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When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

83 reviews

maria_silv_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

This was my 2nd time trying to read this as the first time I dnfed. But hearing from loads of lovely bookish people online persuaded me to try it again this time via Audible on a 2 month free trial. And it made such a difference. This book was the first of a series so there was a LOT of worldbuilding, which is where the downfall may have been when I read for the first time. The language did get a bit repetitive at times, however, on the whole, I really enjoyed this book and reminded me how much I adore fantasy 😊

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kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional slow-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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book, though it didn’t end up being 100% what I was expecting.

I love Kaan!

I am curious about a few things and characters, but I bet my questions will be answered in the next book.

I think the ending was the perfect mix of cliffhanger and satisfying, and I am very much looking forward to reading the second book when it’s released next year.

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xapoptosisx's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Took me awhile to get into this book but it was definitely worth it the world is incredible plus dragons!! The backstory to these characters are insane and I'm looking forward to more being revealed in the next book.

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thekibbs101's review against another edition

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It’s just too long, too slow and too violent. And the main character is creepy, eyeing a naked man instead of politely looking away because they just met. Pretty ironic for someone who kills rapists for her to be creepy like that? I thought that was the kind of thinking that men do that a woman like that would find to be creepy. And I just can’t stand the cringey dialogue. I don’t like Raeve and we spend so much time in her head.

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eficca33's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I liked this story, but it was extremely confusing and needed a lot of editing it didn't get. The first half of this book is long and winding and barely has any consequence in the second half of the book. The second half of the book was amazing! But it took me WEEKS to get through the first half. There were a lot of like random plot points that just HAPPENED to the main character and did not move the plot or character development along at all. This book was way too long for the story it told.

Still giving it a 3.5 because I did really like the characters and the world building. I'm going to need some help remembering everything for the second book.

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hannahdanielle2's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

I found it slow to start with the world building but then fell hard for the characters and love story as I got into the book

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eviethebookworm's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I really wanted to like this one...

There's lyrical prose, fantastic world building, and amazing dragon lore.
But there's also a severe lack of satisfying narrative arcs.
And for over 500 pages of story, there's so many things that were only addressed once or twice that really could have helped the pacing if they had been brought up again.

Please keep in mind that I'm also grey-ace, so while the sex scenes were well written it was mostly frustrating to have to sit through them when there could have been more time spent on, well, some semblance of a plot.

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