AFTER MIDNIGHT (Skye Druids 7) by Donna Grant-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 16, 2025

She was always my weakness. Now she’s my only hope.

She was my salvation once—wild magic in her blood, fire in her kiss, and a body I still dream about. I touched heaven with her.

Then dragged us both to hell.

Now she looks at me like I’m the enemy. But I see the way she trembles when I get too close. Feel her power pulse when I say her name.

She hasn’t forgotten.

And I’ll make damn sure she remembers.

An ancient evil is rising beneath Skye—older than our magic, and twice as ruthless.

Only she and I can stop it. We’re bound by fate, fueled by everything we never stopped wanting.

She doesn’t trust me. Doesn’t want to want me.

Too bad. Because I’ll fight for her. Claim her.

Ruin her all over again—if that’s what it takes to keep her safe.

This isn’t just about saving the world. It’s about us.

What I destroyed.

What I’ll never let go again.

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REVIEW: AFTER MIDNIGHT is the seventh instalment in Donna Grant’s contemporary, adult SKYE DRUIDS paranormal, romance series, set in the author’s numerous interconnected series. This is Knight / Druid Kurt ‘Saber” Barclay and Druid/Knight Sabryn Beaumont’s story line. AFTER MIDNIGHT should not be read as a stand alone as each successive instalment builds upon the previous stories. I also recommend reading DARK ALPHA’S COMMAND (Reaper 15) for back story and cohesion. Several characters from the author’s other series including Reaper Balladyn and Druid Rhona (Dark Alpha’s Command) appear as secondary characters.

SOME BACKGROUND: Months earlier, betrayal and vengeance forced a take-over of power on the Isle of Skye but someone or something is killing the Druids, not only on the Isle of Skye, but around the world including Edinburgh Scotland. With the focus on the death of the Druids on the Isle of Skye, Balladyn and Rhona (Dark Alpha’s Command /Reaper 15) begin an investigation that reveals a danger targeting the Druids on the Isle of Skye.

Told from several omniscient third person perspectives including Kurt and Sabryn, using present day and memories from the past, AFTER MIDNIGHT follows several intersecting paths including a fight for power and control between the London Druids, and Druids of the Isle of Skye. There is more than one group taking aim at the Skye Druids but not necessarily all for the same reasons. Someone wants revenge for betrayal, while the other demands submission in an effort to control. The London Druids are desperate to enlist the Skye Druids and their descendants into their organization but the Druids of Skye are willing to die before turning against the people they love. As the Skye Druids fight for their lives, Kurt finds himself caught between his love for our story line heroine, and the reality of his own betrayal years before.

The world building is complex, elaborate and multi-layered such that some previous knowledge of the series is highly recommended. The story line bounces between locations, events, characters and ongoing threats, with the mention of previous betrayals and double dealings, in the fight for control, enemies both alive and dead, as well as the various forms of evil that never ends.

The relationship between Kurt and Sabryn is one of second chances. A betrayal, lies and the divulging of the truth set Sabryn and Kurt on a path of discovery, a path in which one of the other may not survive but is Sabryn is unable to forgive our story line hero, there may be no future for anyone on Skye. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and test.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, magical and often questionable secondary and supporting characters: Carlyle and Devon (Song) , Elodie and Scott, Rhona and Reaper Balladyn; Krisi, Callum, and Finn, Elias and Bronwyn, Willa and Jasper ,Ferne and Theo, Filip , Sabryn’s brother Parker; their controlling and demanding mother Diana; former Skye Druid Edie, and Druid Georgiana, with the mention of the Ancients, the Dragon Kings, the Macleod Druids, the Edinburgh Druids, and London Druids, and the Fae. The requisite evil has many faces including the wind, the Mist, The Grey, and the shadows.

AFTER MIDNIGHT is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, magic and mayhem, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is detailed, complicated and thorough; the romance is seductive; the characters are desperate, determined, dynamic and energetic.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Iron Ember
Shoulder the Skye
Heart of Glass
Endless Skye
Still of the Night
Blood Skye

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Reviewed by Sandy

Donna Grant is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the sizzling Dark King series featuring dragons, immortal Highlanders, and the Fae.

She was born and raised in Texas but loves to travel. Her adventures have taken her throughout the United States as well as to Jamaica, Mexico, and Scotland. Growing up on the Texas/Louisiana border, Donna’s Cajun side of the family taught her the “spicy” side of life while her Texas roots gave her two-steppin’ and bareback riding.

Despite deadlines and voracious reading, Donna still manages to keep up with her two children, four cats, and one long haired Chihuahua.

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