Jack Drake must discover what the secretive third part of the moon relic is and destroy it before it can be used to decimate the world. The equally mysterious Asta is hot on Jack’s tail, eager to gain his trust and find the Silver Moon’s Mystery. Together the pair must endure a trial of fire, dragons, and werewolves. Part III.
C.L. Bevill has been in the U.S. Army, cleaned floors, a graphic illustrator, a therapist, and a stay at home mother. She lives in the Alabama area with her husband and daughter and keeps plugging away at the next great American novel.
While reading this third and last book in the Moon Trilogy by C.L. Beville, I remembered most parts and characters from the first one, but couldn't remember details from book 2, so I was a bit confused.
But this is not the reason I give it this low rating. After a few years of reading consistently, I see now how unpolished is this book. I was rolling my eyes up from time to time. And the sex scene was so unexpected. The characters were either dumb or short-tempered. Mostly imature.
The story was boring, dragging at moments. I wished it would go faster. The evil guy was acting like the tipical cartoon enemy. I'm way too old for this, I'm afraid.
Anyway, it had very few parts where I smiled or enjoyed, but they were too rare for me to truly enjoy this book.
What I don't understand is why this isn't one book instead of three. It would have worked as well and would have been less confusing as to the charatures switching book to book.
I liked it, but felt they were too short for individual books. I'm also getting tired of the whole "They're getting on each other's nerves constantly, they resist their growing attraction till they can't hold back any longer and, here's a big surprise for you, they discover that they are soulmates destimed to be together." trope. Is it too much to ask for to have a couple that likes each other and gets along from the get-go. All three couples in all three books mimic this storyline, the third only varies in that the main voice is male. Why can't a couple be passionate without petty bickering for no good reason?
I also felt like the books were more about the relationships of the couples than the adventures, it was as if it existed just as a way to tie the stories together. As a way for this book not to just be paranormal erotica.
I didn't mind reading it, but in the end I don't feel any better for having done so. If you're looking for fluffy romances with a backstory of potential world ending, that never felt like a real threat anyway, this might be the book for you. Kudos on the editing though, didn't catch any obvios typos or incorrect word errors that you usually see in these ebooks. Not bad for free, but not sure it would have been worth paying for.
I read the three novellas, and I don't know if I'm the only one, but I found a really good evolution on the writing as I nearer the end. This one is a good conclusion for the story, including a few surprising elements that add to the plot. I did not find many mistakes or typos, but some will say there are a lot. It didn't distract me from the story so thats good with me. While there are some predictable things on the series, I found this trilogy fun and enjoyable. As you have to read the three to really understand what happens, I found this one was really good ending for the story. Someone mentioned to me that the moon elements are not explained, I agree: Only the black moon is properly explained, but amber and silver seem to be just names for the artifacts. Would have liked if there was an explanation for this, but still, not a big deal to the plot.
So, as a summary: Pros: It's free, so you get a good reading without spending a penny. It is a good story, well connected on the three books It has a lot of elements, even funny instances (some will find this a con instead of a pro) This book in particular adds a good twist It is FUN!! Cons: It may be too predictable. Some people will find it too fast-paced (as I did with the first book) Some mistakes and typos (not many, but some people find them irksome) I would have liked more explanations and a little more to the story.
Silver moon is the nice & tidy ending of the trilogy, jack drake & asta (who we meet in the second book) must find out the mystery of the silver moon while fighting werewolves & dragons and also while desperately trying to keep their hands off each other.....Naughty things
I don't like giving out pieces of the story, but needless to say, a fricking outstanding story!! Unexpected twists & turns make for a very different finish than expected. I love it! Excellent job C.L. Bevill!! Kudos many times over!!
The world of the Cat clan is fleshed out even more here and we have the story of 2 characters from the previous book. Jack who worked with the h from book 2 and the H from book 2's shifter friend who is a mirmir. Jack doesn't trust magical beings his parents were killed by one. But apparently Jack isn't quite what he seems either. He tried to resist the magical puddy tat but she's roped him into some deep shiz which results in the destruction of his truck by dragons than bad guys chase him because he has something valuable that can get the 3 relics discussed in the first 2 books together to bring about the end of the world. Of course these 2 get their HEA it was quck and fun.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
(2.5 stars = pretty good for a short kindle freebie) Silver Moon was really just the continuation of Amber Moon, and picks up immediately after the abrupt ending there. The bit of background plot and the leads here were set up in the previous book, Silver Moon wouldn't stand alone all that well and really the entertainment value of the three books is reading them all together, as one long fanfict.
Again there are some interesting ideas here and Bevill goes back and ties the first book (which initially seemed to be part of the overarching backgroung plot only as an afterthought to what was a sketch of a shapeshifter romance) by bringing back in the original leads. But there is enough of a germ of an idea between the three stories that could have made a decent book with a bit more meat added to the bones of the story and bit of wrapup added to the end and by this last book the relationship was done a bit better with the mate bond doing a bit less of the heavy lifting.
Um. This wasn’t my favourite free storyof the series but I can gladly say that it wasn’t my least favourite. What I can say is that boy, am I ever happy this series is over. These three books were short stories but I felt like they took the life out of me to read. This book should have taken me no longer than two hours to read but instead it took me three days!
Jack wakes up ad finds himself attracted to Asta the Mirmir who can change from cat to human. They have to find the last and third artifact since the other two were stolen. Yadda yadda yadda. Jack turns out to be the artifact. I don’t care that I spoiled it because it doesn’t even matter.
I don’t even know what else to write. There were many mistakes and I was so close to just stopping and starting another book. This book, as much as I hate to say it, felt like a waste of time. That’s all.
Jack needs to find the last artifact if he wants to stop the Mysterious Evil Shape shifters from destroying the world. But that's kind of hard to do when Asta keeps bringing trouble down on them, like the Dragons she brought back to his place. Jack needs to keep her safe while also trying to save the world from being destroyed.
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The Prophecy was a bit corny. A little ironic. I wish more would have gone into Asta's version. I knew something was off about Jack since he had sliver hair and eyes. That ain't normal. That's magic. Though I'm not certain how Asta is still mated to him once his magic was gone. Not that I care. I'm excited she's pregnant. Though I don't know how she would know since he'd been only captured a few days. But its magic I guess. I want to know more about the all the couples of this series so much more. Anymore books about them? PLEASE!?!?!
The saying was that a cat and a man would be able to stop the world from ending when the Black Book, Amber Eyes and Silver Moon came together.
Jack was on the Committee. Mirie had been his partner until a few months ago. Jack was thinking different about otherworld beings these days. Mirie was his friend and elf. Asta was always on his mind with her black and white hair. She was often in her black and white cat form. Like today when he finally realized what the humming sound and warmth on his leg was, Asta.
Jack had to make a deal with dragons, who were angered at Asta for stealing bones from their realm, they had to go to Oregon and fight werewolves and he found out a big secret about himself.
I really enjoyed this whole trilogy. Granted I think it would have made an excellent single book but 3 small stories for free, you can't argue with that price. The main thing you should know is to read Black Moon (book #1) & Amber Moon (book #2) before this last & final of the series. Bevill does describe roughly about the other 2 stories but I think that I would have felt a little lost if I had not read them in order. I enjoyed all of the stories & love how they all tied together. This last book ties up all the loose ends & you feel satisfied with the outcome. I think some might expect more from the ending but I liked it. I look forward to Bevill's next adventure & will keep my eye out for any new stories from this author.
So happy to see a link back to the characters in book 1. Tied all the novellas together and ended in a cute and humorous way. Thought the cleverness of making one of the main characters a paranormal ,when he usually looked down upon them, great! Hard to discriminate when you're one of them - one of the great hypocritical truths of the real world. I think that C.L. Bevill is one of those authors that only a minority are getting to and that is so sad to me. She is talented, funny, and intelligent in her writing (and I'm sure in real life.) Please take the time to read and you won't be disappointed.
Great way to end the series, and when you read all 3 books together in a short space of time you get a really good series. Perhaps they could have been made into one book containing all 3 stories but I still enjoyed reading the 3 books.
This is the story of Jack and Asta, it contains Dragons, werewolves, romance, suspense and all the things I love in a paranormal story. Yes it's a bit short, yes the kindle edition has a few typo errors but it doesn't detract from the story and I still enjoyed it.
Jack and Asta are able to find all 3 pieces of the Moon relics, but the last one for me was the most interesting. A nice short afternoon read for those who love their paranormal stories.
And now, finally, the third and last book of the trilogy! After that last page, all I can say is, "Wow! That was fast." I didn't even noticed it's ending.
I find the third book cute. I mean, who doesn't see a cat cute? And this plot about Mirmir (tho, they can shift/change to other creature, but it focuses on a cat shifter), now that is another new thing.
I was right when I said that each book focuses on different nonhuman creature involved in the whole plot. Really, each book can be a first book of three different series. It's just awesome. Sad that it is only a short trilogy. But, it was a great read. The first three books for my new year (2017). Great.
A nice conclusion to the overall arc. The villains are unmasked, the good guys triumph and magical mayhem takes place. While I enjoyed meeting up with and seeing how some of the other characters have gotten on, I wasn't as enamoured of this story as I was of the 2nd. Jack and Asta were an interesting couple but a little more time spent watching them dance around one another would have been nice. Still, I liked it and I liked that Jack ended up having hidden depths.
In this last novella agents of a secret committee and the elvish king search for the two stolen artifacts and try to prevent the third from falling into desperate hands. The Whitelaw clan returns (from Black Moon) and the clan is now being led by Elijah who is not only a werewolf but an ancient mage. Romance is sparking between the agents. Jack Drake really doesn't have much use for supernaturals of any kind. Then why does he feel such lust for Asta, a Mirmir, who spends a lot of time as a cat? Good story.
This is the last in the book and I have to say a great conclusion to the series. I never saw that one coming until it slammed right in my face. Jake and Asta make a beautiful pair, but I especially liked the interaction with the dragons. Made me laugh hysterically! The interaction between all the characters developed in a great way. My initial skepticism was blown away in much the same way I was blown away by the author after the first book. I am glad that I was able to experience the skill development of the author.
The final installment in the Moon trilogy, and for me unfortunately not as good as the first two.
I liked the characters involved, but found the romantic moments far too corny and not as well written as the first two stories. Since this installment ties up previous events nicely, it meant a chapter or so was spent recapping the action of the previous installments, which stalled the action if you'd already read the others.
On the whole though I loved the concept of the supernatural realms and the Committee, and wished the short stories were full books, which can only be a good thing!