I’m so sorry that I didn’t get a review in last week-I was on a school trip and I forgot to let you guys know! So sorry.
But anyway, SUMMER’S HERE! For me, at least…
I hope you guys have had a great May/beginning of summer, and here is the last book review of May 2017. Hope you like it!
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
In a strict, well-guarded town called the Protectorate, the citizens must make a yearly sacrifice. That sacrifice is to leave a baby out in the woods to satiate the needs of a witch. What the citizens don’t know is that this witch, who goes by Xan, has no intentions of harming them. Instead, she saves the babies from starvation, gives them to a family in the neighboring town, and feeds them a bit of starlight. This year’s baby seems to be no different-no different, that is, until Xan accidentally feeds the baby moonlight, and thus bestowing upon her great power and magic. So, Xan has no choice but to raise her by herself, along with Glerk, a gentle swamp monster, and Fyrian, a tiny dragon who thinks he is far larger than he actually is. The girl, now Luna, is nearing her thirteenth birthday, when all of her pent-up magic will slowly reemerge. But Xan is now nowhere to be seen, and a man from the Protectorate is off to hunt down the witch. Luna is now on her own-can she save her loved ones before they are gone forever?
I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. Last year, I read another of Kelly Barnhill’s books, Iron-Hearted Violet, and was disappointed in it (though the illustrations were halfway decent). But The Girl Who Drank the Moon was quite the opposite-I liked it a lot, and I devoured it in the course of a day…much like I do with most books these days.
Anyway, I hope you liked my book review, and see you guys in June!
The Bookish Mutant 