The Midnight Hour

Good story, but slow to pick up. Once it did, the pieces finally started fitting together. I enjoyed it.

I received an ARC from Netgalley.

The Midnight Hour by Eve Chase is a family drama set in Notting Hill, London.

Maggie, a seventeen-year-old, finds herself alone with her little brother Kit when her mother, Dee Dee, doesn't return home one night. With Dee Dee being a model and local celebrity, Maggie keeps her mother's dissappeance a secret. When a young lad named Wolf comes to her rescue after a near miss with a van, Maggie finds herself not so alone after all and a budding relationship blooms. However, one fatal night the two lovers know they must flee the area and become strangers if they are to keep their deadly secret.

The Midnight Hour follows Maggie over two decades to discover the secrets of her past and what happened to her mother when she disappeared. It is a touching story of love in its many forms and in protecting those you love. The complexities of family dynamics and how hidden secrets can destroy relationships made for an interesting read. This was a character driven novel that I was very invested in. I loved Cora, the elusive aunt, and felt a lot of empathy towards her.

The chapters jumped around from London to France, past to the present day, making this quite the pageturner. A great summer read, I couldn't put it down.