What should I read after Midnight Sun?

If you liked Midnight Sun, try Hunting Adeline (H.D. Carlton), Phantasma (Kaylie Smith) and Alchemised (SenLinYu).

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer: what it’s like, who it’s for

Name: Midnight Sun
Author: Stephenie Meyer
ISBN: 9780316707046

Twilight retold from Edward's side: a century-old vampire falls for the girl whose blood he most wants, and learns what restraint costs.

Feels like longing and dread. About love, freedom and power.

A page from the book

The old story that turns a lover into a god of the underworld.

For just a second, I saw Persephone, pomegranate in hand. Dooming herself to the underworld. Is that who I was? Hades himself, coveting springtime, stealing it, condemning it to endless night.

Excerpt from Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer 2020. Quoted for discovery. Source Rights & removals

Stephenie Meyer.Meyer shelved Midnight Sun for over a decade after an early draft leaked online; it finally appeared in 2020.

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More by Stephenie Meyer

Twilight

Stephenie Meyer, 2005

A girl moves to a rain-drenched town and falls for a boy whose beauty is inseparable from danger. Mood, appetite, and bad decisions.

Breaking Dawn

Stephenie Meyer, 2008

The fourth Twilight novel: Bella and Edward marry, and every supernatural faction in the Pacific Northwest has an opinion about it.

New Moon

Stephenie Meyer, 2006

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Questions readers ask

What is Midnight Sun like?: Feels like longing and dread. About love, freedom and power.
What should I read after Midnight Sun?: If you liked Midnight Sun, try Hunting Adeline (H.D. Carlton), Phantasma (Kaylie Smith) and Alchemised (SenLinYu).

A taste of the feed

The difference between owning someone and being owned by them.
I may own every breath in your body, but make no mistake, Adeline, you own mine, too. I am yours to command. To bend and break. To mold and manipulate. Do you think that makes me weak? Or do you think I’m strong enough to admit that even though my body can physically live on without you, I would never get my fucking soul back?
Hunting Adeline · H.D. Carlton
What tenderness looks like after it has learned to bite back.
Soft hearts don’t survive here.” “What kinds of hearts do?” He leaned down until their eyes were level. “Hearts with teeth.” He reached out and gently gripped her chin in his hand, rubbing the pad of his thumb across her full, bottom lip. She was frozen in place. “C’mon, angel, show me your teeth.
Phantasma · Kaylie Smith
The quiet distinction between surviving and actually having a life.
Being alive is not the same as living. I hope someday you’ll have a chance to realise the difference.
Alchemised · SenLinYu
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