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Crave The Moon (2011)

by Lori Handeland(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0312389361 (ISBN13: 9780312389369)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

St. Martin's Paperbacks

series

Nightcreature

review 1: I really liked the Aztec mythology addition to this one. I'm big on hieroglyphs and the like so this one was a lot of fun. Of course Edward eventually makes an appearance so that is another necessity. I can say that I felt that while the beginning hooked me in almost from the first sentence, it seemed to drag a bit. There seemed to be some VERY drug out secret keeping on Gina's end. While Teo (Matt) gets busted pretty quickly. Both characters really lack relationship skills and seemed to have no social cues but it was fun to watch them bumble into love. Once things started moving again, a lot of things happened at once and the ending seemed to rush up on me. In the overall though I can say that once again I really liked this book.
review 2: Even though Gina is ... morejust barely keeping her family ranch afloat by offering 'dude ranch' experiences to city slickers, she is completely unwilling to entertain a request from moldy old archaelogist Professor Mecate who wants to dig on her land - there are just some secrets there that need to stay buried. However the persistent - and not at all moldy - professor will not be foiled. The Colorado location offers Matteo (Teo) Mecate the last hope of proving his deceased mother's crazy theory that a special being associated with the Aztecs really existed, so Teo decides to make his plea in person - but Teo is so desperate that he ends up as presenting himself not as himself but as a guest looking for a Colorado ranch adventure. I am a sucker for a hunky but geeky hero and Crave the Moon's leading man Teo is just the right mix of gorgeous, capable, and clueless (when it comes to dealing with people). I actually liked the instant connection that he forms with the heroine, Gina, who also a bit of a square peg and it helps that both have common ground of guilt and loss associated with their parent's deaths. And I thought that their chemistry together was really good. I also really liked the Aztec mythic elements that were the foundation for the creature part of the story - that part reminded me of a bit of Nightkeepers Mayan lore - and I also liked the way that they were tied into a Ute curse to give the story a home in Colorado. So, with all of this good stuff going on, I would have ended up loving Crave the Moon if I hadn't been a bit disappointed by the part of the story that followed the reveal of the 'nightcreature'. After reading Moon Cursed, I was all ready for Handleland to take on mythical creatures from all over the world and the creature in Crave the Moon - or at least its minions - felt too much like ones from earlier books in the series. Despite my expectations, I still did end up liking Crave the Moon and I am happy that Handleland is still branching out and tackling new lore but haven't given up hoping that Handleland again takes her show on the road - there is a whole world of mythic creatures out there who need love too. less

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