Title: Together at Midnight Author: Jennifer Castle
Published January 2nd 2018 by HarperTeen
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I think this
book was definitely a good start for the new year. Together at Midnight was a
fun, fast read, even though it is not exactly supposed to be that. It starts
with our two main characters, Max and Kendall, witnessing a terrible accident
and practically doing nothing to stop it from happening. The guilt of what
happened makes them accept a dare in which they have to perform seven acts of
kindness. It turns out harder than expected.
I like the
realness of this book. In real life not everything is what’s cracked up to be,
and Maxie and Kendall learn that through it all. I was immediately attached to
both of them, since we share a lot of character traits, and I wanted them to
keep going and I shipped them so hard. And yet. Yet I was totally okay with that ending. Oh yes, even old hopeless
romantic me thought there was not another possible way to end the book, because
of reasons you have to read for yourself.
The one thing,
though, that I can complain about, is the lack of development of secondary
characters. Some of them we got a glimpse of, like grandpa big E, who I
absolutely loved because he reminded me of my own grumpy grandpa. But there
were several characters who I felt lacked a purpose. For example Ari, who is
supposed to be Kendall’s best friend but apart from Kendall always mentioning
that I didn’t get to see much of a reason for the apparently amazing
friendship. And the practically nonexistent older brothers, the parents, and
pretty much all family members except for Kendall’s brother Emmerson.
