A review by redlipstickandreading
When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

adventurous mysterious 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

3.25

This one got so much hype on booksta for a few months, so I was excited to start it. Overall I finished being underwhelmed. I liked the setting and the magic system was interesting though a bit to get through to understand it. Plus the authors prose is beautiful. But the pacing was inconsistent and at multiple points the prose while beautiful felt repetitive and unneeded. I spent a lot of the book wanting it to hurry up to the 'twist' and the action. Forewarning this book starts with a chonky lore drop which was a lot to start with. And then the characters...ugh the characters. So much felt like the author just taking the popular 'booktok' tropes and mashing them together to try and make a viral book. I didn't really like any of them which contributed to the pacing issues. There was a little surprise at the end but not enough to make me eager to reach for the next one