Blood Moon

by M.J. O'Shea

Genres: Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 184
Rating:

Synopsis:

"The summer we turned eighteen, I kissed Noah Harper -- by the light of the moon, sitting on the dock, I kissed him. And he kissed me back. I swear.

But the next morning, he ended our friendship and walked away. I haven't seen him since. Not for three long years.

At least not until last night. Last night he was sitting on our dock like nothing had changed. He was sweet and apologetic and more gorgeous than ever. I wanted to believe everything could go back to how it always was. But something's different about Noah. Something isn't quite right.

I have to know... what secret is Noah Harper hiding?"

I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I always (eventually) read my Netgalley ARCs, so here we are: finally, I’m reviewing M.J. O’Shea’s Blood Moon. It’s a fairly young-feeling book, focusing on two teenage main characters and their romance, and the supernatural weirdness that eclipsed it and threatened to break the two of them apart. Obviously, ultimately it doesn’t, and Love Will Prevail, given the genre.

It’s all a bit too easy, though. There are few consequences for anything, and the main characters make choices that seem at odds with initial choices (for instance, Zack’s family seems to be important to him — but then he quickly decides he’ll run away with Noah and hardly ever seems to think of them again). There’s something very immature about the narration, which may be intentional (given the age of the protagonist), but which makes everything feel a little shallow.

The romance in and of itself is cute, but I wasn’t sold on any of it for those reasons.

Rating: 1/5