Reviews

The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard

zopro95's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

saramgood's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

lavdisy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

First of all, I didn't know it was a trilogy?!! I thought it was a duology and that the second book would wrap things up, but no, it continues to the next one.

Well, I had lowered my expectations for this one since I didn't really like the first book. It turns out that this cute-covered book disappointed me again. This book has only 200+ pages, but it's super slow and it took me a lot of time to keep reading it without DNF-ing. For almost 60% of the book, the plot just goes back and forth with Winnie going around the town. Then, it starts to pick up around the forest scene. I liked the atmosphere when she and the others were hunting those strange creatures, it was immaculately magical. Also with some puzzles finally came together even though they were predictable to me, they were still good. So actually, the plot started to interest me only in the last 40%, until the ending; other than that, it was bland.

Regarding the romance, the author finally included some, but there was little chemistry between the characters. At least the moments I had been waiting for since book 1 paid off here. The ending was okay, and it really piqued my curiosity.

Overall, I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. I really hoped for some development, but I found very little. I planned to stop at book 2, but with so many secrets still unrevealed, maybe I will give the third book one last chance.

gingergothicc's review against another edition

4.0

Enjoyed this much more. Really fasted paced and interesting. Had the two big twists pinned for awhile but the one in the final chapter. Never would have guessed

carys_aefa's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

rocksanne's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

jayjays's review

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

2.5

Perfect example of 2nd book syndrome
To be fair that was also the case for the 1st one, this whole trilogy could have just been a standalone

sammchea's review against another edition

4.0

I love these books! Can't wait for the next one!

6cedarslibrary's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

peachykeenjb's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

3.0