Roaring Midnight Macey Gardella Max Denton Book 1 The Gardella Vampire Hunters 6 eBook Colleen Gleason
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Amid the glitzy age of Jazz, when gangsters and bootleggers control the cities, there lies another, more insidious threat….the undead.
Macey Gardella is a typical young woman of the Roaring Twenties she works a job, has her own flat, and loves to dance the Charleston. But when a mysterious man named Sebastian Vioget informs her she belongs to a family of vampire hunters, Macey is stunned and disbelieving.
Yet, strange and frightening things begin to happen, and when Macey comes face-to-face with one of the fanged creatures, she has no choice but to believe Sebastian. And when she learns his own soul depends on her willingness to carry forth the family legacy and hunt the undead, Macey capitulates and joins the fight.
As she begins to learn about her new calling, Macey encounters a handsome newspaper reporter known as Grady--who seems to know more about vampires than he should. And when he begins to ask too many questions, she has to juggle her strong attraction to him with the need for secrecy.
Slipping into speakeasies and sampling bootlegged whiskeys, dodging gangster gunfire and trying to keep her nosy landlady from finding the stakes in her flat, Macey Gardella must navigate through a world of stunning violence, passionate romance, and dark betrayal...
This is the first book in the Macey Gardella series, which includes two short novels about Max Denton. It's best to read them in order
ROARING MIDNIGHT
RAGING DAWN (Max Denton)
ROARING SHADOWS
RAGING WINTER (Max Denton)
ROARING DAWN
**The Max Denton stories aren't required reading, but they round out the trilogy very nicely and fill in some background/behind the scenes activity in the three main books.
PRAISE FOR THE GARDELLA VAMPIRE HUNTERSS
"Sophisticated, sexy, surprising!" --J.R. Ward
"Gleason is really on a roll." -- Publishers Weekly
"Deliciously dark and delightfully entertaining." --Chicago Tribune
"[Victoria Gardella] stakes the undead with the best of them." -- The Detroit Free Press
"The sophistication and intelligence of [Gleason's] storytelling are evident on each page of the Gardella Vampire Chronicles." --Romantic Times BookClub
"An intelligent new spin on the vampire genre." --All About Romance
Roaring Midnight Macey Gardella Max Denton Book 1 The Gardella Vampire Hunters 6 eBook Colleen Gleason
This is the first book in the Marcey Gardella trilogy. I enjoyed the Gardella Vampire series and was eager to read more about this vampire slaying line of women. However, I thought this was a very weak book and found it just okay at best. I didn’t really like the 1920’s setting and thought Marcey was fairly bland.Marcey has been having strange dreams and feeling cold spots around. Then things get strange when a fanged creature breaks into her apartment. She initially thinks it’s a case of mistaken identity but her own observations and Sebastian Vioget’s insistence finally convince her to start believing that vampires are real.
There were a number of things I just didn’t like about this book. I didn’t really enjoy the 1920’s setting and I felt like all of the characters were just a bit flat. I never really liked Marcey much or Grady or Chas. Additionally I felt like there was very little plot or story here. This book was much more romance heavy than I remember the Gardella Vampire series being and the romantic scenes also felt very blah to me.
Overall this just wasn’t for me. It’s been awhile since I read the Gardella Vampire series so maybe I just have overly fond memories of it. However, I feel that this series isn’t nearly as good and can’t recommend it.
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Roaring Midnight Macey Gardella Max Denton Book 1 The Gardella Vampire Hunters 6 eBook Colleen Gleason Reviews
Gleason does a fast forward to the roaring 20's for her new Gardella Chronicles spin off picking up the fight in prohibition era Chicago as Macy Denton, the great-great-great granddaughter of Victoria, has her eyes opened to the existence of vampires and receives her "Call" to become a Venator.
Gleason has written this story so that it isn't necessary to have read the five books of the previous series, but I like being in the 'know' and like getting a chance to see Sebastian Vioget again. As to the next generation of Gardellas, Macey is a likable, strong and independent woman of her time and shows promise in the leading lady department. I also really like her love interest the intrepid 'Newshawk' Grady (and his lovely Irish lilt.) Although, considering the body count of those around Macey, I have to hope that he finds a way to avoid Victoria's husband's fate. Also interesting, but not terribly likable yet, is fellow venator Chas, who apparently has played a role in Gleason's Regency Draculia Trilogy vampire series (The Vampire Dimitri /Voss /Narcise) and brings some baggage from those books along with him - though we've only gotten a glimpse of his 'issues' so far and not the reason behind them.
So once this got rolling I liked the characters, and the time period - and the surprising role of Al Capone in the action. The story did end a bit abruptly but I am definitely looking for more of the adventures of Macey.
"Roaring Midnight" is an awesome first book in the new spin-off series of the Gardella Vampire Chronicles. This book is dark, gritty, and sexy. Set one hundred years after the events of the first five books, "Roaring Midnight" transports us to Chicago, 1925, the time of flappers, prohibition, gangsters and tommy guns. And in these books -- vampires!
I loved 19th Century England as the backdrop for the first series, and I am totally hooked on the new setting and time period. I really can't think of any book I've read recently in that time frame. With the new era comes new problems and new characters. Macey is a young, ambitious woman loving her job in a library and enjoying the freedoms and liberties afforded to a young gal of this time. She also is the great-great granddaughter of Victoria Gardella and Max Pesaro, which means she's a Venator and her life is about to change. I love Macey. She evolves throughout the course of the book. She makes mistakes and learns from them. She has to make tough and painful decisions as she comes to accept her Venator legacy. She's stubborn and intelligent, a great heroine to carry on the Gardella name. Of course there are men in Macey's life to complete (and complicate) things. Grady is a sweet and ambitious newspaper reporter. Chas Woodmore is a fellow Venator, full of demons and secrets. The author notes that more of Chas' backstory can be found in her novel "The Vampire Narcise," in which he plays a major role. I definitely have a new book on my to-read list. I can't wait to see where Colleen Gleason is taking the relationship between these three unique characters.
Of course, there's another vampire in the mix. Sebastian Vioget. Oh, be still my beating heart. So much has changed for Sebastian in the past 100 years, my heart aches for him. I won't spoil anything, but this is not the direction I was anticipating finding Sebastian. That's what great about these books - there are always surprises, twists and turns.
There's a new kid on the block too. A re-imagined history of Al Capone. That's right, Scarface himself. It's pretty cool how he's integral to the plot and how easy it is to suspend your disbelief when the writing and story are this compelling.
The writing is so vivid and descriptive. The reader is transported with images, smells, sounds, fabrics, hair cuts, weapons, cars, all part of that decade. The dialogue was so much fun, I felt like I was watching a gangster movie, like I was part of the scene. The gritty action scenes are not for the faint of heart, and the sexy times will get your heart racing.
"Roaring Midnight" can easily be read as a stand-alone novel. Just enough backstory is given to make it enjoyable, even if you haven't read the first five books in the series. There is never an info dump, the backstory is beautifully integrated in the plot. But, I highly suggest you read the story of Victoria, Max and Sebastian, beginning with "The Rest Falls Away." I loved all the references to characters and places in this book all the more because I was a fan of the first series.
The Gardella Vampire Chronicles are as follows
The Rest Falls Away
Rises the Night
The Bleeding Dusk
When Twilight Burns
As Shadows Fade
I loved this book and had been anticipating it for some time. I am honored to have received an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review.
And a side note My first reading romp in the back of a carriage was between Victoria and Sebastian. Here's to hoping that in the spin-off we get a little time spent in a Model T!!
This is the first book in the Marcey Gardella trilogy. I enjoyed the Gardella Vampire series and was eager to read more about this vampire slaying line of women. However, I thought this was a very weak book and found it just okay at best. I didn’t really like the 1920’s setting and thought Marcey was fairly bland.
Marcey has been having strange dreams and feeling cold spots around. Then things get strange when a fanged creature breaks into her apartment. She initially thinks it’s a case of mistaken identity but her own observations and Sebastian Vioget’s insistence finally convince her to start believing that vampires are real.
There were a number of things I just didn’t like about this book. I didn’t really enjoy the 1920’s setting and I felt like all of the characters were just a bit flat. I never really liked Marcey much or Grady or Chas. Additionally I felt like there was very little plot or story here. This book was much more romance heavy than I remember the Gardella Vampire series being and the romantic scenes also felt very blah to me.
Overall this just wasn’t for me. It’s been awhile since I read the Gardella Vampire series so maybe I just have overly fond memories of it. However, I feel that this series isn’t nearly as good and can’t recommend it.
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