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When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

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DID NOT FINISH

Too violent. Already cringey.

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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

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

Typical plot device "let's introduce a female best friend and then kill her the very next chapter". Of course she is then forgotten about for the rest of the book (: 

They establish her as an badass assassin only to make her docile living of the nature, bathing naked in creaks. Like I WANTED the animalistic crazy assassin that brutally killed the soldiers by the wall in the beginning of the book not just her constantly repeating she should just take a wild Moltenmaw and leave (but clearly unwilling to do so because the male love interest she has forgotten).


Wouldn't recommend this one, but I'm glad I read it as the dragons in the book where very interesting.

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The world building is a major function of this book. Sarah A Parker worked hard to build a beautiful world that, while it takes a but to get into, is fun to dive into.

The story is pretty bloody and YA-brand dark, but also clunky due to it's dialogue and characters.

Raeve is a "special" assassin with a dark past that's barely expanded on. She loses those close to her - as we're reminded constantly - so she walls off her heart. She has no qualms with slaughtering people, yet when she sees other people kill she gets very squeamish. She also spends a tremendous amount of time being a damsel in distress because "she's too powerful and dangerous to have her powers."

Kaan
is a Daga-Mórrk - reviewed as a being of legend -
able to bond more intimately with his dragon than the average fae. Do we get to really understand what that means other than 2 lukewarm examples? Not really. He's also a character more akin to a beast than a fae (think humans with point ears, long lives, and access to magic) with all the grunting and growling he does.

I'd still read the second book if it was brought to me because of the world, but I wouldn't seek it out.

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World building aspect was very interesting. The premise of the creators and how they speak to the characters is a cool concept. 

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I loved this book, was perfect way to get lost in another world. Lots of world building with a good balance of story. 
I read the last 2 thirds of the book in one day, I was reading as I did everything - could hardly put it down. 
I am looking forward to book 2!

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This book has so much to offer. There is a well thought out, detailed setting with superb worlds building. There's a beautiful romance that is at once heartbreaking and hopeful. The characters act in ways that feel true the characters, even though their decisions can be at times frustrating. 

This book made me feel.

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DID NOT FINISH: 36%

So boring. Just not for me.
I have no idea what is going on and why except the book is constantly trying to show that the MC is a bad ass. I get it!! Now move on. She on a journey teamed up with someone else, why? I'm not invested in any character or any mystery. I just don't care enough or i'm not pulled into the story to compel me to finish this book.

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