A review by bookish_clara
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Water Moon is one of those books that as soon as you start reading it’s so hard to put down. This book was so whimsical and I loved how it had Studio Ghibli vibes as I could picture every single moment and description so vividly and visually in my mind. The writing is so beautiful and made it such a joy to read. 

This is a story of love and life steeped around a lot of mystery and though the pacing is a little up and down and where it moves fast in some scenes in others it slows down considerably I personally didn’t find this too much of a problem as the story takes you on an adventure and it suits it perfectly. I would have loved maybe a little more development in the romance but again that is probably more of a me thing as it really was a sweet romance and I loved how satisfying the ending was. 

Water Moon is a delight of a book that asks thought provoking questions about choices, regrets and where we belong and will stay with me for a long time. 

Thank you so much to the publisher and NetGalley for the gift of reading this arc.