Book Review: Stolen Midnights by Katherine Quinn
A YA romantasy with some fun world building, check out my full review for Stolen Midnights by Katherine Quinn below!
Book Information
Wren Hayes has anxiously been awaiting her birthday where the Fates will bestow a magic gift upon her. After all, her family is noble and everyone has always been given a gift. So, when she doesn’t receive one, not only does it bring shame to her family, but it also brings confusion to Wren.
Damien, a thief from the very non-noble side of town, steals Wren’s gift, he thinks he’ll finally be able to get enough money to get out of Andalay. But when Wren’s gift has a picture of him inside, he’s left with more questions than answers. Not to mention, he definitely CAN’T sell Wren’s gift now.
When they finally cross paths, they begin to discover secrets about the Fates, the nobles, and Andalay that they never would’ve thought possible.
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Review | Heidi Dischler
This was honestly a fun little read for me. It definitely felt YA (which is good because that’s its category), but it’s most certainly upper YA (there’s a love scene that would be a little to graphic for a thirteen-year-old in my opinion).
Stolen Midnights follows Wren and Damien, two people from opposite sides of the tracks. Wren is supposed to receive her magical object for her birthday that should theoretically give her some kind of magic power, but Damien steals it without anyone knowing. Damien, even though he isn’t noble, received a gift on his birthday that can make him invisible (which is why he’s such a good thief). Wren and Damien make an unlikely pair, but they had great chemistry throughout the book and probably were the highlight of the story.
With that being said, Damien and Wren, while lacking a deeper background and story, were the highlight of the book for me. I loved their characters and the personalities that they held. They probably made the book for me. The side characters were super shallow (as in, not super well developed), and I often found myself forgetting a lot about them anyway.
The world building itself, even though this is a fantasy novel, was very surface-level. You know just enough to get you by in the world that Katherine Quinn created. It’s probably one of the reasons why I took off a little in my rating for this book because the world building definitely could have been better.
As far as the story goes, it’s pretty slow until well past midway through the book. Once you get to that uptick in pacing, though, it’s really easy to get through because so much is happening. It also ends on a HUGE cliffhanger, so I’ll definitely be picking up book two.
The writing style for Katherine Quinn is very light and airy (think: maximum comic relief). While I liked it to an extent, I feel like it could have done better with a little more seriousness. Even when things were getting bad, the main characters were still trying to crack jokes or banter with each other.
Overall, the characters are the biggest attraction for this novel, and the chemistry between Wren and Damien was very well written. The world building is subpar and the story is very slow-going until close to the end. The writing style is basically just comic relief almost the whole time. All in all, I’d probably rate this 3.5 rounded to 4 stars for social platforms.
Source: Book of the Month Pick
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