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Eclipse the Moon
by Jessie Mihalik
I was really looking forward to Kee and Varro's story, but unfortunately this one didn't quite hit the mark for me. The story started off strong and I liked the set up and initial forced proximity, but as the story progressed, it shifted more towards the sci-fi side and less towards romance. The amount of technical detail in the novel was overwhelming. So much page time was devoted to describing what Kee was doing to hack into the systems or the different technology she was using/encountering. It made the pacing of the book very slow and I found myself eventually skimming these sections.
The chemistry between grumpy Varro and sunshine Kee never really took off and I found the romance overall really lacking. I enjoyed the "protect you at any cost" drama at first, but I grew tired of the repeated push away. The romance just didn't flow naturally for me. I was happy to finally have some spicy scenes at the end, but it took so long to get there that they felt almost like they were thrown in so that the romance box could be checked.
I both read the ebook and listened to the audiobook and Frankie Corzo did a great job with the narration. I did have a little trouble distinguishing between Tavi and Kee as well as Torran and Varro at times, but overall it was an enjoyable listening experience. The book doesn't end on a cliffhanger, but there is a plotline that continues from book 1. I really wanted to love this one, but sadly it ended up being just OK.
Audiobook Review
Overall 3.5 stars
Performance 4 stars
Story 3 stars
CW: mentions/descriptions of: fighting, death, kidnapping, torture, explosions, computer hacking, healing from extensive injuries, war/the threat of war, etc.
*I voluntarily read and listened to a review copy of this book*
The chemistry between grumpy Varro and sunshine Kee never really took off and I found the romance overall really lacking. I enjoyed the "protect you at any cost" drama at first, but I grew tired of the repeated push away. The romance just didn't flow naturally for me. I was happy to finally have some spicy scenes at the end, but it took so long to get there that they felt almost like they were thrown in so that the romance box could be checked.
I both read the ebook and listened to the audiobook and Frankie Corzo did a great job with the narration. I did have a little trouble distinguishing between Tavi and Kee as well as Torran and Varro at times, but overall it was an enjoyable listening experience. The book doesn't end on a cliffhanger, but there is a plotline that continues from book 1. I really wanted to love this one, but sadly it ended up being just OK.
Audiobook Review
Overall 3.5 stars
Performance 4 stars
Story 3 stars
CW: mentions/descriptions of: fighting, death, kidnapping, torture, explosions, computer hacking, healing from extensive injuries, war/the threat of war, etc.
*I voluntarily read and listened to a review copy of this book*