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When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

11 reviews

chanlo1994's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

Excellent voice acting. Especially for the character "The Other". *chef's kiss. It's such a cool and unique fantasy world. Love the world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Mental illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Xenophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Rape, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, and Child abuse

ashboutiette's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

When the moon hatched

This book was just WOW!! The world building was unique and well done. It took a hot minute to get use to all the different words and creatures but once I did I was hooked. Pro tip: there’s a glossary in the front, refer to that often. I read this on my kindle so that made it a little difficult.  

There was a lot of gore at the beginning and I struggled with it to the point I almost DNFd but I’m SO glad I didn’t because this quickly became one of my top reads this year! 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

🌶️🌶️🌶️

When the moon hatched follows Reave, an assassin who works for rebel forces. Her goal is to make the kingdom she lives in a better place; Until she seeks revenge due to a tragic event and gets caught. She’s thrown in the dungeon to wait for her trial where a mysterious man comes by and is immediately drawn to her. He’s feeling crazy because he swears he knows her and she has no idea who he is but she’s drawn to him and unsure why. 

Reave is a strong FMC who doesn’t take anyone’s crap and gets things done. 

Kaan is chefs kiss. He is everything! 

The love story is so heart wrenching, achingly beautiful. The spice is spicing 🥵

There are so many twists and turns that keep you guessing. 

The relationship between fae and dragons was so well done and different than your average story. 

Tropes:

✨Fae

✨Dragons

✨Banter

✨Mysterious 

✨Corrupt kingdom 

✨Who hurt you

✨Forbidden love 

✨Multiple POV

✨Forgotten past 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Death, Violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Rape

callistag1's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

The one star is because the narrators did their job well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

antidietleah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Murder

sleepygym's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

that_awkwardpart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Absolutely beautiful story. I'm in love with the world full of different people and living conditions. Such a unique magical system. And the dragons ♥️. 
This was exactly what I needed. I got lost in the story and this beautiful world. I fell in love with these characters and my heart broke over and over . 
I can't wait to see where the story will lead us . It's definitely a must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Animal death, Cannibalism, Murder, Torture, War, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

sandyanger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

5.0

WHEN THE MOON HATCHED 🌕🐉
@sarah.a.parker.author 

This book is not for everyone. I, however, loved it.

“Sadness is like stones that stack inside you, making it harder to move. Ignorance is my self-preservation tonic, and I’ll swear by it until I die.”

Raeve is a valued Elding Blade for the rebellion group Fiur du Ath. Her job is to kill. When a renowned bounty hunter is employed by The Crown to capture a member of the Ath, Raeve’s world is turned upside down.

As painful as Raeve’s life has been, she loves living. Loves her beautiful world. But she does not allow herself to love, for fear of what she would lose. Of what she’s lost before.

This is book one in an unfinished series, but well worth the pain. I have already read it twice and will read it again right before the next book is released. I loved it that much. The writing is lyrical and can be dense at times—you need to be able to focus when reading. But the picture it paints is worth it. Sarah did such a beautiful job of making me feel for her characters. I had tears streaming down my face at points, which is always a reading goal for me 🙃

I found this very heavy on the fantasy and world building in the beginning. It comes with a glossary. For some people this will be a deal breaker. I get it. I started with reading the glossary and honestly couldn’t get through it without the context of the story, but it was helpful at times to refer to.

The spice is not plentiful, but it was spicin’.

SOME FACTS
* Fantasy heavy-there is a glossary
* Beautiful, lyrical writing 
* Witty banter
* Multiple POV
* There are dragons

TW
* Graphic violence
* Sexually explicit
* Torture
* Implied threat of sexual assault
* Cruelty towards animals
* Abduction of an adult (implied off page and post-recounting)
* Death in childbirth (implied, off page)
* Abductino/trafficking of minors (implied, off page)
* Miscarriage (implied for a secondary character, off page)

TROPES below, proceed with caution:
* Strong, sassy, stabby FMC
* Emotionally available MMC/emotionally UNavailalbe FMC
* Revenge
* “Who hurt you?”
* One “horse”
* Enemies to lovers
* Forced proximity
* Slow burn
* Dark past
* Elemental magic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

jamiejpeg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

loudmouthbooklover's review against another edition

I didn’t enjoy the writing style. And she just kept describing everyone’s features way too in depth including hers. I’m not the biggest fan of present tense first person and to cap it she kept talking about Kaans smell, over and over and over and over again. I get it he smells good. 
Plus I can’t stand insufferable characters and I found Raeve to be that. She had complex moments, but after getting saved by someone she just wants to slit his throat. 
It felt very predictable as well, the banter felt recycled and I was like I already know this is heading to yall wanting to sleep together. I get it but you wanna kill the dude. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

tuesdays314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault and Vomit

Minor: Animal death