Midnight Untamed was a great little novella set in the Midnight Breed universe. We don't often follow the European members of The Order so it makes sense to check in with them with short stories. This one in particular follows Etorre and Arabella. 
 This was pretty much an excellent example of how to make a novella work in a limited number of pages. While the story may have been short and to the point I still got a sense of the characters. Where the characters fully fleshed out and complex? No, not really but their involvement in the story made sense. We only get a hint of their backstories and their shared past and I'm sure if this were full length it would have been explored much more thoroughly. We just get the facts in this case to explain how they know each other. 
 Also, the plot had real driving action. It's strange that this tiny novella felt more filled out than the previous full length Defy the Dawn (see my review here.) I had a lot of issues with there not really being any resolution and the events being more happenstance than anything else. In Midnight Untamed every event had a logical place in the story. This novella succeeded because it got to the point with logical steps. Therefore, I didn't mind all the fat being trimmed out. It was short and sweet and I don't think it particularly needed to be longer. 
 As for the romance and smut, this was pretty decent. I'll admit their romance seemed a bit unrealistic. (view spoiler)[ Etorre was forced to leave right after taking her virginity and then they were separated for 10 years. In the present, he saves her from a bad guy and then that same night they decide to become mates. Normally a 10 year absence takes a bit more time to get over, yes? It was sweet that they just came back together because they still loved each other and nothing stood in the way now. (hide spoiler)] For this to be realistic it would have needed all those extra pages in a full length novel. Basically, as a reader I just got the highlights of their relationship that I would have enjoyed anyway with none of the emotional drama. On the other hand, the emotional drama would have allowed for the characters to be further developed. Regardless of the lack of development, the smut was pretty good. There is only one scene but it goes on for 
 three 
 chapters! 
 Overall, this was a short action packed story with decent smut. So I got exactly what I wanted to get out of it. I'm taking away one star because the characters were pretty one dimensional. Other than that this was a fun little story with all the fat trimmed off. P.S. What about Scythe and Chiara? I see a novella for them in the future someday. That would be so cute!