Vivid and crisp teen love story
Meet Me at Midnight
Teen Contemporary Fantasy, Teen Fantasy Romance
Delacorte Press
June 30, 2026
Hardcover, Kindle, Audio
352
If I Stay meets Taylor Swift’s Midnights album in this breathtaking love story about a girl who sees the same boy every night in her dreams.
Every night at midnight, time stops and Aria wakes up somewhere she’s never been: under a sparkling waterfall in Bali, in the romantic Italian countryside, on a moonlit path between towering sequoias. And every night, she meets the same dreamy boy.
As the two are drawn to each other, midnight after midnight, Aria knows in her heart there must be a reason why . . . and if she gives in, their connection might be more than she could have ever dreamed of.
A truly timeless love story with a twist that will stay in your heart, Meet Me at Midnight is destined to be a classic epic romance.
I had to pick up Meet Me at Midnight by Brianna Bourne the moment I read the first sentence of the synopsis. If I Stay meets Taylor’s Midnights album? Sign me up. The story didn’t quite deliver on this comparison, but it was still enchanting. It was a beautifully written ode to teen daydreams of love and magic.
In Meet Me at Midnight, Aria and Strat meet in their dreams every night at midnight, but they are also real people living just miles from each other. So why are they connected in this way? This is where the story turns more like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind than If I Stay.
What I loved: Their dreams are the most picturesque and mesmerizing backdrops. As an adult, I would never want to leave these places, or, even more, insert any real life into the experience, but alas, Aria and Strat are full of hopes and dreams and have the energy to make them real. I think that’s what I enjoyed most about the book—it was in a POV that I am so far away and disconnected from, but it still hooked me. I also loved that the message of the book is about showing up authentically to the people we love and how you can only really love somebody with their layers. That lesson is ageless.
What I didn’t: Although Aria and Strat had layers, the characters around them didn’t. I would’ve loved to get to know her twin sister, who ends up having a huge part in the story, but we don’t find that out until the end. The intro and conclusion to the story felt a bit fast for me, but I also need to remind myself that this is a book written for young teens. I am not the demographic, and I still very much enjoyed it.
If you have a teen in your life who daydreams about being in love, I recommend Meet Me at Midnight by Brianna Bourne.
Darienne was 15 when her aunt gave her a copy of Princess by Jean Sasson, and she has been hooked on books ever since. Originally from Puerto Rico and now living in Maryland, she’s always looking to visit new coffee shops and bookstores. Her favorite genres include YA, spicy romcoms, and women’s fiction. Thanks to the Bees, she’s also now obsessed with romantasy series. Other loves include lavender lattes, sassy coffee mugs, sunrises, sleeping in, small-town charm, and big city lights. One day, she’ll write that book that lives in her head.
