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When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

alexamaines's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

lilyandme123's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️, explicit 
Narration Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
🎤 Sarah Moro-Christensen & Fajer Al-Kaisi 
📚 multiple POV, 1st person & 3rd person
Series: The Moonfall Series, Book 1 
Do I recommend this book: 👍🤷‍♀️
Will I read the next book in the series: 👍🤷‍♀️

♥️ romantacy
♥️ elaborate world building 
♥️ dragons
♥️ he falls first 

Whilst I enjoyed the story I felt lost the majority of the way through. Not the usual fantasy world building confusion but confusion due to the overly wordy story. 

The world was great (once I understood it), the dragons were good and the love interest was a strong, devoted warrior. 

Narration: The male narrator was excellent but I struggled with the female narrator’s FMC voice. It was a combination of newsreader and annoyingly breathy. The other
Voices were excellent, I only struggled with the voice of Raeve. 

Again, I did enjoy the story but I don’t think it’s going to be for everyone. If you love high fantasy I’d recommend giving it a go. 

m4ddiewest's review against another edition

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4.0

Will read the next one. But the world building is hard core and not for the faint of heart and the fmc was frustrating for me at times. 

toyoubooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

5.0

I have not fallen so hard so fast since TOG…

This book is so many things at once. It’s what fourth wing wishes it was, it’s a romantasy version of game of thrones, it’s acotar but if feyre never left the mountain.

I audibly gasped at the ending. I’m absolutely obsessed. There is so much lore, such a dynamic world that has been built and we haven’t even scratched the surface.

Five freaking stars. I am thrilled.

meh697's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is my new Roman Empire frfr. The world building, character building, plot, and political intrigue had me HOOKED! It wasn't super spicy, but the tension of the slow burn was *chef's kiss* 🤌🏻

cheyec97's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

openfaebooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

seduff20's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

krissp's review against another edition

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4.5

By the end I would say it was a 5 star read but when considering the entirety of the book I had to bump it down some because there were many parts that dragged, were confusing, were frustrating, etc.
Overall though it was an amazing read.
World building? Phenomenal.
Main character inner dialogue? Hilarious, Relatable, and full of Angst.
The few spice scenes? UNF.
I loved the characters, even though Raeve had me STRESSED. I loved how thick the book was, how beautifully written everything was.

lovelea's review against another edition

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2.0

I read all 690 pages and honestly I’m still confused