mikekaz's review
4.0
I'm not exactly sure when or how but I somehow ended up with a few of Urbancik's books. I know one of them was a Cemetery Dance Other Publishers Grab Bag (DARKWALKER). And one was part of Brian Keene's Maelstrom II (ONCE UPON A TIME IN MIDNIGHT). But I forgot where / when I got BREATH OF THE MOON. No matter though because I really enjoyed the book. It was an unexpected surprise.
The story follows Teresa Grove, the owner of a small bookstore in Central Florida and unknown to her the woman destined to become the next moon. The physical embodiment of the moon on Earth takes place within a person; the moon also changes this form every few centuries. Also the moon and the sun have been at war for thousands of years. It is with this next change of form that the sun hopes to end the feud.
While maybe sounding a tad confusing, when the story unfolds it makes perfect sense. Urbancik takes real characters and inserts them into fantastical situations. He then lets events unfold naturally. The great thing is that the characters stay real while evolving and changing. Plus his story is unique and gripping; not only did I look forward to the story unfolding but I also looked forward to the rules of his universe being defined. If the quality of the third book that I have by Urbancik matches the quality of this one and DARKWALKER, then I will be adding him to my list of authors to follow.
The story follows Teresa Grove, the owner of a small bookstore in Central Florida and unknown to her the woman destined to become the next moon. The physical embodiment of the moon on Earth takes place within a person; the moon also changes this form every few centuries. Also the moon and the sun have been at war for thousands of years. It is with this next change of form that the sun hopes to end the feud.
While maybe sounding a tad confusing, when the story unfolds it makes perfect sense. Urbancik takes real characters and inserts them into fantastical situations. He then lets events unfold naturally. The great thing is that the characters stay real while evolving and changing. Plus his story is unique and gripping; not only did I look forward to the story unfolding but I also looked forward to the rules of his universe being defined. If the quality of the third book that I have by Urbancik matches the quality of this one and DARKWALKER, then I will be adding him to my list of authors to follow.
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