Review: A fantasy world worth living in...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2013
This book was more melancholic and sad than the other books in the Kingdom Series, but just as good. Telling the story of Jericho, the Man in the Moon and Calanthe, a flower fairy.Jericho has resigned himself to a lonely life as the ruler of the moon. Living by himself on the lonely planet, only sharing his castle with one companion, Siria, who rules the sun. Hating her for condemning him to this life for five hundred years, he wants to keep as far from her as possible. But all this gloom and doom is broken by a fairy's touch of the moon flower. A touch that sparks new life in him. His character was the saddest one of all the Kingdom men. He felt so resigned and hopeless.Calanthe is a flower fairy but not content with the life she leads. She wants more than the life of a fairy can give her, which feels empty and pointless to her. But she does not know what she is missing, until she plants a moon flower and touches it, feeling there is more to it than the eye can see. Calanthe was such a spit-fire. I loved her breaking rules, I loved her looking for more and I loved that she dared to be different.When Jericho and Calanthe meet, a passion and love ignites that connects them on the deepest level. Both know they are breaking rules and playing with fire, but they cannot give up what they have. That is until they are forced apart by betrayal, hate and revenge.Will they ever be able to find their way back together?Through most of this story I was convinced this would be the one Kingdom series tale without a happy end. It was so sad and gloomy, but in the most delicious way. I felt Jericho's and Calanthe's longing and pain and despair. The story was so well-written that I was in a different dimension while reading it. The narrative just takes you on a trip through the Kingdom, making everything come to life. And trust me...at the end you won't want to leave the place.Moon's Flower, just like the rest of the Kingdom Series is the perfect book to make you forget the real world for a while, to emerge yourself into fantasy and give you a break from the usual angst and heart-ache.5+ deliciously fantastic and other-worldly stars.