A sweeping romance heavy on atmosphere that almost serves as a character study as we follow Tana's journey as she's torn between duty and desire. Definitely recommend for readers who like a slower-paced, character-focused fantasy story rather than for those who are more interested in a fast, twisting plot.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Fire for the copy of this book!

I always love Rachel Griffin for witchy vibes and this is my absolute new favorite of her books. I loved the darker tone of this book and the entire setting that she created for this atmosphere. This book had me absolutely captivated in Tana’s story - I was feeling her feelings and the weight of her decisions, and really hoping she’d choose the harder path she knew was for her. Her best friend and oh my gosh her DAD were just my faves. They added to the story in a big way and just loved her for being a little rebellious and true to herself. The love story in this one was perfection, and with the magic system just made for such a compelling read. This will definitely be a Witch Week 2023 feature and a book I’ll come back to again!

Read if you:
- loved The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
- enjoy mysterious and brooding MMCs
- need witches and forbidden magic

Bring Me Your Midnight is Rachel Griffin’s best book yet! It’s atmospheric, romantic, and immersive - you can feel the salt on your skin, taste the sweetness of one of Ivy’s brews, and smell the fragrance from Tana’s magical perfumes. I loved the different magic systems and their connection to nature.

I enjoyed how the world included not only the politics between the Mainlanders and the Witchery but also that of low tide magic versus high tide magic. Griffin makes it so easy to fully exist within one of her worlds with her competing conflicts and fast-paced plots. Plus, Tana is such a well written character - you understand her motivations and know her deepest desires. Her relationships with her parents and Ivy were a highlight, and don’t even get me started on Wolfe. I shipped them from their very first meeting.

If you enjoyed The Nature of Witches and/or Wild is the Witch, then you’re going to absolutely love Bring Me Your Midnight! If this your first book by Griffin, then you’re sure to be pulled in by her lush world building, multidimensional characters, and dalliances with forbidden romance and magic.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Tana’s fate has been decided since birth. She’s destined to marry the Governor’s son to keep her island full of witches safe and protected. But then she meets Wolfe - a witch who practices dark magic - and she can’t seem to stay away from him. But she must in order to protect her coven.

My Thoughts:
I think this is my most highlighted book. Ever. Griffin’s writing is just so dang beautiful and the imagery of it is so special. And I think this might be my favorite one of her books. (All three have been five stars, so that’s saying something!

It was magical and heartbreaking and beautiful and wild and lovely.

Please go preorder this and in the meantime read Nature of Witches and Wild is the Witch. You’ll thank me later.

Read if You Like:
🌊 Witchy books
🌊 Magical Islands
🌊 Forbidden Love
🌊 Feeling alive
🌊 Swimming
🌊 Highlighting the whole book
🌊 Beautiful writing

Definitely meant for teens but could appeal to older readers as well thanks to the beautiful prose and the amazing atmosphere.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the ARC.

I loved the magic system in this book, the enticing take on a popular trope, and excellent world-building. The diversity of the themes were decadent (the secrets, spells, forbidden love, and much more). The romantic storyline is totally phenomenal, intricate and detailed as well as beautiful. A beguiling, bewitching book, that readers will want to savor, with a cup of herbal tea, and sweet smelling candle nearby. Five out of five stars for me!

Thank you to Sourcebooks Fire via NetGalley for this arc. I read this voluntarily and all opinions are my own.

Exactly what you expect from a Rachel Griffin book--witches and romance and a beautiful atmospheric setting. If you liked her previous books, you'll definitely like this as well.

This book lacked worldbuilding, which wasn't so bad considering the main points of the book were Tana's relationship with Wolfe as well as her sort of coming into her own and making her own decisions. The problem was, I was really interested in the world and would have really appreciated a little more substance. All the witches in Griffin's books have powers deeply connected to nature, but considering that this particular book was set less in the real world than her previous two, I would have really liked some more background on the magic system. The time period/location was also a little iffy. I thought that this was a fantasy, what with the island of witches that everyone seemed to know about plus mentions of the 'mainland' without any context as to where any of this was actually located. But it also seems to be set in modern times. I liked the characters, I liked the love story, but I wish there had been a little more worldbuilding that would have taken this book from just okay to great.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for this advanced copy! This has not affected my opinion on the book. This review will have some slight spoilers so read at your own risk.

I wanted to like this book so much, but it was definitley not for me. Which is extremely sad to say because Wild is the Witch brought me to literal tears it was so good.

For me I think the biggest thing I didn't like about the book was that it felt too insta lovey for me. Reading the book I wish that there had been more time where we actually got to see the main characters interact and show how their relationship progressed from their first meeting. Personally I feel that the interactions we got didn't showcase enough of their relationship for me to actually be invested and feel it was real. It seemed that from the first meeting theyir relationship just advanced really quickly with no actual substance or common interests between them and that annoyed me quite a bit.

Another thing I wished I had gotten more of was the chance to learn about the magic system and why they gave up high tide magic and switched to low tide and how all of that came to be and such. It was a really interesting concept that I felt was just teased and not really explained enough and could have provided a more emotional punch to the book. I also wish I'd gotten to see more of the results of them rushing their unused magic into the ocean and how it started causing issues. The excerpt of the book makes it seem like such a big plot point and then it's not really touched on except for in one chapter and then it's done with. For something that seemed like a big plot point it was very underused and left me wondering why it was made to be such a big deal when it didn't play out like it was in the book.

Another annoyance for me was just how easily Tana was willing to leave everything behind in her life. Plus I feel she should've given Landon a real chance as he seemed like such a sweet guy and this is coming from a girl who hates love triangles.

Now I did like the low tide magic use and how it's used to infuse every day items and life and the glimpses of high tide magic were also really cool as well. I also loved the relationships between Tana and her family and best friend as well.

Overall, this book just wasn't for me. Hopefully one of her future books will be more my style.

3,75 stars!

Thank you, Sourcebooks Fire, and Netgalley for granting my wish and allowing me to read Bring Me Your Midnight in exchange for an honest review!

This was a very light and entertaining story about Tana and her struggle with choosing between what she wants and what everyone expects of her. Tana lives on an island witch her coven and only practices a gentle version of their magic. In order to maintain this magic, her coven releases leftover magic into the sea once a month during a full moon ritual. When Tana misses one of these rituals, she meets a boy who uses a different kind of magic. Tana then starts beginning questioning all that she has known.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It’s written in a very beautiful, romantic and atmospheric way. Unfortunately, there were some small things I didn’t really like about it. For instance, I couldn’t tell in what period this story took place. I also thought different about Tana’s situation than she was, but this might be because she’s a teenager.

I would still recommend this book if you like a light YA witchy fantasy romance. I would also definitely read another book by this author in the future.

I devoured this stunning book. Rachel Griffin always delivers with beautiful writing and lush world building. The romance was epic! I would die for Wolfe Hawthorne. I want to live in this magical, witchy world and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of this incredible book when it releases later this year.
Thank you to Sourcebooks Fire and Netgalley for the ARC!!

This was so good. It was perfect to read at night curled up with a cup of coffee and a cozy blanket. I got lost in this world the author dreamed up. I loved it so much
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I’ve enjoyed this authors previous work and her newest is no different.

Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin is brilliantly written with fascinating and extraordinary characters.
I loved reading this book! It was so original and well written and the word flow was completely captivating and the world building is just outstanding.
Rachel Griffin’s writing style flows beautifully and keeps you on the edge of your seat- always wanting more.
A unique, and enthralling tale of magic and love!

"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

Thank You Netgalley and Sourcebooks Fire for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this eARC.

I'm entirely unsurprised that Rachel has woven yet another spell around her characters! I fell so deeply in love with Mortana and Wolfe. Bring Me Your Midnight feels like the most beautiful magical love story while also diving into the pressure of obligation. How I wish more people could chase their truth the way Tana does at her age and not wait until they're older to realize their true passions and path. This is a richly woven story of what it means to choose yourself, to actualize your own future instead of the one that's been mapped out for you. It brought me such joy, made me cry, and healed childhood traumas i had long since buried beneath the currents.

I cannot wait to add this to her other books on my shelves, reread and annotate the physical copy, and live in her magical landscapes again. Honestly, I'm not sure Rachel will ever craft something I don't love.

Ok, Rachel. This book WRECKED me, and now I officially have a bit of a hangover from the emotional toll it took on me. I loved everything about Mortana and Wolfe and really wish this wasn't a standalone novel so I could visit their world again and again.

Even though I could generally tell what was going to happen throughout the book, I was still eager to turn the pages and breathe in the ethereal way that Griffin brings us into the storyline. Who doesn't want "willing to wreck everything in my life" kind of love??

It was a light and entertaining read, but I personally felt that many of the scenes and people I was able to read lacked development.

Personally, I read a lot of fantasy genre and I felt that it was, perhaps, for someone who is starting out in the world of fantasy literature. That doesn't mean it's bad, far from it. I'm not saying it was bad. It just didn't quite grab my attention, I felt it was simple, light, a bit predictable at times and basic.

Do not take those words as something negative, because it is something super personal for me and that clearly I cannot share with others. Maybe, in fantasy I look for other things that I couldn't find here.

I did not get to connect with any character, nor empathize. I saw the romance a bit rushed, but it's not a book with many pages so I can say that it was to be expected.

This book swept me off my feet with its beautiful magic, and didn't let me go until after the last page. I could barely put it down and now that I'm done, I can't wait for it to get published, so I can reread it with a physical copy.

Bring Me Your Midnight has a beautiful world of magic, where witches have to live on an island (opposed to the non-magical people on the mainland) and only practice a gentle version of magic, so that the mainlanders are not scared of them, which keeps them safe.  I loved how even though magic was a little feared, in this book it wasn't a secret or hidden -how they used it to create products non-magical people could also use. (Even if by that it was degraded to these little tricks, which is indeed kind of sad.)

Our main character, Tana, is set to marry the governor's son on the mainland, thus solidifying a union between mainlanders and witches. That'd give protection for the witches, and more control to the mainland.

I loved seeing Tana's thoughts, attitude and feelings change regarding this situation, always reacting to what's happening along the way. It's a first-person POV book, and thanks to the amazing writing, I got to experience all emotions just as strongly. I felt thrilled, frustrated, angry, sad, as if these things were happening to me. It was an emotional rollercoaster, in the best possible way. 

I oftentimes find YA books to be very predictable, but this book was anything but that. I thought I knew what was going to happen, but in the end I kept getting unsure as the story kept twisting and turning. It kept me on the edge of my seat for sure, it was so exciting to me!

This book is proof that you don't need battles, war, and evil enemies to have a thrilling and adventure-filled story.

Bring Me Your Midnight is absolutely 5/5 for me.

Thank you to Netgalley, Sourcebooks Fire and Rachel Griffin for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book. I absolutely loved this book! I was hooked from the very beginning and devoured it in one day. I couldn’t put this book down, it was a 5/5 star read.

An interesting story full of twists, turns, fun characters and overall a book I would consider reading time and time again.

I was so excited for this book because it has all the tropes I love like enemies to lovers and forbidden romance also it had witches and magic and ugh that's literally the perfect book for me but sadly this book felt so flat to me.

The characters are one dimensional, there's no real tension between the love interests, the conflict felt like a last minute decision and the ending was rushed.

While the writing style is beautiful, the pacing was awful like you just found yourself in the story and then BAM you're being forced out of it. I also had massive issue to picture in which time period the story takes place.

There were moments where I really enjoyed it but most of the time I just struggled to get invested in the story.