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When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

64 reviews

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

When the thesaurus was snatched. 

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was really neat. The pity was it was a pendulum swinging between stuff I hated and stuff I loved. The world was complex and interesting to read about, but many, many times it let the romance plot shoot the pacing of the entire story in the foot. There was a point where it all became exhausting and felt like a solid chunk of chapters in the middle could have been completely eliminated. I cannot think of any purpose for them other than just being a slice of life moment. 

However, the reason it was so frustrating when these chapters would happen was because the rest of the book was fantastic. If it weren't for the messily executed romance plot and repetitive bits, it would have sat up there with my favorite romantasies. Which are extremely hard to touch. 

The action was fantastic and the world was truly a highlight. I love the inclusion of the glossary and index. Which may not be everyones cup of tea but it was definitely mine. Some of the romance scenes were perfectly steamy
(when Kaan gives her his necklace.... Bro..... I was kicking my feet. )
and the plot itself was constantly surprising and fun.

Overall, I enjoyed it. The low rating sadly comes purely from the slog of the middle bit. It truly frustrated me. It made me sad because it was so obvious this writer was great, but I felt she was bogged down by the need for the egregious romance. 

I would recommend to someone who can get through that stuff though! 

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Dark. Possible split personality.

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Maybe this wasn't for me, but i feel like I spent 20 hours of this book desperate for it to go somewhere. It felt like 3/100 secrets were solved here. I LOVE the world building. The dragons, the paper larks. Its so cool. But the fmc drives me batty with her recklessness especially when she's supposed to be a top assassin and the mmc is hot. I like how he talks to her but bro, barely any actual movement in their misunderstandings. This book should have been half as long. Probably won't keep going which is a bummer. 

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Easily my favourite fantasy book I’ve read. Their love story is so achingly beautiful and so poetically written. Clashed against the violence of the world and their past. The world building and lore is so incredible!! I can’t believe I’ve finished it I need book 2 now

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I would give this book 10* and I can’t wait for book 2. It’s original and not predictable which I loved! 

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This world is amazing in every way. I love the different environments and cities, I love all the dragons and creatures, I’m OBSESSED with parchment larks, the characters are all loveable, and the magic is so unique! I just felt like the story lacked a plot. I don’t think Reave’s backstory is interesting enough for that to be such a main focus especially with it being predictable. Now don’t get me wrong, I love Raeve and The Other so much but I wanted more for them besides the backstory and killing Rekk. Now I REALLY love Kaan wholeheartedly. The yearning in his chapters is unmatched and I was swooning for him. His undying love for Reave and willing to burn the world for her but knowing she’s capable and willing to do it herself and supporting that *chefs kiss*, I just wanted more chapters from him. I think the plot twists were good, just not my favorite. I’ll definitely continue the series as it’s published, I think there’s a lot of potential for some really great stories!

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was intense and intriguing, the protagonist is difficult to like - but that's kind of the point. 

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