Review: Over the moon excited with Under The Crescent Moon!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
Mercy Celeste, in my opinion, is one of the best m/m authors ever who can turn words into a beautiful, passionate, and sometimes gut-wrenching story. She has done it again with Under a Crescent Moon. She weaves together the magic that brings Zander and Taylor together, destined soul-mates, after 12 years of trying to stay clear of each other. I finished this book yesterday but just couldn't seem to put together words to do the story justice. Everytime I read one of her books, I am left with an "awe" type feeling that wraps around me and won't release me right away. Mercy writes everything that I have come to require in each story that I read. She is part of the reason that I have set my standards of what a story should contain, to a higher level. I want intense passion, hot sex scenes, explosive chemistry, a feeling of love like no other between the MC's, and you get every bit of that and more from her. After you read your first book from her, you realize what others before her, did not convey.The blurb summarizes the basis of the story for you. It is so much more intense than that. Taylor first meets Zan when he is only 13 and Tay (as Zan likes to call him) is 18. Zander lost his parents to the 9/11 tragedy and comes to live with his aunt where he first comes into contact with Tay, the son of the housekeeper. At first he is just a pain in the butt, always following him around, looking up to him as a big brother. It doesn't take long though for Tay to see him as the beautiful boy he is so at 19 Tay goes off to war to separate himself from Zan, knowing he won't be able to hold back much longer, if he doesn't get away. Zander knows why he does it but it does not make it any easier to acceptZander, now at age 25, runs and co-owns The Moon, the restaurant that was his aunts. One night he runs into a little trouble at closing time and Taylor is there to rescue him. Now, from here on is where you need to buy the book to see what happens. If I go on I will spoil it and where's the fun in that. If you like to read highly passionate, mind-blowing sexual encounters, a little angst (more like holding your breath, anticipating what comes next) moments, then you will love this book. It also has a smidgen of paranormal in the story, but that is not the focus. After you read this, then you owe it to yourself, to read the Southern Scrimmage Series, and then before you know it, your kindle contains everything she has ever written because you just cannot get enough of her talent. See if after you read her books, your standards will also be set to a higher level. This is an awesome book from an awesome author. I cannot recommend her high enough. Just read it, you will see.