Seventeen year old Raffi falls in love with Chase, the new boy in town the moment she sees him. His silver eyes, fair hair and his accent bring butterflies to her stomach. But being told to stay away from him only brings her heartache. After saving her the first time from a large animal that she never got a good look at, Chase's hidden life can remain a secret. But the second time he saves her, she wants the truth and the whole truth about what's been happening in her hometown of Kingston. And why does he seem so entirely different from everyone else?
I was received a copy of Many Moons from First Reads here on goodreads.com. As always, this is an unbiased, honest review.
Unfortunately, I found Many Moons to be very boring. I quite enjoy paranormal stories, but there wasn't really anything here I haven't seen or read many times before. It was filled to the brim with now cliché tropes. New mysterious boy in town saves a beautiful, but little noticed girl's life and risks revealing his secret.
The biggest problem I had was the pacing. About halfway through the book I would have been hard pressed to summarize what was going on as next to nothing had happened yet. I appreciated the attention given to the building of the pov character, but that went on without much tension or action for far too long. It seemed to me, like it didn't get going until the last 15 or so pages.
The next book may be better after the set up of Many Moons, but I wasn't very pulled in and don't plan on checking back.
I normally like to point out who I would recommend the book to, but I wouldn't really recommend this at all. It may be better received by young teenaged readers (12-15), but there are so many other options, even in the same genre, I would recommend instead.