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When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)

Sarah A. Parker

Why we're reading this: I really want to read this. I think I'll levitate when I'll get my hands in this book.…more
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Oct 22, 2024 Isabelle rated it liked it

If I ever have to read the word “mulched” ever again I will actually commit a crime. 🙃

A verrrrry generous 3 stars ⭐️ This book definitely fell victim to overhyping for me. The writing is so jarring I legitimately think I have whiplash. It tried hard to be lyrical and high fantasy but had a ton of modern phrasing thrown in. I fully believe the author was trying to be verbose and use big words to make us think it’s high fantasy, but half of the words didn’t make sense in context. The idea of this ...more

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Feb 13, 2025 Kiara rated it it was ok

Um the amount of times I wanted to dnf this book throughout should say it all. It was mediocre, I feel like it had the potential to be great but for me it fell flat. The ending was surprising for me

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May 12, 2024 Aleesha rated it liked it

Sarah A. Parker isn't an author I have a ton of experience with. I hate-read To Bleed a Crystal Bloom (and gave it a well-deserved 1 star) so going into this I guess I wasn't expecting very much. For the first 60% of this book, I was on board to be wrong about this author. And then the book just...kept...going.

So let's get into this shall we? 1st: Characters.

Raeve is probably the most "Aelin" character I've ever read besides Aelin herself. She's so sassy it's hilarious. She's also an assassin ...more

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Mar 29, 2024 TrishaM rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, romance, beautiful-covers

“Chase death, Moonbeam. And I pray your bloodlust brings you the same sense of peace I feel just knowing you exist.”

This is hard for me to rate because it was hard for me to read and I think some of it has to do with the writing. On the surface there are some very pretty quotes like the one above but the problem is this type of writing isn't just scattered across the book, it's literally all the time. I love big length fantasy books but what I love more is when those books are somehow still di ...more

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