Fifteen-year-old Ashley has a complicated life. There’s no doubt her overachieving parents love her, but they are wrapped up in their own worlds for so much of the time it leaves her feeling like she’s alone.
Like a lot of teenagers, Ashley dreams of other worlds, but unlike a lot of teenagers her world is about to collapse as rifts to an ancient Fae Kingdom begin to open all around her. With the arrival of of a supernatural hit-squad intent on killing her, and an unexpected inheritance, Ashley’s London is about to become a magical and mysterious warzone where the prize is Ashley herself.
Ashley has to find out the secrets of her own life before she is killed. Balancing ancient prophecies, schoolwork and the love of her life is difficult to say the least! Take part of the wonderful world of Moonlands.
Oh wow. It´s been so long since I read YA fantasy, I forgot how amazing it is. I was browsing through Netgalley when I saw the cover of Moonlands. And I don´t mean the boring edition, but the beautiful one which has a beautiful girl with fiery red hair and a dress so freaking blue, it hurt my eyes. At first I was kinda hesitant to read it, but I couldn´t resist the cover. Oh well, let´s try being adventurous and bold, shall we?
Lemme just say this, Moonlands did not disappoint. Its vivid, lifelike and rich style of writing won my heart over. I loved the language and the storyline, and could not get enough of it. Though at first reluctant, I was drawn into the story, and genuinely began to enjoy it.
However, I have to say, I think the story would have been much better if it was longer. The characters, while having the potential to be great, didn't have enough depth to them, and left me wanting. And, ohmigosh I can't believe I am saying this, but maybe a little less action? Normally I adore an action packed book, but with Moonlands, I had the feeling as if we skipped over the boring parts to get to the exciting ones. Though I will admit to being an action geek, I can admit that having those boring parts are necessary for me to understand the characters, and to connect to them.
What else can I say? There is a little bit of a romance in the book, but not enough for me. And it came kind of of out of nowhere. I mean, I knew that he was going to be her love interests, but the why of her feelings weren't explained enough. To me, they basically went from being each other's enemies to being lovers. Again, this could be improved with slightly more room for the storyline.
At the end of the day though, it was a good book, and I would certainly recommend it to anyone who likes some action and some royal family drama!
*An eARC was provided to me from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*
No comments:
Post a Comment