A review by charliauthor
When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
DNFd at 11% and since i know that seems like no time at all, I will elaborate.

I started this one night when i was sleepy and as i tried to get through the tome of a glossary and prologue that left my mind befuddled with more than just sleep, i decided to refresh and give it another go.
In the cold light of day, the terms and opening were no less confusing. Why the spellings of day and eel as dae and eahl. Why is the word slumber used interchangeably for night and sleeping? Why is the sun called aurora? There was just no reason for any of the choices that were made textually.
The world building felt extravagant in a way that felt forced rather than clever and the writing overall was clunky and derivative. I figure myself a fairly intelligent human but when i have to read a sentence three times to figure out what they mean, its a hard pass for me.
She uses 20 words where she could have used 10 and for a book written in first person, the main character is insufferable and rash and annoying in a way that is not ballsy and powerful but an irritant. All of this i established in 11% which equates to around 100 pages.
I knew I couldnt continue on like this.