Casee‘s review of Possess Me at Midnight (Doomsday Brethren, Book 3) by Shayla Black.
As a mysterious dark cloud drains the life of her beloved brother, Doomsday Brethren leader Bram, Sabelle Rion can think of little else. Still, every time she meets Ice Rykard’s intense green gaze, her body aches with need for the sexy warrior. Their attraction is explosive, incredible — and forbidden. As dangerous as he is unpredictable, Ice is her brother’s sworn enemy. But as Bram weakens, a more sinister force is gaining power.
Evil Mathias and his ruthless Anarki army are on a bloodthirsty hunt for the Doomsday Diary. Sabelle must guard the potent book with her life — and Ice vows to protect the beautiful witch with his. Duty demands that Sabelle deny her lover’s fiery call of possession and mate with a man who can sway the magical Council against the impending rebellion. With the fate of magickind hanging in the balance, will she forsake the burning desires she can’t ignore or turn her back on her people for the courageous man she can’t resist?
After the semi-disappointment of Seduce Me in Shadow, I am happy to report that Possess Me at Midnight was much better. Since I wanted to either read Ice or Shock’s book, I was happy when I read the blurb. Ice is such an intriguing character. Despite his obvious animosity for Bram, he continues to fight with the Doomsday Brethren under Bram’s direction.
In the magickind world, Ice is know as “Deprived” while Sabelle is “Privileged”. It’s rather like the classes in the regency romances, where you’re either “in” or “out”. Since this is a contemporary book, that part was rather interesting to read about.
At the end of Seduce Me in Shadow, the Doomsday Brethren suffered a massive hit. Their enemy (and villain) Matthias put some sort of spell on Bram who seems to be dying more by the second. The only thing that can save him is his missing mate. The men take their mates and scatter to make themselves harder to locate. Sabelle, along with Ice and Bram take the Doomsday Diary and teleport out. They soon discover that Matthias used a witch to put a spell on the Diary, so whenever it is teleported, he knows where.
The Doomsday Brethren has finally figured out why Matthias is targeting Council members (this is like a magickind government). Most of the council members are old school and refuse to believe that Matthias is killing innocent wizards and witches. He uses that to his full advantage when he applies for the open seat on the council. The seat that was opened after he killed the member that held it.
Sabelle and Ice know what Matthias plans, they just don’t know how to prove it. What they do know is that they can’t let Matthias get on the council. With Bram out of commission, Sabelle and Ice must appeal to the living council members.
Ice has known that Sabelle is the only woman for him. In a moment of weakness, he Calls to her, expecting to be Renounced. Sabelle is unable to Renounce Ice even though she knows that Bram expects her to make a political marriage.
This book started showing who Bram Rion really is. Far from being the diplomat that he portrays, Bram is ruthless in doing what he thinks is best for magickind. I really didn’t like the way that he treated Sabelle when he found out that Ice called to her. It was like a throwback to Regency England.
Sabelle’s insistence on not letting Bram down really started getting on my nerves. Especially when he started showing his true colors. Ice is the only one that has never asked anything of her. Not even to accept his Call.
I’m not even sure I care about Bram’s book. I just want to read Shock’s book and I will be happy.
4 out of 5.
This book is available from Pocket. You can buy it here.
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