Hey lovelies!

As promised, I have back to back blog tours for you, my first being Heartless, which went live yesterday and today being Moon Chosen by P.C. Cast who is the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked series!

I was lucky enough to have been asked to participate by Pan Macmillan so huge thanks to them!

About the book. 

{ WRITING }

Firstly, can we just talk about how ridiculously long this book is? 700 pages is a huge chunk and it sucks that until you hit about half way, nothing much happens. I found it very hard to get into and if I hadn’t been on the blog tour for it, I would have put it down. The writing seemed forced and overly sweet to be honest and I found it didn’t have a nice flow to it.

However, I am glad I kept on reading it because after it hit half way, it got quite interesting and I found myself really getting immersed in the world. The switching narratives could have been annoying however I feel like Cast did it quite well because it created suspense but not enough for me to feel aggravated or to leave me hanging.

{ IDEA }

I personally love the idea of this book! Other than the ‘elemental’ aspects which deal with the sun, the moon and the trees, I found it to be unlike anything I’ve read before because it took on the whole prehistoric vibe but still remained fresh and new!

I was expecting it to be the traditional ‘two rival tribes’ plotline and while it is, Cast puts an interesting twist on it that was a little hard to get a grasp of (I still fully don’t haha but I think that’s mostly because of my reading!) but provides for an interesting book!

Also, can I just take a moment to mention how much I love that DOGS ARE IN THIS BOOK! If you know me at all, you’ll know how much of a puppy addict I am and I think it is so freaking awesome that this book centres quite heavily around dogs!

{ PLOT }

As mentioned before, this book starts off quite dry and dull and doesn’t really pick up until you hit the middle. Even then, the main characters only meet three quarters of the way through which I found was a little frustrating because not all of the description was necessary.

However, the moment it hits half way, things pick up and you find yourself really drawn into the world. I’d be reading this book on the train and nearly forget where my stop was because of how interested I was to know!

The book balanced suspense and thrill really well while making sure there weren’t too many cliff hangers and there was some character development and growth throughout.

{ CHARACTERS }

I found I didn’t connect with the characters that much, which is kind of unfortunate!

Mari was super headstrong and kind and serious and I quite liked these things about her. I thought she made for a great protagonist and I would have liked to be able to connect with her some more! However, I found her to have some special snowflake vibes going on and while I’m not entirely sure how I still feel about that, I like Cast wrote it in a way that it was still understandable and quite enjoyable to read!

I feel like we don’t really get to know Nik very much but I found him pleasant nonetheless.

BUT RIGEL! RIGEL MY BABY! I love dogs in books and this just made my heart so happy because a dog was one of the main characters and he seemed like the sweetest, kindest thing and my HEART JUST CAN’T TAKE IT OKAY????

{ FINALLY… }

Although the start was a little slow, I did quite enjoy this book! The main reason I couldn’t give it a higher rating was because the start was quite slow and I found it very hard to connect with the characters! However, it was quite intriguing and really reeled me into the world! I do recommend you give this a try but be prepared to take a while to get into it!