When the Moon Fell in Love with the Sun

by Mejhiren

It's something out of an old tale: a golden young man in a white bearskin, striking strange bargains with desperate souls on the cruelest night of winter.

Peeta Mellark, winner of the 74th Hunger Games, returns from his Victory Tour to make the starving Everdeens an offer they can't refuse. Canon divergent, based on the fairy tale "East of the Sun and West of the Moon."

1300 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually thought that it has been published as a full novel and got excited for a moment. This is still the best and most memorable fanfiction I have read to date. Although it is fanfiction, and uncomplete, Mejhiren paints a dreamy, out-of-the-world universe that it immerses me in a forest of purple, blue, evergreen and golden. It is gloriously rich and detailed. Against the gory backdrop of The Hunger Games, she somehow manages to incorporate so much innocence and humanity that transcend the reader. I dare say I write the way I do today because of reading it five years ago. It inspired my writing style, themes and language. When the Moon is escapism at its finest.

The later chapters do get slightly too fluffy to my liking, but I understand where Mejhiren is coming from. I hope she will come back and complete it one day, perhaps even change the characters and setting a bit so that she can actually publish it as a novel without all the copyright issues. Mejhiren, we have your back!

[Goldberry · Rating 5 out of 5]

So. Damn. Beautiful.

One of those magical tales that irrevocably changes you.