Once a forgotten Omega, now the next Luna of the Blood Moon pack-Nova must uncover the secrets of her heritage while unraveling the reason her new Alpha mate is keeping her at arm's length.
Season 1 of Lost Luna
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Rescued from a wolf pack who abused and bullied her, orphaned Nova must relearn what it means to be part of a family-and that she, too, is worth fighting for. Finding it within herself with the help of new friends, Nova grows stronger and braver than ever before. But danger lurks along the pack borders and she must navigate this all new relationship with her mate along the way!
Lost Luna is a pretty great book. There are some chapters that could be cut as they do not add much to the story or advance the plot. However, I was still hooked on every word, and I would be plenty content to read every irrelevant chapter just to get more of the characters. This author does an excellent job of weaving in humor and their writing is compelling. There is some room for improvement and editing, but Lost Luna is a book I would be happy to read multiple times. Definitely a promising author. 😊
I stopped reading because I just could not get into this book. There are so many things wrong with it, but I will point out the ones that seemed most prominent to me. I also just want to preface that this is my opinion and I am entitled to it.
I think the biggest issue was the romance. I felt no chemistry between Nova and Phoenix. There were no points of tension, no interactions I could hold onto and savour, and no real romantic turning points or anything. It was all just one big back-and-forth, where Phoenix would be affectionate then suddenly revert to being cold, and Nova going back-and-forth between "I deserve better, I should leave him" and "He's such a sweet mate. I love him." Phoenix was supposedly 'holding back' for 'some reason' (which I'll get into shortly. This one really peeved me off) and Nova just took it at face value. I think what really did it for me, though, was when Nova got kidnapped and Phoenix did not seem to care AT ALL. I remember he was having tea with the blokes, joking around, and then moping in his room drinking whiskey AS NOVA WAS DYING ON THE BORDER. There was no sense of urgency in any of these chapters, and the only way we knew he was somewhat affected was the few one-liners that said, "I haven't slept in x days" and that Phoenix's beard had grown out. But the sentiments held no substance because in those chapters it just seemed like he really, REALLY didn't feel any sense of urgency.
Oh yeah, and the reason Phoenix was supposedly 'holding back' that whole time? Well, it was because he suspected Nova was a Lycan, and that his mating her would put her in a coma. Okay, valid, but WHY WITHHOLD THAT INFORMATION FROM NOVA FOR SO LONG? Phoenix's inability to communicate this is what created so much friction between him and Nova for 50 whole chapters, and upon realising this I wanted to throw my phone at the wall. Look, I get it. Good romance needs good conflict which keeps the characters apart. Phoenix being unable to communicate this information to Nova was NOT a good example of this. Literally, nothing bad would have happened if he'd told her sooner, and I know this because when he did tell her... nothing changed! Nova was just a little shocked but came around to it - obviously, it was not that big a deal, let alone a valid enough reason to withhold this information from her. Withholding it as some grand 'reveal' just caused both Nova and the Reader more distress and frustration as opposed to just saying it early on. Honestly, it made me feel like the 60 chapters I'd just read had gone to waste. The entire first half of the story would have been MUCH BETTER had the conflict been outright established, i.e. Nova may be a Lycan and thus Phoenix can't mate her, and he's keeping her at a distance because he's afraid of falling too hard when he knows he can't have her. THAT is something I can get behind. Meanwhile, because this information was withheld, it just made Phoenix seem like a wet cabbage with no real ability to commit... sorry to say it 🤷
Speaking of which, I feel like the entire first half of the novel was just the same events repeated over and over. Like, to be honest, I can't recall any specific event of the first 40 chapters because they all sorta blurred into one. The story felt really stagnant up until Nova got kidnapped, and even that turned out to be anticlimactic. She escaped in two days, all the while fighting off two rapists, running on almost day two of no water (which is enough time to induce hypovolemic shock, by the way, so her being able to run/fight at this level made no real sense), and running into a witch that conveniently cloaked her tracks. Talk about plot armour.
I feel like the actual stakes of the story were ONLY established around the 60% mark -- that is, Nova must fight in a competition to claim her place as Phoenix's mate. So, it basically took 60 chapters to FINALLY get to the point of the story. Case in point, once again, that this book could have been drastically shortened. Those first 60 chapters felt like they had no real direction or meaning, and this is why - it lacked a GOAL.
Suffice to say, this poor execution of the romance and plot itself was what did it for me. Though I started to like Nova, I just couldn't read on because the romance had been ruined in my eyes, which is really upsetting for me because I feel like it could have been something awesome had things been done with more consideration. There were other things I disliked, such as the side characters who seemed really one-dimensional and forgettable. (Molly, for instance. When Nova first met Molly, Molly went on this monologue that basically crammed all the cliche nerd stuff into three sentences. I really had to laugh at that. There was no subtlety: it was all just thrown in our faces with the expectation we'd automatically come to like her because of it. She had no other depth, and it was honestly a shame. The same goes for most of the other characters, especially Charlie and Leo. The two were basically indistinguishable.)
Just my two cents.
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Overall very impressed with this story. I feel you always take a shot in the dark when you read ebooks. I wasn't sure if I was going to like this one but after a couple chapters, I was hooked. Heatherr does an amazing job with detail and backstory. Something that is often lacked in a Wattpad novel.
It would be 5 stars if it wasn't so long. I feel some of the filler chapters could of been cut out. It felt very much "Action, action, action" I would of appreciated more "fluff" in between the intense chapters so we could get to know the characters more and develop the relationships more. But that is my personal opinion, doesn't mean Heatherr structured her book incorrect.
I look forward to reading the sequel and hope to dive into her characters and her world a little more.
i was hooked within the 1st chapter. i couldn't put it down even if i wanted to😅 & no im not juz being biased coz i love wolfy books, but juz love the character development, all the plots & twists, & the humor!! i was so happy to find out this was not a stand alone❤️❤️
I’m totally obsessed with this book … Sean is amazing so soft and gentle… well Alfa ..it kills me he’s not telling her nothing… will he just take her already
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Heading back to my wattpad roots to get me out of the slump im in LOL. This is one of my all time faves, love the werewolf vibe in fantasies!! PHOENIX AND NOVA HAVE MY HEART.
I stopped reading once it felt like Nova was excusing all that Phoenix did. Like her anger just dissipated just because he apologized once. Nothing of what Phoenix said justified anything that he did or didn’t do. I needed some groveling before making lust the cause for all of their making up.
I also didn’t understand how Nova was the only one that was able to escape capture. All those experienced fighters and knowledgeable captives yet she was able to escape after 2 days of captivity—if that. Escape being raped TWICE—not that I was rooting for it—and somehow make it back to the pack with little to no assistance. Yet again the other very qualified candidates failed to do this but she magically could? 🤔
And while I know there are no rules to trauma, Novas trauma made no sense to me. She’s spent her entire life being abused and living poorly but the feel of the cage floor and the food is the thing that stuck with her the most? She’s endure worst sleeping conditions, I don’t get what’s so new about it except for the literal cage aspect. She never ate the food or drank the water, nor did she stay there long enough to build mistrust from any of her fellow captives. So, for her to come back and be distrustful of the people she’s never had to distrust, made no sense to me. She was there for 2 days. That’s it.
I would think that the treatment from the men, the sounds they made, their laughter or even the certain smell of the camp would be the things that stuck with her or triggered her. But what affected her most was the damn water thing and the feel of a bed. Again I know trauma has no rules. But when you have someone who’s clearly lived through some shit and has come out relatively fine, you would think this experience would amplify any hidden trauma they’ve had. But instead she’s affected by things that has very little relevance to her specifically.
I also didn’t like how the author started substituting Sean with Charlie as if it’s even remotely similar. Charlie was dick riding the fuck outta Phoenix when he was wrong, yet Nova can just get buddy buddy with him as soon as Phoenix wants to step up to the plate?! Didn’t like it at all. And while I understand that Sean crossed some boundaries with Phoenix, he’s also the only one that has been TeamNova from jump regardless of if they got together romantically or not.
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Lost Luna was the Best I have read in a werewolf series to date. I am now on Lost Luna Ii and it even better than the first book. My Issues is that, so far, I have paid $50 to read up to chapter 107 of a 258 chapter book. It will be my Most EXPENSIVE book to date. I’m also ANGRY because, once you read a chapter, you CANNOT go back and read it again. Since we are PAYING for this book, it SHOULD BE OURS, to read as many times as we want! Heather, if you read these reviews, what Possessed you to use such a thieving app as yonder? These books are Amazing and should be Published and sold to the public so that, when we Purchase the books, we will be able to Read them Over and Over and Over again, without someone wanting more money just to read it again. Publish the books and then let me know when they come out. I’m gonna buy 5 copies of each because my kids read them as well.
I read most of this on Wattpad for free. The last few chapters you had to pay to unlock on Wattpad, but the story was also available on Yonder. On Yonder you unlock one chapter a day. I went to the first chapter that I wasn't able to read on Wattpad and read on Yonder and finished the book on Yonder. I was really into this story in the beginning. My interest lowered some and rose again more than once during the story. It could probably use some editing. It does have a satisfying end. There are sequel books. I'm unsure if I will read them or not.