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When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

46 reviews

dani_reis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Slavery, Torture, Child death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity

Animal death

mystical, die and turn into moons. Torture of mystical animals.

ashlyncherie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wow. I don’t even know what to say. Only a couple of things kept me from giving this 5 stars. There were a few grammar errors throughout. And then the pacing from about 50-75% was a little slow. The ending, while it confirmed a lot of my theories and suspicions, also had a little shock value but at the same time wasn’t what I was expecting. I didn’t get all of the character development/relationship resolution that I was hoping for.

I really thought that at least by the end of this big book she would’ve divulged her memories! I mean we know who The Other is, who she is, who Kyzira is, and her past with the Scavenger King now, but it bugs me so bad that Kaan doesn’t!

the slow-burn was great. I could’ve gone for an even slower burn and more banter, but Kaan is a dream. I will definitely be reading book 2, and I can’t wait!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual violence

condls27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

Have you ever read a book so good that you never want it to end but also want to finish it as fast as possible so you can absorb every single word? Have you ever read a book that you knew the second you finished it you’d want to read it for the first time all over again? That’s this book. 

I love the way Sarah weaves her stories- dropping morsels that you don’t even realize are morsels until you’re smacked in the face with a new revelation. But you’re not so much smacked as you are edged into oblivion until finally you are gifted one little crumb of information that just blows everything apart. She is my favorite fantasy author hands down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Sexual content

mabelmeeky's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Rape, and Grief

kaitisbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I had some minor issues with the pacing and some lingering questions about the magic system that I hope will be explained throughout the series, but I found this to be a super unique and engaging take on fae and dragon lore, fully rooted for the main character, and totally melted over the romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Slavery, Blood, Gore, Racism, War, and Animal cruelty

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved every word of this book. Even though it's over 700 pages, there was no point where I wanted to stop reading and I definitely shorted myself on sleep a couple of nights when I lost myself in it. 

Parker's world-building is exquisite. The world she crafted is deep and thorough as are her characters. I honestly cannot decide which of them I love more. There's a strong but flawed FMC, a giant teddy bear MMC plus beautiful, unique dragons. Plus even the side characters are equally as developed, even the ones we barely get to know in this book, clearly have fully developed back stories. I can't wait for the next installment to flesh them out further as well as the next phase of the plot. I guessed a couple of the twists right before we found out about them but they were very well done. 

Highly recommend to any lover of high fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Classism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Slavery, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Vomit