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The Alchemy of Moonlight
by David Ferraro
I have a star chart in my gr bio that explains exactly what my ratings mean. a 1 star means, and i quote, “absolutely despised it. either DNFed or forced myself to finish out of spite.” and that sums up my feelings about this book pretty well.
starting off, emile’s voice was really interesting. i dive into the book with a good first impression and was easily able to keep up with whatever was going on. when Henri was first introduced, i adored him too. then his true colors were revealed and yeah he’s an abusive, narcissistic piece of shit. and his redemption arc? yeah that was bullshit. i didn’t trust it for a second. like yeah,
is emile naive, yes. is he an idiot, especially after he saw what happened to his aunt? no. so yeah that wasn’t well done, imo. then there’s bram. bram is a literal angel sent to earth. he deserves the world and was one of the few characters i actually liked. his voice was solid, his intentions clear and he wasn’t scared to stand up for someone he cared about.
so the book is chugging along and then, out of nowhere, the characters are taken to a remote ancient castle and that’s where you discover that (*was anyone really surprised at all*) SPOILER they’re werewolves not only that but even more shocking (he says sarcastically) their cure is the blood of innocent people. SPOILER. and then they try to get away and someone almost dies and blah blah blah. i was ready to rip this book up and burn it for entertainment at this point. and then it finished. and the abuser was suddenly nice and he and bram started getting along like magic. the end.
if you couldn’t tell, i found this absolutely terrible and i wouldn’t recommend it to my worst enemy. probably my LEAST favorite book of the year so far.
starting off, emile’s voice was really interesting. i dive into the book with a good first impression and was easily able to keep up with whatever was going on. when Henri was first introduced, i adored him too. then his true colors were revealed and yeah he’s an abusive, narcissistic piece of shit. and his redemption arc? yeah that was bullshit. i didn’t trust it for a second. like yeah,
is emile naive, yes. is he an idiot, especially after he saw what happened to his aunt? no. so yeah that wasn’t well done, imo. then there’s bram. bram is a literal angel sent to earth. he deserves the world and was one of the few characters i actually liked. his voice was solid, his intentions clear and he wasn’t scared to stand up for someone he cared about.
so the book is chugging along and then, out of nowhere, the characters are taken to a remote ancient castle and that’s where you discover that (*was anyone really surprised at all*) SPOILER they’re werewolves not only that but even more shocking (he says sarcastically) their cure is the blood of innocent people. SPOILER. and then they try to get away and someone almost dies and blah blah blah. i was ready to rip this book up and burn it for entertainment at this point. and then it finished. and the abuser was suddenly nice and he and bram started getting along like magic. the end.
if you couldn’t tell, i found this absolutely terrible and i wouldn’t recommend it to my worst enemy. probably my LEAST favorite book of the year so far.