This book I got mostly because I wanted another book by this author(which I haven't read yet) and thought that I would sample some of her other work. I like fantasy so this seemed to be a good choice involving a magical small town in my now home of North Carolina. I don't remember what section of the book store I picked this up from originally, but after reading the book's love story I imagine it was placed in the junior reading section. Not that I have a problem I'm a fan of Harry Potter and Twilight I was only slightly disappointed to find the main relationships revolve around a high school student and the previous events in a 30 somethings teen years. The magic of moonlight, delicious cakes (which they give you recipes too in the back), love lost, is enthralling and very hard to set aside at bed time or any other mundane task of life. What I was mostly disappointed in, in this book was that it contained all the classic cliches of a preteen girls fantasies. How high school will haunt you forever and that life never moves on from it, that the bad things that happen are never really what they seem everyone is good and the power of the first kiss. It was a nice comparison to the horrors of high school as your past and your present. In reality women of today's world grow out of this mentality as the high school years fade away, once in a blue moon (cliche?) it is nice to relive that childish part of your life that you though would forever define you.
and they all lived happily ever after... ideally for teen girls but a good read and source of cake recipes ;)
Rating--4
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