4.27 AVERAGE

mysterious tense medium-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: Yes

Under an Endless Moon was action and suspense packed. I loved it. I loved watching Raven bloom and Otto finally giving into his feelings for her. I loved their journey. There were some sweet, cute and steamy moments. I am so loving this series and so can't wait to dive into the next book.
dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wow, wow, wow... It's way better than the first book. Still needed to get used to Ms. Jackson's writing style, but I enjoyed this book so much.
The pushes and pulls , especially pushes coming from Otto, were so frustratingly dragging the story. I understood him, but I pulled my hair so many times that I had a bald patch on my head. Raven was so honest with her feelings to Otto. Raven was more a man in between their relationship because she bravely spoke up for herself and what she wanted.
This book had many plot twists, I was like, what happened here? How did that happen? And it was unrolled nearly at the end of the story. Hence, the ending was so satisfying. I loved the ending so much. I could kiss Ms. Jackson just from the ending.
I am so grateful I didn't give up on Ms. Jackson's books, even though I didn't get the best experience with her first book of this series. Can't wait for the next book because in two days, I would get the ARC of it. See you soon, Kane! Hope his book is as good as Otto, or even better 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Loved the cursed fate theme and the plot twists. 
dark emotional medium-paced
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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thethrillofspice's review

5.0

Otto & Raven are my new fave MCs! The possessive Otto knowing he shouldn’t be anything more than a protector for Raven. Then Raven who couldn’t care less about the rules, she knows what she wants!

The angst and tension is something I’ve come to know and love about ALJs books! It was perfect and I found myself swooning over every little thing Otto did or said! The tension build up was ✨perfect✨
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
medium-paced

I powered through to finish this to say I honestly gave this book a chance. The idea of this story sounded fun from the summery. The execution, well, the writing needs work. Too much Telling instead of Showing of the characters inner struggles and turmoil.