girls
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Ratings10
Average rating4
**In a snow-cloaked kingdom, two wicked rivals secretly compete for the pure heart of a prince, only to discover they might be falling for each other.**
Karnawa? season is a time for mischief and revelry. For the next few weeks, all will be wintry balls, glittery disguises, and nightly torch-lit sleigh-parties.
Unbeknownst to the merrymakers, two uninvited girls join the fun. Zosia and Marynka are drawn to each other the moment they meet, until they discover they're rivals, who both have their sights set on the prince's heart. If one consumes a pure heart, she'll gain immeasurable power. Marynka plans to bring the prince's back to her patron in order to prove herself. While Zosia is determined to take his heart and its power for her own.
Their ambition turns into a magical contest with both girls vying to keep the prince out of the other's grasp, even as their attraction to one another grows. But their attempts on his life draws the attention of the city that would die for him, and suddenly their escalating rivalry might cost them not just their love for each other, but both their lives.
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Aaaand we start off 2022 strong with a sapphic love story between 2 magical villain gals and I am IN LOVE with both of them. Literally. I love the love triangle trope being turned on its head, especially when it follows the lesser followed sides of said triangle. And oh my gosh, this cover. And the representation and characters and romance...nuff said.
Here for the Sapphic murder girls. Monstrous enemies and lovers
This book just wasn't for me. I didn't really connect with the characters so it made it hard to care about the story. The magic system was too unexplained for my taste, so at the end there was really anything that I cared about by the end. I think this book just reaffirmed why I've been reading less YA.
But objectively, I really don't think there is something wrong with the book, I just didn't connect with it. If you are interested after reading the synopsis, and if you don't mind YA on a younger side - give it a try.
Thank you Netgalley for the ARC.
With monster girls, a pure prince, and a lavish winter party season, The Midnight Girls is a devilish delight. This isn't a sweet sapphic YA romance between high school girls or warrior princesses. It's a fiery, whirlwind battle of a romance between two rival witch's servants: Marynka and Zosia, or Midday and Midnight. I loved all the characters, but especially the three monster girls. The complementary dynamic of their powers was written so beautifully and I could easily envision the colors and forms of their magic. I also loved that there was no taming of the monster girls in this; they killed with relish and basked in their power over humans. But monster or not, they can still find love.
