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Summary: The thrilling 4th novel by a talented young author
Review: In Midnight Predator, teen author Amelia Atwater-Rhodes takes us into new places never seen by fans ever before. Turquoise Draka lives her life dedicated to the Bruja guild, a group of human's who are trained to take out vampires, shape-shifters, and other people connected to the vampire world. In fact she's in the running to become the leader of Crimson, the strongest of the Bruja guild, when a new challenging job is offered to her and another member of Crimson. A mysterious woman wants her to enter Midnight, a strange world run by vampires where humans are treated little better than slaves, and kill off Jeshikah, a dangerous vampire. Secretly, she doesn't want to accept the job, because once she was a human slave to a vampire. She suffered both emotionally and physically under a cruel master. Still, the offer is just to tempting to pass up. When she gets to Midnight she is sold to Jaguar, a strangely kind vampire that treats her with respect. She despises the passive role she has a slave, but knows that if she wants to take out Jeshikah she must remain undercover. Will she complete her job or will she be killed before she can even try?In Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's 4th novel she distances herself from the world we know and love as New Mayhem and enters a new realm. Although all of her characters are stronger and better developed they are a tad bit too similar to characters seen in her past few books. I hope this will be improved in Hawksong. In writing this book Miss Atwater-Rhodes shows better dialog and the pace runs much more smoothly. I'm not much of a fan of the cover but If you're a fan of her past work you'll love this one. I'm beginning to suspect that young Amy is a LJ Smith fan though. In the past 3 books, some of her plots and characters are awfully similar to her Night World series. Read Black Dawn when if you don't believe me. Still regardless of all that the book is enjoyable and fascinating and is recommended to Amelia Atwater-Rhodes fans.
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Summary: Tolerable
Review: Prior to this, Atwater-Rhodes' talents were more veiled in mediocrity with each book she wrote. I was surprised that I actually liked parts of "Midnight Predator." Atwater-Rhodes improves several of the weak areas of her previous books, but it was still quite flawed. Turquoise Draka is a fighter for the Bruja witch guild, in competition for the elite Crimson with her rival Ravyn. After the two hit a stalemate, they are both approached by a mysterious businesswoman with a revelation and an offer. A vampire empire known as Midnight, once burned to the ground, has been rebuilt and repopulated by vampires and human slaves. And the savage vampire who founded Midnight, Jeshickah, may take control of it once more. An unknown employer wants some experienced fighters to kill Jeshickah. The problem is that Turquoise was once enslaved by one really nasty vampire named Lord Daryl, who murdered her parents and little brother, and kept her as his lapdog for a year before a vampire mercenary named Nathaniel helped her escape. Ravyn and Turquoise soon take the task, and the reluctant Nathaniel sells them to the leader of Midnight. Except the leader isn't Jeshickah, it's a fledgling called Jaguar. Jaguar is strangely kind towards human beings, especially Turquoise and a teenage boy named Eric. Turquoise must confront her past, her fears and the questions about Jaguar's kindness before she can hope to deal with Daryl. In many ways, this book is far better than the previous ones. Characterization is far superior: Turquoise has more depth than the execrable Jessica or the wannabe-tough-girl Sarah, though her past is too speedily covered. We hear about how horrifying her life under Daryl was, but we only get a few pages worth of flashbacks, most of which involve her getting backhanded. Jaguar is a better character than the defanged Aubrey or the wussy arty vampire Christopher, in that Atwater-Rhodes actually makes him both tough and vicious at times, but capable of kindness, and with a decided darker side that doesn't make him wussy at all. Ravyn is ridiculously two-dimensional; she doesn't seem to have any personality but that of a tough, leather-wearing, blood-licking girl who dislikes Turquoise. Nathaniel as the chic mercenary suave vampire is the only really outstanding character. The romance is also more tolerable. Atwater-Rhodes shouldn't handle romances until she's had more experience with them; while the last two books revolved around the romantic tension between supposedly-tough human girls and uninteresting vampires, here it revolves around the lead character. The interest in Jaguar is a side subplot. However, Turquoise's adversary Daryl is pretty unimpressive, especially given his snap-hiss-growl attitude; Jeshickah was a far more convincing enemy, especially when one considers how many times we see Daryl getting kicked around. One of the problems is that Atwater-Rhodes still tends sometimes toward melodramatic trappings; Ravyn's burgundy hair and "cranberry" eyes are one of those problems. The name "Midnight" is another; it's a silly name for something that is supposed to be that ominous. "Lord" constantly tacked before Daryl's name seems pretentious. Character names tend to be a bit hyperdramatic as well; while this is excusable among the vampires, I find it difficult to read consistently about modern characters called "Turquoise," "Onyx," "Frost," and "Ravyn." She also tends to hammer points over and over; some of the ruminations are repeated over and over, as are the constant reminders of how nasty Daryl is and what he did to Turquoise. Midnight itself is badly-defined; we never get a really clear idea of what it's like, aside from that there are lots of rooms and that sometimes vampires are mean to the humans. I found it extremely amusing that there is an "exercise room" open to humans, free clothes and hygiene-related objects, and apparently good food; this seems less like a vampire citadel with human slaves than an S&M hotel. The cover is also a problem, featuring a person of ambiguous gender who doesn't really resemble anyone in the book. And finally, any person who appreciates a good ending will be grinding their teeth during the last twenty pages of this novel. Atwater-Rhodes' focus seems to be either wandering or narrowing to a pinpoint; the climax is anticlimactic, the dialogue is dull, the action is duller, and there are about a hundred loose ends waving in the wind. Readers may hit the climax and say, "That's it? Where's the ending? Where's the CONCLUSION?" I'm relieved to say that Atwater-Rhodes is improving in many areas, especially her weakest points. But to be a really good author, she needs to start polishing and working a little more carefully.
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Summary: Midnight Predator
Review: A lot of people have compared this book to R.J Smith's "The Chosen" as i have read both books i still do not see much resemblance. As a matter of fact I enjoyed this book ten times more then The Chosen, it's characters are much more stronger, the plot is thick enough and it's just a great read.
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Summary: Shape-Shifters, Vampires and Mercenaries
Review: Turquoise Draka is a member of the Bruja mercenaries hired along with her rival Ravyn to kill a vampire named Jeshikah. This vampire is a cruel master who once ruled Midnight, an empire of human slaves run by vampires. To kill Jeshikah, Ravyn and Turquoise must be sold into the Midnight's dark realm of human slavery by their friend Nathaniel (who is himself a vampire). Once they arrive, memories of Turquoise's previous slave life with the abusive vampire Lord Daryl make an appearance in her dreams. She befriends Jaguar, the master of the new Midnight as Ravyn becomes reaquainted with Gabriel, a vampire guest at Midnight and the favorite of Jeshikah. In becoming a slave, Turquoise remembers life with Lord Daryl who killed her family. She soon finds out that Lord Daryl is at Midnight and Turquoise thirsts for revenge.
I liked the book a lot because of the characters.
Gabriel, Jaguar and Nathaniel were probably my favorites for different reasons:
-Gabriel in some remote way reminded me of Aubrey (In the Forests of the Night, Demon in My View), a dark, cruel, but extremely likeable individual.
-Jaguar was more of a soft version of Christopher (Shattered Mirror) who is trying to get away from the cruel master figure that Jeshikah wants him to be.
-Nathaniel was something completely new to me and was like a brother to Turquoise who gives advice and is there whenever she needs him--for the right price of course.
In general, I thought the book was well thought out and I enjoyed it very much.
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Summary: Midnight Predator
Review: I think that Midnight Predator is one of Amelia Atwater Rhode's best books she has writen yet. I have been a fan of hers since I was in 6th grade, when my mom got me In the Forests of the Night.
Turquise Draka is a hunter of vampires for Crimson, one of the training buildings for vampire hunters. Here Turqusie has learned everything to fight a vampire, and is one of the best in Crimson. Her next assignment is to kill the vampire Jeshicah,she is one of the cruelest vampires in all of their history, but turquise isn't alone, she comes with Ravyn another of Crimsons best. But to kill Jeshicah they have to go to Midnight a vampire building where humans are slaves, so they discuise themselves as slaves.
I won't tell you any more because I don't want to spoil it for you. I garentee this is an exelent book, I've read it 3 times since I bought it. If you are a fan of Amelia Atwater Rhodes or your looking for a good horror book this is a must read. ...
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Summary: Midnight Predator
Review: The book starts with Turquoise Draka and Ravyn Aniketos fighting for leadership of Crimson. Crimson is a group of mercenaries that will kill almost any "thing" for a price. After a draw is called and the two leave they are approched by Jillian Red. She hires the two to get into Midnight and kill Jeshickah, a ruthless vampire. The only way to get into Midnight is to be sold as slaves to the owner of Midnight, Jaguar. There they find that their misson may be a little harder than expected. Both hunter come face to face with their past. this is a great book that I would tell everyone to read.
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Summary: Dark, bloody, and quite excellent
Review: Althought Rhodes gets a lot of press for being a teenaged author, if you didn't know she was a teenager, you could not tell from her writing. She writes like an Ann Rice or Alice Borchardt. Granted, her writings are so dark and bloody that I think she is a little depressed, but she is a legitimately talented author. About the book: Unlike "In the Forests of the Night" and "A Demon in My View," this book is about humans. Well, actually the book is about one human: a vampire hunter who calls herself Turquoise. Once a slave of the vampires, Turquoise is now a member of the Bruja guild, an elite gang of vampire hunters. Turquoise is a missionary and has been hired to kill a high ranking vampire named Jeshikah. To get Jeshikah, Turquoise will have to enter the town of Midnight, a vampire stronghold founded by Jaguar, another highranking vampire. The only way for a human to get into midnight is as a slave, so Turquoise soon finds herself dealing with the dark days of her past when she a slave for real. In the course of carrying out her mission, Turquoise begins to question the validity of the black and white world that she is accustomed to seeing. She begins to realize that the world is not just black and white and that there are indeed shades of gray. All in all, this is a great book. It has strong characters, crisp writing, and a pretty good moral.
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Summary: A Honest Review to MIDNIGHT PREDATOR
Review: I really enjoyed this liked this book for a couple of reasons. One of them is that the author is very belivable, she paints pictures with her words. She is also very discriptive and is good at using exact words to describe people down to the last detail. Emotions and conflict are another subject the author writes about really well. She's excellent at writng about how the character is feeling and when they are in a fight i can picture the movement an attacks the people make as if i'm actually there cheering them on. If i had to choose a favorite part, it would be hard but i think i would choose the part where Turquoise goes into the courtyard which is an "off limits" room to slaves, such as herself. Once she picks the lock to the room and enters she discovers two jaguars one female, one male. The female takes to her an acts almost like a kitten, but the male wont allow her to leave the room... finally Turquoise tries to leave the room and the male jaguar pounces... the rest you will have to read for yourself. I think that the most vivid subjects the author wrote about were characters and conflict. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes can describe a being (vampire, human or anything else) so real, so solid, so... wow. i really can picture them and half the time i expect them to walk through the door. Most the time i wish they would brcause the male characters seen REALLY cute. As i had mentioned before she is wonderful at writing about combat. I can deffinitely picture the bloody lips, and the crunch of broken bones. This book really is worthy, you should read it.
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Summary: Abusive Vampires Beware!
Review: Turquoise is a member of Crimson which is part of Bruja. For the past two years she has been a mercenary hunter. Her prey has been vampires. She and a rival have just been hired to infiltrate a vampire slavery den known as Midnight. Turquoise was once a slave to a vampire. It has scarred her physically and mentally. Now she must put herself under a vampire's control in order to carry out her contract. Once inside Midnight, Turquoise learns that not all vampires as a evil as those she has dealt with in the past. They are still predators, but the come in varying degrees. The ordeal Turquoise goes through reads like a rape or abuse survivor. Unlike many in real life, Turquoise gets a chance to take revenge on her abuser. This is a very strong tale that deals with some harsh issues (don't let the vampire trappings fool you). This is a story of dealing with abuse and humiliation. This was quite well done.
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Summary: This book ROX!!!!
Review: I thought this to be the best of all of her books. The plot is interesting and different from the plots of her other books. And I also find this book to be entertaining to the last page.
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