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randi_jo 's review for:
Eclipse the Moon
by Jessie Mihalik
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Is this a bad book? Like, no not really. It's certainly not a good book either. It might be telling that I started this in February and am just now finishing it in June. It's very, very putdownable, especially if you put it down each time a scene annoys you.
I'm not new to the romance genre and I liked book one!! But why are we taking these characters who have known each other the same length of time as the couple in book one and have them teased around in book one only for book two to overcomplicate their "relationship" and force them to jump through cultural hoops that didn't really apply in book one and make them keep sTARTING AND STOPPING -- and I don't mean a 'will they, won't they' tease, I mean literal confessions being shot down (because I'm too dangerous - first of all fuck that noise and second of all that would stop literally no one horny enough) and making out and suddenly being like wait no HE HATES ME AND MY FEELINGS ARE HURT (for the millionth time, Kee cannot go two pages without her feelings being hurt or something stinging her feelings like bitch please you are literally an ex-soldier with more PTSD than can be contained in a human body).
I want to take a moment of silence for that ridiculously cringe page where Kee "stands up for herself" (verbally disagrees with a friend) which, for some reason, everyone is stunned into silence even though she's been pretty firm about her boundaries and morals since book one, and then Eli makes the most ridiculous apology as if he'd just insulted the queen instead of DISAGREED ABOUT POTENTIALLY PUTTING EVERYONE HE LOVES INTO DANGER FOR THE SAKE OF A SHITTY FEDERATION THAT LITERALLY JUST TRIED TO FRAME AND KILL KEE but okay. You be a girlboss or whatever the fuck you thought that was.
Also, what is with this stupid ass narrative that a romantic relationship in books can only be solidified by consummating with an overdone sex scene in the last 10 pages. Like, maybe I'm weird but I did not read 410 pages just so I could get to one sex scene and be like 'yes, this made the constant and frustrating capture/attacked and escape plots totally worth it!' No!
I have feelings and I doubt any of them are the ones the author was aiming for.
I'm not new to the romance genre and I liked book one!! But why are we taking these characters who have known each other the same length of time as the couple in book one and have them teased around in book one only for book two to overcomplicate their "relationship" and force them to jump through cultural hoops that didn't really apply in book one and make them keep sTARTING AND STOPPING -- and I don't mean a 'will they, won't they' tease, I mean literal confessions being shot down (because I'm too dangerous - first of all fuck that noise and second of all that would stop literally no one horny enough) and making out and suddenly being like wait no HE HATES ME AND MY FEELINGS ARE HURT (for the millionth time, Kee cannot go two pages without her feelings being hurt or something stinging her feelings like bitch please you are literally an ex-soldier with more PTSD than can be contained in a human body).
I want to take a moment of silence for that ridiculously cringe page where Kee "stands up for herself" (verbally disagrees with a friend) which, for some reason, everyone is stunned into silence even though she's been pretty firm about her boundaries and morals since book one, and then Eli makes the most ridiculous apology as if he'd just insulted the queen instead of DISAGREED ABOUT POTENTIALLY PUTTING EVERYONE HE LOVES INTO DANGER FOR THE SAKE OF A SHITTY FEDERATION THAT LITERALLY JUST TRIED TO FRAME AND KILL KEE but okay. You be a girlboss or whatever the fuck you thought that was.
Also, what is with this stupid ass narrative that a romantic relationship in books can only be solidified by consummating with an overdone sex scene in the last 10 pages. Like, maybe I'm weird but I did not read 410 pages just so I could get to one sex scene and be like 'yes, this made the constant and frustrating capture/attacked and escape plots totally worth it!' No!
I have feelings and I doubt any of them are the ones the author was aiming for.