Midnight is the Darkest Hour, Ashley Winstead
Midnight is the Darkest Hour, Ashley Winstead
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Midnight is the Darkest Hour
A Novel

Author: Ashley Winstead

Narrator: Sarah Welborn

Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/03/2023


Synopsis

For fans of Verity and A Flicker in the Dark, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is a twisted tale of murder, obsessive love, and the beastly urges that lie dormant within us all . . . even the God-fearing folk of Bottom Springs, Louisiana. In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than the God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep in the swamp next to mysterious carved symbols, Bottom Springs is thrown into uproar—and Ruth realizes only she and Everett, an old friend with a dark past, have the power to comb the town's secret underbelly in search of true evil.

A dark and powerful novel like fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways we've come to expect love, religion, and stories to save us, the lengths we have to go to in order to take back power, and the monstrous work of being a girl in this world.

About Ashley Winstead

Ashley Winstead directs communications for a national philanthropy. She holds a PhD in contemporary American literature and a BA in English and art history. She lives in Houston, Texas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sydney Books on August 31, 2023

Amazing. Spectacular. Review to come once I stop screaming and crying and throwing up......more

Goodreads review by emilybookedup on April 30, 2023

GET READY FOR OCTOBER BOOK LOVERS!!!! ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ Ashley Winstead never misses ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ this book was SO creative, soooo atmospheric, so interesting and that ending?! iโ€™m still recovering!!! ๐Ÿ˜ฉ MIDNIGHT IS THE DARKEST HOUR will be the best fall book you can add to your TBR when itโ€™s out in October. iโ€™m so g......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on February 05, 2024

Welcome to Ashley Winstead's dark, sinister, complex, mind-bending, and bleak universe. It's an eerie small community with cultish, witchery, and demonic vibes, and it features a heart-wrenching love story between two outsiders: the preacher's daughter and the devil's son. This book draws reminiscen......more

Goodreads review by Mai on April 11, 2024

I have questions for whoever called this Verity. To me, this Southern gothic thriller feels more like Where the Crawdads Sing and The Last Carolina Girl. That's not to say all Southern books are the same. They're not. The South is a very vast and nuanced place. It has its problems, but so does everyw......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on August 23, 2023

4.5 rounded up Iโ€™ve been wanting to read a book by this author for a while and sheโ€™s acquired a new fan, what a book! In Bottom Springs, South Louisiana, Pastor James Cornier holds these โ€œGod-fearingโ€œ folks in the palm of his hand with his old school fire and brimstone preaching. His daughter Ruth, h......more