Review: Good idea......not so good execution of the idea (2.5)
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2012
First, I will say I downloaded all three novellas in the Moon Trilogy and have read them all. The summaries seemed interesting and the free price...well you can't beat that.However, I was not impressed with the novellas. They were just OK. The idea behind each of the stories is great and have excellent potential. The execution of the idea is where the problem begins.This trilogy is marketed as novellas and rightfully so. They are very short, couple hours read at most. However, just because they are novellas does not mean the story has to be shorted.I felt that Black Moon, especially, was shorted. There is very little if any character development. There is no build up to the intimate scene between the two main characters. Basically, they meet, are immediately attracted to one another and then have sex. There is very little background to add to the characters. They are a bit bland, and left me wondering who they really were. The secondary characters are also very bland with very little said about them than they're the bad guys. I think there should have been more background there as these secondary characters (the wolf pack) come back further into to trilogy to play a more prominent and vital role in the overall story.The plot felt too rushed. The sex scene took up to much of the overall story. I felt much of that could have been used to further the storyline and build a better plot. It starts out good and on the right path then the middle just stalls out on the sex scene and the ending feels rushed. It's like the final showdown or the finale is there and then just as quickly over. The build up to it is bland as well.As the first of the trilogy, this book should have had more insight into the overall plot of the trilogy, the importance of the book as well as the other two pieces, which our the primary premise behind the next two books. It should stand alone, but at the same time intrigue the reader to want to read more. This one did not, and book two almost seems more of a first book into the trilogy with Black Moon not really fitting in. It's was kind of like Black Moon was written and then the author got the idea for the rest of the trilogy but didn't go back to smooth out Black Moon to fit in and lead into the rest. I would say book two and three were better with more defined and developed characters and better plot execution.There are also many editing issues. A simple proofread before publishing would have corrected much of this. The editing does seem to get better as the trilogy moves on, however. The editing issues are a bit distracting at times, but I have seen much worse.On the upside, the storyline and the world created are excellent, unique in their own right, and intriguing. And, this could very well be my main problem with these novellas. I was very interested in the overall storyline and the world created, but left feeling shorted. Like there was so much more that could have been done with this story. Honestly, I think the overall storyline would have been better served as three full books with better development and more defined detail. I just felt there was too much missing and left untold like this was the cliff notes version.I have read other works by this author, and find some of them to be much better. Actually, I've just purchased another of this author's works. I don't think this was the author's best work, but I feel it could very well have been if it had been better planned and prepared.Overall, it's not a bad read...just not a great read, but for the price it's not a waste.