The Midnight Breed series is one of my favorite paranormal romance series. It's like a tamer version of the Blackdagger Brotherhood series. I use the word tame loosely, these books are still seriously hot...they just don't go to the ah, extreme (yeah that's a good word), that Blackdagger tends to do.
Edge of Dawn is the 11th book in the Midnight Breed series. After that many books, I was starting to wonder how in the world Lara was going to keep this series going. She had basically mated every male around and was running out of characters. Being the brilliant author she is, she solved the problem by jumping ahead 20 years and introducing an entire new cast! Many of the new characters are the result of past matings/books, and some are the childhood characters we already knew and loved.
Mira one of those children who was present throughout many previous books, having been rescued by the Order and taken under their protection. She is now one of the only female warriors in the Order. Having suffered a great loss eight years ago when her best friend and lover, Kellan Archer, died at the hands of human rebels, she's been numb, angry and unable follow orders well. Because of that, she is pulled off active duty and given the task of escorting a very prominent scientist to a gala where he will be honored for his research. When her "babysitting mission" goes wrong, she finds herself face to face with a man she'd thought she never see again.
""You died," she finally managed to crock. "I was there. Eight years ago, almost to the day, Kellan. I watched you run into that warehouse, I saw it explode. I still have shrapnel scares from the debris that fell out of the sky that night. I can still taste the smoke and ask from the fire.""
Why, Kellan? The truth this time. Something happened the morning we were together. Something bad enough to make you think I'd be happier believing you were dead in that explosion."
This book had a hopeless urgency to it. Every moment they have together feels stolen and possibly their last. Mira is willing to give up anything and everything for the love she feels for Kellan but he wants a better life for her and thinks anything less will be an injustice. Even though he is the outlaw in the book, Kellan is constantly striving to be the man of honor he once was. In contrast, as Mira falls deeper and deeper, her warrior self is willing to break every rule to keep him by her side. I loved this constant push and pull struggle between Mira and Kellan. It made their relationship seem doomed and desperate, and yet you can't help but want to see them pull through and find a way.
""If you don't love me," she said, "if you truly want me gone...then let go." He didn't. His fingers stayed clamped around her hands, going tighter despite every sane and logical cell in his body tell him - no, demanding him - to release her now and walk away. "Fucking hell, Mouse" he hissed, low and lethal. Then, without a second's warning, he brought his head down to her and took her mouth."
Seriously, if that quote didn't get you, I really don't know what else to say, lol.
I felt like this new set of recruits/characters in the Breed world brought new life to the series. I loved the older characters, and still enjoy their presence in the series, but now I feel like there is a world of possibilities - new characters, new love interests, new enemies...the list goes on. My love for this series doubled with this book - great job Lara! Can't wait for book twelve...I have a feeling it might center around a certain ex-assassin named Nathan?!
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