How refreshing to read a book from Cormac's perspective -- and I liked the murder mystery aspect. Decent audio book, and it's nice to read something set in the Coloradan Southwest. I have a dreadful fear that somehow Cormac and Amelia will end up as a love interest -- I am uncomfortable with that idea, but it does seem inevitable. The ending is a bombshell, and I hope Amelia doesn't lead them into too much trouble. ( )

An excellent setup for the endgame. ( )

"Low Midnight" is the first book in the Kitty Norville series that ISN'T about Kitty. We see everything in this book through Cormac Bennet's eyes.

It was this fresh vision that I enjoyed most- The plot is slight but fun; a fairy-tale quest in order to win access to information about Roman and a shoot-out with characters from Cormac's past.

The story is unfolds with skill, keeping a nice balance between action and mystery.

"Low Midnight"is a pleasant read rather than a compelling one but it's a must for the fans.

Two things made the book for me: getting to see Kitty as Cormac sees her rather than how she sees herself and finally getting an insight into how Cormac deals with the having the consciousness of Amelia, a wizard executed for a murder she didn't commit, living inside him.

There are only a few scenes with Kitty in the book but they are what energises Cormac on his quest. Kitty has changed Cormac's world. First she talked him out of killing her, making him question his belief that all werewolves needed to be put down, then she folded him into the circle she thinks of as family, refusing to let him retreat back entirely into his silent-loner lifestyle.

When Cormac looks at Kitty he sees boundless energy, unconscious power and influence and inexhaustible altruism. She makes him want to be a better man. Despite her strength, she makes him want to protect her. Cormac brought Kitty into focus in a way that explains the impact she has on other people more clearly than Kitty has ever been able to explain it to herself.

COrmac has played a strange role in the past few Kitty books. Suddenly this silent hunter of werewolves and vampires has stopped hunting and started protecting and he's been using magic to do it.

I understood the explanation of how this came about - Cormac agreed to host the disembodied consciousness of Amelia, a dead Edwardian English gentlewoman with magically abilities. In return, Amelia kept Cormac from harm in prison - but I had trouble understanding what it meant. Cormac didn't talk about it and Kitty couldn't decide whether Amelia was ally or parasite or friend or something entirely new unique.

in "Low Midnight" Carrie Vaughn does a great job of breathing life into both Cormac and Amelia. I was fascinated by their relationship. I loved the idea that they would meet "face to face" in the memory of meadow from Cormac's past, when Cormac went to sleep. The characters are so compelling that I could easily imagine a spin-off Cormac and Amelia series.

"Low Midnight" moves the "Long Game" story arc forward by gaining new information on Roman that should help Kitty.

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With the series wrapping up this book focuses on Cormac. With Cormac now the host to Amelia’s soul they make a good pair to lead the search for a key to decipher the grimoire that Kitty got at the end of the previous book. Amelias’ use of magic along with Cormac’s experience in hunting helps them solve a 100 year old mystery in order to get the key to the grimoire. The online help they do receive is very little but it does provide an interesting hook into the next book. A fun read and I hope that even with the series ending we might see more of Cormac and Amelia in future stories at some point. ( )

The emotional nuances really came through. Made the whole story deeply enjoyable. ( )