Reviews

Lunaria by Kara Douglas

jax10124's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Love is Blind meets Game of Thrones meets some sort of twisted mystery… kind of like an unreliable narrator, but not, because Lu is such an innocent but strong independent FMC I love her! 

Two words. The library!! 📚 I want to hide in there forever!! 😍

No spice… so the series is slow burn (book 2 the spice ramps up I hear) but there’s (maybe, but also not) a triangle of a sort… cannot elaborate more on that 😅

I loved this book! It was more slow paced at the beginning because of the world building. And the only reason I took off 0.5 ⭐️ was that I felt gaslit/cognitive dissonance for the whole first half of the book cuz her dad is awful! (My anxiety and mothering didn’t like that)

SO MUCH happens in the last 10 chapters my mind is REELING!! It reveals a LOT!! But I still have so many questions to be answered!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Grief, and Death

readinchic's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book! The first part was slow and slightly predictable but about 75% through it really grips you and doesn’t let go! I loved the twists and turns and trying to tie all the pieces together. Can’t wait to see where the next one goes! Also the imagery in this book is so nice and the array of characters is amazing!

vicrhood's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

melissasprettybookshelf's review

slow-paced

4.5

hjkreads's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

 luna was such a treat! 

I loved graylen right away (which like wow suprise, suprise!) and wasn’t sure who our main villain was going to be until the reveal. it was awesome.

i loved the world building- and I am especially excited to learn more about the world and the magic in the second book! 

lsreads_'s review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I loved the world building in this book! 

In the beginning you get a lot of world building but the pace of the book is medium once we enter halfway it slows down by a lot due to the amount of descriptions of a room which eventually became a bit too much for me. Once I came closer to the end the pace picked back up again and I kept on going through the pages because so much was happening! 

I did not see that coming with Linnick 🥹

I also found Opal quite a nice friend you could tell they were a bit like fire and ice but after she got married to the Duke I didn’t like her anymore and in the end it shows why! Lu deserves better friends and I hope she finds them through the new people she has met. 

Loved the love triangle did not see that plot twist coming! That was definitely a shocker for me, especially since I was like how the hell is she going to choose? 

Recommend this to people who love world building with a slight piece of romance on the side!

mandy_bookingchaos1's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

maja3687's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

3,5 sterne! das buch war ganz ok. vibe mäßig interessant und spannend zu lesen. es hat sehr sehr slow gestartet, was mich aber eigentlich garnicht gestört hat. allerdings hat es das buch extrem in zwei geteilt, weil man nach dem langen start die richtung des buches garnicht einschätzen konnte und die sich natürlich um 180 grad gedreht hat. ich mochte amira bzw lu sehr gerne, am anfang also im camp sogar noch mehr als am ende, allerdings hat mich das love triangle gestört. ich war von anfang an tram graylen und ich fand’s bisschen nervig das sie die ganze zeit zurück zu adrian ist. vorallem stört mich aber das sie ligit ih. gechosen hätte, hätte er nicht seinen vater umgebracht in einem lächerlichen attempt sie so für sich zu gewinnen. der plot twist hat mich tatsächlich kalt erwischt. ich hatte mehrere theorien aber das war tatsächlich keine, obwohl es garnicht soo abwegig war. mal schauen wie das jetzt weiter ausgearbeitet wird im zweiten teil. was ich tatsächlich sehr schade finde ist das linnick sterben musste. er war tatsächlich einer meiner favorits und ich finde es schade was sie aus lus und opals freundschaft gemacht haben. ligit die sind zusammen aufgewachsen und haben soviel zusammen durchgemacht. ich hätte irgendwie liebe gelesen das deren freundschaft da stärker rauskommt, als sie ist.

angrim712's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

This book had me going back and forth. Oh my goodness it is so good. Very fantasy forward and a dash of romance. My heart is still processing Linnick, but I love that his tree was essential. I'm so curious about this allergy she has now. And more importantly, was Ramsey really who he says he is. The soldier somehow knew and it'll bother Lu. I'm loving all the layers of Graylen. I fear for Opal. I'm disappointed in Adrian, but I also feel subconsciously Lu knew who was truly the safe place. Can't wait for book 2.

pixiebelle24's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

Really good!! A very easy read. I enjoyed it. Currently looking forward to the second book!