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A review by booksalacarte
Draw Down the Moon by Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Draw down the moon-2.75⭐️ .5🌶️
Young Adult Fantasy
Coming of age
Dual POV
Friends to lovers
Moon magic system
Academic setting
Secret society
Trials
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Side character rep
TW: murder, gore
I haven’t read PC and Kristen Cast since I was into the house of night series when I was 19-20-ish. I found myself not enjoying this as much, but I’m 37 now.
The magic system was definitely original, but the world building was overly simplified and it skewed the book into the young teen side of YA Fantasy, rather than new adult with the characters being 18. As a mid-30’s adult, I won’t be reading this, but I would definitely suggest it to a high schooler!
The characters represented great diversity and empowering language. I found the side characters to be really well developed and brought a lot to the plot.
I found the pacing to be decent, if a little stilted due to the push and pull of the budding romance and the world building. But it’s an interesting plot.
I’m not a fan of product placement and pop culture references, like celebrities or tv shows, in fantasy books. It brings me out of the story.
The poetry made me laugh out loud at how not great it was. The high school angst was so real.
A lot of 4th wall breaking, which is NOT my favorite
There is too much mind reading dialogue going on. I much prefer there to be a full conversation, rather than implied facial expressions.
Thank you NetGalley and Wednesday Books for an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
Young Adult Fantasy
Coming of age
Dual POV
Friends to lovers
Moon magic system
Academic setting
Secret society
Trials
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Side character rep
TW: murder, gore
I haven’t read PC and Kristen Cast since I was into the house of night series when I was 19-20-ish. I found myself not enjoying this as much, but I’m 37 now.
The magic system was definitely original, but the world building was overly simplified and it skewed the book into the young teen side of YA Fantasy, rather than new adult with the characters being 18. As a mid-30’s adult, I won’t be reading this, but I would definitely suggest it to a high schooler!
The characters represented great diversity and empowering language. I found the side characters to be really well developed and brought a lot to the plot.
I found the pacing to be decent, if a little stilted due to the push and pull of the budding romance and the world building. But it’s an interesting plot.
I’m not a fan of product placement and pop culture references, like celebrities or tv shows, in fantasy books. It brings me out of the story.
The poetry made me laugh out loud at how not great it was. The high school angst was so real.
A lot of 4th wall breaking, which is NOT my favorite
There is too much mind reading dialogue going on. I much prefer there to be a full conversation, rather than implied facial expressions.
Thank you NetGalley and Wednesday Books for an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail