The Mirk and Midnight Hour, Jane Nickerson
The Mirk and Midnight Hour, Jane Nickerson
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The Mirk and Midnight Hour

Author: Jane Nickerson

Narrator: Dorothy Dillingham Blue

Unabridged: 12 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/11/2014

Synopsis

A Gothic thriller and captivating love story set in Civil War Mississippi
 
Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey has been left at home in Mississippi with a laudanum-addicted stepmother and love-crazed stepsister while her father fights in the war—a war that has already claimed her twin brother. When she comes across a severely injured Union soldier lying in an abandoned lodge deep in the woods, things begin to change. Thomas is the enemy—one of the men who might have killed her own brother—and yet she’s drawn to him. But Violet isn’t Thomas’s only visitor. Someone has been tending to his wounds—keeping him alive—and it becomes chillingly clear that this care hasn’t been out of compassion. Against the dangers of war and threatening powers of voodoo, Violet fights to protect her home, her family, and the man she’s begun to love.
 
“An exciting story—juicy, romantic and at times quite chilling.” —BookPage
 
“An atmospheric story in which darkness houses mysteries, [with] rich imagery and imaginative subplots.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“Compelling. . . . There’s a languid ease to the prose that invites readers to become fully immersed.” —The Bulletin

About The Author

For many years, JANE NICKERSON and her family lived in a big old house in Aberdeen, Mississippi, where she worked as the children's librarian at the local public library. She has always loved the South, "the olden days," gothic tales, houses, kids, writing, and interesting villains. Her first novel was Strands of Bronze and Gold, a retelling of the Bluebeard fairy tale. Jane and her husband now make their home in Ontario, Canada.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on May 08, 2014

Also reviewed for Addicted2Heroines At first, I was a tad disappointed that there wasn't much magic in this one. I mean, it's supposed to be a retelling of Tam Lin, right? Maaaagic! But Tam Lin's fairies are replaced with practitioners of voodoo, and the magic hoodoo stuff doesn't come into play (muc......more

Goodreads review by Emma on April 15, 2014

Nickerson's still coming up short on what should be fantastic books, given the setting and source material she draws from--seriously, y'all know I adore a good Southern gothic, and Bluebeard and Tam Lin are two of my favourite folklore pieces. But Strands of Bronze and Gold didn't work, and neither......more

Goodreads review by Jennybeast on August 13, 2016

Excellent civil-war era story that kept me on the edge of my seat and deftly incorporates fairy tale themes. Violet Dancey is a Mississippi girl, mourning the death of her twin brother, Rush, and trying to keep her family together as the war drags on. Suddenly confronted with a new stepmother and ste......more

Goodreads review by Frankie on August 15, 2013

Darkly delightful Tam Lin retelling! The language of the writing was wonderful, fit the setting perfectly, and the characters were all so alive. At times it felt like I was reading a southern, civil war-era Downton Abbey. Except with magic. I'm not sure how to classify the magic, either; was it magi......more

Goodreads review by Rayne on November 15, 2013

Unlike the great majority of people here, I actually really liked Strands of Bronze and Gold. I thought it was mesmerizing, deeply atmospheric and with one of the most compelling antagonist I've read about in a while. It certainly had its problems, but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. The Mirk......more

Quotes

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, February 2014:
"There’s a languid ease to the prose that invites readers to become fully immersed in the sweltering heat of a Mississippi summer, and Nickerson paints a picture of the Southern landscape that is rustic but ethereal and at times, eerie."

Publishers Weekly, January 13, 2014:
"Tomboyish Violet’s interactions with Seeley and the Union soldier are charming."

Kirkus Reviews, February 1, 2014:
"Far from the typical Civil War romance...[w]ith rich imagery and imaginative subplots driving the storyline."

BookPage:
"An exciting story—juicy, romantic and at times quite chilling."

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