Midnight Blue was utterly disappointing and frustrating. There were several times where I wanted to stop reading but I powered through.

Midnight Blue tells the story of Indigo Bellamy. She is an average girl, whose family suffered a huge tragedy a couple of years prior and is still facing the aftermath. To lessen the financial burden, she takes a job as a baby sitter. She’s not watching children, she’s watching an international rock star who has a drug and alcohol problem. And unfortunately, is a huge jerk.

For a book about addiction, it rarely focuses on it. The reader is told several times that Alex is an addict, Alex’s addiction is only used as a plot device to keep Indigo close to him. The book doesn’t take any groundbreaking steps in dealing with the true side of being an addict nor does it have any hard-hitting conversations about addiction. It feels very far removed from any addiction story and I don’t know if I like or dislike that.

This book seemed very all over the place in terms of story. Everything, especially the reveals, felt a little too convenient and did the bare minimum to add any true excitement to the plot. Did I see those reveal coming? No, I did not. But plot twists should be used to advance the story and not provide a lackluster reason as to why something happened. Also, they should not be used to diminish the consequences of character actions.

Characters

Everyone in this book felt extremely unlikable or one dimensional. Let’s start with Alex. He’s a jerk. He was controlling, annoying and obsessive. There’s nothing else to it. I understand wanting the main character to be harsh and hard, but there comes a point when that is too much. His treatment of Indigo is unnecessary and completely unfair. Alex spends the majority of the book toggling between pinning for his ex-girlfriend and hating any male who talks to Indigo. There was very little character growth with him and never any real consequences for him. And quite honestly, he deserves to end up alone.

Indigo, Indie, Blue, Stardust. She has several names. It was quite hard to keep up with. Anyway, she was an extremely underdeveloped character. Unfortunately for her, any defining character trait was a burden underneath an eye-roll worthy plot and tragic romance. She was defined by the men in her life and never really got a chance to shine. And also, she had the misfortune of being everyone’s punching bag. She never truly caught a break and was a pawn in their game. Literally. The big reveal towards the end of the book should have sent her far away from Alex Winston and his team.

Final Analysis

Midnight Blue is about an unhealthy romance that fails at being exciting and thrilling due to lackluster plot twist and story progression.