Midnight Comes with the Dawn: The Vampyir Plague

The Vampyir Plague #1

by Darlene Burns

Women. Infected blood. Rotting corpses. Welcome to the world of Katrine Baten aka Midnight. She is one of the oldest existing Vampyirs and only surrounds herself with eye candy. But something is destroying not only her world, but the human world as well. Together with her lesbian coven by her side, she tries to seek a cure. And what she discovers may change the course of how she lives as a lesbian Vampyir forever!

Genres: Vampires

230 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2013

About the author

Darlene has been across the United States and back in her lifetime. Unbeknownst to her in a friendly conversation, she decided to take up her love of writing again. Her first novel was published in 2012 and has been received with rave reviews. She is a mother of three beautiful, young adults.

The 2nd Installment was released in March 2019.

In her own words...

"My sole purpose in life from this point on is to educate, network, and fight for my beliefs. I finally found my truth and I have never been happier. It something to be said about living your life everyday as if it's your last day on earth. I love to share ideas and engage in thought provoking dialogue. It is my goal to become more than a writer. I am well-rounded enough to pursue several interest and enjoy the fruits of my labor."

Her hobbies include but not limited to;

Reading, writing, scuba diving, traveling and she is seriously addicted to Pinterest.

Reviews

[BookzBookzBookz · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's a new take on just about everything now and this book is no different. Well, let me take that back- this is different. Very different and I enjoyed it!

Darlene Burns, the author of Midnight Comes With the Dawn, took the vampire in a direction that reminded me of two movies, but still stood strong on its own. There was originality, as far as a vampire story can go, but there was an inner strength that made me LOVE the tale!

Midnight, the name she goes by is Queen. She was purposefully created with a destiny and she's all about the biz, but there's something happening to the world, above and below. Humans are dying of a virus, that's now pandemic. Vampires, who are normally immune are now caught up in the plague, killing prey and predators alike.

I loved this book. It was also nice to see a strong, feminine lead, even if she played both protagonist and antagonist. Katrine had ghosts to fight and the chapters taking us back then forward helped to clarify those issues. The action was detailed and the storyline was on point.

I did find a few errors there but all in all this is an awesome story. I love the taking of something very old and snapping a new style to it and I am really looking forward to what Burns has next. Check out Midnight comes With The Dawn- available at Amazon.com!

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[B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book needs a good run through by an editor it was a great read. It was smooth and interesting loved the take on Vampires, loved the flashbacks every other chapter, loved the relationship between the coven, hated that a few of the girls were murdered. Loved Katrine's character but Adamine was my absolute favorite! I enjoyed the book

[Rena]

FINALLY!!

[KayBee's Bookshelf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Queen Katrine feared and revered by many African countries is turned into a Vampire in order to fulfill her destiny. Her maker Darius comes to her to reveal that her deceased father was his best friend and knew what he was, which makes her acceptance of what she is to become no easier.
Fast forward Katrine is now known as Midnight and is the leader of a lesbian clan of Vampires. A plague is killing not just humans, but Vampire kind as well. How will the oldest living Vampire in her clan find a cure? Well, you will have to read the story and find out.

This was a different spin on the Vampire tale that we normally read in paranormal fiction. Instead of the usual roguishly handsome brooding male Vamp, the author gives us a strong female lead, well more than one. Alex is a force as well. You can get more of her story in Book 2. The author did a good job of pulling you into each scene with the characters and kept a bit of realism to the story which aided in making it easy to connect with the story. However, outside of the grammatical errors & it is a bit wordy at times, I would have liked the smoother transitions when moving between flashbacks and the present. There were definitely times when I didn't realize that the next chapter was a flashback and not the present until a few sentences into it. The errors can be addressed by an editor or with a solid proofreader.

All in all the story was entertaining and was structured well enough to keep you engaged. Get your copy and please leave a review.