A review by tonauac
An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan

3.0

Even though it's not my favorite style of stories, it was an enjoyable read.

What kept me in this book?
– Mystery, intrigue and “a promise of supernatural” that lasts throughout the narrative and ended up exploding in the end.

Parts of the text I liked the most:

• Gold confetti •
(…) It snowed toward the end of January, and later on Luna would wonder if perhaps she should have taken those strangely gray snowflakes as a sign that everything was about to go to shit. The morning sky started out clear, but by second period all the students at Fairbridge High were staring out the windows at the dark clumps falling fast and thick. Luna glanced outside during AP Lit and thought she saw hints of her fireflies, gold confetti among the snowfall. (…)

• Bus enchantment •
(…) “Sit down!” the bus driver was shouting at another student. “What do you think her deal is?” Luna nodded toward the front. He knew right away what she meant. “Ah, the driver. Her story is little known. She’s a talented enchantress who sacrificed everything. Just before an evil wizard was about to murder her lover, our brave driver cast a spell that turned her beloved into a yellow school bus.” “Ooh, ooh!” Luna jumped in. “Now she spends her days ferrying students to school—and in the hours between, she goes off to her cave and tries to figure out the spell that will undo the bus, so that she can have her lover back.” (…)