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When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

15 reviews

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Holy shit monkeys that was a wild ride. 

The world building in this book is so damned cool. Everything is very UNIQUE - from the moons in the sky being a beautiful depiction of death, to the interesting layout of the world, to the plants, animals and creatures, to the different cultures, to the elemental magic system, to even the currency. It’s so well thought out and beautifully done. Took a bit to immerse myself in the world because it’s so incredibly different, but once you’re in it, you are IN IT! 

As for the characters, they were so rich in their backstories, getting to know them was fascinating. Every little tidbit from reading at the beginning starts to make sense as you go through the story. So many times I was flipping back to earlier chapters and going OHHHHHHHH!!!! WOAH WTF

Raeve was such a cool FMC. She is a BADASS, and it was wonderful to read about her growth as a person and understand more and more about herself as the chapters went on. 

Kaan, I love him. This man knows how to yearn. He and Rygun are so cool. His kingdom is giving Velaris but hot, and his ragtag crew are very fun. I hope we get more of them in the next one. I’m especially eager to read more about Grihms egg hunting journey. 

The ending was reveal, after reveal, after reveal. It was so intense and exciting and FUN. I CANNOT WAIT FOR BOOK 2. Fall 2025 cannot come soon enough. LOVED IT THROUGH AND THROUGH 

(May actually be in my top 3 books this year)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

akschulz's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Miscarriage, Rape, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

mayasophie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

evilinchw0rm's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

An interesting world we don’t get to explore enough because we spend all of our time over the shoulders of the leading characters. I would have loved a more macro perspective, or perspectives from characters in other realms of society, to build the world out more and help me care about the narrative.

The spice is limited but deliciously spicy. The dragons are 10/10. The system of magic is novel and I’d like to explore the universe established here more. Just with 50% fewer words and 50% less rage.

The first 400 pages of this book could simply be rewritten to

“She’s angry, she kills stuff, she was mean to a piece of paper.”

and you wouldn’t lose much. Picks up significantly about halfway through, but everyone is still so angry all the time. Lots of rumbling and snarling and rage, not a lot of character development. 

My biggest beefs: 
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The Fate Herder was just lazy writing that existed only as a plot device.

It came out of left field; was never introduced, was never mentioned again. 
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Raeve spends so much time being angry that she spends no time asking questions to find answers to situations.

What’s the point?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual violence

happytayls's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism

lyall_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I don’t tend to like romance first romantasy, so I figured I might like this one more because folks were complaining about it being too plot/worldbuilding heavy. I was mostly right. The magic system and the dragons were my favorite parts. There’s a lot of TikTok era romantasy cliches but the book was paced in such a way that whenever I was getting slightly annoyed thinking “oh X is so obvious, the characters should get it by now” they would invariably get it within the next few chapters. Raeve’s defensiveness mostly made sense but there were a few scenes early on where her need to be quippy overrode her survival instinct in a way that was unrealistic. 

Anyways, for such a long book, it was a quick read and it’s probably my favorite so far of this sub genre- which is, notably, not my favorite- and there’s enough interesting hanging plot threads and stuff I enjoyed about the world (including the clear thought and work put in by the author!) that I’ll check out the sequel. For a $1 thrift store purchase, very worthwhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Death of parent

Minor: Trafficking and War

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Took me awhile to get into this book but it was definitely worth it the world is incredible plus dragons!! The backstory to these characters are insane and I'm looking forward to more being revealed in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and War

xchloe_bxx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

steph_n86's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I’d heard so many good things about this book and whilst I did get into it, I found the lead character challenging to like and elements of her journey frustrating/slow to read. However I did like the male protagonist Kaan and the book improved when he was a greater part of it and the story started to unfold towards the end. Still keen to read what happens next whenever another book is released as it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

jontel's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence