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Midnight Angel (The Thorn Chronicles Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Kimberly Loth (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 2,218 ratings
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Naomi has never tried to run away…

until now.

Because now, her father wants her to get married.

At sixteen.

The deadly cult that had kept her trapped for all these years just got a hundred times worse. Naomi sees no way out until one dark night when the impossible happens.

That night, an angel sneaks into her room, kisses her and opens her eyes to a whole new, supernatural power.

Using her newfound power, she fights back and discovers that she’s not the only one with a secret….

Download now to find out if good really can defeat evil….

This title previously published as Kissed: The Thorn Chronicles Book 1
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 18 years
  2. Book 1 of 4
    The Thorn Chronicles
  3. Print length
    290 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Publication date
    September 1, 2014
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  10. ISBN-10
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  1. Birthdays are supposed to be special, like my Kaiser Wilhelm rosebushes. They bloom once a year, huge violet and crimson cups full to bursting with petals. When I part the petals with my nose and inhale, I go weak in the knees from the fruity perfume. But my birthdays are more like the daisies that grow alongside the roses. Ignored.
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  2. Roses have thorns. Most gardeners use gloves to prune because they want to protect their hands. But I find that if I use gloves, I don’t get to know the roses intimately. I can tell if my plants are diseased because I feel it in the blooms, leaves, and stems. My hands bear many scars from thorns. But they are worth the pain, for from pain comes beauty.
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A really unique paranormal YA that had me gripped throughout - I couldn't put it down! I didn't see many of the twists at the end, and it left me dying for book 2! -Elizabeth Briggs, Author of More than Music

I absolutely had a great time reading Kissed by Kimberly Loth! It earned each of the 5 stars that Mousehead and Tales is giving it, along with a ton if recommendations to just about anyone who crosses my path. This book grabs you from the first moments. -Mousehead and Tales

WOW! What an intense and intriguing book! I could not put it down because I was so captivated by the story! -Curling up with a Good Book

I started and finished Kissed late last night. Let me say one thing: I was hooked. -Readergirls

Kimberly Loth has written a book that kick starts her new series with some twists and turns that will keep the reader guessing as to what will happen next. -D'eBook Sharing

This is a page-turner from the beginning. Naomi's growth throughout the story draws you in, and the romance will leave you fanning yourself. -Karen Akins, Author of Loop

From the first page I was completely hooked to the story. I felt for Naomi, a sweet girl who was trapped in a abusive life. The paranormal aspect of the story was one I've never seen before, very original. -M.H. Soars, Author of The Prophecy of Arcadia

About the Author

Kimberly Loth can't decide where she wants to settle down. She's lived in Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Utah, California, Oregon, and South Carolina. She finally decided to make the leap and leave the U.S. behind for a few years. Currently, she lives in Cairo, Egypt with her husband and two kids. She is a high school math teacher by day (please don't hold that against her) and YA author by night. She loves romantic movies, chocolate, roses, and crazy adventures. Kissed is her first novel.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00N8G8OLA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ; 2nd edition (September 1, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 950 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 2,218 ratings

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Kimberly Loth has lived all over the world. From the isolated woods of the Ozarks to exotic city of Cairo. Currently she resides in the Missouri Ozarks with her husband and their spunky dog, Maisy.

She’s been writing for twelve years and is the author of the Amazon bestselling series The Dragon Kings. In her free time she volunteers at church, reads, and travels as often as possible.

She loves talking to school groups and book clubs. For more information about having her come speak at your school or event contact her at kimberlylothteam@gmail.com.

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Evenstar
5.0 out of 5 stars Intoxicating
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2015
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I have never read a novel like this. It grabbed a hold of me and created such a heady rush, I couldn't put it down. I loved every second. I liked the little chapter intros and the way the author incorporated roses into the story. I loved how she described every interaction the character had by the senses, mostly scent. I knew something was unique about the main character when she could smell different aromas, mostly bad at first, as the horrible people in her life interacted with her. And then good things started happening to her and her scents became delicious things. It just so had me hooked.

Naomi is an abused girl, and she finds the beauty in life through her roses. She knows them all by name, and every person that she knows, she associates them with a rose. So neat!

In the beginning of the novel, I was so scared for Naomi. When good stuff happened to her, I got so excited and wanted nothing but happiness for her. But of course, as a story goes, it's never just all roses.

A bit of a love triangle, lots of secrets, (the major one I figured out half way through and was so excited at the end when my suspicions were confirmed.) Just juicy. No other way to describe it. A bunch of clean, sweet kissing, mild language.
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Holly
4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Enjoyable Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2014
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Though I really enjoyed the story, I had a few problems with it.

Books have to be balanced. If you're writing a fantasy, then it should be fantastical. But if you have subplots of romance and mystery and action, you should have a good dose of all of them. Not too much to overpower the actual story-line, though. Or too little. It has to be balanced pretty much perfectly. Kissed didn't get the memo.

The book starts out in Arkansas, I think (there was, at one point, an Alabama thrown in there). It's told in the POV of Naomi Aren, a good girl who doesn't rock the boat for fear her father and the Master will punish her. The church she goes to is a misogynistic, White supremacist cult. Her father is abusive, she's treated like nothing more than an inferior woman who has to do what she's told or suffer the consequences. It's a hard life for her, and Naomi wants out. But she's never before let herself dream of a life away from her parents, a life that she wants. Not until she's visited in the night by a stranger who gives her kisses and promises to free her.

Naomi is a very interesting character. She's quiet and contemplative, has courage that falters when it comes to her parents and how hard it is for her to just let go of her old life. I thought her character development was believable, but I also felt that the love triangle made her overreact to some situations and distracted her from the real problems.

And that brings me to the annoying, overplayed drama of the love triangle. And there is one, because both guys fell in love, and she with them, so she had a choice to make. However, the development of the two relationships Naomi had with them (if you can call the one with Kai a "relationship") were weak and didn't move the story further along but halted it. To me, the love triangle wasn't needed. But since it was there, I should have felt more with it. I should have felt the emotions between the characters, but I didn't. Because the thing is, the supernatural powers that the boys have makes it quite clear that the feelings could be fake. And it all just moved so very fast that I didn't believe that any of them had fallen in love with each other.

I liked the secondary characters a lot! Ginny, Alejandro, Puck, and even Rikki. They all brought something different to the story, and the way they interacted gave me a warm feeling. They made up for the fact that Naomi's parents were cold, indifferent, and cruel to their only daughter.

Oh, but the plot and I had some issues with each other. Because the love triangle overbalanced pretty much everything, I felt that the supernatural aspect was extremely underplayed. And I wasn't totally wowed with the mystery behind Kai and the people like him. Guardians are trying to keep balance in the world while Destroyers start rebelling and saying F You to the age-old truce that's been keeping them at an uneasy peace with each other? Right. So, what exactly do they do? I'm not entirely sure. There wasn't much action in this story, which would have made the whole good vs. evil thing much more intense.

I'm still not totally sold on the supernatural aspect of the story, but I'm excited to find out more about these characters. I had more than my share of problems with Kissed, but I really enjoyed the story.
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R. Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2016
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This was one of those rare books that I could not stop reading and was so fast paced and interesting and well written just wow...ok there were a few small typos there, like a word that wasn't removed in a sentence, but that's the editors fault and it didn't take away from the story. I was kind of surprised actually by just how good this story was because I wasn't expecting it. I read this in two nights but it could easily been one if I had been able to stay up later than normal but I can't do that anymore and still function the next day lol. Very interesting story and not like anything I have ever read. At first I was thinking she had synaesthesia and that may have been where the author got her idea from it wouldn't surprise me. That is something that has always fascinated me. Well worth the read!
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Jinglezzz2902
3.0 out of 5 stars Great premise! But when it comes to execution...
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2020
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I loved that this story has an original premise that I have yet to stumble upon. I enjoyed the basic plot line of a timid and abused girl finding her strength and loved the not so subtle dig by placing a racist cult in the area of Arkansas that she did. (High five if that was the goal!) However, the book was very awkwardly pieced together. It was as if the author has bits and pieces of ideas that she shoved together and hoped they fit. The romance/love triangle as well as character relationship development in general was missing key building points as well as history of the supernatural element was sprinkled throughout the entire book but in no logical order. Both of these issues left me confused at points or wanting more information that was never given, or given way too late for it to matter anymore. I am intrigued as to where this story will go, and I am hoping the storytelling gets cleaner. The premise is too good to not continue to see where the story leads.
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carrie
5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2020
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This is such an original story! I loved learning about roses, it was so interesting.
Naomi is brilliant, being so versatile, after being brought up by extremely nutty parents when she finally ran away to her aunt in Vegas she settled in to a normal lifestyle.
I liked her character and I really liked puck he's so adorable and seems like he's actually open and honest.
I'm not sure about Kai though, he seems a bit sly.
The storyline was addictive and I didn't realise I was coming to the end of the book. It literally had me glued from the first page.
A thoroughly enjoyable and addictive book, I look forward to reading the next one in the series
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Nicketa
2.0 out of 5 stars 2.5
Reviewed in Australia on August 20, 2019
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This book was great in the fact that I googled every single rose breed to learn about them, but it was also terrible for the simple fact that she went ooooon about roses, and if it wasn’t one boy it was the other.
I liked the fact that this was set in a cult kind of atmosphere and the descriptions of what the girls and people went through there were great. There wasn’t a lot held back.
But the to and fro of Naomi between the boys was frustrating, and her describing everything.
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Carol Houle
4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Read
Reviewed in Canada on December 26, 2015
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The last paragraph left me stumped (perhaps on purpose), but the sample pages of book 2 helped clear that up.

It happens when too many twists and turns boggles the writer herself. It makes sense to her, but the reader needs a wee bit more clarification. There are spelling errors, like check instead of cheek. But I get it that the spell checker can catch those. I sense the writer may be 16-20 years old and she did good.
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Eugy
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice story
Reviewed in Italy on February 2, 2016
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A very nice story, amazingly written and new. I will surely read the following books! The world of guardians and destroyers is captivating.
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pradeepkumar j.rupawala
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in India on January 18, 2016
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