Deeper Than Midnight (Midnight Breed, #9) by Lara Adrian

Deeper Than Midnight (Lara Adrian)

SUMMARY

At eighteen, Corinne Bishop was a beautiful, spirited young woman living a life of privilege as the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. Her world changed in an instant when she was stolen away and held prisoner by the malevolent vampire Dragos. After many years of captivity and torment, Corinne is rescued by the Order, a cadre of vampire warriors embroiled in a war against Dragos and his followers. Her innocence taken, Corinne has lost a piece of her heart as well—the one thing that gave her hope during her imprisonment, and the only thing that matters to her now that she is free.

Assigned to safeguard Corinne on her trip home is a formidable golden-eyed Breed male called Hunter. Once Dragos’s most deadly assassin, Hunter now works for the Order, and he’s hell-bent on making Dragos pay for his manifold sins. Bonded to Corinne by their mutual desire, Hunter will have to decide how far he’ll go to end Dragos’s reign of evil—even if carrying out his mission means shattering Corinne’s tender heart.  
 

MY REVIEW

Breed warrior Hunter
Special ability: Experiencing a person's memories by drinking their blood
Age: Around 50 years old

Breed mate Corinne
Special ability: Sonokinetic, being able to control sounds and making them weapons
Occupation: None. She was a prisoner all her adult life.
Mark place: Back of right hand

Settings: Boston, Detroit, New Orleans, Luisiana, West-central Georgia

Even if it is a book full of violence, I believe it is also the most emotional and the sweetest of the midnight breed series.
We know Hunter from before. There are certain facts about him that we already know: He used to be a top assassin in Dragos'army until he managed to get rid of his collar, always calm and confident and successful, he was considered unemotional but he was also Mira's best friend and they were reading books together, Brock found him sleeping naked against the wall because according to him beds are such a luxury.
We have met Corinne before. She was a prisoner of Dragos and she was set free from the Order, Brock used to be her bodyguard before she was kidnapped by Dragos, Brock thought she was dead before they found her.
BUT and this is a strong BUT, in this book we learn all the dirty details about Corinne. She was kidnapped, tortured, raped, experiment on, used to create the new Dragos'army, impregnated and broken. She is about to discover also dirty, dark secrets about her family.
Hunter and Corinne are two lost souls, tortured by the same monster, both virgins. Hunter has never actually been with a female. Corinne was repeatadly raped but she has never made love. It is the most natural thing for them to get connected, matched and mated.
Moreover, this particular book sets the scene for the next final book of the first part of the series. Besides Hunter and Corinne's story that covers most of the book, Chase keeps destroying himself.
The book finishes with a cliff hanger. Have the next book next to you ready, before you finish this one!!!