Not my cover.

Not quite as good as the first one. The flow was still a bit choppy. I found myself very irritated with Milagro, seriously no one makes that many stupid decisions. But alas I will continue with the series lol. ( )

A young woman finds herself in love with a man and trying to fit in with his unusual family. Not only is she a Latina amongst a lot of Caucasians, but this family has some very unsettling secrets. Milagro De Los Santos soon finds that fitting into this family may be not only difficult, but dangerous as well.

This book gave me a day of escape, but it is not my usual fodder. At first I was very put off at the denseness of Milagro when she is supposed to be an educated woman, but at least her character had some growth, and for that reason I went ahead and finished the book. There was too much telling in this story, not enough showing. It seemed that each time a character entered the story we were treated to a full description of their outfit, their eyebrows and their noses. In order to get the character of Milagro, there was name dropping. Granted, the name dropping included a lot of great books she was reading, organizations she supported and such, but it still came across as name dropping. I couldn't really fit the pieces together for this woman. In fact, sometimes I suspected her of being a Mary Sue. ( )

I don't know why I keep reading these books. I don't, really. I guess because I bought four of them I should read them but they're not exactly what you would call brain teasers. This one actually started out more boring than the last but on the plus side the plot was not so obvious.

I have to admit I have grown to like the main character although I much prefer the dark lord Ian to the MC's beau Oswald.

I'll keep reading on for laughs and to see if they get better. By the end of it, I may actually like the series. ( )

The second book in the Casa Dracula series, Midnight Brunch, continues to prove Marta Acosta's ability to write hilarious dialogue and charmingly quirky vampires. The one-of-a-kind Milagro De Los Santos has managed to endeared herself to the majority of the Grant clan and might just have found her place in the world with them. Of course, that means trouble for poor Milagro.

Milagro's relationship with Oswald doesn't sit well with his parents and they make every effort to make sure she knows it. Who hasn't been there at one time or another in their life? I love how this series is both totally wacky and yet completely relateable.

The Casa Dracula series manages a terrific feat: it gets better and better with every book. Milagro is always Milagro, getting into the strangest trouble and leading the reader on an laugh out load adventure. Midnight Brunch is very entertaining. ( )