Review by ashwoodbooks - When the Moon Hatched

ashwoodbooks 's review for:

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

3.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The world building is a major function of this book. Sarah A Parker worked hard to build a beautiful world that, while it takes a but to get into, is fun to dive into.

The story is pretty bloody and YA-brand dark, but also clunky due to it's dialogue and characters.

Raeve is a "special" assassin with a dark past that's barely expanded on. She loses those close to her - as we're reminded constantly - so she walls off her heart. She has no qualms with slaughtering people, yet when she sees other people kill she gets very squeamish. She also spends a tremendous amount of time being a damsel in distress because "she's too powerful and dangerous to have her powers."

Kaan

is a Daga-Mórrk - reviewed as a being of legend -

able to bond more intimately with his dragon than the average fae. Do we get to really understand what that means other than 2 lukewarm examples? Not really. He's also a character more akin to a beast than a fae (think humans with point ears, long lives, and access to magic) with all the grunting and growling he does.

I'd still read the second book if it was brought to me because of the world, but I wouldn't seek it out.

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