lolasreviews's review against another edition
3.0
I got a copy for review in exchange for an honest review
I really enjoyed By Blood and was really excited to start Moon Child right afterwards. While I really enjoyed By Blood, I think Moon Child didn't quite reach the same level of enjoyableness as the first book.
I enjoyed reading Moon Child, but I also had some issues with it. I finished it fairly quickly, but I just expected more from this book because the first book was so good. There wasn't as much mystery as in the first book. The storyline was interesting, but it was predictable quite often at the end there are some nice twists later on in the book. Part of this book is about a murder mystery, but while normally with such kind of books I keep guessing who the murderer will be, I didn't do that in this book. There weren't enough hitns and actualy the police didn't know anything at all, the murdered really could be anyone. The murder mystery just didn't pull me in, there where no suspicions and I didn't have any speculations either as result of that.
If I am correct this book is supposed to take place before By Blood where Emma leaves for England. So I was a bit surprised when I read this book, that I can't remember eny of these events being mentioned in By Blood.
A big part of this story felt horribly cliché and predictable. I was really glad when later on in the story there were some plot twists and surprises.
I did like Diana, she was a nice character. Although sometimes it did feel like Emma acted in this book how Diana acted in By Blood and in some scenes I didn't feel like Emma was the same character I got to know in By Blood. And also the other way around, Diana didn't felt like the same person as in By Blood. I did like Diana in in this book, she was a strong character and could stand up for herself. She makes some stupid mistakes along the way, but overal she felt real and believeable. I still didn't get a good idea of who Helen was, even though these 3 are quite close the focus is more on Emma and Diana in this book. Also Diana tells Emma quite a lot of what is going on, but in By Blood Emma keep almost everything a secret from Diana, which really surprises me because they seem really close in this book.
I did like the romance in this book more than in BY Blood. I like Nicolas and their romance felt genuine. I liked Diana and Nicolas together, their romance was really sweet and done really well. I do wonder what happened to Nicolas as I don't remember him being mentioned in By Blood.
To conclude: I enjoyed Moon Child, but it just missed something to make it more than okay for me. I did like the story, but I kept comparing it to the first book in this series and trying to make connections between these two books. I liked the story and mystery better in BY Blood, but I think the romance was done better in this book. I also think Diana is a great character.
I really enjoyed By Blood and was really excited to start Moon Child right afterwards. While I really enjoyed By Blood, I think Moon Child didn't quite reach the same level of enjoyableness as the first book.
I enjoyed reading Moon Child, but I also had some issues with it. I finished it fairly quickly, but I just expected more from this book because the first book was so good. There wasn't as much mystery as in the first book. The storyline was interesting, but it was predictable quite often at the end there are some nice twists later on in the book. Part of this book is about a murder mystery, but while normally with such kind of books I keep guessing who the murderer will be, I didn't do that in this book. There weren't enough hitns and actualy the police didn't know anything at all, the murdered really could be anyone. The murder mystery just didn't pull me in, there where no suspicions and I didn't have any speculations either as result of that.
If I am correct this book is supposed to take place before By Blood where Emma leaves for England. So I was a bit surprised when I read this book, that I can't remember eny of these events being mentioned in By Blood.
A big part of this story felt horribly cliché and predictable. I was really glad when later on in the story there were some plot twists and surprises.
I did like Diana, she was a nice character. Although sometimes it did feel like Emma acted in this book how Diana acted in By Blood and in some scenes I didn't feel like Emma was the same character I got to know in By Blood. And also the other way around, Diana didn't felt like the same person as in By Blood. I did like Diana in in this book, she was a strong character and could stand up for herself. She makes some stupid mistakes along the way, but overal she felt real and believeable. I still didn't get a good idea of who Helen was, even though these 3 are quite close the focus is more on Emma and Diana in this book. Also Diana tells Emma quite a lot of what is going on, but in By Blood Emma keep almost everything a secret from Diana, which really surprises me because they seem really close in this book.
I did like the romance in this book more than in BY Blood. I like Nicolas and their romance felt genuine. I liked Diana and Nicolas together, their romance was really sweet and done really well. I do wonder what happened to Nicolas as I don't remember him being mentioned in By Blood.
To conclude: I enjoyed Moon Child, but it just missed something to make it more than okay for me. I did like the story, but I kept comparing it to the first book in this series and trying to make connections between these two books. I liked the story and mystery better in BY Blood, but I think the romance was done better in this book. I also think Diana is a great character.
jasmyn9's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't enjoy Moon Child quite as much as By Blood. I had a much more difficult time relating to Diana than I did to Emma - her family life seemed just way too perfect. I wasn't surprised that Emma thought Diana's new boy interest was a vampire, he certainly made it seem believable. But with a killer on the lose draining women and girls of their blood before killing them, he makes the perfect suspect.
This book seemed to be mostly about Diana trying to figure out how to ask Nicholas about his life as a vampire and took longer to get into the real story. The murders were almost a backseat rider in the story even though they were the most interesting part. About half way through things begin to get really interesting though and it takes off from there. Not quite enough suspense spread throughout for my taste.
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This book seemed to be mostly about Diana trying to figure out how to ask Nicholas about his life as a vampire and took longer to get into the real story. The murders were almost a backseat rider in the story even though they were the most interesting part. About half way through things begin to get really interesting though and it takes off from there. Not quite enough suspense spread throughout for my taste.
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nogenreleftbehind's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't enjoy Moon Child quite as much as By Blood. I had a much more difficult time relating to Diana than I did to Emma - her family life seemed just way too perfect. I wasn't surprised that Emma thought Diana's new boy interest was a vampire, he certainly made it seem believable. But with a killer on the lose draining women and girls of their blood before killing them, he makes the perfect suspect.
This book seemed to be mostly about Diana trying to figure out how to ask Nicholas about his life as a vampire and took longer to get into the real story. The murders were almost a backseat rider in the story even though they were the most interesting part. About half way through things begin to get really interesting though and it takes off from there. Not quite enough suspense spread throughout for my taste.
- See more at: http://hotofftheshelves.blogspot.com/#sthash.Pk8POYiG.dpuf
This book seemed to be mostly about Diana trying to figure out how to ask Nicholas about his life as a vampire and took longer to get into the real story. The murders were almost a backseat rider in the story even though they were the most interesting part. About half way through things begin to get really interesting though and it takes off from there. Not quite enough suspense spread throughout for my taste.
- See more at: http://hotofftheshelves.blogspot.com/#sthash.Pk8POYiG.dpuf
tracythewriter's review against another edition
5.0
This is a compilation of
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I hope you enjoy! :-)
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and
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I hope you enjoy! :-)
monikasatote's review against another edition
4.0
3.5/5
“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.” — William Wordsworth
I am not someone who would stare at the moon every night, but I acknowledge the signs. Moonchild made me look at the moon for a while. The moon was beautiful that day. And a little flawed, of course.
Moon Child by Rushali Mukherjee is fresh, emotional & nostalgic. It took me back to my teenage years when I was naive and carefree. It made me feel homesick about the juvenile self when everything was raw, without any filter - my words, my feelings, even my battles. Honestly, everything seemed like a battle in those years. Now I choose things wisely, at the cost of losing people and sometimes some precious moments. But those were the days of being a rebel, of wanting things my way. Those were the days of not letting things go. Parallelly, those were the days of learning out of experiences. Moonchild follows that phase of my life. Inexperienced. I was so unprepared for the world that was to come.
Moonchild is a courageous take on love & longings of all the kinds and some consequences of living a life. The book has poems on different themes accompanied by gorgeous illustrations. The free verses follow the simple flow. Read word by word, and you will understand, maybe in your way, but you will understand. Some lines have multiple meanings, and I loved it because it gives my grey cells a little stimulation.
My reading experience would have been even better if some poems were a little crisp and with an added depth. Also, some lines were repetitious in negligible amounts. I wouldn't call this book a masterpiece but a great attempt to bring emotions to life. The message is delivered. The book speaks to the reader in many ways. It's beautiful and somewhat flawed, just like the moon I saw that day.
Overall, my reading experience was good. It’s a short and quick book, but I take time to absorb poetry and draw different meanings of the same poems so it took me a while to read it.
“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.” — William Wordsworth
I am not someone who would stare at the moon every night, but I acknowledge the signs. Moonchild made me look at the moon for a while. The moon was beautiful that day. And a little flawed, of course.
Moon Child by Rushali Mukherjee is fresh, emotional & nostalgic. It took me back to my teenage years when I was naive and carefree. It made me feel homesick about the juvenile self when everything was raw, without any filter - my words, my feelings, even my battles. Honestly, everything seemed like a battle in those years. Now I choose things wisely, at the cost of losing people and sometimes some precious moments. But those were the days of being a rebel, of wanting things my way. Those were the days of not letting things go. Parallelly, those were the days of learning out of experiences. Moonchild follows that phase of my life. Inexperienced. I was so unprepared for the world that was to come.
Moonchild is a courageous take on love & longings of all the kinds and some consequences of living a life. The book has poems on different themes accompanied by gorgeous illustrations. The free verses follow the simple flow. Read word by word, and you will understand, maybe in your way, but you will understand. Some lines have multiple meanings, and I loved it because it gives my grey cells a little stimulation.
My reading experience would have been even better if some poems were a little crisp and with an added depth. Also, some lines were repetitious in negligible amounts. I wouldn't call this book a masterpiece but a great attempt to bring emotions to life. The message is delivered. The book speaks to the reader in many ways. It's beautiful and somewhat flawed, just like the moon I saw that day.
Overall, my reading experience was good. It’s a short and quick book, but I take time to absorb poetry and draw different meanings of the same poems so it took me a while to read it.
tracybanghart's review
5.0
This is a compilation of
[bc:Moon Child|17992802|Moon Child (By Blood, #2)|Tracy E. Banghart|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1373914943s/17992802.jpg|25231592]
and
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I hope you enjoy! :-)
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and
[bc:By Blood|18086658|By Blood (By Blood, #1)|Tracy E. Banghart|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1371554739s/18086658.jpg|24173566]
I hope you enjoy! :-)
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