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Born at Midnight review by CLi
Born at Midnight (A Shadow Falls Novel)
by C. C. Hunter
Age Range - 12 and up
Genre - Paranormal

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CLi
Age at time of review - 20
Reviewer's Location - Los Altos, CA, United States
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Kylie's life is breaking down around her: her parents 
consider divorce, her boyfriend dumps her and immediately 
starts going out with another girl, and a stalker has been 
introduced into her life. It isn't until Kylie gets caught at 
a party -- with under-aged drinking and drugs galore -- that 
her life gets turned completely upside down. Her Ice Queen 
mom decides to send her to Shadow Falls Camp, a 
psychologist-recommended institution for troubled teens. And 
soon, Kylie discovers herself stranded in the midst of 
brainwave-reading paranormal creatures that couldn't and 
<i>shouldn't</i> exist. Confused but feeling an undeniably 
weird sense of belonging, Kylie begins to realize just how 
special she really is. Kylie's stalker also starts to make 
sense -- a startling relief after all the anxiety. But then 
trouble invades the camp, and the paranormals are pointing 
fingers at each other. Beware, happy little campers, someone 
has an agenda of their own, and they are <i>quite</i> the 
determined bunch.

Opinion: 

C.C. Hunter's debut, <i>Born at 
Midnight</i>, was attention-grabbing and hard to put down. 
However, the plot started out incredibly slow. It is 
slightly understandable, as the author has to first describe 
the characters and the setting of this new series. But the 
predicament, which should be central to every novel, was 
brief and felt like an after-thought. Imagine this: pages 
after pages of descriptions and little action, a few 
chapters devoted to the build-up of tension, the short 
resolution, and then the end of the novel, which ends up 
feeling like accidentally running smack into a brick wall 
and maybe losing a few teeth in the process.</p><p>And onto 
the apparently mandatory element of a YA PNR book: the love 
triangle. The one that exists in this book felt pretty much 
superfluous. There was no reason for its creation in the 
first place, and Kylie's indecision and fluctuating feelings 
becomes a bore to read about after a while. Girl, it is not 
right to be lusting after three guys (her ex-boyfriend 
included) at once, especially if you alternate between 
thinking about kissing one boy and then switches to thinking 
about the hotness of another a second later.</p><p><i>Born 
at Midnight</i> is a nice read, not entirely original, but 
still interesting nonetheless. 
Rating:
3
Content Rating:

Content rating - some mature content

Explain your content rating: 

Teen pregnancy and drug use
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