Midsummer Song

Midsummer's Night #5

by Megan Derr

All Daniel's ever wanted is to sing. Being a siren has always made that a dangerous undertaking, but he's never needed magic to make people like his songs. His bandmates, however, are more than willing to use his siren talents to get what they want—even if they do it against Daniel's will.

Betrayed and distraught, Daniel flees in the dead of night, bound for anywhere that will keep him out of sight until his contract with the band expires. Exhausted after hours of driving, he decides to stop for the night, and winds up stopping in a strange town known as Midsummer's Night.

He's soon pointed to a bed & breakfast run by the world's most adorable brownie—who also happens to be a huge fan, reminding Daniel viscerally that whatever Daniel wants comes second to what he is and all the people trying to hunt him down.

Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, M M Romance, Supernatural, Magic, Short Stories

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 16, 2020

About the author

Megan is a long time resident of queer romance and keeps herself busy reading and writing it. She is often accused of fluff and nonsense. When she’s not involved in writing, she likes to cook, harass her wife and cats, or watch movies. She loves to hear from readers and can be found all over the internet.

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Reviews

[Achim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hm, at the time when I started reading M/M paranormal Midsummer's Night was one of my favorite series. So I was delighted to see a new book after all that time but it seems either the series changed or I'm not the same kind of reader like I was then. It's still a nice read, it's Megan Derr after all, but I guess I outgrown this kind of small-town sweetness. So it's a 3 star rating for old times sake.

[Ami · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read - not bad but not very memorable either. It's all about quick attraction between the two. And I actually think Danny is a little bit patronizing towards Joel, just because Joel looks younger than his looks and that he's "cute".

[Natalie H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another stray finding sanctuary. Daniel and Joel were sweet together and the reappearing characters were nice. The band were awful. Joel’s strength was a surprise. Short and sweet.

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much like the city of Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin) , the town of Midsummer “knows it’s own”, and just like the Innkeeps (Innkeeper Chronicles) Joel, as a Brownie bound to his Inn, has ultimate control over it.

As I loved both of those series, I really enjoyed this short story. I also greatly appreciated that the heroes of our tail didn’t have the archetype perfect body’s. Daniel is tall and thin to the pint of gauntness (at least when he arrives in Midsummer) and Joel is politely discerned as “pudgy” yet each thought the other was wildly attractive, even downright un-resistible, and I found that charming and sweet.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

MM paranormal romance in a comfortable small town. Each book has two men (one or both of them supernaturals) meeting and almost instantly becoming mates. Here, it's a brownie who's an innkeeper, and a siren who's a rick start. There are conveniently evil villains, but the town stands up for the newcomer.
I wish there were more books in this series. Too bad each of them, and this one in particular, is marred by sloppy, careless typos on every page.

[Camilla Hjertø · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow I had a feeling this book was part of a series, but I wasn’t aware it was the final one. No matter what, I enjoyed this short and sweet story, and it was no problem to read it as a standalone. I only felt some of the writing was rushed and the ending was a bit abrupt. Three strong stars.

[Dawn Lacroix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Midsummer Song

It was an amazing story. I would have liked to see more interaction with the characters from previous books. It would have been nice to know what happened to the evil characters

[A Herbert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great story but too short.

I love all the Midsummer series but this one seemed a bit rushed and unfinished. MCs are great as usual.

[Nana Sumire · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good. It would've been five stars, but I never like surprise time skips. I did enjoy the additions to the worldbuilding.

[Christine]

Okay so it wasn't a very long book.  I love the town of Midsummer and when Derr comes out with a new addition I tend to enjoy them.  There is a little bit of world building, it certainly helps if you have read the rest of the series, and the characters are very lovable.  This is an LGBTQ+ book with a little bit of semi-graphic sex. 

A siren, who happens to be a rockstar but doesn't like to use his powers for fame, comes to town to escape his bandmates who are trying to use his powers for fame.  He takes a room in a B&B run by a brownie that just happens to be the siren's type down to a T.  Some stuff happens, you'll need to read the book for that part.  This really is short, however I am probably going to read it another 2-3 times, and possibly go back to read the rest of the series again.

For a cute, slightly graphic, LGBTQ+ paranormal romance with a tiny bit of action and adventure, I recommend this book.