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Full Moon #2
Magic of the Moonlight
Beware of a bite under a full moon…
it will complicate your love life.
Celeste has more to worry about than a secret romance with a hot guy from the wrong side of town. That guy, Brandon, is a werewolf. With gossip and hostility swirling at school, it’s time to find a cure for his nocturnal condition, and perhaps the one person who can help is his scientist father. But what if a “cure” makes things worse and Brandon becomes a werewolf full time? And with rumors circulating that there are werewolves in Legend’s Run, is it possible that there is another among their classmates?
To keep Brandon’s secret safe, Celeste must hide her relationship with him from her best friends, but with the Moonlight Ball approaching, she must make a choice. Her dream is to go with her one true love—Brandon. But once the sun goes down, the clouds separate, and the full moon appears, could she really walk into the dance on the arm of a werewolf?
In this installment of the sumptuously romantic Full Moon series, Celeste faces her fears and her friends and finds out whether she’s strong enough to stand up for herself and her one true love.
it will complicate your love life.
Celeste has more to worry about than a secret romance with a hot guy from the wrong side of town. That guy, Brandon, is a werewolf. With gossip and hostility swirling at school, it’s time to find a cure for his nocturnal condition, and perhaps the one person who can help is his scientist father. But what if a “cure” makes things worse and Brandon becomes a werewolf full time? And with rumors circulating that there are werewolves in Legend’s Run, is it possible that there is another among their classmates?
To keep Brandon’s secret safe, Celeste must hide her relationship with him from her best friends, but with the Moonlight Ball approaching, she must make a choice. Her dream is to go with her one true love—Brandon. But once the sun goes down, the clouds separate, and the full moon appears, could she really walk into the dance on the arm of a werewolf?
In this installment of the sumptuously romantic Full Moon series, Celeste faces her fears and her friends and finds out whether she’s strong enough to stand up for herself and her one true love.
229 pages, Hardcover
First published December 27, 2011
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About the author
Ellen Schreiber
53 books4,202 followersBefore I took pen to paper, I was an actress. I attended a local university majoring in theatre and spent a summer in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts where I learned about the “Old Bard” from amazingly talented teachers.
When I returned from London, I relocated to Chicago where I lived for five years. There, I graduated from the Second City Training Center and performed improv, Shakespeare, comedies and dramas--I even sang and danced on a cruise boat--without falling in Lake Michigan! A classmate of mine from Second City and I created and performed a two woman show for a year before I braved it alone doing stand-up comedy. It was during this time I began to write an adult novel about a rock star--I had always enjoyed writing...
Fast forward a couple of years along with a move home where I was performing “stand-up” at comedy clubs in the area. On a plane to LA to decide my fate-- “to move to LA or not to move to LA” that is the question, my big bro, Mark, coincidentally with the same last name as mine (author of PRINCES IN EXILE, DREAMS OF THE SOLO TRAPEZE and STARCROSSED) handed me a young adult book he found at the library he thought I’d like to read during the flight.
As I read the book, I thought, ‘I can do this!’
I returned from LA, and instead of moving there, I wrote my story about the rock star as a young adult novel and called it JOHNNY LIGHTNING.
Mark, my writing mentor, edited JL for me. He was kind enough to send the manuscript to his publisher in Belgium--Facet--and they published it! In Dutch!
I was now on a new life path!
In 2001 HarperCollins made me an offer I couldn’t refuse! Not only was HarperCollins going to publish TEENAGE MERMAID, but it was in a language I could read and book stores I could walk into! HarperCollins also bought VAMPIRE KISSES and COMEDY GIRL.
It was a dream come true!
Since beginning my new life path, VAMPIRE KISSES, TEENAGE MERMAID, and MY MOTHER, THE CLOWN have been published by Facet in Belgium and JOHNNY LIGHTNING has been published in Germany by Ravensburger.
Then my fabulous editor at HarperCollins asked me for a sequel to VAMPIRE KISSES!
HarperCollins published VAMPIRE KISSES 2--KISSING COFFINS and now the soon to be released VAMPIRE KISSES 3--VAMPIREVILLE. I am currently writing VAMPIRE KISSES 4!
When I'm not writing about the love affair between vampire obsessed, goth girl Raven and my favorite mysterious dark-eyed hottie, Alexander Sterling, I enjoy working on my other novels, shopping for Hello Kitty items, and attempting to gain control of the remote from my boyfriend.
When I returned from London, I relocated to Chicago where I lived for five years. There, I graduated from the Second City Training Center and performed improv, Shakespeare, comedies and dramas--I even sang and danced on a cruise boat--without falling in Lake Michigan! A classmate of mine from Second City and I created and performed a two woman show for a year before I braved it alone doing stand-up comedy. It was during this time I began to write an adult novel about a rock star--I had always enjoyed writing...
Fast forward a couple of years along with a move home where I was performing “stand-up” at comedy clubs in the area. On a plane to LA to decide my fate-- “to move to LA or not to move to LA” that is the question, my big bro, Mark, coincidentally with the same last name as mine (author of PRINCES IN EXILE, DREAMS OF THE SOLO TRAPEZE and STARCROSSED) handed me a young adult book he found at the library he thought I’d like to read during the flight.
As I read the book, I thought, ‘I can do this!’
I returned from LA, and instead of moving there, I wrote my story about the rock star as a young adult novel and called it JOHNNY LIGHTNING.
Mark, my writing mentor, edited JL for me. He was kind enough to send the manuscript to his publisher in Belgium--Facet--and they published it! In Dutch!
I was now on a new life path!
In 2001 HarperCollins made me an offer I couldn’t refuse! Not only was HarperCollins going to publish TEENAGE MERMAID, but it was in a language I could read and book stores I could walk into! HarperCollins also bought VAMPIRE KISSES and COMEDY GIRL.
It was a dream come true!
Since beginning my new life path, VAMPIRE KISSES, TEENAGE MERMAID, and MY MOTHER, THE CLOWN have been published by Facet in Belgium and JOHNNY LIGHTNING has been published in Germany by Ravensburger.
Then my fabulous editor at HarperCollins asked me for a sequel to VAMPIRE KISSES!
HarperCollins published VAMPIRE KISSES 2--KISSING COFFINS and now the soon to be released VAMPIRE KISSES 3--VAMPIREVILLE. I am currently writing VAMPIRE KISSES 4!
When I'm not writing about the love affair between vampire obsessed, goth girl Raven and my favorite mysterious dark-eyed hottie, Alexander Sterling, I enjoy working on my other novels, shopping for Hello Kitty items, and attempting to gain control of the remote from my boyfriend.
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August 7, 2013
This is a rant about this book which made me very mad. I hope that most of it makes sense because I tend to not make sense when I rant and ramble.
I didn't like the last book, so why the hell did I pick up this one? I didn't do a review of the first book, and gave this one a chance in hopes of seeing Celeste grow as a person and get stronger.
My advice for readers of this book: Stop reading. Stop, don't pass Go, don't collect 200 dollars.
Here are the reasons why:
(1)
Celeste is a total and utter coward. She not only is whiney about seeing Brandon treated unfairly, she makes weak attempts to help him. And when I say weak, I mean SUPER-ULTRA-MEGA weak.
(a) she invites him to ANOTHER party. Seriously? That's the best you can have Abby do? Have him go to a party where he will get bullied so much he has to get out and you have to walk him home? Stupid. Change the people, don't just throw him into the pack of wolves (stupid pun) and say "maybe he'll be accepted... let my friends try to befriend him.
(b)She sits at him with the lunch table. I was like cheering her on, finally able to be proud of her. I thought that would be the changing point in the story where she stops taking all the bullshit from her "supposed" friends and stand up for her man that she "says" she loves. But no! After that, she decides that it will only hurt him...
WTF CELESTE? Honestly, do you use your brains? Could you honestly not tell that sitting with Brandon made him extremely happy and he didn't even mind when Nash came over and made a fool of himself. How is that hurting him?
So then she just takes the easy way out the next day, by sitting by herself. AWWW, we should cry for her because she can't stand up for her boyfriend that she loves... Boohoo.
And then the next day, SHE SITS WITH HER FRIENDS AGAIN! And Nash is a complete asswipe because of that. I don't care how much I might have cared for a friend, I would have punched that asshole in the face. She kept on saying "awww, he's genuine! he's changing!" and kept replaying his dialogue name with "my former boyfriend" and kept mentioning that he was her first crush.
NEWSFLASH: It doesn't matter if they are your first crush, they can still be assholes!
She is so blind to him that it's completely offputting.
(2)
This story is set up like this:
The next day...
The next day...
Tomorrow is the full moon...
These three days are full moons:
Full moon over...
The next day...
It was so boring and repetitive. Mix things up a little, gosh is that too much to ask?!
(3)
The characters have no consistency!!!!
Forgive me, I hate multiple exclamations, but it needed that.
Celeste: She constantly wavers between the strong girl I want her to become and the week pathetic lovestruck immature person she is. Honestly, she gets sad about something, and just a little kissing can make it better.
And can I mention how much Brandon and her kissing?! I get it, you guys are young and you kiss a lot. Ugh, it was so annoying. Sure, it may be realistic, but it loses it's power if used too much. And it does lose it's charm. Fast. I love you, kiss, I was so upset, kiss, I just want us to be together, don't worry my kiss will help you.
(facepalm)
Brandon: He may be the only semi-consistent character (the only consistent one is Nash and maybe Pumpkin) but he says he wants help from his father, but apparently his animal instincts kick in and then he gets aggressive, but not around Celeste... he still has consiousness... so wtf is he doing? It was never explained, so the premise was stupid.
Conner: Honestly, Brandon's father was so stupid. When I first met him, I was like "okay, he may not totally annoy me.
NOPE!
He says to his son (who's struggling, obviously, with the secret that he's keeping) that he will listen to him and not make what he says a joke. AND THEN HE JUST CALLS HIM OUT AND SAYS THAT HE'S ACTING OUT TO GET ATTENTION! WHAT KIND OF FATHER IS HE?!
He obviously is not a very open-minded person because immediently when his son tells him that he is a werewolf he doesn't respond with what a normal person would say.
"What--wait *pauses* that can't really be true...Are you pulling my leg here son... why would you think you're a werewolf... well maybe that's an infection... your eyes turn gray... you get kinda hairy... That's just a little hard to believe. Okay, if it will make you feel any better, I'll run the tests. But you have to make sure that you're mentally alright. I'll be here and watch over you tomorrow. Okay?"
To me, that's a little bit more fatherly.
His father gets scared, when he sees him, and after constantly trying to get him to see how Brandon reacts with Celeste, he keeps saying "no, it's not safe, don't go near him". He's not a very good scientist if he has no curiousity. It feels like if there was a shotgun nearby he would have killed him... just saying.
Celeste's "friends" Abby and Ivy: Abby's the only semi-likable character other than Brandon (who's perfect by the way, annoyingly so) and Ivy is just a bitch. A big complete bitch for no reason other than a location division between the town. Really?
And then they suddenly are okay with Celeste dating Brandon? Because she bought Ivy some earings that were blue?
How materialistic can you get?
Honestly, Ivy must be the worst character I have ever read in a book. If Celeste were smart, she would get new friends.
(4)
How did they create a cure that fast? Shouldn't they, I don't know, test it? We have almost no real cure for cancer, or AIDS, or even to all cases for the common cold! How do you expect the reader to think that within three weeks, a random scientist just was able to conjour up an antidote.
Sorry, I don't buy it.
AND THEN BRANDON DIDN'T EVEN TAKE THE STUPID CURE!
This is where (I hadn't remembered earlier) Brandon started to get off character and annoy me. He talked all month about the cure, whining about how nice it would be to not be a werewolf... and then he doesn't take it. Three times he had a chance.
That's just pure stupidity. Either a life as a werewolf or a life as a human... how do we even know that it will do either of these things? What if it makes him into a real wolf once a year... what if it makes him sprout horns... why did you aromatically assume that it would either cure him or make him a full-time werewolf... I say that calls for some testing, I don't know how, but somehow.
(5)
2ND NEWSFLASH OF THIS REVIEW: BRANDON ISN'T EVEN A REAL WEREWOLF! NASH IS A BIGGER WEREWOLF THAN HIM!!!
Honestly, I don't get it. So he grows fangs and gets a bit hairy. BRANDON ISN'T A WEREWOLF! I have an author that I kinda like (not so much now) who's trying to pass him off as one?
It's embarrassing to the YA genre that we would accept such a well-mannered, peaceful hairy hippie man as a werewolf! It's insulting to the readers!
And seriously? The only thing that changes when he's a werewolf is the fact that he can make Celeste want to kiss him passionately because he's "so gorgeous". It's disgusting. I would rather have him aggressive while being a werewolf and him having to struggle with that rather than him being a really nice werewolf and having to struggle with that.
At least Nash gets more aggressive! He's the real werewolf because apparently, the male love interest can't show ANY hostile nature towards the protagonist or else it will turn off readers. I think that it would be the other way around. If he were hostile, I would be like "find a freaking cure already! Brandon, we'll save you!"
But no. We get wimpy Brandon and a stupid, stupid love triangle.
(6)
ANOTHER STUPID LOVE TRIANGLE!
Why is it that one guy isn't enough? Why do we need stupid Nash? It would be much better if Nash got mad at Celeste and is now wanting to kill her. It would be much more realistic.
And why is it that every story has to have a love triangle where it's obvious who is going to end up with the girl? It just makes the other guy look like a pathetic loser who can't make his own decisions.
I don't mind love triangles when they are done right. Vampire Academy had one that was good, even Schreiber's Vampire Kisses had one that I loved! I liked that series! This one?
Ehh, maybe I'm just getting too old.
(7)
THE STORY IS BORING!
It would just drag on forever. Once Nash was bitten, I was like "it's obvious he's a werewolf now!!! Are you that stupid that you can't put it together?! And are you seriously not going to tell Brandon?"
Will I read on?:
I have the stupid third book on my shelf right now, staring at me. I was so prepared going into this book that I would finish this series no matter how bad it got.
I don't know if I have the strength anymore though...
Suggestions that would have helped this book (in my opinion):
Being a writer myself, I feel like after five years of writing, my plots have gotten stronger, so I also feel like I am in a position to give my opinion on what could have been done to make this series better... So here they are (condensed to five points since I already wrote down wayyyyy to much but there are more things I could list):
1. Don't have Brandon and Celeste fall in love too fast. I mean draw out the awkward moments and the moments where they see the flaws and strengths of each other. I don't buy a love that is nearly instant and based on their attractiveness.
It would have been much better if Brandon and Celeste were just exploring what it would be like for each one of them to be each other's partners. It would add romantic tension that this story obviously lacks. When Brandon says they should stay away, I don't buy it because I know that they are so "madly in love with each other" as is forced down my throat through statements of "I love him!" "we kissed and it was great!" and "every moment we were away from each other it hurt soooo much!"
Even if you're writing for junior high level, at least write something that if you read it, you would like as an author.
2. Stop with the territory things. I don't care who's Eastern or Western. If you say that Brandon would have been popular if he was an Easterner (like you said in the first book) why isn't he popular with the Westerners? Did they think he looked too much like those on the East side or something? Why would they randomly exclude him? The loneliness that he experiences just makes me feel bad for Brandon, because he has a girlfriend who isn't brave enough, and who doesn't like him enough, to be excluded by her "so-called friends" and be with him.
Unnecessary torture if you asked me.
3. Make Brandon a freaking werewolf already.
Like I said before, don't try to fool me with your young adult romance "love-at-first sight" crap. If Brandon is a werewolf on two legs, make him dangerous! Make it so that it scared Celeste enough so that she has to get the courage to find a cure or something. Give her some motivation to actually help out Brandon.
4. Make Celeste a meek badass.
If someone actually had their boyfriend turn into a werewolf, they would not be so cool with it. She was COMPLETELY okay with him becoming a werewolf, which is NOT okay with me. It felt like there was no shock, no rationale with her thinking. Whenever someone's turning into a werewolf, she's like "do you have the flu? I'm sure it's just that!" Even when Nash turned into a werewolf, she was so stupid as to not warn Nash and Brandon so that they could observe him and make sure that he was actually a werewolf or not.
The reason why I say meek badass is because Celeste can't really kick any asses or anything, but she can be a nice badass who is willing to stand up for the person she likes. That is the kind of heroine this book needs.
5. Finally, make the people tolerable. There are barely any good people in this book, and that thought just sickens me. If this is how high school is like at other high schools, I'd transfer. Celeste is a wimp, Brandon's perfect but excluded because of the location of his house, Abby's wishy washy but decent, Ivy's a bitch who would rather see her friend unhappy with Nash to keep the group together than happy alone, Connor is a horrible father, Juliette is a player, her parents are oblivious, Jake and Dylan are Nash's lackey's, Nash is a creepy stalker and blackmailer, and Dr. Meadows is a semi-real psychic who's a hundred percent about money and has no purpose other than to make money by a werewolf story that people are so stupid that they believe it (or stupid not to?...).
Gosh, that was one mighty run-on sentence.
(Okay, one more, I promise!)
6. Don't take a freaking werewolf to a dance!
WTF?
Is he stupid?
...
Is she stupid?
...
Do they think that everyone is blind or something?!
Gosh, Celeste is so selfish that she has to drag her werewolf boyfriend to a stupid dance. Just don't go to the dance! ugh!
It's like she wanted this to happen! She wanted him to be exposed, so she took him there.
"Don't smile as large, then they can't see your fangs."
???????
(facepalm)
Okay, I'm done with this. This is all I can handle right now.
1 star because the first half kept me entertained enough to wait for her sudden change into being brave. Once I found out that wasn't going to happen, it was all downhill from there.
No editing for this review. I don't even have enough spirit to edit right now.
I didn't like the last book, so why the hell did I pick up this one? I didn't do a review of the first book, and gave this one a chance in hopes of seeing Celeste grow as a person and get stronger.
My advice for readers of this book: Stop reading. Stop, don't pass Go, don't collect 200 dollars.
Here are the reasons why:
(1)
Celeste is a total and utter coward. She not only is whiney about seeing Brandon treated unfairly, she makes weak attempts to help him. And when I say weak, I mean SUPER-ULTRA-MEGA weak.
(a) she invites him to ANOTHER party. Seriously? That's the best you can have Abby do? Have him go to a party where he will get bullied so much he has to get out and you have to walk him home? Stupid. Change the people, don't just throw him into the pack of wolves (stupid pun) and say "maybe he'll be accepted... let my friends try to befriend him.
(b)She sits at him with the lunch table. I was like cheering her on, finally able to be proud of her. I thought that would be the changing point in the story where she stops taking all the bullshit from her "supposed" friends and stand up for her man that she "says" she loves. But no! After that, she decides that it will only hurt him...
WTF CELESTE? Honestly, do you use your brains? Could you honestly not tell that sitting with Brandon made him extremely happy and he didn't even mind when Nash came over and made a fool of himself. How is that hurting him?
So then she just takes the easy way out the next day, by sitting by herself. AWWW, we should cry for her because she can't stand up for her boyfriend that she loves... Boohoo.
And then the next day, SHE SITS WITH HER FRIENDS AGAIN! And Nash is a complete asswipe because of that. I don't care how much I might have cared for a friend, I would have punched that asshole in the face. She kept on saying "awww, he's genuine! he's changing!" and kept replaying his dialogue name with "my former boyfriend" and kept mentioning that he was her first crush.
NEWSFLASH: It doesn't matter if they are your first crush, they can still be assholes!
She is so blind to him that it's completely offputting.
(2)
This story is set up like this:
The next day...
The next day...
Tomorrow is the full moon...
These three days are full moons:
Full moon over...
The next day...
It was so boring and repetitive. Mix things up a little, gosh is that too much to ask?!
(3)
The characters have no consistency!!!!
Forgive me, I hate multiple exclamations, but it needed that.
Celeste: She constantly wavers between the strong girl I want her to become and the week pathetic lovestruck immature person she is. Honestly, she gets sad about something, and just a little kissing can make it better.
And can I mention how much Brandon and her kissing?! I get it, you guys are young and you kiss a lot. Ugh, it was so annoying. Sure, it may be realistic, but it loses it's power if used too much. And it does lose it's charm. Fast. I love you, kiss, I was so upset, kiss, I just want us to be together, don't worry my kiss will help you.
(facepalm)
Brandon: He may be the only semi-consistent character (the only consistent one is Nash and maybe Pumpkin) but he says he wants help from his father, but apparently his animal instincts kick in and then he gets aggressive, but not around Celeste... he still has consiousness... so wtf is he doing? It was never explained, so the premise was stupid.
Conner: Honestly, Brandon's father was so stupid. When I first met him, I was like "okay, he may not totally annoy me.
NOPE!
He says to his son (who's struggling, obviously, with the secret that he's keeping) that he will listen to him and not make what he says a joke. AND THEN HE JUST CALLS HIM OUT AND SAYS THAT HE'S ACTING OUT TO GET ATTENTION! WHAT KIND OF FATHER IS HE?!
He obviously is not a very open-minded person because immediently when his son tells him that he is a werewolf he doesn't respond with what a normal person would say.
"What--wait *pauses* that can't really be true...Are you pulling my leg here son... why would you think you're a werewolf... well maybe that's an infection... your eyes turn gray... you get kinda hairy... That's just a little hard to believe. Okay, if it will make you feel any better, I'll run the tests. But you have to make sure that you're mentally alright. I'll be here and watch over you tomorrow. Okay?"
To me, that's a little bit more fatherly.
His father gets scared, when he sees him, and after constantly trying to get him to see how Brandon reacts with Celeste, he keeps saying "no, it's not safe, don't go near him". He's not a very good scientist if he has no curiousity. It feels like if there was a shotgun nearby he would have killed him... just saying.
Celeste's "friends" Abby and Ivy: Abby's the only semi-likable character other than Brandon (who's perfect by the way, annoyingly so) and Ivy is just a bitch. A big complete bitch for no reason other than a location division between the town. Really?
And then they suddenly are okay with Celeste dating Brandon? Because she bought Ivy some earings that were blue?
How materialistic can you get?
Honestly, Ivy must be the worst character I have ever read in a book. If Celeste were smart, she would get new friends.
(4)
How did they create a cure that fast? Shouldn't they, I don't know, test it? We have almost no real cure for cancer, or AIDS, or even to all cases for the common cold! How do you expect the reader to think that within three weeks, a random scientist just was able to conjour up an antidote.
Sorry, I don't buy it.
AND THEN BRANDON DIDN'T EVEN TAKE THE STUPID CURE!
This is where (I hadn't remembered earlier) Brandon started to get off character and annoy me. He talked all month about the cure, whining about how nice it would be to not be a werewolf... and then he doesn't take it. Three times he had a chance.
That's just pure stupidity. Either a life as a werewolf or a life as a human... how do we even know that it will do either of these things? What if it makes him into a real wolf once a year... what if it makes him sprout horns... why did you aromatically assume that it would either cure him or make him a full-time werewolf... I say that calls for some testing, I don't know how, but somehow.
(5)
2ND NEWSFLASH OF THIS REVIEW: BRANDON ISN'T EVEN A REAL WEREWOLF! NASH IS A BIGGER WEREWOLF THAN HIM!!!
Honestly, I don't get it. So he grows fangs and gets a bit hairy. BRANDON ISN'T A WEREWOLF! I have an author that I kinda like (not so much now) who's trying to pass him off as one?
It's embarrassing to the YA genre that we would accept such a well-mannered, peaceful hairy hippie man as a werewolf! It's insulting to the readers!
And seriously? The only thing that changes when he's a werewolf is the fact that he can make Celeste want to kiss him passionately because he's "so gorgeous". It's disgusting. I would rather have him aggressive while being a werewolf and him having to struggle with that rather than him being a really nice werewolf and having to struggle with that.
At least Nash gets more aggressive! He's the real werewolf because apparently, the male love interest can't show ANY hostile nature towards the protagonist or else it will turn off readers. I think that it would be the other way around. If he were hostile, I would be like "find a freaking cure already! Brandon, we'll save you!"
But no. We get wimpy Brandon and a stupid, stupid love triangle.
(6)
ANOTHER STUPID LOVE TRIANGLE!
Why is it that one guy isn't enough? Why do we need stupid Nash? It would be much better if Nash got mad at Celeste and is now wanting to kill her. It would be much more realistic.
And why is it that every story has to have a love triangle where it's obvious who is going to end up with the girl? It just makes the other guy look like a pathetic loser who can't make his own decisions.
I don't mind love triangles when they are done right. Vampire Academy had one that was good, even Schreiber's Vampire Kisses had one that I loved! I liked that series! This one?
Ehh, maybe I'm just getting too old.
(7)
THE STORY IS BORING!
It would just drag on forever. Once Nash was bitten, I was like "it's obvious he's a werewolf now!!! Are you that stupid that you can't put it together?! And are you seriously not going to tell Brandon?"
Will I read on?:
I have the stupid third book on my shelf right now, staring at me. I was so prepared going into this book that I would finish this series no matter how bad it got.
I don't know if I have the strength anymore though...
Suggestions that would have helped this book (in my opinion):
Being a writer myself, I feel like after five years of writing, my plots have gotten stronger, so I also feel like I am in a position to give my opinion on what could have been done to make this series better... So here they are (condensed to five points since I already wrote down wayyyyy to much but there are more things I could list):
1. Don't have Brandon and Celeste fall in love too fast. I mean draw out the awkward moments and the moments where they see the flaws and strengths of each other. I don't buy a love that is nearly instant and based on their attractiveness.
It would have been much better if Brandon and Celeste were just exploring what it would be like for each one of them to be each other's partners. It would add romantic tension that this story obviously lacks. When Brandon says they should stay away, I don't buy it because I know that they are so "madly in love with each other" as is forced down my throat through statements of "I love him!" "we kissed and it was great!" and "every moment we were away from each other it hurt soooo much!"
Even if you're writing for junior high level, at least write something that if you read it, you would like as an author.
2. Stop with the territory things. I don't care who's Eastern or Western. If you say that Brandon would have been popular if he was an Easterner (like you said in the first book) why isn't he popular with the Westerners? Did they think he looked too much like those on the East side or something? Why would they randomly exclude him? The loneliness that he experiences just makes me feel bad for Brandon, because he has a girlfriend who isn't brave enough, and who doesn't like him enough, to be excluded by her "so-called friends" and be with him.
Unnecessary torture if you asked me.
3. Make Brandon a freaking werewolf already.
Like I said before, don't try to fool me with your young adult romance "love-at-first sight" crap. If Brandon is a werewolf on two legs, make him dangerous! Make it so that it scared Celeste enough so that she has to get the courage to find a cure or something. Give her some motivation to actually help out Brandon.
4. Make Celeste a meek badass.
If someone actually had their boyfriend turn into a werewolf, they would not be so cool with it. She was COMPLETELY okay with him becoming a werewolf, which is NOT okay with me. It felt like there was no shock, no rationale with her thinking. Whenever someone's turning into a werewolf, she's like "do you have the flu? I'm sure it's just that!" Even when Nash turned into a werewolf, she was so stupid as to not warn Nash and Brandon so that they could observe him and make sure that he was actually a werewolf or not.
The reason why I say meek badass is because Celeste can't really kick any asses or anything, but she can be a nice badass who is willing to stand up for the person she likes. That is the kind of heroine this book needs.
5. Finally, make the people tolerable. There are barely any good people in this book, and that thought just sickens me. If this is how high school is like at other high schools, I'd transfer. Celeste is a wimp, Brandon's perfect but excluded because of the location of his house, Abby's wishy washy but decent, Ivy's a bitch who would rather see her friend unhappy with Nash to keep the group together than happy alone, Connor is a horrible father, Juliette is a player, her parents are oblivious, Jake and Dylan are Nash's lackey's, Nash is a creepy stalker and blackmailer, and Dr. Meadows is a semi-real psychic who's a hundred percent about money and has no purpose other than to make money by a werewolf story that people are so stupid that they believe it (or stupid not to?...).
Gosh, that was one mighty run-on sentence.
(Okay, one more, I promise!)
6. Don't take a freaking werewolf to a dance!
WTF?
Is he stupid?
...
Is she stupid?
...
Do they think that everyone is blind or something?!
Gosh, Celeste is so selfish that she has to drag her werewolf boyfriend to a stupid dance. Just don't go to the dance! ugh!
It's like she wanted this to happen! She wanted him to be exposed, so she took him there.
"Don't smile as large, then they can't see your fangs."
???????
(facepalm)
Okay, I'm done with this. This is all I can handle right now.
1 star because the first half kept me entertained enough to wait for her sudden change into being brave. Once I found out that wasn't going to happen, it was all downhill from there.
No editing for this review. I don't even have enough spirit to edit right now.
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March 23, 2011Expected publication: December 27th 2011
September 14, 2012
My review for Once in a Full Moon started out talking about Taco Bell, so now I don't know where to start here. Checkers? Hungry Howies? Because let's be honest, is there anyone in the world who actually wants to talk about this "book"? (Ignoring fools who like it and blissfully ignorant people who haven't read it.)
But then, my review will seem like a masterpiece compared to this book, so I will start from a random place - the end. Someone take a knife and drive it through my skull, because that was possibly the worst ending to a book I have ever read(possibly, because can you really beat Breaking Dawn?).
"Beware a bite under the full moon; it will complicate your love life."
Oh, no! Not my love life! PLEASE GOD NO! NEVER THAT!!! Please make it something life threatening instead!
If you know me, you might know I hate Twilight. But I have got to give it to Meyer, even she made a threat of death in her vampire book. I guess werewolves don't care about dying, though. Their biggest fear is having a complicated love life. I don't think I've ever used this before, but... *facepalm*
The big thing in the ending is that Celeste has to *gasp* kiss her horrid ex-boyfriend! Isn't that the most awful thing you've ever heard of? I mean, Bella Suewan had a whole army of vampires after her, but what if she had to kiss Jake to save herself? Now, that would have been bad. Good thing she got away with almost dying instead. (You know something's bad if it's bad compared to Twilight!)
And I cannot in my whole life rant enough about how crappy these werewolves are. They don't turn into wolves, they turn into hippies with fangs. B acts completely the same when it's his time of the month as he does any other time. How lame is that? But then when Nash changes he's different, more aggressive and stuff. Does that make sense to you? Because it sure doesn't to me.
After I read Once in a Full Moon, I decided I would read all these books just because they make me laugh so much. But this book was disappointing. It wasn't funny. It was boring, and that made me sad(and mad). So I probably won't be reading the next ones, but we'll see.
But then, my review will seem like a masterpiece compared to this book, so I will start from a random place - the end. Someone take a knife and drive it through my skull, because that was possibly the worst ending to a book I have ever read(possibly, because can you really beat Breaking Dawn?).
"Beware a bite under the full moon; it will complicate your love life."
Oh, no! Not my love life! PLEASE GOD NO! NEVER THAT!!! Please make it something life threatening instead!
If you know me, you might know I hate Twilight. But I have got to give it to Meyer, even she made a threat of death in her vampire book. I guess werewolves don't care about dying, though. Their biggest fear is having a complicated love life. I don't think I've ever used this before, but... *facepalm*
The big thing in the ending is that Celeste has to *gasp* kiss her horrid ex-boyfriend! Isn't that the most awful thing you've ever heard of? I mean, Bella Suewan had a whole army of vampires after her, but what if she had to kiss Jake to save herself? Now, that would have been bad. Good thing she got away with almost dying instead. (You know something's bad if it's bad compared to Twilight!)
And I cannot in my whole life rant enough about how crappy these werewolves are. They don't turn into wolves, they turn into hippies with fangs. B acts completely the same when it's his time of the month as he does any other time. How lame is that? But then when Nash changes he's different, more aggressive and stuff. Does that make sense to you? Because it sure doesn't to me.
After I read Once in a Full Moon, I decided I would read all these books just because they make me laugh so much. But this book was disappointing. It wasn't funny. It was boring, and that made me sad(and mad). So I probably won't be reading the next ones, but we'll see.
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I took quite a break in between reading Once in a Full Moon and its sequel, Magic of the Moonlight. Thankfully, however, that didn't cause me much trouble. I was able to jump right back into the Full Moon world with Celeste, Brandon, and the gang, and enjoy the ride.
Since I can't exactly remember everything about the first book, I forgot about the language and dialog used by the characters in this series. It really bothers me, to be honest. There are too few contractions in the dialog, and they talk too formally, in my opinion. I know a lot of it is to keep the books wholesome and pure (there's no cursing either) and all that, but it caught my attention on nearly every page.
Once I got past that, however, I realized I was actually really enjoying the story. Celeste's journey is one that is easy to mindlessly get caught up in--this series is a nice paranormal break from reality. Brandon and Celeste have to continue to keep his secret (and their relationship) a secret, but it becomes harder with each day, especially as new conflicts are introduced. And by new conflicts, I mean a very vital character in the series also turns into a werewolf and starts screwing everything up.
Even though I never completely connected with any of the characters in this novel, I still enjoyed reading about them. The friends aren't perfect, and I thought that was really honest to real life. The love interests, Brandon and Nash, are loveable for their own reasons, but there are also things I disliked about the two of them--specifically Nash. He's too persistent and just won't take no for an answer, which really angered me. I felt like the reason he was so persistent was to force the love triangle aspect, and I really didn't think that was necessary for this book. It's clear to Celeste who she wants to be with, why make it unclear for the readers?
The Full Moon series has thus far proved to be entertaining and satisfying. Magic of the Moonlight is short and introduces new conflict that will be super exciting to read about in the next book. If you're looking for a quick paranormal read, look no further. The Full Moon series, though I can see how it might not be for everyone, is still a series I'd recommend.
I took quite a break in between reading Once in a Full Moon and its sequel, Magic of the Moonlight. Thankfully, however, that didn't cause me much trouble. I was able to jump right back into the Full Moon world with Celeste, Brandon, and the gang, and enjoy the ride.
Since I can't exactly remember everything about the first book, I forgot about the language and dialog used by the characters in this series. It really bothers me, to be honest. There are too few contractions in the dialog, and they talk too formally, in my opinion. I know a lot of it is to keep the books wholesome and pure (there's no cursing either) and all that, but it caught my attention on nearly every page.
Once I got past that, however, I realized I was actually really enjoying the story. Celeste's journey is one that is easy to mindlessly get caught up in--this series is a nice paranormal break from reality. Brandon and Celeste have to continue to keep his secret (and their relationship) a secret, but it becomes harder with each day, especially as new conflicts are introduced. And by new conflicts, I mean a very vital character in the series also turns into a werewolf and starts screwing everything up.
Even though I never completely connected with any of the characters in this novel, I still enjoyed reading about them. The friends aren't perfect, and I thought that was really honest to real life. The love interests, Brandon and Nash, are loveable for their own reasons, but there are also things I disliked about the two of them--specifically Nash. He's too persistent and just won't take no for an answer, which really angered me. I felt like the reason he was so persistent was to force the love triangle aspect, and I really didn't think that was necessary for this book. It's clear to Celeste who she wants to be with, why make it unclear for the readers?
The Full Moon series has thus far proved to be entertaining and satisfying. Magic of the Moonlight is short and introduces new conflict that will be super exciting to read about in the next book. If you're looking for a quick paranormal read, look no further. The Full Moon series, though I can see how it might not be for everyone, is still a series I'd recommend.
December 18, 2011
My take: It's a sweet read for a romantic teenager who finds hairy teenagers attractive. There are no vampires in this book and Jacob Black does not playfully romp around. The werewolves are more human looking than a real wolf and seem to emanate pheromones, rendering the female species helplessly in love.
The plot is predictable and the characters are shallow. If your preteen or teen asks for a copy of this book for Christmas, get it. Besides some make-out scenes, the book is clean and the sweet (but hairy) love story will appeal to them.
It's better than getting a dog.
June 20, 2012
A pretty sweet sequel, but more adorable than anything else! Not enough depth behind emotions and they kissed a lot with little passion. However, I read this book in under two hours and was very happy while reading it -- it's a nice, sweet, and light summer read :)
June 7, 2011
I can't wait to read it! I absolutely loved once in a fullmoon I hope Brandon and Celeste come out about their relationship! ;)
May 14, 2012
Celeste has been dating Brandon, a werewolf. He is also a Westsiders while Celeste is an Eastsiders. Every time there is a full moon Brandon will transforms to a werewolf and it can be as dangerous as it seen. Celeste and Brandon have to hide their relationship from the entire town, whole school, and even from her best friends, until they find a cure for Brandon. The cure will help Brandon not to transform into a werewolf during full moon. Brandon's father Dr. Maddox came all the way from Europe just to help to find the cure for his son. On the other hand, Celeste's ex-boyfriend Nash know everything between Brandon and her. He even know that Brandon is a werewolf. Once he even threaten Celeste to telling her not to see Brandon or else he will tells everyone that Brandon is a werewolf. Later on, Dr. Maddox finds a cure for Brandon and he is not sure if he should take the cure because there is a small risk. He has a chance of becoming normal or a werewolf every time the moon comes out. So which option will Brandon takes? How will Celeste make sure that Nash will spread any rumors to the other?
January 7, 2012
This is one more series I am going to give up on. It was hard enough to like Celeste in first book, but this one is worst. Her BFs were as shallow as any other "mean girls" clique. I get that Celeste cares about Nash (her 1st crush and boy friend - this bit is repeated so many times in the book it is ingrained in your brain for eternity), but why does she have to repeat that his romantic jesters came a little late and that if he did that when they were together, they would be still together. She repeated it every time she talks or even thinks about Nash. I swear half the book was about how handsome Nash is and how his romantic jestures came in late. She refers to him as "handsome jock" instead of his name in the book or even "my former boyfriend". I know these are small things but they irked me so much. And some things that I honestly thought were insulting to Celeste, she took them as compliment. Like for example, Nash brings I another girl to "teach lession" to Celeste. I'd consider it an insult, but apparently this is "showing attention" to Celeste.
July 18, 2014
Ellen Schreiber never disappointed me in vampire kisses series what would make her disappoint me in full moon series NOTHING, she is talented and have a huge imagination and she always stick to the original myth that's what makes her so special
Through out this story I've been in an emotional roller coaster I finished the story pretty fast and that's what makes it great, it is 229 pages which I consider short for a book , but nevertheless it was AMAZING! And He'll Yeah I recommend people to read this series or this book! I can't wait to read the next book I want some jealousy Ellen and a lot of Romance!
Through out this story I've been in an emotional roller coaster I finished the story pretty fast and that's what makes it great, it is 229 pages which I consider short for a book , but nevertheless it was AMAZING! And He'll Yeah I recommend people to read this series or this book! I can't wait to read the next book I want some jealousy Ellen and a lot of Romance!
October 8, 2021
I love Magic of The Moonlight Celeste is willing to do anything to help Brandon deal with his issue as a werewolf I love how Celeste pleaded with Brandon's father to let her see him and proved to his father that Brandon isn't dangerous. Celeste comes clean to her friends and tells them that she is in love with Brandon.
August 10, 2016
Story would be pretty good if the main character wasn't so stupid. The writing could be better, Schreiber keeps repeating the same thing over and over. She treat the reader as if they are stupid. The story is "There" it just needs to be tweaked.
January 19, 2012
I loved the second book in this series, however i really wish the books were longer. the end of course leaves you hanging for a third book... i wanna know what happens now though. :(
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October 13, 2011I CANT WAIT! Just finished the first one :)
February 21, 2015
I think I'm to old for this book...lol
October 27, 2016
This is a great series and keeps getting better and better. I love all the characters and would so far let my daughter read it. Sweet and has a forgiving and friendship feel. Plus it's fun.
December 18, 2017
This is the middle book of a trilogy. Celeste is torn between two boys. Nash is her long-time friend, part of her clique, and a popular boy. She used to be his girlfriend until she met Brandon. Brandon is new to town, lives on the wrong side of town, and is a werewolf. Brandon is the new love of her life but they face problems at school even before considering that he is a werewolf.
Celeste's best friends want her to stay with Nash because he is friends with their boyfriends and they are used to being a six-some of popular kids. Celeste is a nice girl but really a wimp. She doesn't want to disappoint her friends and fears that if she dates Brandon she'll be kicked out of their group and left to eat lunch alone.
Meanwhile, Brandon who was recently bitten and turned into a werewolf is looking for a cure. Celeste finally convinces him to ask his scientist father for help. His father working in Europe is part of the reason Brandon is living with his grandparents in a new town. His father comes home and is first afraid of Brandon but then finds an antidote that will either cure him or cause him to be a werewolf full-time instead of just three days around the full moon.
This story was a pretty uneven book for me. First of all, Celeste and her friends behaved more like middle schoolers than high school students. The social pressure and Celeste's fear of disappointing her friends seemed too juvenile for their ages. Second, I had a real problem with the scientist father - kind of science never mentioned - finding a cure in less than a month. Third, I couldn't figure out what Celeste had ever seen in Nash beyond the fact the he was part of her group of friends and good looking. The Nash we see in this book is a spoiled brat who threatens to expose Brandon's secret if Celeste won't go back to him and who brings another girl around to make Celeste jealous. Lastly, I already mentioned that Celeste is a wimp who is afraid of hurting anyone else's feelings and who just won't stand up for herself or what she wants.
I will be reading the final book to see how this story resolves but it can wait.
Celeste's best friends want her to stay with Nash because he is friends with their boyfriends and they are used to being a six-some of popular kids. Celeste is a nice girl but really a wimp. She doesn't want to disappoint her friends and fears that if she dates Brandon she'll be kicked out of their group and left to eat lunch alone.
Meanwhile, Brandon who was recently bitten and turned into a werewolf is looking for a cure. Celeste finally convinces him to ask his scientist father for help. His father working in Europe is part of the reason Brandon is living with his grandparents in a new town. His father comes home and is first afraid of Brandon but then finds an antidote that will either cure him or cause him to be a werewolf full-time instead of just three days around the full moon.
This story was a pretty uneven book for me. First of all, Celeste and her friends behaved more like middle schoolers than high school students. The social pressure and Celeste's fear of disappointing her friends seemed too juvenile for their ages. Second, I had a real problem with the scientist father - kind of science never mentioned - finding a cure in less than a month. Third, I couldn't figure out what Celeste had ever seen in Nash beyond the fact the he was part of her group of friends and good looking. The Nash we see in this book is a spoiled brat who threatens to expose Brandon's secret if Celeste won't go back to him and who brings another girl around to make Celeste jealous. Lastly, I already mentioned that Celeste is a wimp who is afraid of hurting anyone else's feelings and who just won't stand up for herself or what she wants.
I will be reading the final book to see how this story resolves but it can wait.
November 5, 2018
Ellen Schreiber is my go to for a soft supernatural love story. With the male lead always being the perfect sweet guy and the female being someone I can relate to in some way or another. I couldn't put this book down.
First off though.. Nash is a jerk. there were multiple times I physically had to place the book down and clench my fists because I wanted to punch him I loved to hate him even though Celeste never did. Brandon had a few words for Nash that I LOVED.
Nash "you have to have a girl fight your battles?"
Brandon's response "Your girl."
OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH
Sorry one of my favorite parts.
None of the gore and all of the supernatural love and jealous ex boyfriends you can handle wrapped into one.
First off though.. Nash is a jerk. there were multiple times I physically had to place the book down and clench my fists because I wanted to punch him I loved to hate him even though Celeste never did. Brandon had a few words for Nash that I LOVED.
Nash "you have to have a girl fight your battles?"
Brandon's response "Your girl."
OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH
Sorry one of my favorite parts.
None of the gore and all of the supernatural love and jealous ex boyfriends you can handle wrapped into one.
May 27, 2023
If it wasn’t for me starting this at 2am I woulda stayed up all night finishing it! There was just a few things that irked me, it’s just all my opinion though. Celeste really irritated me with how kind she was being to her “friends” when they were really rude. Nash being the most irritating character of all. I really hope Brandon wipes that smug look off his face in the next book haha. But over all this book was great! The story line was consistent and had interesting twists along the way! It had me on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what happened next!
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February 4, 2023
So book two in the Full Moon series, I'm giving it 3.5 stars it was okay I felt like it was hard at times to read just didn't really hold my attention but I wanted to know what happened at the same time if that makes since. I thought that this was directed more to 10-13 year old more preteen rather than young adult. I will read book 3 just to finish the series hopefully it'll have a good ending and not leave us hanging! :)
July 1, 2022
If you are 13 to maybe 16 years old you will love it! Any older I suggest not reading this series. I finish what I start but god this book could have been 50 pages not 229. There was a lot of repeating and I’m glad it’s over. I love this author in vampire kisses so when I saw this series I bought all of them and looked forward to reading them.
January 29, 2024
How many times can the author mention how attractive the ex-boyfriend is?🙄
The writing feels immature, especially when one of the characters' biggest struggle revolves around choosing a lunch table. Even for a teen book, the level of maturity seems lacking. I'll finish the third book, but the writing style in this series appears weaker compared to the Vampire Kisses series.
The writing feels immature, especially when one of the characters' biggest struggle revolves around choosing a lunch table. Even for a teen book, the level of maturity seems lacking. I'll finish the third book, but the writing style in this series appears weaker compared to the Vampire Kisses series.
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May 10, 2020
Well the tension between Celeste friend and her boyfriend make me wanted to know more what happend to them. And ofcourse with Nash. He even turned to be a warewolf. What a great predictable plot twist. 💆
Okay now currently reading the third one.
Okay now currently reading the third one.
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January 28, 2025
Other than a possible cure, and Nash now becoming a werewolf, this book feels like a filler until the 3rd one. It's still entertaining, but I have gotten frustrated with Brandon not wanting to take the cure.
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May 16, 2017
cute little story
December 27, 2017
I really enjoyed reading this novel. It was such an enjoyable read!
January 7, 2018
So addictive! Once I picked it up, it was hard to put it back down.
March 27, 2018
3.5 stars
Easy read, fairly generic. Good overall story (even if I've read it a million times). Safe to say I'm not a fan of Ivy or Nash.
Easy read, fairly generic. Good overall story (even if I've read it a million times). Safe to say I'm not a fan of Ivy or Nash.
July 7, 2018
awesome book, but the storyline with Nash wasn't a surprise you could tell it was going happen...but i'm thinking more and more that Celeste who rather Brandon to stay a werewolf... we shall see...
July 4, 2019
These books are fun quick reads!
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