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Midnight Is the Darkest Hour

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Midnight Is the Darkest Hour

By: Ashley Winstead
Narrated by: Sarah Welborn
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For fans of Verity and A Flicker in the Dark, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is a twisted tale of murder, obsessive love, and the beastly urges that lie dormant within us all . . . even the God-fearing folk of Bottom Springs, Louisiana. In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than the God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep in the swamp next to mysterious carved symbols, Bottom Springs is thrown into uproar—and Ruth realizes only she and Everett, an old friend with a dark past, have the power to comb the town's secret underbelly in search of true evil.

A dark and powerful novel like fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways we've come to expect love, religion, and stories to save us, the lengths we have to go to in order to take back power, and the monstrous work of being a girl in this world.

©2023 Ashley Winstead (P)2023 Tantor Psychological Southern Thriller & Suspense United States Women's Fiction World Literature Fiction Suspense

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Why so many Twilight references though? It was too much

It wasn't for me

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I felt the narration was very slow; had to speed it up to 1.2x to make it feel “normal.” I kept waiting for the main character to become more endearing, but that didn’t happen for me.

Naive Heroine, Slow to Develop

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why would you pick a narrator so DULL!!! The story is intriguing and I was soooo excited about this book, but such instant regret when I listened to the voice... I should have gotten a physical book or the kindle version because I can't listen to the dullness past chapter 5. I really am disappointed.

so far the story is very interesting but I can't get passed the voice.

worst narrator I've ever heard.

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Did not like the narrator and the story was just weird. Agree that the twilight references just made the character seem deranged.

Painfully Twangy

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I think I would have given this book a higher rating if I would have read it instead of listened to it because of how awful the narration was. The way the main character was narrated made me absolutely hate her which made none of the plot twists worth it in the end.

This is an example of where narration can make or break a novel

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The narration was awful. Slow and hard to get into. I wished I would’ve sampled the book first, I would’ve known the narrator was not for me.

Overall it was entertaining enough. I might have enjoyed it more if I read it instead of listening.

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This narrator is extremely difficult to listen to, monotonous tone, boring, no expression. I've restarted this audio numerous times trying to get through it, but not sure I can. I'm sorry for the narrator; maybe she can pick up some pointers from the many others I've listened to that were amazing and entertaining.

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