An Arrow to the Moon
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Description
Romeo and Juliet meets Chinese mythology in this lyrical and magical novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Colour of After.
Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He's sick of being haunted by his family's past mistakes. The only things keeping him from running away are his younger brother, a supernatural wind and the bewitching girl at his new high school.
Luna Chang dreads the future. Graduation looms ahead, and her parents' expectations are stifling. Then her life is turned upside down by the strange new boy in her class, the arrival of unearthly fireflies, and an ominous crack spreading across the town of Fairbridge.
As Hunter and Luna uncover hidden secrets and navigate the feud between their families, everything around them begins to fall apart. All they can depend on is their love . . . but time is running out, and fate will have its way.
An Arrow to the Moon, Emily X.R. Pan's brilliant and ethereal follow-up to The Astonishing Colour of After, is a story about family, love, and the magic and mystery of the moon that connects us all.
PRAISE FOR THE ASTONISHING COLOUR OF AFTER
'This beautiful, magical journey through grief made my heart take flight' - Holly Black, bestselling author of The Cruel Prince
'This brilliantly crafted novel portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heart-wrenching beauty and candor. A very special book' - John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars
'Magic and mourning, love and loss, secrets kept and secrets revealed all illuminate Emily X.R. Pan's inventive and heart-wrenching debut' - Gayle Forman, author of If I Stay
'A poignant reminder of grief's power and the transcendence of love. Haunting at every turn, this is a glorious debut' - Renee Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn
'A book that will stay with you' - The Irish Times
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This was a very lovely, magical story. I enjoyed the blend of chinese mythology with influences from Romeo & Juliet and the way the story was told through so many different lenses. I’ll be on the lookout for more books from this author because I did enjoy the writing style and the overall themes. I also liked both Luna and Hunter as protagonists and I found their struggles to be very relatable, especially if I think back to teenage me. However, I felt that the book tried to be and do too many things at once. There were at least six different storylines happening at the same time throughout the book; the love story, the natural phenomena, Hunter’s family story, Luna’s family story, the Huang-Plot, etc etc. Some of them later converged/intertwined but I still feel like some things were not properly resolved in the end. The book also felt like it was missing a proper arc of suspense. Yes, the story was very nice and cute, but it just went on without any clear ups or downs in tension. The ending got a little bit more intense but that was it. At some point, I checked how many pages I had left and was surprised there were only 50 or so pages because it felt like we were still in the middle of the rising half of the tension. But, to end on a positive note, I did enjoy the ending. It was bittersweet but that was to be expected when something is marketed as “reimagining of Romeo and Juliet”.
the story was enjoyable and i loved the modern twist emily x. r. pan put on the tale of chang'e and houyi (which was also a tale i never read before). but what was going on with the writing style? after loving the lush writing in "the astonishing color of after", i was expecting something similar here, but overall, the prose was bland in my opinion. the extremely short chapters (like 2-4 pages) and the constant switch of perspectives made it feel very choppy and i found it extremely hard to get into a reading flow.
Description
Romeo and Juliet meets Chinese mythology in this lyrical and magical novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Colour of After.
Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He's sick of being haunted by his family's past mistakes. The only things keeping him from running away are his younger brother, a supernatural wind and the bewitching girl at his new high school.
Luna Chang dreads the future. Graduation looms ahead, and her parents' expectations are stifling. Then her life is turned upside down by the strange new boy in her class, the arrival of unearthly fireflies, and an ominous crack spreading across the town of Fairbridge.
As Hunter and Luna uncover hidden secrets and navigate the feud between their families, everything around them begins to fall apart. All they can depend on is their love . . . but time is running out, and fate will have its way.
An Arrow to the Moon, Emily X.R. Pan's brilliant and ethereal follow-up to The Astonishing Colour of After, is a story about family, love, and the magic and mystery of the moon that connects us all.
PRAISE FOR THE ASTONISHING COLOUR OF AFTER
'This beautiful, magical journey through grief made my heart take flight' - Holly Black, bestselling author of The Cruel Prince
'This brilliantly crafted novel portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heart-wrenching beauty and candor. A very special book' - John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars
'Magic and mourning, love and loss, secrets kept and secrets revealed all illuminate Emily X.R. Pan's inventive and heart-wrenching debut' - Gayle Forman, author of If I Stay
'A poignant reminder of grief's power and the transcendence of love. Haunting at every turn, this is a glorious debut' - Renee Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn
'A book that will stay with you' - The Irish Times
Book Information
Posts
** Spoiler Alert**
This was a very lovely, magical story. I enjoyed the blend of chinese mythology with influences from Romeo & Juliet and the way the story was told through so many different lenses. I’ll be on the lookout for more books from this author because I did enjoy the writing style and the overall themes. I also liked both Luna and Hunter as protagonists and I found their struggles to be very relatable, especially if I think back to teenage me. However, I felt that the book tried to be and do too many things at once. There were at least six different storylines happening at the same time throughout the book; the love story, the natural phenomena, Hunter’s family story, Luna’s family story, the Huang-Plot, etc etc. Some of them later converged/intertwined but I still feel like some things were not properly resolved in the end. The book also felt like it was missing a proper arc of suspense. Yes, the story was very nice and cute, but it just went on without any clear ups or downs in tension. The ending got a little bit more intense but that was it. At some point, I checked how many pages I had left and was surprised there were only 50 or so pages because it felt like we were still in the middle of the rising half of the tension. But, to end on a positive note, I did enjoy the ending. It was bittersweet but that was to be expected when something is marketed as “reimagining of Romeo and Juliet”.
the story was enjoyable and i loved the modern twist emily x. r. pan put on the tale of chang'e and houyi (which was also a tale i never read before). but what was going on with the writing style? after loving the lush writing in "the astonishing color of after", i was expecting something similar here, but overall, the prose was bland in my opinion. the extremely short chapters (like 2-4 pages) and the constant switch of perspectives made it feel very choppy and i found it extremely hard to get into a reading flow.