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sthomps1214 's review for:
When the Moon Hatched
by Sarah A. Parker
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Plot? Never heard of her.
No character can go 2 pages without saying “fuck”. World building had potential but was never fully explained; very confusing at times and hard to follow. At times it was like reading TOG fanfiction because the FMC wants to be Aelin so bad. Very juvenile humor. The writing tried so much to be high-fantasy level and failed. The POV of Veya had no differentiation from Raeve; they read like the same person.
Things just happen to Raeve; she doesn’t do anything to move the plot forward because she has no interests or motivations or duties beyond wanting revenge. And we had practically no page time with Essi so we can’t even get a feel for how deep that relationship went to warrant such a dedicated hunt for Zharros. Raeve makes being an assassin her entire personality. Other events or people mentioned are never explained (Fallon) so we are in the dark the entire time, unable to understand why Raeve is so emotionally closed off.
Kaan also feels like a copy of Rhys from ACOTAR, in a different font. The Raeve/Kaan relationship is apparently soooooo deep but from what foundation? There is practically none!
Toovah Trials….literally what was the point of that scene; it could be taken out and the book wouldn’t have changed at all. Classic example of random events with no purpose that do not add anything to the plot.
I liked the dragons and the premise of them being moons. Kept hoping this book would find its footing but alas.
No character can go 2 pages without saying “fuck”. World building had potential but was never fully explained; very confusing at times and hard to follow. At times it was like reading TOG fanfiction because the FMC wants to be Aelin so bad. Very juvenile humor. The writing tried so much to be high-fantasy level and failed. The POV of Veya had no differentiation from Raeve; they read like the same person.
Things just happen to Raeve; she doesn’t do anything to move the plot forward because she has no interests or motivations or duties beyond wanting revenge. And we had practically no page time with Essi so we can’t even get a feel for how deep that relationship went to warrant such a dedicated hunt for Zharros. Raeve makes being an assassin her entire personality. Other events or people mentioned are never explained (Fallon) so we are in the dark the entire time, unable to understand why Raeve is so emotionally closed off.
Kaan also feels like a copy of Rhys from ACOTAR, in a different font. The Raeve/Kaan relationship is apparently soooooo deep but from what foundation? There is practically none!
Toovah Trials….literally what was the point of that scene; it could be taken out and the book wouldn’t have changed at all. Classic example of random events with no purpose that do not add anything to the plot.
I liked the dragons and the premise of them being moons. Kept hoping this book would find its footing but alas.